JPH053942A - Design moving device of slot machine, design belt used in the device, and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] The symbol display plate 6 of the symbol belt 3 is connected along the rotation direction so as to be relatively tiltable in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis cores X ₁ and X ₂ , and adjacent symbols are arranged. The display plates 6 are wound around the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 in a posture in which the rotating bodies 1 and 2 are relatively inclined.
In the outer circumference 2, the relative postures of the symbol display plates 6 wound around the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 are held unchangeable, and the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 are engaged between the back surfaces of the adjacent symbol display boards 6. An engaging mechanism A for mating is provided. [Effect] Since the rotation body and the symbol display plate can be engaged with each other to synchronize the rotation of the rotation body and the rotational movement of the design belt, a predetermined engagement / disengagement mechanism which is mutually engaged / disengaged is provided. Since it is not necessary to provide the pattern belt at intervals, it is possible to efficiently manufacture as a whole without requiring high work precision.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a symbol moving device of a slot machine in which a winning or non-winning prize is determined by a combination of symbols displayed at a plurality of specific positions, and more specifically, a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis. The present invention relates to a symbol moving device of a slot machine in which a design belt is wound around a plurality of rotating bodies arranged in parallel, and the design belt is rotated by the rotation of the rotating body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The pattern moving device of the slot machine
Since the design belt is wound around a plurality of rotating bodies, compared to a design moving device that rotates a cylindrical reel in which designs are arranged side by side in the circumferential direction, a fixed number of designs are rotated along the rotation direction. If you want to arrange them side by side, you can make the thickness of the symbol moving device thinner and make the overall slot machine thinner, but because of the mechanism that stops the symbols at a predetermined position by controlling the rotation of the electric motor, the electric motor It is necessary to accurately synchronize the rotation of the rotating body that is driven and rotated with the rotational movement of the design belt. Conventionally, the through hole formed in the design belt and the protrusion formed on the outer circumference of the design body along with the rotation of the rotation body. An engaging / disengaging mechanism for engaging and disengaging with each other is provided at regular intervals along the edge of the design belt and the outer periphery of the rotating body, and the rotation of the rotating body is achieved by the engagement of the through hole of the design belt and the protrusion on the outer periphery of the rotating body. And the rotational movement of the design belt Technique for synchronizing has been proposed (e.g., see Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 63-50386).

[0003]

According to the above-mentioned conventional technique, the through hole is formed in the design belt because of the structure in which the through hole formed in the design belt and the protrusion formed on the outer periphery of the rotary member are synchronized with each other. Since it is necessary to accurately arrange the position in accordance with the position where the protrusion is formed on the outer periphery of the rotating body, high working precision is required, and there is a drawback that manufacturing cannot be performed efficiently. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by devising a synchronous structure of a rotating body and a design belt, it is possible to efficiently manufacture without requiring high working accuracy, and a design moving device of a slot machine, An object of the present invention is to provide a pattern belt used in an apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems A symbol moving device for a slot machine according to the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is a symbol moving device for a slot machine as described above, in which: The symbol belt is constituted by connecting a plurality of symbol display plates along a rotating direction so as to be relatively tiltable in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis, and an attitude in which adjacent symbol display plates are relatively inclined. Is wound around the outer circumference of the rotating body, and B. An engagement mechanism is provided which holds the relative postures of the symbol display plates wrapped around the outer periphery of the rotating body in an unchangeable manner and engages the outer periphery of the rotating body between the back surfaces of the adjacent symbol display plates. That is, the configuration of A and B above.

The characteristic constitution of the design belt used in the design moving device of the slot machine according to the present invention for achieving the above object is as follows. The plurality of symbol display plates are connected along the rotation direction so as to be relatively tiltable in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis core, and D. The symbol display plates are engaged with the outer circumference of the rotating body in a posture in which the adjacent symbol display plates are inclined relatively to each other.

The characteristic construction of the method for manufacturing the design belt used in the design moving device of the slot machine according to the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is described in E. The strip member having flexibility is divided into a connecting member forming region along each of the left and right side edges thereof, and a symbol display plate forming region sandwiched between the connecting member forming regions, and F. The pattern display plate forming region is separated into a plurality of pattern display plate portions in the longitudinal direction of the strip, and G. The connection member forming region and the symbol display plate forming region are separated along the boundary in a state where a part of the connecting member forming region and the symbol display plate forming region are connected to each of the symbol display plate portions.

[0007]

[Operation] a. With the configuration of A, the symbol belt rotates along the outer circumference of the rotating body in a posture in which the symbol display plates adjacent to each other in the rotation direction are relatively inclined, and with the configuration of B, a separate engaging / disengaging mechanism is provided. The rotary body and the symbol display plate can be engaged with each other to synchronize the rotation of the rotary body and the rotational movement of the symbol belt.

