JP3247489B2 - Race play equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a racing game machine in which a plurality of mobile models run on a predetermined running path.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A racing game machine in which a plurality of moving models (horses, automobiles, etc.) run on an annular traveling road surface and compete in the order of arrival has become widespread. Derby games, car races, boat races, and the like are examples of this type of racing game machine.

[0003] Conventionally, as a technique in such a field, Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-38881 is known. The prior art shown in this document will be described with reference to FIGS. The conventional race game machine (derby game)
As shown in FIG. 8, a non-magnetic running road surface plate 1 depicting a field course is formed on the upper surface of a rectangular parallelepiped cabinet 110.
11 is stretched horizontally. On the field course of the road surface plate 111, a moving model 112a of five racehorses is provided.
To 112e are placed.

As shown in FIG. 9, a support base 113 is stretched horizontally inside the cabinet 110, and two guide rails 115 are provided in a central recess 114 of the support base 113.
Are laid in parallel. A traveling board 116 is mounted on the guide rail 115, and the traveling board 116 is moved until the traveling board 116 collides with a stopper 117 at the front and rear ends.
Can reciprocate on top. Further, the traveling board 11
A swivel table 118 is mounted on 6, and can swing around a pivot 119. Five plackets 120a to 120e are integrally mounted on one end of the swivel stand 118, and two guide rails are laid over each of the plackets 120a to 120e. The movable frames 121a to 121e are slidably fitted to the guide rails, respectively. In addition, the moving frames 121a to 121e
Are mounted with moving pieces 122a to 122e.
Magnets are mounted on the upper portions of the moving pieces 122a to 122e, and the moving models 112a to 11
2e is adsorbed across the traveling road surface plate 111. Then, each of the movable frames 121a to 121e is guided along the guide rail.
Is moved back and forth, and when the traveling board 116 reaches both ends of the guide rail 115,
Each of the moving pieces 122a to 122
e orbits an elliptical orbit. For this reason, the moving models 112a to 112e that operate in conjunction with the moving pieces 122a to 122e that make orbital movements look as if the racehorse is racing on the field course.

[0005]

However, in the conventional racing game machine, the mobile models 112a to 112e run side by side on the predetermined course in accordance with the movement of the mobile gantry 121a to 121e. However, compared to the actual derby race where each racehorse raced in a mess, it was not as powerful.

In particular, in corners, the moving model on the outer course moves faster than the moving model on the inner course, and the reality is impaired.

[0007] In addition, there has conventionally been an apparatus of a type in which each mobile model is remotely controlled using infrared rays or the like, and each mobile model is confused and races. However, a receiver and a drive device must be incorporated into the mobile model. Therefore, it was difficult to reduce the size of the moving model. For this reason, it is difficult to reduce the approach distance between the moving models, and the physical feeling is impaired, which is a problem.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem and to provide a racing game machine in which a course can be changed at a corner.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a racing game device according to the present invention comprises a magnetically permeable running road surface plate,
A guide section provided below the traveling road surface plate along the traveling path,
A towing truck that moves along the guide section under the traveling road surface plate,
A plurality of carriers that are pulled by the tow truck and attract the moving model on the traveling road surface plate with magnets, and include a plurality of flexible pulling members that respectively connect the tow truck and the plurality of carriers,
The towing vehicle is provided with a plurality of hoisting devices for respectively winding and rewinding the tension member.

[0010]

According to the racing game machine of the present invention, the towing vehicle moving along the guide portion provided below the traveling road surface plate includes:
A plurality of carriers are pulled by a flexible tension member. The moving model on the traveling road surface plate is attracted by the magnet to each of the towed carriers. Therefore, the moving model on the traveling road surface plate travels in accordance with the movement of the towing vehicle. Further, by operating a plurality of hoisting devices provided on the towing truck separately to wind up and rewind the tension member, the plurality of movable models travel at different speeds.

Since the towing carriage and the carrier are towed by a flexible tension member, each carrier can move freely in a direction perpendicular to the running direction. For this reason,
In the straight section of the running path, each moving model runs on each course in parallel, but on the curved (corner) section of the running path (and in the case of a sufficiently long tension member, the straight section before the curved section). The mobile model that was traveling on the course moves to the inner course, and many mobile models run on the inner course.

