JPH0970470A - Illumination device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stabilize the operation of a game control circuit, to provide the versatility of both game control circuit and driver circuit and to effectively utilize a dead space present between the game control circuit and the back surface of a game board. SOLUTION: On the front surface of a gauge panel 1, a cell sheet 3 provided with game functional parts such as an accessary 3 and a stop lamp 3 and a light emitting display part as an electroluminescence lamp 15 installed. On the back surface of the gauge panel 1, the game control circuit 18 for controlling the game functional parts corresponding to game conditions and the driver circuit 19 constituted separately from the game control circuit 18 as the power source of the light emitting display part are formed. Then, the driver circuit 29 is installed between the game control circuit 18 and the back surface of the gauge panel 1, the game control circuit 18 outputs lighting signals corresponding to the game conditions to the driver circuit 29, the driver circuit 29 supplies light emitting power to the light emitting display part and the adverse effect of noise generated in the driver circuit 29 to the game control circuit 18 is prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an illumination device used in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine and provided with an electroluminescence lamp as a light emitting display section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko machine, a back of a center accessory projects at the center of the back side of the gauge board, and the center accessory and other objects are placed on the back of the gauge board so as to be located on one side of the center accessory. It is general to install a game control circuit for controlling the operation of the electric decoration parts. By the way, as a pachinko machine illumination device, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-50092, an electroluminescence lamp is provided as a light emitting display unit on the front side of a gaming machine, and a driver is provided on the back side of the gaming machine. It is possible to use an illumination device for a gaming machine, which is provided with a circuit and supplies electric power between the front electrode and the back electrode of the electroluminescent lamp from this driver circuit to display the light emitting layer of the electroluminescent lamp by light emission. It is considered.

[0003]

However, in the current pachinko machine, a circuit for controlling game functional parts such as a prize, a prize ball discharging mechanism, a buzzer, a decoration, and a light emitting display unit is a microcomputer according to a game situation. 12V or 24V is used because it is configured to include an electronic circuit, and actuators such as motors and electromagnetic solenoids in the game function parts are also configured to be driven with a voltage within 24V. On the other hand, the electroluminescence lamp is 80V at 100V.
It is necessary to drive at a voltage higher than 24 V such as 0 Hz at a frequency higher than 50 Hz or 60 Hz of the commercial power source, and when the driver circuit that constitutes the power source of the electroluminescence lamp is integrated with the game control circuit,
The microcomputer in the game control circuit may malfunction due to noise generated during the operation of the driver circuit. It is also possible to add a noise suppression circuit and integrate the driver circuit with the game control circuit,
The versatility that it can be used in any model for both the game control circuit and the driver circuit is lost, which is economically disadvantageous and is difficult to adopt suddenly.

Therefore, in the present invention, by configuring the game control circuit and the driver circuit on separate circuit boards,
While ensuring stable operation of the game control circuit and versatility of both the game control circuit and the driver circuit, the driver circuit is installed by effectively utilizing the dead space existing between the game control circuit and the back surface of the game board. By doing so, it is intended to provide an illumination device for a game machine capable of improving quality reliability.

[0005]

A lighting device according to claim 1 is:
A game control circuit for controlling game function parts and a power source for the electroluminescence lamp are provided on the back side of the game board while the game function parts such as accessories and decorations and an electroluminescence lamp are provided on the front side of the game board. As a game control circuit and a driver circuit configured separately,
This driver circuit is characterized by being installed between the game control circuit and the back surface of the game board. According to the invention of claim 1, the game control circuit generates a lighting signal according to the gaming situation and outputs the lighting signal to the driver circuit, and the driver circuit supplies light emission power to the electroluminescence lamp according to the lighting signal. As a result, it is possible to prevent the noise generated in the driver circuit from flowing into the game control circuit to stabilize the operation of the game control circuit, and to use both the game control circuit and the driver circuit in any model. In addition to being standardized for versatility, the driver circuit is installed between the game control circuit and the back surface of the game board so that the driver circuit exists between the game control circuit and the back surface of the game board. It can be installed by effectively using the dead space. An illumination device according to a second aspect is characterized in that the driver circuit according to the first aspect is attached to the back surface of a member forming a ball guide path arranged between the game control circuit and the back surface of the game board. . According to the invention of claim 2, it is advantageous in terms of cost by utilizing the circuit base as a component for attaching the game control circuit to the game board. According to a third aspect of the present invention, the illumination device supplies light emission power from the output end of the driver circuit to the electroluminescence lamp on the outside of the wall forming the gutter that guides the game ball to the collecting gutter from the guide path according to the second aspect. The feature is that a groove for passing the electric wire is formed. According to the invention of claim 3, the electric wire can be protected from the ball flowing through the taxiway, and the electric wire can be prevented from wobbling to improve the transportability of the completed gauge board.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an external appearance of a pachinko machine electric decoration device according to one embodiment as viewed from the back side in a state in which a game control circuit is opened, and FIG. 2 does not include the game control circuit of the same embodiment. The back surface is shown, and FIG. 3 shows a cross section in which the game control circuit is closed along the line AA in FIG. In these FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 is a gauge panel detachably mounted inside the machine frame of the pachinko machine, which is composed of an outer frame attached to the island of the store and a front frame openably and closably attached to the outer frame. The gauge board 1 has a cell sheet 3 having a design drawing integrally connected to the entire front surface of a game board 2 formed of a substantially square veneer board. The cell sheet 3 is composed of a plurality of light emitting display portions each including an electroluminescence lamp scattered on the back surface of a front panel made of a transparent polyethylene terephthalate film (commonly referred to as PET film) having light transmittance, and a light emitting display portion. It has a design diagram including a non-luminous display portion formed by normal paint printing which is a portion other than the display portion.

