JP2001231940A - Windwheel for playing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a windwheel for a playing machine which is visually amusing and contributes to elimination of monotonousness of play. SOLUTION: When a play ball P hits the upper part of a wheel part 51A, the windwheel body 51 rotates in the direction shown in an arrow mark F1, and a decorative member 52 rotates in the direction shown in an arrow mark F2 opposite to the wind wheel body 51. In this time, players can see that the decorative member 52 rotates in the direction shown by the arrow mark F2 through respective apertures 51 of a rotating windwheel body 51, and a movable new design can be formed by intersection of the aperture 51J and the projected parts 52C of the decorative member 52. The light emitted from a LED installed at the rear side of the decorative member 52 passes through light-passing holes 52D of the decorative member 52, and it passes through the apertures 51J or it is blocked by partition members 51K. Hence, the light blinks.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a windmill for a game machine, for example, a game machine for a pachinko machine, which is rotatably provided on a game board and rotates when hit by a game ball.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a windmill for a gaming machine of this type, for example, a game board having a disc-shaped member having a plurality of protruding portions projecting outward from an outer periphery by a shaft member is used. Is known which is rotatably mounted on a vehicle. And when the game ball falls on the protruding portion, the gaming machine windmill rotates in the falling direction. By the way, the windmill for gaming machines is originally intended to change the falling direction of the game ball, and has a great influence on whether or not the game ball wins. Due to its lack of interest, it is almost ignored by players. In recent pachinko machines, most of the profits obtained by the player are determined by the operation result of the center role provided in the center of the game board. For example, in a first-class pachinko machine, a large hit occurs when a symbol fluctuated and displayed by a special symbol display device provided at the center of a game board is aligned with a predetermined symbol, and a game in which a large amount of prize balls can be acquired. State. For this reason, a player comes to pay attention only to a fluctuating symbol, and there is a problem that the game becomes monotonous.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine windmill that is interesting and contributes to the elimination of monotonous gaming.

[0004]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided on a game board so as to be rotatable, and a game ball hits and rotates. A game machine wind turbine having a wind turbine body having a protrusion protruding outward from an outer periphery and a hollow portion formed around a rotation shaft, and a rotation shaft common to the rotation shaft of the wind turbine body. A decorative member rotatably housed in the hollow portion, interlocking means for interlocking the decorative member and the windmill body and rotating in opposite directions, and provided near the decorative member. Light emitting means,
Of the windmill main body, a portion that can be visually recognized from the front of the gaming board is provided with a plurality of transmission portions that can visually recognize a part of the decorative member in a rotational direction, and a plurality of transmission portions are provided for the windmill main body and the decorative member. Technical means is used in which at least one is formed with a light transmitting portion for transmitting light emitted from the light emitting means forward.

When the game ball hits the projecting portion of the windmill main body, the windmill main body rotates, and the decorative member accommodated in the hollow portion of the windmill main body rotates in the opposite direction to the windmill main body by the interlocking means.
At this time, in the portion of the windmill main body that can be viewed from the front of the game board, since a plurality of transmission portions that can visually recognize a part of the decorative member are provided in correspondence with the rotation direction, when viewed from the front of the game board. It looks as if a new design with a movement is formed by intersecting the plurality of transmissive portions and the decorative member seen therefrom. Moreover, the design changes with the rotation speed of a windmill main body and a decorative member. Further, a part of the light emitted from the light emitting means provided in the vicinity of the decorative member reaches the player's eyes through the light transmitting portion formed on at least one of the windmill main body and the decorative member. Further, a part of the light is shielded by the non-transmissive portion where the transmissive portion is not formed. That is, since the light emitted from the light emitting means is intermittently shielded, the light appears to the player to blink.
Further, the interval of the blinking changes depending on the rotation speed of the windmill main body and the decorative member. That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a moving design newly formed by the crossing of the transmission part of the wind turbine body rotating in the opposite direction and the decorative member seen from the transmission part, It is possible to realize a gaming machine windmill that can perform an interesting effect by blinking of light emitted from the light emitting means. Further, the player's attention to the decorative windmill can be increased. Therefore, it is possible to contribute to the elimination of monotonous games.
The above-mentioned design means a shape, a pattern, a color, or a combination thereof, and includes a design that changes with time.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the windmill for a gaming machine according to the first aspect, at least a portion of the decorative member that can be visually recognized from the transmission portion is the light transmission portion. The technical means of using.

