JP3008036B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball hitting a game ball.
The launching device and the hit ball launching device
Flight distance adjustment means that can adjust the flight distance of the hit ball
It relates to a pachinko machine provided .

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION you to the conventional pachinko machine information, distance control
Operating the firing operation handle provided as a
Change the resilience of the ball launcher to increase the flight distance of the ball
It is adjustable. Such firing operation handle
Is configured to have a rotating member that can be rotated by a player.
The amount of rotation of the rotating member
The information is transmitted to the adjustment unit.

[0003]

THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved However, the above-mentioned
If the firing operation handle, such as was the distance adjustment means
You can aim anywhere in the game area
It is necessary to set the adjustment range of the flight distance of the hit ball
The player can normally operate the firing operation handle
Range, hitting distance of the ball that can be aimed anywhere in the game area
When setting so that adjustment can be performed, fine adjustment of the flight distance
Requires delicate rotation of the operation handle,
It is extremely difficult to fire a hit ball accurately
You. On the other hand, in order to accurately aim at the target point, the flight distance of the hit ball
The flight distance adjustment means so that the distance can be finely adjusted
In the case, the rotation range of the rotation member in the firing operation handle
Must be increased, and the player must
The rotation operation range for rotating the handle becomes large
Therefore, once the firing operation handle was changed during the rotation operation
And the operability of adjusting the flight distance deteriorates.
Problem arises.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and has a hitting ball launching device (for example, a launching device 6) for hitting a game ball, and a hitting ball launching device based on an operation of a player. In a pachinko machine (1) provided with a flight distance adjusting means (for example, a firing operation handle 22 or the like capable of adjusting power supply to the rotary solenoid 9 of the firing device 6) capable of adjusting a flight distance of a hit ball to be hit. Flight distance adjustment means ,
A pivoting operation that allows the player to pivot to adjust the flight distance
Working means and resilience adjusting means capable of adjusting the resilience of the game ball
(For example, the variable resistor 44),
To transmit the adjustment amount by the operation of the step by the rotation amount
(For example, a rotating shaft 34).
The rotation operation means roughly changes the amount of rotation of the rotation transmission unit.
A first rotatable operating member (for example, rotatable operating member 2)
0) and a rotation amount transmission unit that is finer than the first rotation operation unit.
The second rotation operation member (for example, fine
And an adjustment operation dial 53) .

[0005]

Therefore, in the pachinko machine according to claim 1,
Is operated by rotating the first rotating operation member to thereby rotate the first rotating member.
The amount of rotation of the head is roughly changed, and the amount of rotation is elastic
Transmitted to the adjusting means, and the second rotating operation member
By rotating the rotary transmission, the amount of rotation of the rotation transmitting unit is changed to the first rotation.
It is changed more finely than the moving operation member, and the amount of rotation is elastic
It will be transmitted to the adjusting means.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 1 has a lower plate 3 and a base member 4 arranged side by side on a front lower portion of a front frame 2, and a firing operation handle 5 is attached to the base member 4.
The launching device 6 is operated by operating the firing operation handle 5 so that one game ball introduced from the upper plate 7 can be bounced into the gaming portion on the surface of the gaming board. It is.

In the embodiment of the launching device 6 shown in FIG. 2, a rotary solenoid 9 is mounted on one surface of a launching board 8,
A firing rod 11 is fixed to an output shaft 10 protruding from the other surface of the firing substrate 8, and a rotation range of the firing rod 11 is regulated by two stoppers 12 a and 12 b. In order to attach the firing device 6 to the plastic front frame 2, the rotary solenoid 9 is housed in the drive source housing 13, and the front frame 2 is mounted.
The location adjusting springs 16 are attached to the cylindrical portions 14 and the pillar portions 15 formed on the back surface of the base plate, and the tips of the screws 17 inserted into the holes of the firing substrate 8 are screwed into the cylindrical portion 14. When the firing device 6 is attached in this manner, the firing substrate 8 is urged by the location adjusting springs 16.
The position of the firing substrate 8, that is, the position and direction of the firing rod 11 can be appropriately adjusted by increasing or decreasing the amount of tightening of the screws 17. ) Can be adjusted so as to accurately enter the firing position formed at the base end.

