JP2977429B2 - Amusement machine decoration structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for giving a decoration to a game machine such as a slot machine and a pachinko machine to enhance the interest of the game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as shown in FIG. 9, a slot machine has a payout display section 62 and a door section 63 as shown in FIG.
And the frame portion 62 of the payout display portion 62 at the top.
A and a frame portion 63A of the door portion 63 on the lower side are mirror-finished by chrome plating or painting for decoration. Panel 62B of payout display section 62 and door section 6
3 reel part panel 63B and title part panel 63C
Are formed of colored translucent or transparent surfaces,
Each can be illuminated from inside. A metal medal (or coin) slot 64 required for the game is provided in a frame portion between the reel portion and the title portion of the door portion 63.
And an operation handle 65.

In such a slot machine, FIG.
As shown, three rotating reels are located inside the door 63.
And installed on the peripheral surface by the rotation of each reel
The various symbols drawn are the reel panel 6 of the door 63.
Moved and displayed from top to bottom in the window provided in 3B
You. The front of this window has three horizontal and two diagonal
A prize line is displayed, and any winning prize is displayed outside the window.
There is an activation line display that shows whether the line is valid
I have. For this reason, the window section and the
The peripheral part of constitutes the gaming section that the player pays the most attention to
The front part, including this game area, is properly decorated.
ing. In addition, when a game in which a player can acquire a large number of medals in a short time (called a big bonus game) occurs, the player is notified of the occurrence by the panel illumination of the payout display unit 62 together with sound.

[0004] In a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, the occurrence of a game state that gives a great profit to a player is notified in a similar manner.

[0005]

However, in the conventional ball game machines such as slot machines and pachinko machines,
As described above, the front part other than the gaming section where the player pays the most attention
The decorations applied to the parts are uniform, some are already obsolete, and there are few that can be said to be highly decorative at present.
Further, a method of notifying a player of occurrence of a special game state such as a big bonus game has been uniform.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to enhance the decoration of the front part as compared with the related art, so that the player feels more and more interesting,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine for notifying the occurrence of a special gaming state with a decoration suitable for it.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, in a gaming machine having a game section on a front surface, a predetermined portion of a front door is provided as a light-transmissive decorative section, and light-emitting means is disposed inside the decorative section. Usually, it reflects external light, but is formed by applying a metal coating so as to transmit the light generated from the light emitting means.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the decorative portion is a peripheral portion surrounding the front surface surrounding the gaming portion, and the light emitting means is configured by arranging a plurality of light emitting elements.

In another aspect, the decorative portion is formed of a colored light-transmitting synthetic resin, and the light emitting means is configured by arranging a light emitting element for generating colorless light.

In still another aspect, the decorative portion is formed of a colorless light-transmitting synthetic resin, and the light emitting means is configured by arranging a light emitting element for generating light of a predetermined color.

[0011]

A predetermined portion (for example, a base frame portion) of the front door is formed as a decorative portion, and the metal coating applied to the surface of the front door usually reflects light and looks silver or gold.

In this state, the game is played. For example, when a special game state occurs, the light emission means is operated by the display control means of the game machine. At this time, the light emitted from the light emitting means is transmitted through the light-transmissive decorative part and its metal coating, so that the decorative part which appeared to be silver or gold becomes the color of the ground of the material or the color of the light from the light emitting means. And a decorative effect that has never been achieved before can be obtained.

In addition, a portion where an operation portion such as an operation handle is disposed or a specific portion on the front surface of the gaming machine is a decoration portion,
By illuminating this with the light emitting means, the player can clearly recognize their positions.

[0014]

FIG. 1 shows a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the slot machine 1, the entire front surface is formed as a door portion 2. The door portion 2 includes a payout display portion 3, a reel portion 4 constituting a game portion, and a title portion 5.

In this embodiment, in order to decorate the peripheral portion of the door portion 2, the base frame portion 2A of the door portion 2 is formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin (for example, ABS, polypropylene, polycarbonate or the like), and its surface is formed. The outer or inner surface of the gaming machine is provided with a metal coating as shown in FIG. 2 by a method called PVD (physical vapor deposition) method, and a base frame 2 is provided.
A is configured such that it normally reflects light and looks silver or gold. PVD methods include methods such as vacuum deposition, sputtering, and ion plating. They are,
This is a technique in which a coating material is blown onto a coating target in a vacuum to perform coating, and has a feature that the film thickness can be made thin and uniform.