The light transmitted through the light transmitting portion reaches the player's eyes from the transmitting portion when the transmitting portion of the windmill main body coincides with the light transmitting portion of the decorative member. The light is shielded by the unit. That is, a change in light is added to a change in design formed by crossing the plurality of transmissive portions and the decorative member that looks beyond the transmissive portion, so that an even more interesting effect can be performed.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a windmill for a game machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, a decorative windmill provided on a game board of a so-called first-class pachinko machine will be described as an example of a windmill for a gaming machine according to the present invention. [Main Structure of Pachinko Machine] First, the main structure of the entire pachinko machine provided with the decorative windmill according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The pachinko machine 10 is provided with a front frame 11 so as to be openable and closable. A metal frame 12 is attached to the front frame 11 so as to be openable and closable. Mounted on A game board 14 is provided inside the glass frame 13.
Is provided. At the lower right of the front frame 11, a firing handle 16 for operating a firing motor (not shown) for firing a game ball to the game board 14 is rotatably attached.
The firing handle 16 is provided with a firing stop button 17 for stopping the firing motor. On the left side of the game board 14, a guide rail 27 for guiding the shot game balls to the game area is provided.

A keyhole decoration 19 having a keyhole 18 into which a key for opening and closing the glass frame 13 is inserted is provided on the right side of the front frame 11, and a frame lamp 26 is provided above the front frame 11. A front plate 20 is provided below the glass frame 13, and a prize ball / lending ball supply port 21 to which a prize ball or a lending ball is supplied is formed in an upper left portion of the front plate 20. On the supply side of the prize ball / lending ball supply port 21, an upper receiving tray 22 for storing the prize balls or the lending ball supplied from the prize ball / lending ball supply port 21 is attached. An outlet 24 is formed below the upper tray 22 to discharge a prize ball that has flowed in excess of the number that can be accommodated in the upper tray 22 or a game ball discharged from the upper tray 22 by operating the upper tray ball pulling lever 23. Have been. On the discharge side of the discharge port 24, a lower tray 25 for storing game balls discharged from the discharge port 24 is provided.

[Main Structure of the Game Board 14] Next, the game board 1
4 will be described with reference to FIG. A center case 30 is provided substantially at the center of the game board 14. The center case 30 has a prize entrance 35
And a normal symbol display device 32 composed of three LEDs, and 4 indicating the number of times the normal symbol display device 32 can be operated.
A normal symbol storage display LED 33 composed of a plurality of LEDs, a special symbol display device 31 for variably displaying a plurality of symbols on a liquid crystal display, for example, a special symbol of 0 to 9, and the number of times that the special symbol display device 31 can be started is displayed. And a special symbol storage display LED 34 composed of four LEDs.

On the left and right sides of the center case 30, a normal symbol operation gate 3 for operating the normal symbol display device 32 is provided.
6, 36 are provided. Below the center case 30, a first type starting port 37 having a function of operating the special symbol display device 31 is provided. Below the first type starting port 37, a stop symbol of the ordinary symbol display device 32 is provided. Ordinary electric accessory 38 that opens both wings when hit
Is provided. The opened ordinary electric accessory 38 has a function of starting the operation of the special symbol display device 31 in the same manner as the first type starting port 37. Below the ordinary electric accessory 38, there is provided a variable winning device 40 which is activated when the stop symbol of the special symbol display device 31 hits the symbol.

The variable winning device 40 is provided with a large winning opening 41 in the form of a door which is opened when a hit occurs, and which is openable and closable on both sides of the large winning opening 41. Are provided respectively. In addition, the game board 14 is provided with sleeve winning ports 39, 39, corner decorative lamps 45, 45, side decorative lamps 46, 46, four disc-shaped windmills 49, and decorative windmills 50, 50. ing. Then, the game ball fired in the game area collides with the nail 47 (only a part of the nail is shown for convenience of the drawing), the decorative windmill 50, or the disc-shaped windmill 49, which is driven into the game board 14, It flows down while dancing.

