JP5437884B2 - Button-type production operation device for gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a slot machine, and in particular, for a gaming machine in which the player or the like is operated in order to expect some advantageous gaming state. The present invention relates to a button-type production operation device.

  Conventionally, among this type of gaming machine, for example, in a pachinko gaming machine, a button-type effect operating device described in Patent Document 1 has been proposed. This button-type effect operation device includes an operation means, a cylindrical guide means, and a movement drive means, and the operation buttons are operated by the operation means from the opening hole of the upper plate cover provided in the game machine body. It is provided inside the upper plate cover so as to be exposed to the front side.

  Then, the operating means moves from the retracted position where the operation button is retracted in the direction toward the inside of the gaming machine body to the projecting position where the operation button is projected from the opening hole of the upper plate cover toward the outside of the gaming machine body, or from the protruding position. It is held by the guide means so as to be slidable along the cylindrical guide means to the position.

  Here, the operation button of the operation means slides along the cylindrical guide means from the retracted position to the projecting position by advancement of the drive shaft accompanying energization of the movement drive means, and the movement drive means The drive shaft slides along the cylindrical guide means in accordance with the backward movement of the drive shaft accompanying the energization stop.

  Thereby, in a state where the operation button is located at the protruding position, the player has struck the operation button from the front thereof, so that the operation button has been displaced toward the moving drive means against the elastic force of the urging means. When it is detected, an effect display is made to expect the player to expect some advantageous gaming state.

Japanese Patent No. 3989287

  By the way, in the pachinko gaming machine, since the protruding range of the operation button from the retracted position in the operating means is restricted to the range from the retracted position to the protruding position by the guide means, The degree of protrusion is small. Therefore, the effect that the operation button appeals to the player due to the protrusion is low.

  For this reason, the player tends to overlook the protrusion of the operation button, and even if he notices the protrusion of the operation button, it is difficult for the player to demonstrate his intention to hit the protruded operation button.

  On the other hand, even if the degree of protrusion of the operation button from the upper pan cover is increased, if the protrusion of the operation button is monotonous, the operation button is projected to the player by the protrusion as described above. The effect of appeal is low.

  Therefore, in order to cope with the above, the present invention has been devised so that the button part protrudes greatly in two stages, and the player strongly recognizes the protrusion of the button part. It aims at providing the button type production operation device for a machine.

In solving the above problems, according to the present invention, in the button-type effect operating device provided on the front surface of the gaming machine,
An operating body (40) having a button portion (41) that can protrude from a reference portion (33) extending forward from the front surface of the gaming machine;
Drive means (50) for supporting the operating body to be able to advance and retreat on the side opposite to the protruding side of the button part of the reference part,
The drive means is
A cam member (54) and a driven member (51) for supporting the operating body so as to advance and retreat;
In the initial stage, the operating member is disengaged from the driven member (51) as the cam member (54) rotates, and is instantaneously projected from the reference portion by the spring means (52). Then, as the cam member (54) further rotates, the sliding contact member (55) extending from the cam member causes the driven member (51) to protrude greatly at a speed slower than the initial stage. This is a button-type effect operating device for a gaming machine characterized by the above.

  According to such a configuration, as described above, the effect operating device can be configured so that the operating body is an initial stage and a rear stage based on the configuration between the spring means, the cam member, the sliding contact member, and the driven member. Since it is moved up greatly in stages, the player can strongly recognize the protrusion of the button part as described above.

Moreover, according to the description of claim 2, the present invention provides
In the button-type production operation device provided on the front of the gaming machine,
A cylindrical button part (41) that can protrude from a reference part (33) extending forward from the front surface of the gaming machine, and a column that is slidably fitted to the button part via a spring (42) An operating body (40) having a portion (43);
Drive means (50) for supporting the operating body to be able to advance and retract on the opposite side of the reference portion from the protruding side of the button portion;
The drive means is
A motor (53);
A cam member (54) which is driven by the motor and rotates, the cam member (54) having an arcuate cam wall (54d) formed on the outer periphery thereof;
A sliding contact member (55) extending from the cam member in a direction along the cam surface of the arcuate cam wall portion of the cam member;
A driven member (51) extending coaxially from the column portion via the reference portion;
A coil spring (52) interposed between the reference portion and the column portion and biasing the column portion in the protruding direction of the operating body,
The driven member is
At the extended end portion (57, 58), the operating body protrudes while slidably contacting the slidable contact member according to the rotation trajectory about the cam member axis of the slidable contact member as the cam member rotates. Curved sliding contact surfaces (57a to 57c, 58d, 58f) are formed so as to be guided from one direction to the opposite direction,
Under the contact with the sliding contact member by this curved sliding contact surface, together with the operating body, the coil spring is maintained in the original position so as to be compressed by the column part,
In the initial stage, based on the dissociation of the cam surface of the arc-shaped cam wall portion with the one-way rotation of the cam member from the curved sliding contact surface, the coil spring instantly protrudes from the reference portion together with the operating body,
Then, in a later stage, as the cam member is further rotated in one direction, it is pushed by the sliding contact member (55) under sliding contact with the curved sliding contact surface, and is later than the initial stage. A button-type effect operating device for a gaming machine characterized in that it protrudes greatly with an operating body at a speed.