B. With the configuration of C and D, without providing a separate engagement / disengagement mechanism, the symbol display plate wound around the outer periphery of the rotating body in a relatively inclined posture is engaged with the outer periphery of the rotating body to rotate the rotating body. And the rotational movement of the design belt can be synchronized.

C. With the configurations E to G, a plurality of symbol display plates are connected to each other so that they can be tilted relative to each other in the direction orthogonal to the rotation axis along the rotation direction by cutting the flexible band plate material. It is possible to manufacture the patterned belt that is used.

[0010]

The design moving device of the slot machine according to the first aspect of the present invention does not require the conventional engagement / disengagement mechanism to be engaged / disengaged with each other at a predetermined interval on the design belt due to the action of a. It can be efficiently manufactured as a whole without requiring precision. The symbol moving device of the slot machine according to claim 2, wherein the engagement mechanism is formed by forming a receiving surface on the outer periphery of the rotating body for receiving the back surface of the symbol display plate in series along the rotation direction thereof. Therefore, the engagement mechanism can be simply configured only by changing the shape of the outer circumference of the rotating body. The symbol moving device of the slot machine according to claim 3,
A circumferential surface is formed on the outer circumference of the plurality of rotating bodies, and an endless rotating body is wound around these circumferential surfaces,
Since the plurality of symbol display plates are connected through the endless rotating body, when the symbol belt is rotated by merely engaging the outer periphery of the rotor with the symbol display plate, the rotation of the symbol belt Along with the movement, the symbol display plate stretched between the rotating bodies moves back and forth in the thickness direction, so that the symbol belt can be smoothly rotated between the rotating bodies.

The pattern belt according to claim 4 can constitute an engaging mechanism with the rotating body with a simple structure by the action of the above b. In the design belt according to claim 5, since the plurality of design display plates are connected via a flexible connecting member, for example, the design display plates can be swung freely via a support shaft. The structure can be simplified as compared with the case of connection.
In the design belt according to claim 6, since the connecting member is provided at a position sandwiching both left and right sides of the design display plate,
The overall thickness of the design belt can be reduced. In the pattern belt according to claim 7, since the connecting member is composed of an endless rotating body that is wound around a circumferential surface formed on the outer circumference of the plurality of rotating bodies, the pattern belt can be rotated. Along with this, the back and forth movement of the symbol display plate stretched between the rotating bodies can be eliminated, and the symbol belt can be smoothly rotated between the rotating bodies.

A method for manufacturing a pattern belt according to claim 8 is:
Due to the action of c, the design belt can be efficiently manufactured with a small number of parts.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] FIGS. 1 and 2 show a symbol moving device mounted on a slot machine. This symbol moving device is operated by a start switch (not shown) provided on a slot machine operation panel. The stepping motor M is driven, and the design belt 3 wound around the driving rotary body 1 and the driven rotary body 2 is rotated in the arrow direction, and the stop switch (not shown) is operated to move the stepping motor M. The driving is stopped and the rotational movement of the design belt 3 is stopped.

The symbol moving device comprises two driven rotating bodies 2
The intermediate frame 5a is fixed to the frame frame 5 on which the rotating shaft 4 that connects and fixes the intermediate frame 5a is vertically movable, and the stepping motor M is fixed to the lower surface side of the intermediate frame 5a. By changing the vertical position of the frame 5a, the tension applied to the design belt 3 can be adjusted, and the drive rotors 1 are fixed to the rotary shafts protruding to the left and right of the stepping motor M. A pattern belt 3 is wound around the body 1 and the driven rotating body 2.

The symbol belt 3 is connected to the center portions of the left and right sides of a plurality of symbol display plates 6 arranged in the rotation direction with two endless rotation belts 7 arranged on the left and right sides of the symbol display plate 6 to rotate endlessly. Due to the relative twist of the belt 7 and the design belt 3, these design display plates 6 are rotated about the rotational axis X of the rotating bodies 1 and 2.
₁ and X ₂ are connected to each other so as to be tiltable relative to each other in a direction orthogonal to X ₁ , and are wound around the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 in a posture in which adjacent symbol display plates 6 are relatively tilted.

Each of the driving rotary body 1 and the driven rotary body 2 is formed in a tubular shape having a circular collar plate 8 fixed to the rotary shaft side, and these rotary bodies 1 and 2 have outer circumferences, respectively. The relative postures of the symbol display plates 6 wrapped around the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 are held unchangeable, and the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 are engaged between the back surfaces of the adjacent symbol display boards 6. An engaging mechanism A for synchronizing the rotation of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 and the rotational movement of the design belt 3 is provided.

