JP3002147B2 - Prize storage case - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize accommodating case for accommodating a prize which is placed on a rotary table and which can be obtained by taking out the rotary table from the rotary table by a prize take-out arm.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, many prize acquisition game machines shown in FIG. 13 are installed in game corners of amusement parks and department stores. This prize acquisition game machine,
A rotary table T that positively rotates with the driving force of the motor is provided,
On the upper surface of the table T, a prize storage case 32 having a bottomed cylindrical shape is provided.
Are placed, and each prize storage case 32 rotates integrally with the turntable T. Each prize storage case 32 stores a prize K. A shaft S is rotatably arranged beside the turntable T, and the turntable T
The prize take-out arm A extending in the radial direction is rotatably supported. A prize drop opening R is opened on the side of the rotary table T on the rotation locus of the arm A. The prize drop opening R communicates with a prize take-out port (not shown) which is opened at the lower part of the main body.

When the prize accommodating case 32 accommodating the prize K desired by the player comes near the arm A, the player presses a button (not shown) to rotate the arm A in the direction of the arrow. When the arm A and the target prize storage case 32 come into contact with the rotation of the arm A, the prize storage case 32 moves along the arm A while rotating to the tip end side of the arm A. Then, when the prize storage case 32 successfully reaches the prize drop opening R without releasing the contact with the arm A, the prize storage case 32 drops together with the prize K from the prize drop opening R to the prize takeout port. The player can take out the prize storage case 32 and the prize K from the prize take-out port.

[0004] A protrusion (not shown) is provided at the center of the bottom surface of the prize accommodating case 32. When the prize storage case 32 comes into contact with the arm A by this projection, the rotation of the prize storage case 32 is promoted, and the prize storage case 32 is rotated.
Can easily escape from the arm A. That is, the difficulty of obtaining the prize is improved by the presence of the protrusion.

[0005]

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems. That is, since the prize storage case 32 that has fallen to the prize exit together with the prize K has no use value, the player throws it away in a collection box or the like provided around the game machine.
That is, even if the player brings back the prize accommodating case 32, the case 3
Even if 2 is placed on a shelf, table, or the like, the case 32 rattles around the protrusion. Also, since the prize accommodating case 32 is simply formed in a cylindrical cup shape, it does not look good even when decorated. For these reasons, the prize storage case 32 has no utility value other than the game.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a prize accommodating case having a value other than a game.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the prize is taken out of the rotary table from the rotary table by a prize take-out arm. A prize accommodating case for accommodating prizes that can be obtained, a bottomed cylindrical main body case, a lid engageable with an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the main body case, and a center portion on one surface of the main body case. The gist of the present invention is to include a projection provided in the axial direction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the main body case is formed by molding, and a lower end has a smaller outer dimension than an upper end in consideration of draft. The gist is that the lid is formed with engagement portions corresponding to both outer dimensions of a lower end portion and an upper end portion of the main body case.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the main body case is formed in a polygonal bottomed cylindrical shape.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the prize accommodating case 1 is composed of a main body case 2 and a lid 3. The main body case 2 has a bottomed cylindrical octagonal prism shape. In this embodiment, the main body case 2 is formed from a relatively hard synthetic resin (for example, polystyrene), and is manufactured by injection molding with high manufacturing efficiency. When molding by the injection molding, a draft is provided in the vertical direction of the main body case 2 in order to smooth the mold opening operation after molding and to prevent the product from galling. Therefore, the dimension D1 of the upper peripheral surface of the main body case 2
And the dimension D2 of the bottom side peripheral surface are different. In the present embodiment, the draft is provided within a range of 1 ° to 2 °,
The dimension D1 of the upper peripheral surface is larger than the dimension D2 of the lower peripheral surface.

On the other hand, the lid 3 is made of a relatively soft synthetic resin (for example, polypropylene), and the lid 3 is manufactured by injection molding similarly to the main body case 2. The lid 3 is formed in a thin cylindrical shape different from the shape of the main body case 2, and a central portion of the lid 3 in the longitudinal direction is partitioned by a partition wall 4. A projection 5 is formed integrally with the center of the partition wall 4. The end face 5a of the protrusion 5 and the end face 3a of the lid 3 in the direction in which the protrusion 5 protrudes are substantially flush. Also,
A projection 6 is formed integrally with the tip of the projection 5.
The tip of the projection 6 projects outward from the end face 3a of the lid 3 by about 1 to 2 mm.