[0012]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a race game device according to the present embodiment. This device is a rectangular parallelepiped
A green traveling road surface plate 11 depicting a field course is horizontally stretched on the upper surface of the cabinet 10 whose corner is cut diagonally. Race model bodies 12a to 12d imitating race horses are mounted on the running road surface plate 11. Inside the cabinet 10, a guide traveling plate 13 having an open portion inside the field course is stretched horizontally, and a towing vehicle 14 is placed with the guide traveling plate 13 interposed therebetween. A plurality of tow winches 15a to 15d are provided on the upper surface of the tow truck 14, and each of the tow winches 15a to 15d is provided.
From 15d, tow ropes 16a to 16d are drawn out. At the tip of these tow ropes 16a to 16d,
Sliding shoes 17a to 17d in which magnets are fitted are mounted, respectively, and the race models 12a to 12d in which magnets are fitted are adsorbed through the traveling road surface plate 11 in the lower part.

The towing truck 14 is configured to go around on a guide rail 18 formed along the field course on the lower surface of the guide traveling plate 13, and the sliding shoes 17a to 17d towed by the towing truck 14 have the same configuration. Performs a circular operation. For this reason, the race model bodies 12a to 12d sucked by the sliding shoes 17a to 17d also perform the same orbital movement, so that the race model bodies 12a to 12d race on the field course from the running road surface plate 11. Looks like they are.

Next, the towing truck 14 and the sliding shoe 17
The structures a to 17d will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view (FIG. 1, II ′ section) showing the structure of the towing vehicle 14 cut perpendicular to the running direction. As shown in the figure, the towing vehicle 14 has a U-shape and is placed with the guide traveling plate 13 interposed therebetween. Wheels are provided on the upper face plate 14 a of the towing truck 14, and can move on the guide traveling plate 13. On the upper face plate 14a, towing winches 15a to 15d are provided at equal intervals, and sliding shoes 17a to 17d are towed. Each of the towing winches 15a to 15d is provided with a drive motor 19a to 19d for winding and rewinding the towing ropes 16a to 16d, respectively.
The traveling drive roller 2 is provided on the lower face plate 14b of the traction truck 14.
0, a traveling drive motor 22 for driving the guide roller 21 and the traveling drive roller 20;
The guide rail 18 is sandwiched between the guide roller 21 and the guide roller 21. The traveling drive motor 22 is a power supply unit (not shown)
And supplies the desired electric power from the controller to rotate the traveling drive roller 20. By the rotation of the traveling drive roller 20, the towing vehicle 14 travels at a constant speed along the guide rail 18.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the structure of the sliding shoes 17a to 17d cut perpendicularly to the running direction (FIG.
FIG. As shown in the figure, the sliding shoes 17a to 17d
Magnets 23a to 23d are fitted from above in the central portion. Race model bodies 12a, 12 on running road surface plate 11
The magnets are also fitted into the carts 24a to 24d of b,..., and the sliding shoes 17a to 17d and the carts 24a to 24d are attracted to each other. In addition, the race model body 12
Since the carts 24a to 24d of a, 12b,... are provided with wheels, respectively, the race model bodies 12a, 12b,.
Can travel in accordance with the movement of the sliding shoes 17a to 17d.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view (FIG. 1, cross section taken along the line C-C ') of the racing game apparatus according to the present embodiment cut along the traveling direction of the field course drawn on the traveling road surface plate 11. As shown in the figure, the tow ropes 1 are provided from the tow winches 15a to 15d provided on the upper face plate 14a of the tow truck 14.
6a, 16b,... Are pulled out to pull sliding shoes 17a, 17b,.

Each of the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,... Moves in accordance with the travel of the towing truck 14, but each of the towing winches 1
By driving each of 5a to 15d independently,
The moving speed of each of the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,... Can be changed. That is, by operating the towing winch 15a and winding the towing rope 16a, the sliding shoe 17a connected to the tip of the towing rope 16a can be moved faster than the towing truck 14. By operating the towing winch 15a to rewind the towing rope 16a, the sliding shoe 17a connected to the tip of the towing rope 16a can be moved later than the towing truck 14. Thus, each of the sliding shoes 17a, 17
are moved at a unique speed, so that the race model body 12 sucked by the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,.
a run at their own speeds.

Further, each of the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,.
Are pulled by the flexible pulling ropes 16a, 16b,...
It can be moved freely. Therefore, in the straight portion of the field course, the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,... Move in parallel, but in the curved portion, many sliding shoes 17a, 17b,. . This is because the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,... Try to move in the shortest distance. Therefore, the racing model body 1 sucked by the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,.
2a, 12b,... Perform the same movement, so that a movement very close to an actual derby race, such as running in parallel on a straight course and running in a row in a corner at a corner, is realized.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a mechanism for supplying power to the towing truck 14. As shown in FIG.
A rotary power feeding device 25 is placed at the center of the position a, and an arm guide support groove plate 26 is mounted on the rotary power feeding device 25. A hollow arm 27 with a built-in cable that is bent in a U-shape is placed on the arm guide support groove plate 26, and a distal end 27 a of the arm 27 with a built-in cable is fixed on the arm guide support groove plate 26. . A tow truck 14 is connected to a connecting pin 28 at the tip 17b of the arm 27 with a built-in cable.
It is fixed at. The cable built-in arm 27 has a chain structure in which a plurality of offset links (metal pieces) are connected, and can slide only in the vertical direction. For this reason, by shifting the bending position of the arm 27 with a built-in cable, the distance between the traction cart 14 and the rotary power supply device 25 can be changed. The drive motors 19a to 19d of the towing winches 15a to 15d and the cable 29 for supplying power from the traveling drive motor 22 of the towing truck 14 are connected to the rotary power supply device 25 through the cable built-in arm 27. Even if the distance between the towing vehicle 14 and the rotary power supply 25 changes, the cable 29 does not become loose.