The engaging mechanism A has six receiving surfaces 9 for receiving the back surface of the symbol display plate 6 in series along the rotation direction.
The rotors 1 and 2 are formed at equal intervals on the outer circumference, and the pattern display plates 6 adjacent to each other on the receiving surfaces 9 are held in a posture intersecting at an angle of approximately 120 °, and formed into a hexagonal column shape. The receiving surface 9 is configured to engage with the symbol display plate 6 that is held in a posture that intersects with each other. A belt winding surface 10 is formed along the inscribed circle of the six hexagonal cylindrical receiving surfaces 9 on the shaft end side of the receiving surface 9 formed on the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies 1 and 2. The above-mentioned endless rotating belt 7 is wound around the hanging surface 10.

When the drive rotor 1 is rotated by the stepping motor M, at the position between the rotors 1 and 2 where the symbol display window 11 of the slot machine body is provided,
The symbol display plate 6 has an endless rotating belt 7 on the symbol display surface 6a.
In the path along each of the rotating bodies 1 and 2, the pattern display plate 6 tilts in the tangential direction of the belt winding surface 10 with respect to the endless rotating belt 7 and moves in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the. The posture is maintained, and the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 are engaged with the design belt 3. In addition, 12 is a proximity sensor for detecting the symbol of the symbol display plate 6 which stops at the position of the symbol display window 11 from the passage of the detected member 12a provided on the specific symbol display plate 6.

The pattern belt 3 is manufactured by cutting a flexible belt plate material 13 made of soft resin or rubber reinforced with a woven cloth or the like, and the manufacturing method thereof is shown in FIGS. It will be explained based on. As shown in FIG. 3, a band member 13 having a predetermined length is provided with a connecting member forming region B along each of the left and right side edges thereof.
And a symbol display plate forming region C sandwiched between these connecting member forming regions B. A predetermined design is provided in advance in the design display plate forming area C, and in this embodiment, a design film 14 such as paper or plastic printed with the design is used as the strip plate material 13.
However, these patterns may be directly printed on the strip plate material 13. When the pattern film 14 is attached to the strip plate material 13 to provide a pattern, if the pattern film 14 is formed of a hard material that is hard to bend or a thick material,
It is easy to maintain the shape of the symbol display plate 6 in a predetermined shape for a long period of time.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the symbol display plate forming region C is cut into a plurality of symbol display plate portions D in the longitudinal direction of the strip for each predetermined symbol unit, and the connecting member forming region B and the symbol display plate are separated. Two belt members E are formed by separating the formation area C along the boundary in a state where a part is connected to each of the symbol display board portions D. Incidentally, the cutting of the plurality of symbol display plate portions D and the cutting of the connecting member forming region B and the symbol display plate forming region C may be performed separately, but a cutting blade is formed along a predetermined cutting shape. You may cut off at once by one cutting operation using the cutting blade body that is being used.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the end edges in the longitudinal direction of the belt member E are adhered or welded together to form an endless rotating belt 7, and a plurality of symbol display plates 6 are arranged along the rotating direction. , The pattern belt 3 which is connected so as to be relatively tiltable in the direction orthogonal to the rotation axis cores X ₁ and X ₂ .

[Second Embodiment] Instead of the method of manufacturing the design belt 3 shown in the first embodiment, a series of annularly formed strip plate members 13 are cut into a predetermined shape to manufacture the design belt 3. Is also good. Other configurations are similar to those of the first embodiment.

[Third Embodiment] Instead of the design belt 3 shown in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG.
It is also possible to separately form the endless rotating belt 7 and the symbol display plate 6 which are wound around the above, and bond or weld these to each other to use the symbol belt 3 formed in an annular shape. Other configurations are similar to those of the first embodiment.

[Fourth Embodiment] In place of the engaging mechanism A shown in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of projecting surface portions 15 are separately formed on the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies 1 and 2, respectively. The rear surface of the symbol display plate 6 is received by the protruding surface portion 15 of
An engaging mechanism A for holding the relative postures of the symbol display plates 6 wrapped around the outer periphery in an unchangeable manner and engaging the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 between the back surfaces of the adjacent symbol display plates 6 is configured. May be. Other configurations are similar to those of the first embodiment.

[Fifth Embodiment] As shown in FIG. 8, a step portion 9a to which the rear end side edge 6a of the symbol display plate 6 in the rotating direction is locked.
May be formed on the receiving surfaces 9 of the rotating bodies 1 and 2 for implementation.
Other configurations are similar to those of the first embodiment.

[Sixth Embodiment] As shown in FIG. 9, a wide endless belt 1 as a flexible connecting member is provided with a symbol display plate 6 made of hard plastic on which symbols are formed.
Adhesively fixed to the outer peripheral surface of 6, a plurality of symbol display plates 6 are connected along the rotation direction so as to be relatively tiltable in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis cores X ₁ and X ₂ , and the symbol display plates 6 are The pattern belts 3 that are engaged with the outer circumferences of the polygonal prism-shaped rotating bodies 1 and 2 together with the endless belt 16 may be configured such that the symbol display plates 6 adjacent to each other are relatively inclined.