The launching device 6 as the hit ball launching device described above.
Operates under the control of the control device 19 detachably attached to the firing board 8, and turns on the single-shot activation detector 21 by turning the turning operation member 20 of the firing operation handle 5. When the control device 19 excites the rotary solenoid 9 for a predetermined time based on this signal, the firing rod 11
The vibrating portion 18 of the firing rod 11 fires the game ball at the firing position. Then, when the control device 19 demagnetizes the rotary solenoid 9, the firing rod 11 returns to the firing preparation position and rotates by its own weight or the bias of the spring. Thus, the launching device 6 can successively launch the game balls supplied to the launching position by the intermittent power supply from the control device 19. Further, to adjust the distance of the hit ball, and the distance adjusting means
This is performed by appropriately adjusting the amount of rotation of the rotating operation member 20 of all the firing operation handles 5.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the firing operation handle 5 is provided rotatably between the front fixing portion 22, the rear fixing portion 23, and the rear fixing portion 23 and the front fixing portion 22. And the like.

The front fixing portion 22 includes a bowl-shaped member 26 having a front inclined opening 24 closed by a cover plate 25, and a disk-shaped member 27 closing the rear opening of the bowl-shaped member 26. Are formed backward on the back surface of the disk-shaped member 27, and the tips of the screws inserted into the screw holes of the disk-shaped member 27 are screwed into the screw holes of the bowl-shaped member 26 to be integrated. Since the front fixing portion 22 is generally made of plastic, it is made to function as a touch switch sensor by depositing aluminum on the surface or giving conductivity by plating or the like. 29 is the wiring.

The rear fixing part 23 is formed by forming a cylindrical base 31 toward the rear from a front open bowl-shaped member 30 having substantially the same diameter as the front fixing part 22, and is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical base 31. Are formed with grooves 32 in the front-rear direction.

The turning operation member 20 is a substantially disk-shaped member having finger hooks 33 projecting from the outer periphery of the fixed portions 22, 23 when positioned between the front fixed portion 22 and the rear fixed portion 23. The center of the pivot shaft 34 is attached with a certain amount of play around the center, that is, the pivot shaft 34 can be swung slightly.
In order to assemble the rotating operation member 20 having such a configuration between the front fixing portion 22 and the rear fixing portion 23, a return spring 35 is provided between the rear fixing portion 23 and the rotating operation member 20.
The rotation shaft 34 is inserted from the front into the cylindrical base 31 of the rear fixing portion 23 with the interposition thereof, and the connecting projections 28 of the front fixing portion 22 are connected to the arc-shaped openings 36 of the rotation operating member 20. The front end faces the fastening holes 37 of the rear fixing portion 23, and screws inserted into the fastening holes 37 from the back surface side of the rear fixing portion 23 are screwed into the front ends of the connection projections 28. Then, when the three members of the front fixing portion 22, the rotating operation member 20, and the rear fixing portion 23 are assembled in this way, the front fixing portion 22 and the rear fixing portion 23 are integrated, and the rotation positioned between the two. The moving operation member 20 is rotatable about the rotation shaft 34 with respect to the fixed members 22 and 23.

