JP2009000289A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of making a player visually recognize a light emitting form regardless of the storage state of game balls in a ball tray. <P>SOLUTION: An upper tray 8 includes: a storage part 16 for storing game balls; a cover part 17 surrounding the storage part 16; a light transmission part 18 provided on the bottom part of the cover part 17; and a light emitting substrate 19 provided with a light source 20 whose optical axis is directed to a lower tray between the bottom part 16a of the storage part and the cover part 17. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including an upper tray that can temporarily store a game ball below a window frame that visually recognizes a game area, and a lower tray that can store a game ball overflowing from the upper tray.

For example, a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine is provided with a ball tray that can temporarily store gaming balls below a window frame for visually recognizing a gaming area. A gaming machine has been proposed in which the inside of the ball tray is brightly illuminated so that the game ball can be easily seen and the decoration is improved. In this gaming machine, a light transmitting part is provided at the bottom part of the storage part of the upper tray, and light is emitted from the light emitter provided below the bottom part of the storage part through the light transmitting part to the storage part (Patent Literature). 1).
JP 2003-126385 A

  However, in the above-described gaming machine, the bottom of the storage part of the upper tray is irradiated with light from an internal light source, so that the light emission mode becomes difficult to visually recognize as the game ball is stored. In a state where the game balls are piled up, it is difficult to expect the effect of irregularly reflecting the irradiation light by the game balls, and a sufficient decoration effect cannot be obtained.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that allows a player to visually recognize the light emission mode regardless of the storage state of the game balls in the ball tray. It is in.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises the following arrangement.
A gaming machine comprising an upper tray that can temporarily store a game ball below a window frame for visually recognizing a game area, and a lower tray that can store a game ball that has overflowed from the upper tray. Light emission having a storage part for storing game balls, a cover part surrounding the storage part, a light transmission part provided at the bottom part of the cover part, and a light source whose optical axis faces the lower tray between the storage part bottom part and the cover part Means are provided.

  The light transmitting portion is provided with a lens member.

  The storage part of the upper tray has translucency, and a light reflection part is provided in the vicinity of the light transmission part to reflect the light irradiated from the light emitting means toward the lower tray and irradiate the storage part of the upper tray. It is characterized by that.

  The light emitting means includes a first light source whose optical axis is directed to the lower tray and a second light source whose optical axis is directed to the upper tray.

  Movable means for moving the light emitting means is provided, and the optical axis directions irradiated from the light emitting means to the upper tray and the lower tray are each changed.

  The storage part of the lower tray has translucency, and is characterized by irradiating light irradiated from the light emitting means toward the lower tray to a dollar box installed below the lower tray.

  If the above-described gaming machine is used, the upper tray is provided with a storage part for storing game balls, a cover part surrounding the storage part, a light transmission part provided at the bottom part of the cover part, and between the storage part bottom part and the cover part. The light emitting means includes a light source having a light source whose optical axis faces the lower receiving tray, and the light emitting means can shine light on the lower receiving tray and the game ball stored in the lower receiving tray through a light transmitting portion formed on the cover member. . Therefore, regardless of the storage state of the game balls in the lower tray, the player can visually recognize the light emission mode of the light source.

  In addition, since a lens member is used for the light transmission portion, the burden on the light emitting element used for the light source is reduced by condensing the lens member to increase brightness and diffusing light, or the number of light emitting elements. Can be reduced.

  Moreover, the storage part of the upper tray has translucency, and the light reflection part which reflects the light irradiated toward the lower tray from the light emitting means near the light transmission part and irradiates the storage part of the upper tray. With this, light emitted from one light source not only irradiates the lower receiving tray through the light transmitting portion, but also enhances the decoration effect by irradiating the reflected light of the light reflecting portion to the storage portion of the upper receiving tray. be able to.

  Since the light emitting means includes a first light source whose optical axis is directed to the lower receiving tray and a second light source whose optical axis is directed to the upper receiving tray, the upper receiving tray and the lower receiving tray are irradiated with light from one light emitting means. Light emitting means can function efficiently in space.

  By providing movable means for moving the light emitting means and changing the direction of the optical axis irradiated from the light emitting means to the upper tray and the lower tray, respectively, the decoration effect can be enhanced together with the display device on the front side of the gaming machine.

  The storage part of the lower tray has translucency, and is stored in the tray by irradiating light irradiated from the light emitting means toward the lower tray to the dollar box installed below the lower tray. The decoration effect is increased by shining not only the game balls but also the prize balls collected in the dollar box.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
A schematic configuration of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The gaming machine 1 includes an inner frame (not shown) in which an outer frame 2 and a game board 3 are provided, and a front frame 4 that covers the inner frame. The inner frame is attached to the outer frame 2 by a hinge 5 so as to be openable and closable. The front frame 4 is attached to the inner frame so as to be opened and closed (the hinge portion is not shown). Display devices 7 having an equalizer function are provided on both the left and right sides surrounding the display window 6 of the front frame 4. Further, below the display window 6 of the front frame 4, there are provided an upper tray 8 capable of temporarily storing game balls and a lower tray 9 capable of storing game balls overflowing from the upper tray 8. The lower tray 9 is provided with a ball removal button 10, a display unit 11 for displaying the number of remaining cards, a ball lending button 12, a prepaid card return button 13, and the like. An ashtray 14 for accommodating cigarette butts is provided on the left side of the lower tray 9, and a handle 15 for launching a game ball to the game board 3 is provided on the right side.