The inside diameter of the lid 3 is different at both ends. That is, the hole diameter d1 of the primary side hole (upper in FIG. 4) 7 as the engaging portion is substantially the same as the diameter of the octagonal circumscribed circle 8 on the upper peripheral surface of the main body case 2. The hole diameter d2 of the secondary side hole 9 as the engaging portion is substantially the same as the diameter of the octagonal circumscribed circle 10 on the lower peripheral surface of the main body case 2.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
First, when installing the prize storage case 1 in a game machine, the lower end side of the main body case 2 is inserted into the secondary side hole 9 of the lid 3 as shown in FIG. Then, the corner 11 on the lower end side of the main body case 2 contacts the inner peripheral surface of the secondary side hole 9 of the lid 3, and the main body case 2
And the lid 3 are engaged. In this state, the prize accommodating case 1 is placed on the turntable T such that the turntable T and the lid 3 are in contact with each other. Then, the premium K is stored in the main body case 2 in this state.

With the rotation of the turntable T during the game,
When the prize accommodating case 1 comes into contact with the arm A (in the present embodiment, the height of the arm A is set so that the lid 3 comes into contact with the arm A), the projection integrally formed on the lid 3 The prize accommodating case 1 rotates on the turntable T around the section 6. As a result, the difficulty of obtaining the prize is improved. Further, when the prize storage case 1 is successfully dropped from the prize drop opening R, the player can bring back the prize storage case 1 together with the prize K.

That is, the prize accommodating case 1 according to the present embodiment has a use value such as a small case other than the game machine. When using the prize storage case 1 as a accessory case, the lid 3 is removed from the lower end side peripheral surface of the main body case 2. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper end side peripheral surface of the main body case 2 is engaged with the primary side hole 7 of the lid 3.

In the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained by forming the prize storage case 1 as described above. (1) The prize accommodating case 1 is composed of the main body case 2 and the lid 3, and the hole diameter d1 of the primary side hole 7 of the lid 3 is set to the dimension D1 of the outer peripheral surface on the upper end side of the main body case 2 (diameter of the circumscribed circle 8). The dimensions were almost the same. In addition, the end face 3a is located at the center of the end face 3a of the lid 3.
The protrusion 6 is provided to project outward. The hole diameter d2 of the secondary side hole 9 of the lid 3 was made substantially the same as the dimension D2 of the outer peripheral surface on the lower end side of the main body case 2 (the diameter of the circumscribed circle 10).

When placing the prize storage case 1 on the rotary table T, the secondary side hole 9 of the lid 3 is engaged with the outer peripheral surface on the lower end side of the main body case 2, and the lid 3 is placed on the rotary table T. Was contacted. After the prize is obtained, the lid 3 is removed from the main body case 2, so that even if the main body case 2 is directly mounted on a table or the like, there is no projection on the bottom surface of the main body case 2. As a result, the body case 2 can be prevented from rattling. As a result, the prize storage case 1 can be used as a case for storing accessories and the like even after obtaining the prize.

Since the lid 3 can be engaged with the upper part of the main body case 2, the lid 3 can be used together with the main body case 2. (2) The hole diameters d1 and d2 of both side holes 7 and 9 of the lid 3 are made different in accordance with a dimensional difference due to a vertical draft of the main body case 2. Thereby, even if the main body case 2 is manufactured by molding with good production efficiency, the lid 3 can be engaged with the upper and lower sides of the main body case 2.

(3) By making the shape of the main body case 2 into an octagonal column shape, the design can be improved, and the utility value of the prize accommodating case 1 after obtaining the prize can be further improved. The above embodiment may be embodied as follows.

(1) The main body case 2 may be formed by a processing method other than the forming processing. (2) The shape of the main body case 2 and the shape of the lid 3 may be embodied as the same shape. (3) The shape of the main body case 2 may be embodied as a polygon other than an octagon (for example, a pentagon or a hexagon).