The firing operation handle 5 having the above configuration
Is a shallow box-shaped member made of plastic with an open rear surface. To attach the firing operation handle 5 to the base member 4, the flange portion 39 of the tubular support portion 38 abuts on the front surface of the base member 4, and the cylindrical support portion 38 and the base 31 of the firing operation handle 5 are fitted. Combine. At this time, the protrusions 40 in the front-rear direction formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical support portion 38 are inserted into the grooves 32 of the base 31 of the rear fixing portion 23.
By being fitted inside, the firing operation handle 5 is prevented from rotating with respect to the base member 4. Then, a ring plate-shaped backing plate 41 is applied from the back side of the base member 4, and the firing operation handle 5 is firmly fixed to the front surface of the base member 4 by screwing the flange portion 39 and the backing plate 41 together. A pivot shaft 34 protruding from the back side of the member 4
, A worm wheel gear 43 constituting a part of a lock mechanism to be described later is fixed, and the tip of the rotating shaft 34 is connected to a variable resistor 44 as elastic force adjusting means.
Shaft 44 '. Thereby, it is a rotation transmitting unit.
A change in resistance according to the amount of rotation of the rotary coaxial 34 is a variable resistor 44.
And the resilience of the game ball by the launching device 6 is
It changes roughly according to the amount of rotation of the handle 22.
You. That is, in the present embodiment, the rotation operation member 20
Changes the amount of rotation of the rotation coaxial 34, which is the rotation transmission part, roughly
It functions as a possible first rotation operation member.

As shown in FIG. 6, an L-shaped lever 45 is pivotally connected to the inside of the base member 4 by means of a shaft 46, and a single-shot stop formed at one end of the L-shaped lever 45 is formed. An opening 48 in which the operation unit 47 is opened on the side surface of the base member 4
, The other end faces the action piece 42 fixed to the rotating shaft 34, and the action element 49 protruding halfway faces the activation single-shot detector 21. Then, the activation single-shot detector 21,
The variable resistor 44 and the like are electrically connected to the control device 19.

The base member 4 is provided with a lock mechanism for locking the turning operation member 20 of the firing operation handle 5 at an arbitrary angle. This locking mechanism is different from the worm wheel gear 43 described above in addition to the worm wheel gear 43.
A worm gear 50 meshable with the worm gear 50, a first state in which the worm gear 50 meshes with the worm wheel gear 43 by rotatably supporting the shaft 51 of the worm gear 50, and the worm gear 5
A holding member 52 that can be converted into a second state in which 0 is disengaged from the worm wheel gear 43, a fine adjustment operation dial 53 that is fixed to the shaft 51 of the worm gear 50 and is a flight distance fine adjustment member that can be operated by the player. Etc.

In the embodiment of the holding member 52 shown in the drawing, the worm gear 50 is rotatably supported by a bearing on the back side of the base member 4, and the worm gear 50 is disengaged from the worm wheel gear 43 by the bias of the springs 54. And a lock sliding member 57 provided on the front side of the base member 4 and having a lock setting release operation member 56. The lock setting release operation member 56 provided on the lock sliding member 57 is pivotally mounted on a shaft 58 so as to be swingable, and the spring 60 urges the claw 60 at the distal end from the opening 61 to lock the lock sliding member 57. It is projected to the back side. And, this lock sliding member 57
In order to attach the worm support member 55 and the worm support member 55 to the base member 4, the protrusions 62 provided on the back side of the lock sliding member 57.
Are inserted into the horizontally elongated holes 63 of the base member 4, and the tips of the projections 62 projecting to the rear side of the base member 4 are fitted into the holes 63 of the worm support member 55 to be integrated, and can be moved in the lateral direction. And

In this embodiment, a lock state detector 65 is provided inside the base member 4 so as to face the holding member 52, and the lock state detector 65 is connected to the control device 19. A lock state display section 66 is provided on the front side of the base member 4, and when the holding member 52 is acting on the lock state detector 65, the detector 65 is turned off, and the holding member 52 moves to detect the lock state. The detector 65 is turned on when the detector 65 stops operating.