On the front surface of the gauge board 1, a band 4 for guiding a game ball (not shown) launched from a launch device (not shown) to the game area, a center accessory 5, a windmill (not shown), a winning opening 6, and a special winning opening. It also has (also called an attacker) 7, an outlet 8, a prize ball lamp not shown, a stop lamp not shown, and a large number of game nails not shown.

On the back surface of the gauge board 1, the back of the center accessory 5 and the back of the special winning opening 7 are projected, and the winning opening 6 is also provided.
An outlet 8, an award ball lamp mounting hole 9, and a stop lamp mounting hole 10 (see FIG. 2) are opened from the front surface of the gauge board 1, and are located around the center accessory 5 to form a relay board. 11 and the winning ball guide passage structure 14B are installed, and the relay board 12 is installed in a state of being separated from the center accessory 5 and further on the left side portion of the center accessory 5. A set unit 13 made of synthetic resin is attached so as to be positioned.

The set unit 13 is attached to the back surface of the game board 2 in a superposed state and guides a game ball that has won a winning opening (not shown) downward to a winning ball guiding passage structure 14A.
And, it is attached to the back surface of the game board 2 in a state of being separated from the lower part of the winning ball guiding passage structure 14A so as to receive the game balls discharged from the winning ball guiding passage structure 14A and guide them to a central gutter (not shown) The winning ball guide gutter structure 15, the electric wire guiding groove 17 formed outside the lower wall 16 of the winning ball guide gutter structure 15, and the winning ball guide gutter structure 15 from the winning ball guide passage structure 14A. It is provided with a game control circuit 18 which is arranged so as to be openable and closable on the rear surface side up to the electric wire drawing groove 17.

The electric wire drawing groove 17 is formed by a lower wall 16 of the winning ball guide gutter structure 15 and a facing wall 19 formed to face the lower wall 16 at a predetermined distance from each other. Seen more, it has a shape that is open in the front-back direction and on the special winning opening 7 side.

A recess 20 is formed at the lower edge of the gauge board 1 located below the wire drawing groove 17 (below the wire drawing groove 17 in a state where the gauge board 1 is installed in a playable state). The wiring groove 22 is formed on the back surface of the game board 2 in the range from the recess 20 to the electric wire drawing groove 17 through the portion covered with the flange 21 which is continuous with the lower edge of the facing wall 19 (the back surface side edge of the game board 2). Has been formed. The flange 21 extends from the lower edge of the facing wall 19 along the back surface of the game board 2 and is attached to the back surface of the game board 2 by a U-shaped stopper such as a screw or a staple not shown in the drawing.

The game control circuit 18 has its upper part connected to the upper part of the winning ball guide passage structure 14A via a hinge 23, and in its closed state, engages with a hook 24 erected on the flange 21. By doing so, the winning ball guide passage structure 14A, the winning ball guide gutter structure 15 and the electric wire pulling groove 1
7 and 7 are installed in a covered state.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game control circuit 18 also includes a circuit board 27 housed in an internal space composed of a lower cover 25 and an upper cover 26. On this circuit board 27, a microcomputer that operates according to a preset program, a center role object 5 and a prize ball discharge mechanism (not shown) depending on the game situation by the start detection (not shown) or the detection of a prize at the prize opening 6 A game input / output unit for outputting a signal for operating the, and a light emission output unit for outputting a signal for blinking a plurality of light emitting display units of the cell sheet 3 according to the game situation are mounted.
These microcomputer, game input / output unit, and light emission output unit are shown as a whole by phantom lines in FIG. Connector 28 connected to the light emission output section of this game control circuit 18
Is installed on one side exposed from the upper cover 26 of the lower cover 25.