[Structure of Decorative Windmill 50] Next, the structure of a decorative windmill 50 which is a gaming machine windmill according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows a decorative windmill 5
FIG. 4 is an exploded explanatory view showing members constituting No. 0, and FIG.
Is a decorative windmill 50 shown to show a part of the internal structure.
FIG. FIG. 5 shows the decorative windmill 50 shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state of attachment together with a part of the cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 4, and FIG. FIG. 7A is an explanatory view of the wind turbine body shown in FIG. 3 as viewed from the front, and FIG. 7B is an explanatory view of the decorative member shown in FIG. 3 as viewed from the front. In the following description, the player side is defined as the front side, and the game board 14 side is defined as the rear side.
In addition, the surface facing the player side is the front, and the game board 14
The surface facing the side is the rear surface. The decorative windmill 50 includes a windmill main body 51, a decorative member 52, a gear member 53, a mounting member 54, an LED board 55, and a windmill support shaft 56. Hereinafter, each structure will be described.

(Structure of Wind Turbine Main Body 51) As shown in FIG. 3, the wind turbine main body 51 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape, and its peripheral surface has a blade portion 5 having a mountain-shaped cross section which protrudes radially outward.
1A is plural at predetermined intervals (six in this embodiment)
Is formed. A substantially cylindrical hollow portion 51C is formed inside the windmill main body 51, and an internal gear type windmill main body gear portion 51B is engraved on the entire peripheral surface thereof. A front surface member 51D is formed on the front surface of the wind turbine main body 51. As shown in FIG. 7A, the front member 51D is formed with a plurality (six in this embodiment) of windows 51J penetrating in the front-rear direction. Each window 51J is formed between the blade portions 51A in terms of position, and each window 51J is partitioned by a narrow partition member 51K formed radially from the center of the front member 51D. FIG.
As shown in the figure, at the center of the rear surface of the front member 51D, a columnar boss portion 51E is formed so as to protrude into the hollow portion 51C. At the center of the boss 51E, a shaft hole 51F for inserting the pin-shaped windmill support shaft 56 is formed so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction. Further, as shown in FIG.
In the center of the front surface of D, a recess 51G for accommodating the head 56A of the wind turbine support shaft 56 inserted through the shaft hole 51F is provided with a shaft hole 51F.
And is formed in communication with. The head 56A of the windmill support shaft 56 is accommodated in the recess 51G, so that the head 56
A does not protrude from the front surface of the front member 51D.

(Structure of the decorative member 52)
It has a flower-like plate shape, and is formed to have a smaller diameter than the inner diameter of the hollow portion 51C of the windmill main body 51, and has a plurality of (12 in this embodiment) bulging outward in an arc shape on its peripheral surface. A projection 52C is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 7B, a plurality of (six in this embodiment) light-transmitting holes 52D are provided at predetermined intervals (every other protrusion 52C in this embodiment) at predetermined intervals. Are formed to penetrate in the front-rear direction. Each light transmitting hole 52D is formed in a long hole shape having a long axis along the radial direction of the decorative member 52. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a gear-type decorative member gear portion 52A is formed in the center of the rear surface of the decorative member 52,
In the center of the decorative member 52 and the decorative member gear portion 52A,
Windmill support shaft 56 inserted into shaft hole 51F of windmill body 51
The shaft hole 52B for inserting the through hole is formed to penetrate in the front-rear direction.

(Structure of the mounting member 54)
A plate-like base member 54G is provided, and a shaft hole 54E for inserting a windmill support shaft 56 inserted into the shaft hole 52B of the decorative member 52 is formed in the center of the base member 54G in the front-rear direction. ing. On the rear surface of the base member 54G, a cylindrical central boss portion 54D is formed so as to protrude rearward. A shaft hole (not shown) communicating with the shaft hole 54E is formed in the center boss portion 54D so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction. The rear surface of the base member 54G,
Support bosses 54F, 54F having a shorter overall length in the central axis direction than the central boss 54D are formed above and below D, respectively, to project rearward (FIGS. 3 and 5). Through holes 54C, 54C are formed on the left and right of the shaft hole 54E in the front-rear direction. At the outside of each of the through holes 54C, 54C (both ends of the base member 54G), mounting holes 54B, 54B through which nails for mounting the base member 54G to the game board 14 (FIG. 5) are formed in the front-rear direction. ing. A pin-shaped gear support shaft 54A is formed to protrude forward on the front surface of the mounting member 54 and above the shaft hole 54E. Decorative windmill 5
0 is a gear member 53 having a smaller diameter than the decorative member gear portion 52A.
The gear support shaft 54A is inserted through a shaft hole 53A formed through the center of the gear member 53 in the front-rear direction, and the gear member 53 is rotatable about the gear support shaft 54A as a rotation center.