The holding member 52 includes a spring 54
In the normal state, the worm gear 50 is driven by the worm wheel gear 43 as shown in FIG.
And is stopped in the first state where it has left. In this first state, the touch sensor is off until the player comes into contact with the firing operation handle 5, and the rotating operation member 20 is also stopped at the start position by the bias of the return spring 35, and the action piece is actuated. Since the button 42 presses the L-shaped lever 45 to turn off the activated single-shot detector 21, the firing device 6 does not operate. Then, when the player touches the firing operation handle 5 with his / her hand, the touch sensor is turned on, and when the turning operation member 20 is turned, the action piece 42 is separated from the L-shaped lever 45, so that the activation single-shot detector 21 is turned on. And the control device 19 that has received the signal from the single-shot detector 21 excites the rotary solenoid 9 intermittently. Therefore, the firing rod 11 can reciprocate between the firing preparation position and the firing position, and can sequentially fire a ball. Then, in order to adjust the flight distance of the hit ball, the resistance value of the variable resistor 44 is changed by increasing or decreasing the amount of rotation of the rotation operation member 20, thereby changing the power supply from the control device 19. In this way, if the driving force of the rotary solenoid 9 is appropriately increased or decreased, the resilience of the firing rod 11 changes, so that the flight distance of the hit ball can be adjusted to a desired distance. That is, this implementation
In the example, the fine adjustment operation dial 53 transmits the rotation amount.
The rotation amount of the rotation shaft 34 is smaller than the rotation operation member 20.
Since it functions as the second rotating operation member that can be changed,
is there. And, the rotation operation as these first rotation operation members
Member 20 and fine adjustment operation dial as second rotation operation member
53 and a rotating operation means including
Is transmitted to the variable resistor 44 by the amount of rotation.
With the rotating shaft 34, rough flight distance adjustment and fine
Flight distance adjustment means that can perform flight distance adjustment is configured.
It is done.

In the first state, the lock state detector 65 of the base member 4 remains off because the lock state detector 65 is off.

The amount of rotation of the rotation operation member 20 is appropriately adjusted.
Setting the flight distance of the hit ball to the desired distance
If the rotation operation member 20 is one hand (generally the right hand)
Hold the holding member with the other hand (generally the left hand)
Launching hand 52 against the bias of springs 54 ...
To the second state. Holding member 52
When the worm gear 50 moves sufficiently, the worm wheel 50
The lock setting release operation member 5 meshes with the gear 43.
6 engages with the lock hole 67 of the base member 4.
Therefore, even if the player releases his / her hand from the holding member 52, the holding portion
The material 52 maintains the second state. Note that the touch sensor is off.
So that the firing device 6 stops operating
If it is configured, press the rotating operation member 20 by hand
Although it is not necessary, touch the firing operation handle 5 with your hand,
The touch sensor is turned on.

When the holding member 52 is changed to the second state, the worm gear 50 and the worm wheel gear 43 mesh with each other, and the worm wheel gear 43 does not rotate in any direction unless the worm gear 50 rotates. Even if the user does not press the turning operation member 20 with his / her hand, or even releases his / her hand from the turning operation member 20, the turning operation member 20 does not return and turns, and is locked at that position. Therefore, the launching device 6 maintains the resilience at the time of locking, and continues to launch the game ball at the flight distance set by the player.

When the rotation member 20 is moved to the second state in which it is locked by moving the holding member 52, the lock state detector 65 is turned on. Based on this, the control device 19 illuminates the lamp or the light emitting diode of the lock state display section 66 to visually display to the player that the lock state is established.

If it is desired to finely adjust the flight distance of the hit ball during the game (for example, if the resilience is weakened due to a drop in voltage and the flight distance is insufficient at the previously set position of the rotary operation member 20). For example, when it is desired to play a game in a more advantageous state by changing the flight distance due to a change in the hit ball receiving state of the winning device), the fine adjustment operation dial 53 is rotated in the second state. When the fine adjustment operation dial 53 is turned, the worm gear 50 is turned and the worm wheel gear 43 is turned, so that the resistance value of the variable resistor 44 is changed, whereby the driving force of the rotary solenoid 9 is changed, The flight distance of the hit ball increases or decreases according to the amount of rotation of the fine adjustment operation dial 53. Since the reduction ratio between the worm gear 50 and the worm wheel gear 43 is generally large, the flight distance of the hit ball is adjusted as compared with the case where the angle of the rotary operation member 20 is directly changed to adjust the flight distance of the hit ball. Fine adjustment can be easily performed .