Between the game control circuit 18 and the winning ball guide passage structure 14A in the above closed state, the game control circuit 18 is provided as a power source for a plurality of light emitting display portions constituting the electroluminescence lamp of the cell seat 3. It has a driver circuit 29 formed on the body. The driver circuit 29 includes capacitors, coils, a plurality of triacs, a plurality of resistors, and a radiator on a circuit board 31 attached to the winning ball guide passage structure 14A with screws 30 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). In addition, electrical components such as the input side connector 32 and the output side connector 33 are mounted.

Reference numeral 34 is an electric wire composed of a flexible flat cable formed to a length that allows the opening operation of the game control circuit 18, and the electric wire 34 has one end of an insulating coating peeled off at both ends thereof to expose the conductor. It has a connecting portion formed in a shape, and one of the connecting portions is inserted and attached to the input side connector 32 of the driver circuit 29 as shown in FIG. 3, and the other connecting portion is played. It is inserted and attached to the connector 28 of the control circuit 18.

Reference numeral 37 is an electric wire composed of a flexible flat cable formed from one end of the cell sheet 3 to the driver circuit 29 through the shortest distance on the rear surface of the game board 2. Has a connecting portion formed on both ends thereof in a shape in which one surface of the insulating coating is peeled off to expose the conductor, and one of the connecting portions is connected to the output side connector 33 of the driver circuit 29 as shown in FIG. And the other connecting portion is connected to one end of the cell sheet 3 through the surface electrodes and back electrodes of the plurality of light emitting display portions of the cell sheet 3 and is connected to the outside connecting portion (not shown). It is connected via a connector.

In the case of this embodiment, the other connecting portion of the electric wire 37 is connected to the external connecting portion of the cell sheet 3, and the electric wire 37 is bent from the front surface side to the back surface side of the game board 2 so as to be bent. Of the electric wire 3
7 is bent to the back surface side of the game board 2 along the back surface side edge of the recess 20 and drawn through the electric wire groove 22 of the game board 2, while a part of the electric wire 37 located in the wiring groove 22 is set in the set unit 13. As shown in FIG.
The set unit 1 in which the driver circuit 29 is assembled in advance so that one end of the electric wire 37 protruding above the electric wire 37 is drawn into the electric wire drawing groove 17 from the rear surface side of the game board 2.
3 is attached to the game board 2 with a screw or a U-shaped stopper not shown. Then, the game control circuit 18 is opened as shown in FIG. 1, and the hinge 2 of the winning ball guide passage structure 14A is opened.
3 is connected and connected, and one connection portion of the electric wire 37 is connected to the output side connector 33 of the driver circuit 29. In parallel with this, one of the connecting portions of the electric wire 34 is connected to the input side connector 32 of the driver circuit 29, and the game control circuit 18 is closed with the hinge 23 as the center of rotation and engaged with the hook 24. By connecting the other connecting portion of the electric wire 34 to the connector 28 of the game control circuit 18,
The state is as shown in FIG.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, FIG.
In the state where the game control circuit 18 is closed as shown in,
The driver circuit 29 is installed between the game control circuit 18 and the back surface of the game board 2, and the driver circuit 29
Can be installed by effectively utilizing the dead space existing between the game control circuit 18 and the back surface of the game board 2.
Moreover, the electric wire 37 is the lower wall 16 of the winning ball guide gutter structure 15.
Since it is arranged on the outer side, the ball flowing through the guide path of the winning ball guide gutter structure 15 does not contact the electric wire 37, and the electric wire 37 can be appropriately protected. Also, with the game control circuit 18 closed, the electric wire 37 is the game control circuit 1
8 and the winning ball guide gutter structure 15 are pulled through, the electric wire 37 is prevented from hanging, and the transportability of the completed gauge board 1 is improved. Then, by turning on a power source not shown in the figure, the game control circuit 18 is activated to enter a state in which the game can be played.
When the player enters the starting port or winning port 6 (not shown) while rolling the inner game area downward, the game control circuit 18 operates the center accessory 5 or the prize ball discharging mechanism (not shown) and sends a lighting signal. It is generated and output to the driver circuit 29 via the electric wire 34. The driver circuit 29 receiving this lighting signal distributes and supplies the light emission power to the plurality of light emitting display portions of the cell sheet 3 in accordance with the lighting signal, so that the plurality of light emitting display portions are displayed in clear colors according to the game situation. Fluorescent emission is displayed so that it floats. Further, according to this embodiment, when the gauge board 1 is installed so that it can be played, the driver circuit 29 is installed above the gauge board 1, so that the above-mentioned light emitting operation causes the electric components constituting the driver circuit 29. The heat does not escape from the portion where the heat is generated to the upper side of the gauge board 1 and does not adversely affect the game control circuit 18 and other game components thermally. Specifically, there is a space open to the center accessory 5 side between the winning ball guiding passage structure 14A and the winning ball guide gutter structure 15 in the set unit 13, and the space forms the driver circuit 29. Since the driver circuit 29 is formed so as to be pulled out to the hinge 23 side through the installed portion and the driver circuit 29 is installed above the space, as the heat generated in the driver circuit 29 rises. A flow of air from the bottom to the top is generated in the same space, and the heat generated in the driver circuit 29 riding on the flow of the air is dissipated from the same space to the outside as quickly as possible to the hinge 23 side, and the driver circuit 29 and its surroundings The cooling effect of can be improved. Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the length of the electric wire 34 is formed to a length that allows the opening operation of the game control circuit 18, the electric wire 34 is set to the game control circuit 18
With the connector 28 and the input side connector 32 of the driver circuit 31 kept connected, the game control circuit 18 can be opened to easily perform maintenance and inspection work on the back side of the gauge board 1.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, for simplification of the drawing, the wiring between the game control circuit 18 and the relay boards 11 and 12, the wiring between the game control circuit 18 and the center accessory 5, the game control circuit. Wiring and the like between 18 and the special winning opening 7 are omitted from FIGS. 1 to 3.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the driver circuit 29 is attached to the back surface of the game board 2 via the winning ball guiding passage structure 14A has been illustrated and described, but although not shown, the set unit 13 guides the winning ball. Passage structure 14
In the case where A is not provided, the driver circuit 29 can be directly attached to the back surface of the game board 2.