Conventionally, it has been difficult to form a uniform thin film particularly on a curved surface by a method of performing chromium plating or painting on the surface of a synthetic resin. However, according to the above-described PVD method, a uniform thin film is formed. Therefore, in the embodiment, by making the front cover light-transmissive, a plurality of light-emitting elements 2B constituting light-emitting means arranged inside the base frame 2A of the door portion 2 as described later are formed. When exposed to light, the base frame 2 is a decorative part that previously appeared silver or gold.
A can be illuminated with the color of the colored synthetic resin or the color of the light from the light emitting element 2B.

In FIG. 2, (a) and (b) show cross sections of the base frame portion 2A coated by sputtering, and (c) by vacuum evaporation, respectively, so as to appear silver or gold.

In FIG. 2A, a coating material 22 is laminated on a material 21 made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin colored in an arbitrary color such as red, blue, and yellow. In FIG. 2B, the material 2
A top coat 23 for protecting the coated surface is applied on the coating material 22 laminated on the first coating material 1. In FIG. Is provided with an undercoat 24 for stabilizing.

2 (a) to 2 (c) show a configuration for covering the front side of the material 21, whereas FIG. 2 (d) shows a configuration for covering the back side of the material 21. In this configuration, there is no possibility that the coating is peeled off due to external factors. However, material 21
Must be colorless.

The material, thickness, etc. of the material 21, the covering material 22, the top coat 23, and the undercoat 24 are determined so as to exert appropriate light transmittance and coloring when illuminated by a light emitting means described later. Is done. Examples are shown in the following table.

[0021]

[Table 1] Next, on the back side of the base frame 2A of the door 2 coated with metal, as shown in FIG.
An LED substrate 8 is provided in which D (light emitting diodes) 7 are arranged in a line at appropriate intervals. This LED board 8
4, as shown in FIG. 4, abuts against a rib 9 provided on the back side of the base frame 2A, and is fixed by screws.

When a game is played in the slot machine configured as described above and a big prize, called a big bonus, occurs, a microcomputer as a display control means of the slot machine 1 blinks each LED 7.
At this time, when the light emitted from the LED 7 passes through the light transmitting material 21, the base frame portion 2 </ b> A that looks silver or gold in the coating intermittently shines in the color (red, blue, yellow, etc.) of the material 21. Thus, a decorative effect that has not been achieved before can be obtained.

The LED 7 flashes simultaneously,
The lighting may turn clockwise or counterclockwise around the outer periphery of the base frame 2A. Also, the case where a colorless LED 7 is used has been described.
The ED 7 may be colored. Further, an EL element or a light bulb may be used as the light emitting element instead of the LED.

In the above embodiment, the base frame 2A of the door 2 is a decorative part, but other parts, for example , the medal (or coin) slot 6 of the slot machine of FIG. FIG. 5 shows a configuration in which decoration is performed by lighting.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 5A, the medal slot member 30 of a conventional slot machine made of metal.
Is a main body 31 made of synthetic resin and a medal insertion part 3 made of metal.
2 and the medal insertion part 32 is provided integrally when the main body part 31 is formed. The surface shown in FIG. 2 is applied to the surface of the main body 31. At this time, by masking a part of the surface, as shown in FIG. 5B and FIG. It is possible to provide a place where the base can be seen without covering in the form of a letter, a figure, a symbol, or the like. According to this embodiment, the player can clearly see the position of the medal insertion slot by illuminating from the inside before the medal is inserted.

Also, the portion of the door portion 2 where the operation handle 10 is provided between the reel portion 4 and the title portion 5 in FIG. The position can be clearly recognized.

Next, as another embodiment, FIG. 6 shows a case where the present invention is applied to a front door portion 41 of a pachinko machine 40 which is a kind of a ball-and-ball game machine. Also in this case, nails and other members
In order to decorate the peripheral portion of the door portion 41 surrounding the gaming portion 42 including the placed game board, a base frame portion 41A around the gaming portion is formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin, and its surface (the outer surface of the gaming machine or The inner surface) is coated with the above-described metal coating by a PVD method, and is configured to reflect light normally so as to appear in silver or gold, and a plurality of light emitting units forming light emitting means are provided on the back side of the base frame portion 41A. The element 41B is arranged.