(Structure of LED Board 55) LED Board 55
Is formed in a substantially disc shape, and the center thereof is provided with a windmill support shaft 56 through which a central boss portion 54D of the mounting member 54 is inserted.
Is formed to penetrate in the front-rear direction. The LEDs 55A, 5 are located on the left and right of the insertion hole 55B.
5A are attached with the light emitting surface facing forward. As shown in FIG. 5, the central boss 54 is inserted into the insertion hole 55B.
When D is inserted, the positions of the through holes 54C, 54C of the mounting member 54 and the positions of the LEDs 55A, 55A coincide with each other.
The light emitted from the EDs 55A, 55A
The transmission becomes possible from 54C. Further, since the heads of the support bosses 54F, 54F abut on the front surface of the LED board 55, the mounting interval between the mounting member 54 and the LED board 55 is regulated. In addition, each LED 55A, 55A
The pachinko machine 10 is electrically connected to a lamp control device (not shown) provided on the back set, and is turned on or off by a drive signal from the lamp control device.

[Assembly Structure of Decorative Windmill 50] A central boss portion 54D of the mounting member 54 is inserted into the insertion hole 55B of the LED board 55.
Through. At this time, when the base member 54G is viewed from the front, the LEDs 55A, 55C pass through the through holes 54C, 54C.
Make A visible. Next, the base member 54G is pressed against a predetermined portion of the game board 14, and nails are driven into the game board 14 through the mounting holes 54B, 54B of the base member 54G to attach the base member 54G to the game board. Next, the gear support shaft 54A of the base member 54G is inserted into the shaft hole 53A of the gear member 53. Next, the wind turbine support shaft 56 is inserted into the shaft hole 51F of the wind turbine main body 51, and the wind turbine support shaft 56 inserted through the shaft hole 51F is inserted into the shaft hole 52B of the decorative member 52. Next, the gear member 53 is connected to the windmill main body gear portion 51B of the windmill main body 51 and the decorative member gear portion 52A of the decorative member 52.
And the teeth of the gear member 53 mesh with the teeth of both the windmill main body gear portion 51B and the decorative member gear portion 52A (FIGS. 4 and 5). Thereby, the gear member 53
Is rotatable in the same direction as the windmill body 51, and the decorative member 52 is rotatable in the opposite direction to the gear member 53. Further, the decorative member 52 is housed in the hollow portion 51C of the windmill main body 51. Next, the windmill support shaft 56 inserted through the shaft hole 52B of the decorative member 52 is inserted into the shaft hole of the central boss portion 54D via the shaft hole 54E of the mounting member 54. Next, a retaining member 56A for preventing the wind turbine support shaft 56 from slipping forward is fixed to the base of the wind turbine support shaft 56 projecting from the head of the central boss 54D (FIG. 5).

[Operation of Decorative Windmill 50] Next, the decorative windmill 5
The operation of 0 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, when the game ball P falls in the direction shown by the arrow F3 and hits the upper part of the blade portion 51A existing on the right side of the windmill main body 51, the windmill main body 5
1 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow F1 (clockwise as viewed from the front). At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the gear member 53 meshing with the windmill main body gear portion 51B is also moved to the windmill main body 51B.
The decorative member gear portion 52A that rotates in the same direction as the gear member 53 and meshes with the gear member 53 rotates in the direction opposite to the gear member 53. That is, the decorative member 52 rotates in the direction opposite to the windmill main body 51 (the direction indicated by the arrow F2 (counterclockwise as viewed from the front)) (FIG. 6). At this time, the pachinko machine 10
Of the windmill main body 51 rotates in the direction shown by the arrow F1, and the decorative member 52 rotates in the direction shown by the arrow F2 through each window 51J of the rotating windmill main body 51. be able to. At this time, the window 51
The intersection between J and the protruding portion 52C of the decorative member 52 forms a new moving design. Also,
Some of the light emitted from the LEDs 55A, 55A
1J and each light transmitting hole 52 of the decorative member 52.
Transmit D. Further, the light transmitted through each of the light transmitting holes 52D is blocked when the light transmitting hole 52D reaches the rear surface of the partition member 51K of the windmill main body 51, and is transmitted forward when entering the window 51J to allow the player to enter the window 51J. Reaching the eye. In other words, light transmitted through the light transmitting hole 52D appears to the player to blink.