In FIG. 2, the upper tray 8 has the following configuration.
A storage part 16 for storing game balls and a cover part 17 surrounding the storage part 16 are provided. The storage unit 16 is preferably made of a light transmissive resin material (for example, a polycarbonate resin material, an ABS resin material, or the like). A plurality of light transmission parts (openings) 18 are provided at the bottom of the cover part 17. Further, a light emitting substrate 19 (light emitting means) is provided between the storage portion bottom portion 16 a and the cover portion 17. Furthermore, a lens member 22 is provided on the bottom portion of the cover portion 17 including the light transmission portion 18. The light emitted from the first light source (light emitting element such as LED) 20 is condensed by the lens member 22 to increase or diffuse the luminance, thereby reducing the burden on the light emitting element, or the number of light emitting elements. Can be reduced.

  The lens member 22 is provided with a light reflecting portion (reflector) 31 except for the light transmitting portion 18. The diffused light irradiated from the first light source 20 toward the lower tray 9 by the reflector 31 can be directed toward the storage bottom 16a, thereby enhancing the decoration effect. As the reflector 31, for example, a mirror surface material such as a reflection sheet or a reflection mirror or a resin plated with resin is used. Since the reflector 31 is provided except for the light transmitting portion 18, the light emitting substrate 19 transmits light to the lower receiving tray 9 and the game ball stored in the lower receiving tray 9 through the light transmitting portion 18 formed in the cover portion 17. You can guess. Therefore, regardless of the storage state of the game balls in the lower tray 9, the player can visually recognize the light emission mode of the light source.

  The light emitting substrate 19 is provided with a first light source 20 whose optical axis faces the lower tray 9 and a second light source 21 whose optical axis faces the reservoir bottom 16a. Since light is emitted from one light emitting substrate 19 toward the upper receiving tray 8 and the lower receiving tray 9 in this way, the light emitting means can be functioned efficiently in a small space.

  A light emitting substrate 35 is provided on the back side of the standing wall portion 16b of the upper tray 8. The light emitting substrate 35 is provided with a third light source (light emitting element such as an LED) 36. The third light source 36 causes the standing wall 16b having light transparency to shine. As a result, the second light source 21 of the light emitting substrate 19 and the third light source 36 of the light emitting substrate 35 are irradiated with light, respectively, and these can superimpose the upper tray 8 so that the decoration effect can be enhanced.

  3A, the upper tray 8 is provided with a movable device 23 (movable means) for moving the light emitting substrate 19 (light emitting means). An example of the movable device 23 will be described. A rotating shaft 24 is connected to the central portion of the light emitting substrate 19 in the longitudinal direction. The rotary shaft 24 is provided with a gear 25 and meshes with a gear 27 driven by a motor 26. By rotating the motor 26 forward and backward, the light emitting substrate 19 swings and rotates about the rotation shaft 24 (see FIG. 3B). As a result, the optical axis irradiated from the first light source 20 to the lower tray 9 (see FIG. 2) from the first light source 20 in FIG. In addition, the decoration effect can be enhanced. It should be noted that the movable device 23 can adopt other driving methods such as solenoid driving instead of motor driving. In FIG. 3A, 33 is a prize ball outlet.

  In FIG. 4, a light reflecting portion (reflector) 31 is provided in the vicinity of the light transmitting portion 18. The light emitting substrate 19 is provided with a light source 32 having an optical axis that extends outward in the direction parallel to the substrate. As in FIG. 3, the light emitting substrate 19 is oscillated and rotated about a rotating shaft 24 by a motor 26 via gear trains 27 and 25. Thereby, while the upper saucer 8 and the lower saucer 9 (refer FIG. 2) are irradiated with the light source 32, the light irradiated toward the lower saucer 9 reflects with the reflector 31, and irradiates the storage part bottom part 16a of the upper saucer 8. . Thereby, the brightness | luminance of the storage part bottom part 16a of the upper receiving tray 8 increases, and the decoration effect can be improved. In addition, by changing the optical axis by swinging and rotating the light emitting substrate 19, the effect of production is improved.