As in the case of the slot machine described above, when a large prize-winning state that gives a player a chance to acquire a large number of prize balls occurs during a game with the pachinko machine 40, the display control means of the pachinko machine 40 sets the LED 7 Flashing drive.
Thereby, the same decorative effect as described above can be obtained.

Further, the portion where the firing handle 43 is provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine 40 may be coated as described above and a light emitting means may be provided on the inside so that the player turns on the handle 43 until the player turns the handle 43.

Next, FIG. 7, in a game arcade arranged plurality of gaming machines such as a slot machine, the gaming machine 50 _1-5
0 to _n top of showing a case of applying the present invention to a display device 51 which is provided to display each of the gaming state.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, the display device 51 is provided with a display and circuits necessary for display on the front side of the horizontally long mounting plate 52, and the whole is covered with a cover 53. The display of the internal LED display 55 is visible through a window 54 formed at the lower center of the cover 53. The upper and left and right portions of the window 54 are formed as decorative portions according to the present invention. I have. More specifically, the left, center, and right portions 53L, 53C, and 53R of the cover 53 made of a colored light-transmitting synthetic resin are coated with the above-described metal coating by a PVD method, and usually reflect light to form a silver color. Or, it is configured to look golden, and when a light emitting means such as an LED or a light bulb arranged on the back side corresponding to each part is operated, each part shines in a colored color, and The same decorative effect is obtained.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the front door is provided.
Predetermined portion of the A is a metal coating applied to the surface,
It usually reflects light and looks silver or gold.

On the other hand, when a special game state occurs or the like, the light emitting means is operated, and when the light passes through the light-transmissive decorative portion and the metal coating, the decorative portion which has been seen in silver or gold until then. Shines with the color of the ground of the surface material or the color of the light from the light emitting means. Thereby, a remarkable decoration effect which has not existed conventionally can be obtained. Furthermore, it is also possible to make the player clearly recognize the positions of the operation part such as the operation handle and the specific part as the decoration part and illuminate the decoration part with the light emitting means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing the front side of a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of each decorative portion covered.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a door portion of the slot machine of the embodiment and a light emitting means inside the door portion.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. 3 showing the light emitting means arranged inside the decorative portion.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration in a case where a medal slot of the slot machine is a decorative part.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a pachinko machine as another application example of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an arrangement state of a plurality of gaming machines in a game arcade.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a display device provided at an upper portion of each of the gaming machines in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a view showing the front side of a conventional slot machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Slot machine, 2 ... Door part, 2A ... Base frame part, 2B
... Light-emitting element, 3 ... Payout display section, 4 ... Reel section, 5 ... Title section, 6 ... Medal slot, 7 ... Operation handle, 7 ... L
ED, 8 LED board, 9 rib 9, 10 operation handle, 21 light transmissive material, 22 coating material, 23 top coat, 24 undercoat, 30 medal slot member, 31 synthetic resin 32, a metal medal insertion unit, 40, a pachinko machine, 41, a front door unit, 42,
Gaming unit, 43 ... firing handle, 50 ₁ to 50 _n ... more gaming machines, 51 ... display, 52 ... mounting plate, 53 ... cover, 54 ... window, 55 ... LED indicator.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A gaming machine having a game section on the front side, a predetermined portion of a front door of the game machine is provided as a light-transmissive decorative section, and a light-emitting means is disposed inside the decorative section. A decorative structure which is formed by applying a metal coating so as to reflect light but transmit light generated from the light emitting means. 2. The decorative structure according to claim 1, wherein said decorative portion is a peripheral portion surrounding a front surface surrounding the game portion, and said light emitting means is constituted by arranging a plurality of light emitting elements. 3. The decorative structure according to claim 1, wherein the decorative portion is formed of a colored light-transmitting synthetic resin, and a light-emitting element that emits colorless light is disposed as the light-emitting means. 4. The decorative structure according to claim 1, wherein said decorative portion is formed of a colorless light-transmitting synthetic resin, and a light emitting element for generating light of a predetermined color is disposed as said light emitting means.