The game is ended or other pachinko machine 1
When the game in the pachinko machine 1 is ended in order to move to the position, the user pushes one end of the lock setting release operation member 56 by hand to remove the claw 60 from the lock engagement hole 67. When the pawl 60 comes off in this manner, the holding member 52 moves laterally by the bias of the springs 54 and returns to the first state, and the worm gear 50 comes off from the worm wheel gear 43 and the lock is released. Therefore, the rotation operation member 20 is freely rotatable, and returns to the start position and rotates by the bias of the return spring 35. When the rotation operation member 20 returns to the start position, the single-shot activation detector 21 is turned off, so that the control device 19 stops supplying power to the rotary solenoid 9 and stops the operation of the firing device 6. When the lock is released as described above, the lock state detector 65 is turned off, and the lock state indicator 66 is turned off.

[0025]

As described in the foregoing, according to the pachinko machine according to claim 1, the first rotation operation member for rotating operation
As a result, the amount of rotation of the rotation transmission unit is roughly changed,
The amount of rotation is transmitted to the resilient force adjusting means, and the
The flight distance is roughly changed, and the second turning operation is performed.
By rotating the working member, the rotation amount of the rotation transmission
It is changed more finely than one rotation operation member, and the rotation amount is
It is transmitted to the resilience adjusting means, and the flight distance of the ball launcher is
The adjustment will be finely changed. That is, elasticity
Rotation operation for adjusting the resilience of the
It can be performed by the moving operation member and the second rotating operation member.
The first rotation is a rough rotation amount of the rotation transmitting unit
The operating distance of the hit ball can be roughly adjusted by operating the operating member.
As a result, the game area can be
It is possible to adjust the flight distance of the hit ball so that you can aim at all of the area
And the amount of rotation of the rotation transmitting member is small.
Fine adjustment of the flight distance of the hit ball by operating the rotating operation member
So that the flight distance can be
Fine adjustment is also possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine with a front frame opened.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the launching device is attached to a front frame.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a firing operation handle.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the firing operation handle.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the lock mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the base member in a first state in which the worm gear is disengaged from the worm wheel gear.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the base member in a second state in which the worm gear meshes with the worm wheel gear.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a base member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Front frame 4 Base member 5 Firing operation handle 6 Firing device 11 Firing rod 19 Controller 20 Rotating operating member 34 Rotating shaft 35 Return spring 43 Worm wheel gear 44 Variable resistor 50 Worm gear 51 Worm gear shaft 52 Holding member 53 Fine adjustment operation dial 54 Spring of holding member 55 Warm support member 56 Lock setting release operation member 57 Lock sliding member 60 Claw 65 Lock state detector 66 Lock state display section

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko machine comprising: a hitting ball firing device for hitting a game ball; and a flight distance adjusting means capable of adjusting a flight distance of a hitting ball hit by the hitting ball firing device based on an operation of a player. The flying distance adjusting means is a turning operation that can be rotated by the player to adjust the flying distance.
For the operation means and the resilience adjusting means capable of adjusting the resilience of the game ball,
The amount of adjustment by the operation of the rotation operation means is determined by the amount of rotation.
Ri and a rotation transmitting portion for transmitting said rotational operation means, roughly the amount of rotation of the rotation conveying units
First rotation operation member which can be changed to the first rotation operation member
The second unit is capable of changing the amount of rotation of the rotation amount transmission unit more finely than the unit.
A pachinko machine characterized by comprising a rotating operation member of (1) .