  In FIG. 5, similarly to the upper tray 8, the lower tray 9 is provided with a storage portion 28 for storing game balls and a cover portion 41 surrounding the storage portion 28. The ball removal part 29 provided in the storage part 28 of this lower tray 9 may have translucency. The ball removal portion 29 opens and closes the bottom opening 28a of the storage portion 28 only while the ball removal button 10 (see FIG. 1) is pressed. For the ball extraction part 29, a light-transmitting resin material (for example, a polycarbonate resin material, an ABS resin material, an acrylic resin material, etc.) is preferably used. Thereby, the light irradiated from the light emitting substrate 19 toward the lower tray 9 regardless of the open / closed state of the ball removal unit 29 is irradiated to the dollar box 30 installed below through the ball removal unit 29. Therefore, the decoration effect is increased by causing not only the game balls stored in the upper and lower trays 8 and 9 but also the prize balls collected in the dollar box 30 to shine. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 34 denotes a ball discharge port from the upper tray 8 to the lower tray 9.

  In FIG. 6, not only the ball removal portion 29 of the lower tray 9 but also the storage portion 28 may have translucency. A light transmissive resin material (for example, a polycarbonate resin material, an ABS resin material, an acrylic resin material, or the like) is preferably used for the storage portion 28. Further, a transmission hole 28b is provided in a part (bottom part) of the cover part 41. The light that has passed through the storage portion 28 from the transmission hole 28b can be uniformly irradiated to the dollar box 30 without being attenuated.

  In FIG. 7, a transparent resin material (acrylic resin material) is used for the storage portion 16 of the upper tray 8, and a light suction portion (taper surface portion) 16 c facing the second light source 21 is formed on the standing wall portion 16 b along the front frame 4. It may be provided. The light emitted from the second light source 21 of the light emitting substrate 19 is sucked in from the light suction portion 16c and proceeds while being totally reflected in the standing wall portion 16b, whereby the brightness of the standing wall portion 16b is increased, and the storage portion The game balls stored in 16 can be illuminated. Thereby, even if it does not provide the light emission board | substrate 35 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 7, a light emitting substrate 38 is also provided on the back side of the curtain plate 37. A fourth light source (light emitting element such as an LED) 39 is provided on the light emitting substrate 38. In FIG. 6, a dollar box 30 for collecting the prize balls discharged to the lower tray 9 is installed on the front surface of the curtain plate 37. The fourth light source 39 illuminates a decorative portion (a resin material having a light transmission property, a lens member, etc.) 40 provided on the curtain plate 37. In this way, the first light source 20 of the light emitting substrate 19 passes through the lower tray 9 and the fourth light source 39 of the light emitting substrate 38 passes through the decorative portion 40 and is irradiated with light. By making 30 light, the effect can be enhanced (see FIG. 7).

It is a front view of a gaming machine. It is a section explanatory view of an up-and-down saucer. It is explanatory drawing of the movable apparatus which makes a light emission board | substrate movable, and operation | movement explanatory drawing of a light emission board | substrate. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the upper saucer which provided the reflector. It is a section explanatory view showing the composition of a lower saucer. It is a section explanatory view showing composition of a lower saucer concerning other examples. It is a section explanatory view of the upper and lower saucer concerning other examples.

Explanation of symbols

1 gaming machine 2 outer frame
3 Game board 4 Front frame
5 Hinge
6 Display window
7 Display device
8 Top tray
9 Under tray
10 Ball release button
11 Display
12 ball rental button
13 Prepaid card return button
14 Ashtray
15 Handle
16, 28 Reservoir
16a Reservoir bottom
16b Standing wall
16c Light suction part
17, 41 Cover part
18 Light transmission part
19, 35, 38 Light emitting substrate
20 First light source
21 Second light source
22 Lens members
23 Mobile device
24 Rotating shaft
25, 27 Gear
26 Motor
28a Bottom opening 28b Transmission hole 29 Ball removal part
30 dollar box
31 reflector
32 Light source
33 Prize ball outlet 34 Ball outlet 36 Third light source 37 Curtain plate 39 Fourth light source 40 Decoration section

Claims (6)

A gaming machine comprising an upper tray that can temporarily store game balls below a window frame for visually recognizing a game area, and a lower tray that can store game balls overflowing from the upper tray,
The upper tray includes a storage portion for storing game balls, a cover portion surrounding the storage portion, a light transmission portion provided at the bottom portion of the cover portion, and an optical axis between the storage portion bottom portion and the cover portion bottom portion. A gaming machine provided with light emitting means having a light source facing.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the light transmitting portion is provided with a lens member.   The storage part of the upper tray has translucency, and a light reflection part that reflects the light irradiated from the light emitting means toward the lower tray and irradiates the bottom of the storage part of the upper tray in the vicinity of the light transmission part. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2 provided.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the light emitting means includes a first light source whose optical axis is directed to the lower tray and a second light source whose optical axis is directed to the upper tray.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a movable means for moving the light emitting means, wherein the direction of the optical axis irradiated from the light emitting means to the upper tray and the lower tray is changed.   The storage part of the lower receiving tray has translucency, and irradiates light irradiated toward the lower receiving tray from the light emitting means to the dollar box installed below the lower receiving tray. The gaming machine according to item 1.

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