[Other Embodiments] Although not shown, an endless rotary belt 7 wound around the belt winding surface 10 is connected to the back surface at the center in the width direction with respect to the pattern display plate 6 made of hard plastic. , The plurality of symbol display plates 6 are connected along the rotation direction so as to be relatively tiltable in the direction orthogonal to the rotation axis cores X ₁ and X ₂ , and the symbol display plates 6 are adjacent to each other. The pattern belt 3 which is engaged with the outer circumferences of the polygonal prism-shaped rotating bodies 1 and 2 in an inclined posture may be configured and implemented. In this case, the receiving surfaces 9 for receiving the back surface of the symbol display plate 6 can be formed on both left and right sides of the belt winding surface 10.

It should be noted that reference numerals are given in the claims for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configurations of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view of a main part of a symbol transfer device.

FIG. 2 is a sectional front view of a main part of the symbol transfer device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a method for manufacturing a design belt.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a method for manufacturing a design belt.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a method for manufacturing a pattern belt.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the design belt and a manufacturing method thereof.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional side view of essential parts showing another embodiment of the symbol transfer device.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional side view of essential parts showing another embodiment of the symbol transfer device.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional side view of essential parts showing another embodiment of the symbol transfer device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Rotating Body 2 Rotating Body 3 Design Belt 6 Design Display Plate 7 Endless Rotating Body 9 Receiving Surface 10 Circumferential Surface 13 Belt Plate Material 16 Connecting Member A Engaging Mechanism B Connecting Member Forming Area C Design Display Plate Forming Area D Design Display Plate Part X ₁ rotating shaft core X ₂ rotating shaft core

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A design belt (3) is wound around a plurality of rotating bodies (1), (2) arranged in parallel in a direction orthogonal to the rotating shaft cores (X ₁ ) and (X ₂ ). , The rotating body (1),
(2) The symbol belt (3) is a symbol moving device of a slot machine in which the symbol belt (3) is pivotally moved by the rotation, wherein the symbol belt (3) moves a plurality of symbol display plates (6) along the pivot direction. The rotary body is constructed such that the symbol display plates (6) adjacent to each other are connected to each other so as to be relatively tiltable in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis cores (X ₁ ) and (X ₂ ). (1), (2) While being wrapped around the outer periphery, the relative postures of the symbol display plates (6) wrapped around the outer periphery of the rotating bodies (1), (2) are held unchangeable. , The rotating body (1) between the back surfaces of the adjacent symbol display plates (6),
(2) A symbol moving device of a slot machine, characterized in that an engaging mechanism (A) for engaging the outer circumference is provided. 2. The rotating body (1), (2), wherein the engagement mechanism (A) receives a receiving surface (9) that receives the back surface of the symbol display plate (6) in series along the rotation direction. ) The symbol moving device of the slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the symbol moving device is formed on the outer circumference. 3. A circumferential surface (10) is formed on the outer circumference of the plurality of rotating bodies (1), (2), and an endless rotating body (7) is wound around these circumferential surfaces (10). Along with
The symbol transfer device of the slot machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plurality of symbol display plates (6) are connected via the endless rotating body (7). 4. The plurality of symbol display plates (6) are connected along the rotation direction so as to be relatively tiltable in a direction orthogonal to the rotary shaft cores (X ₁ ) and (X ₂ ), and the symbol display Board (6)
However, the symbol belt is characterized in that the symbol display plates (6) adjacent to each other are engaged with the outer circumferences of the rotating bodies (1) and (2) in a posture in which they are relatively inclined. 5. The pattern belt according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of symbol display plates (6) are connected via flexible connecting members (7), (16). 6. The connection member (7) is provided at a position sandwiching both left and right sides of the symbol display plate (6).
Or the design belt described in 5. 7. The connecting member is composed of an endless rotating body (7) wound around a circumferential surface (10) formed on the outer periphery of the plurality of rotating bodies (1), (2). The design belt according to claim 5 or 6. 8. A strip plate material (13) having flexibility,
A connecting member forming region (B) along each of the left and right side edges,
It is divided into a symbol display plate forming region (C) sandwiched between the both connecting member forming regions (B), and the symbol display plate forming region (C) is divided into a plurality of symbol display plate portions (D) in the strip longitudinal direction. Separating and separating the connecting member forming region (B) and the symbol display plate forming region (C) along the boundary thereof, with some of them connected to each of the symbol display plate portions (D). The method for producing a pattern belt according to claim 6 or 7, wherein