In the above embodiment, the winning ball guide passage structure 1
Although 4A and 14B are formed separately, they may be formed integrally.

In the above embodiment, the electric wire 34 is formed to have a length that allows the opening operation of the game control circuit 18, but when the opening operation of the game control circuit 18 is performed, one of the connecting portions at both ends of the electric wire 34 is played. If it is removed from the connector 28 of the control circuit 18 or the input side connector 32 of the driver circuit 31, the length of the electric wire 34 is formed to a dimension shorter than the length allowing the opening operation of the game control circuit 18, The cost can be reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, both ends of the electric wires 34 and 37 are formed into the connection portion formed by exposing one side of the insulating coating to expose the conductor, but the game control circuit 18 is provided at the end portions of the electric wires 34 and 37. Connector 28 or driver circuit 31
The input-side connector 32 and the output-side connector 33 may be provided with connectors capable of male and female coupling.

In the above embodiment, a pachinko machine using a game ball as a game machine is shown and described. However, a game situation is detected by a winning detection at a starting opening or a winning opening 6 (not shown) in the same embodiment. It can also be applied to a slot machine by replacing it with the game situation according to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a state in which a game control circuit of an illumination device of an embodiment is opened.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a state in which the game control circuit of the same embodiment is removed.

3 is a sectional view showing a state in which the game control circuit is closed along the line AA in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Gauge board 2 Gaming board 3 Cell sheet 13 Set unit 17 Electric wire drawing groove 18 Game control circuit 20 Recess 29 Driver circuit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game control circuit for controlling game function components on the back side of the game board according to a game situation and an electro, while providing game function components such as accessories and decorations and an electroluminescence lamp on the front side of the game board. An illumination for a gaming machine, which is provided with a game control circuit as a power source of a luminescence lamp and a driver circuit separately configured, and the driver circuit is installed between the game control circuit and the back surface of the game board. apparatus. 2. The illumination of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the driver circuit is attached to a back surface of a member forming a ball guiding path arranged between the game control circuit and the back surface of the game board. apparatus. 3. A groove is formed on the outside of a wall forming a gutter that guides a game ball from a guide path to a collecting gutter, and through which an electric wire for supplying light emission power from an output end of a driver circuit to an electroluminescent lamp is drawn. The illumination device for a game machine according to claim 2, characterized in that.