The rotary power supply device 25 has a structure as shown in the sectional view of FIG. 6, and a power supply cable 29 from the towing vehicle 14 is connected to sliding conductive brushes 31a to 31d. The sliding conductive brushes 31a to 31d are always in contact with the disk-shaped induction electrode plates 32a to 32d, and the power cable 33 extending from the induction electrode plates 32a to 32d is connected to a power supply device (not shown). . For this reason, the towing truck 1
Even if the arm 27 with a built-in cable rotates due to the travel of the vehicle 4, the electric power from the power supply device is constantly supplied to the towing vehicle 14.

FIG. 7 shows a modification of the power supply mechanism shown in FIG. In this example, a cable built-in arm 34 having a telescopic structure is used instead of the cable built-in arm 27 having a chain structure. The cable 29 derived from the cable built-in arm 34 includes spring members 35a to 35
d is wound so that the cable is not loosened even when the cable built-in arm 34 contracts.

In this embodiment, the guide rail 18 is used for guiding the towing vehicle 14, but a chain may be used instead of the rail. In this case, the guide rail 18
(A position may be closer to the center or closer to the outer periphery), and the tow truck 14 is swept by the chain. The use of the chain facilitates control of the current position of the towing vehicle 14, position detection, and the like.

The racing game device according to the present invention is not limited to a derby race, but can be applied to a car race, a boat race, and the like.

Further, the number of racing model bodies 12a to 12d towed by the towing truck 14 is not limited to four, but may be eight, for example.

[0026]

According to the racing game machine of the present invention, since the towing carriage and the carrier are towed by the flexible pulling member, each carrier can freely move in a direction perpendicular to the running direction. Becomes possible. For this reason, in the straight section of the running path, each moving model runs on each course in parallel,
In the curved (corner) portion of the running path (and in the case of a sufficiently long tension member, the straight portion before the curved portion), the moving model traveling on the outer course moves to the inner course, and many The mobile model runs on the inner course.

As described above, by using the racing game apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to enjoy a powerful race that is comparable to a real derby race in which the moving models are confused and racing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a race game device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure of the towing vehicle cut perpendicularly to a traveling direction.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure of a sliding shoe cut perpendicularly to a running direction.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the racing game device cut along the traveling direction of the field course.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a power supply mechanism to the towing truck.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the structure of the rotary power supply device.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a power supply mechanism to the towing truck.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a conventional racing game machine.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the internal structure of a conventional racing game machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Cabinet, 11 ... Running road surface board, 12 ... Race model body, 13 ... Guide running board, 14 ... Towing truck, 15 ... Towing winch, 16 ... Towing rope, 17 ... Sliding shoe, 18
... guide rail, 19 ... drive motor, 20 ... travel drive roller, 21 ... guide roller, 22 ... travel drive motor, 2
3 ... magnet, 24 ... cart, 25 ... rotary power supply device, 26 ... arm guide support groove plate, 27, 34 ... arm with built-in cable,
28: connecting pin, 29: cable, 31: sliding conductive brush, 32: induction electrode plate, 33: power cable, 35: spring material.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-2-65884 (JP, A) JP-A-2-65882 (JP, A) JP-A-2-65883 (JP, A) JP-A-2-65885 (JP) , A) JP-A-2-63489 (JP, A) JP-B-52-38781 (JP, B2) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 9/00-11/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A racing game machine in which a plurality of mobile models run on a predetermined traveling path, wherein: a permeable traveling road surface plate; a guide portion provided along the traveling road below the traveling road surface plate; A tow truck moving under the traveling road surface plate along the guide portion, a plurality of carriers towed by the tow vehicle and attract a moving model on the traveling road surface plate by magnets; and the tow vehicle and the plurality of carriers. A plurality of flexible pulling members respectively connected to each other, wherein the towing vehicle is provided with a plurality of hoisting devices for respectively winding and rewinding the pulling members. apparatus.