[Effects of the Decorative Windmill 50] As described above, when the decorative windmill 50 is used in the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of windows 51J formed in the windmill main body 51 and the windows 51J are provided.
52C of the decorative member 52 visible from the
With the light transmitted forward from D through window 51J,
A new moving design can be formed. The design is based on a windmill body 51 and a decorative member 52.
Can be changed by the rotation speed of the motor. That is,
An interesting effect can be performed, and a windmill for a gaming machine can be realized that can increase the degree of attention of a player. Therefore, it is possible to contribute to the elimination of monotonous games. Further, the decorative member 52 is replaced with a hollow portion 51C of the windmill body 51.
Therefore, there is no need to provide a space for providing the decorative member 52 other than a space for providing the windmill main body 51.

[Other Embodiments] Blade 5 of Wind Turbine Main Body 51
The design and number of 1A and window 51J are not limited to those described in the above embodiment, and the design can be changed. For example, at least a portion having a light-transmitting property can be formed on the blade portion 51A or the partition member 51K. Further, a color can be applied to the light-transmitting portion so as not to impair the light-transmitting property. In this case, the color of each portion having translucency may be different at at least two places. According to this configuration, a color change can be produced. Further, some of the windows 51J may be formed translucent or opaque.

The design of the decorative member 52 is not limited to the one described in the above embodiment, and the design can be changed. For example, the projection 52C and the light transmitting hole 52D
The number, shape, and size of can be changed. Further, a translucent member or a colored translucent member can be embedded in the light transmitting hole 52D. According to this configuration, a color change can be produced. Also, the LEDs 55A, 55A
For example, a blue LED or the like can be used in addition to the red LED. In this case, the colors of both LEDs 55A can be different. The LED light emission method includes a method in which both LEDs 55A are constantly lit, a method in which both LEDs 55A are constantly blinked at a constant interval, a method in which both LEDs 55A are blinked or lit at irregular intervals, a method in which both LEDs 55A are alternately lit, and the like. Can be used. When each of these methods is used, the lighting or blinking pattern can be changed according to a game state such as occurrence of a big hit. In the above-described embodiments, the decorative windmill provided in the pachinko machine has been described as an example of the gaming machine windmill according to the present invention, but the gaming machine provided in another gaming machine such as a smart ball. It goes without saying that the gaming machine wind turbine according to the present invention can be applied to a wind turbine for a game machine.

[Correspondence between Claims and Embodiments] The blade 51A corresponds to the protrusion according to claim 1, and the gear member 5
3 corresponds to the interlocking means. Also, the LEDs 55A, 55A
Corresponds to the light emitting means, and the window 51J corresponds to the transmitting portion. Further, the light transmitting hole 52D corresponds to the light transmitting portion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a main configuration of an entire pachinko machine provided with a decorative windmill according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a main configuration of a game board 14 provided in the pachinko machine 10 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded view showing members constituting the decorative windmill 50;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory front view of the decorative windmill 50 showing a part of the internal structure.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the decorative windmill 50 shown in FIG.
It is explanatory drawing shown with a part of arrow A sectional drawing.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the decorative windmill 50 as viewed from the front.

7 (A) is an explanatory view of the wind turbine main body shown in FIG. 3 as viewed from the front, and FIG. 7 (B) is an explanatory view of the decorative member shown in FIG. 3 as viewed from the front.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 Pachinko machine (game machine) 14 Game board 50 Decorative windmill (windmill for game machine) 51 Windmill main body 51A Blade part (projection part) 51J Window (transmission part) 52 Decoration member 52D Light transmission hole (light transmission part) 53 Gear member (Interlocking means) 55A LED (light emitting means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A windmill for a game machine, which is rotatably provided on a game board, and rotates upon hitting a game ball, wherein the windmill is formed around a rotary shaft and a protrusion protruding outward from an outer periphery. A wind turbine body having a hollow portion, a decoration member having a rotation shaft common to the rotation shaft of the wind turbine body, and rotatably housed in the hollow portion; interlocking the decoration member with the wind turbine body And a light-emitting means provided near the decorative member, and a portion of the windmill main body that can be visually recognized from the front of the game board includes the decoration. A plurality of transmissive portions that allow a part of the member to be viewed are provided in correspondence with the rotation direction. At least one of the windmill main body and the decorative member transmits light emitted from the light emitting unit to the front. Part is formed A windmill for a game machine, characterized in that: 2. The windmill for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of a part of the decorative member that can be visually recognized from the transmitting part is the light transmitting part.