(4) In the above embodiment, the holes 7 and 9 are formed on both sides of the lid 3 so as to engage with the upper and lower sides of the main body case 2.
The prize storage case 20 may be configured as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the bottom surface 21 a of the main body case 21 is set as a raised bottom, and a locking projection 23 projecting below the bottom surface is formed in a lower part of the case 21 in an annular shape. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10, a protrusion 24 is formed at the center of one end surface of the lid 22. On the other end of the lid 22, two annular projection pieces 25 and 26 having different diameters are formed. The inner diameter Y1 of the outer peripheral side annular projection piece 25 is
1 is substantially the same as the outer diameter (diameter of the circumscribed circle) X1 of the upper outer peripheral surface. Also, the inner diameter Y2 of the inner peripheral side annular projection piece 26 is
The outer diameter (diameter of a circumscribed circle) X2 of the locking projection 23 formed on the lower portion of the main body case 21 is substantially the same as the diameter.

That is, when the prize accommodating case 20 is placed on the turntable T, as shown in FIG.
The outer peripheral surface of the locking projection 23 of the main body case 21 is engaged with the inner peripheral surface of the second inner peripheral side annular projection piece 26. After the prize is obtained, the upper outer peripheral surface of the main body case 21 is engaged with the inner peripheral surface of the outer annular protrusion 26 of the lid 22 as shown in FIG. Even with such a configuration, the same operation and effect as those of the above embodiment can be obtained.

[0023]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the projection for improving the difficulty of obtaining a prize is formed on the lid, even when the main body case is directly mounted on a table or the like, the main body case can be obtained. Can be prevented from rattling against the mounting surface. Thereby, even after the prize is obtained, the prize storage case can be used as a case for storing accessories and the like. Further, since the lid can be engaged with the upper and lower sides of the main body case, the lid can be used together with the main body case.

According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1
In addition to the effects of the invention described in (1), the engaging portions on both sides of the lid are made different according to the dimensional difference due to the upper and lower draft angles of the main body case. Thereby, even if the main body case is manufactured by molding with high production efficiency, the lid can be engaged with the upper and lower sides of the main body case.

According to the invention described in claim 3, according to claim 1
Or, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 2, the design of the prize storage case can be improved by forming the main body case into a polygonal bottomed cylindrical shape, and the prize storage case after obtaining the prize can be improved. Use value can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a prize accommodating case in a state where a lid is engaged with a lower portion of a main body case according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main body case.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a main body case.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a lid.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a lid.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the premium accommodating case in a state where a lid is engaged with a lower portion of the main body case.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the premium accommodating case in a state where a lid is engaged with an upper portion of the main body case.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the game machine in a state in which a prize accommodating case is placed on the rotary table.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a main body case according to another embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the lid corresponding to FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the prize accommodating case in which the lid of FIG. 10 is engaged with the lower part of the main body case of FIG.

12 is a cross-sectional view of the prize storage case in which the lid of FIG. 10 is engaged with the upper part of the main body case of FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a game machine using a conventional prize storage case.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Gift accommodating case, 2 ... Main body case which comprises a prize accommodating case, 3 ... Lid which comprises a prize accommodating case, 6 ... Protrusion part, 7 ... Primary side hole as an engaging part, 9 ... As an engaging part Secondary side hole, T: rotary table, A: prize take-out arm, K
... prizes.

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A prize storage case for mounting a prize which is placed on a rotary table and which can be obtained by being taken out of the rotary table from the rotary table by a prize take-out arm, wherein the main body case has a bottomed cylindrical shape. A prize accommodating case, comprising: a lid that can be engaged with an upper end and a lower end of the main body case; and a projection provided at a center of an end surface of the lid and protruding in the axial direction. 2. The main body case is formed by molding, the outer dimension of a lower end portion is smaller than the outer dimension of an upper end portion in consideration of draft, and the lid is formed by a lower end portion and an upper end portion of the main body case. The prize accommodating case according to claim 1, wherein engagement portions corresponding to both external dimensions are formed. 3. The prize accommodating case according to claim 1, wherein the main body case is formed in a polygonal bottomed cylindrical shape.