  According to this, the driven member that was maintained in the original position together with the operating body so as to compress the coil spring by the column portion is, at the initial stage, the cam of the arcuate cam wall portion accompanying the one-way rotation of the cam member. In response to the dissociation of the surface from the curved sliding contact surface, the coil spring instantly protrudes from the reference portion together with the operating body, and then, in a later stage, the sliding contact member is further rotated along with further rotation of the cam member in one direction. Is pushed under sliding contact with the curved sliding contact surface and protrudes greatly together with the operating body at a speed slower than the initial stage.

  For this reason, a button part comes to protrude greatly in two steps, and it can make a player recognize strongly the protrusion of the said button part here.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the button-type effect operating device for the gaming machine according to the second aspect,
The driven member protrudes greatly at the later stage, and is further pushed by the sliding contact member (55) under sliding contact with the curved sliding contact surface to compress the coil spring by the column portion. However, it is characterized by returning to the original position together with the operating body.

  Thereby, the driven member can surely return to the original position together with the operating body. At this time, the coil spring is in a state of being compressed onto the reference portion by the column portion.

  In addition, the code | symbol in the bracket | parenthesis of each said means shows a corresponding relationship with the specific means as described in embodiment mentioned later.

It is a perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the pachinko game machine which concerns on this invention in relation to the original position of the button part of a button type production | presentation operating device. It is a perspective view shown by the relationship with the upward movement end position of the button part of the button type production | presentation operating device in the said one Embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view of the button type effect operating device in the one embodiment. It is a perspective view of a button type production operation device when a button part is in an original position in the above-mentioned one embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view when the button-type effect operating device in the embodiment is viewed from the side opposite to FIG. 4. It is a side view of a button type production operation device when a button part is in an original position in the above-mentioned one embodiment. It is a perspective view showing the positional relationship between the cam member and the driven member in the button type effect operating device when the button portion is in the original position in the one embodiment. It is a perspective view of the driven member in the one embodiment. FIG. 9 is a perspective view when the driven member is viewed from an angle different from that in FIG. 8 in the one embodiment. It is a block diagram showing the electric circuit structure of the button type effect operating device in the one embodiment. It is a front view of the button type production | presentation operation apparatus when a button part exists in an original position in the said one Embodiment. It is a front view of a button type production operation device when a button part moves up to the up movement initial position in the above-mentioned one embodiment. It is a front view of a button type production operation device when the button part starts further upward movement from the upward movement initial position in the one embodiment. It is a front view of a button type production operation device when a button part moves up to an up movement end position in the above-mentioned one embodiment. In the said one Embodiment, it is a front view of the button type production | presentation operation apparatus when a button part starts a downward movement from the upward movement end position, and it moves down to the position corresponding to an initial upward movement position. It is a front view of a button type production operation device when a button part moves down to an original position in the above-mentioned one embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine. The pachinko gaming machine is erected on an installation island in the pachinko hall. This pachinko gaming machine is composed of a machine frame F, a gaming machine main body B, and a front door D as shown in FIG. Yes.

  The gaming machine main body B is supported by the frame (not shown) so as to be openable and closable with respect to the machine frame F. The gaming machine main body B includes a gaming board (not shown) and an operation handle 10. It has.

  The gaming board is provided in the gaming machine main body B so as to be located on the back side of the glass plate 20 (described later) of the front door D, and the gaming board has a ball launcher (see FIG. A game ball from (not shown) is guided and rolled downward in the game area.

  The operation handle 10 is supported from the front side on the lower right side of the gaming machine main body B as a constituent member of the ball launching device (not shown). The operation handle 10 is operated by the player. The game balls supplied to the ball launching device are launched into the game area of the game board. In addition, the said ball | bowl launcher is attached to the lower right side of the game machine main body B from the back surface side.

  The front door D is supported by the machine frame F through the gaming machine main body B so as to be opened and closed in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front door D includes a rectangular plate-shaped glass plate 20 and a ball tray 30. The glass plate 20 is assembled to the opening of the front door D from the back side so as to be opposed to the game board from the front side when the front door D is closed.

  The ball tray 30 is extended in a tray shape from the lower portion of the glass plate 20 in the front door D so as to temporarily store game balls such as award balls that have been paid out. As shown in FIG. 1, it is comprised by the outer wall member 30a and the ball | bowl accommodating member 30b.

  The outer wall member 30a is composed of a U-shaped outer wall 31 and a bottom wall 32, and the U-shaped outer wall 31 is formed in a U shape with a front side wall portion 31a and left and right side wall portions 31b. The bottom wall 32 is formed integrally with the U-shaped outer wall 31 so as to close the lower edge opening of the U-shaped outer wall 31.

  The outer wall member 30a is formed on the lower side of the glass plate 20 so as to extend forward from the lower portion of the glass plate 20 in the front door D by the left and right side wall portions 31b and the bottom wall 32 of the U-shaped outer wall 31. It is attached to the site. Thereby, the outer wall member 30a is formed to be concave toward the lower side, and is an opening that opens upward between the upper edge portion of the U-shaped outer wall 31 and the lower portion of the glass plate 20. Forming part.

  The ball housing member 30b includes an annular upper wall portion 33 and a concave ball housing portion 34, and the annular upper wall portion 33 is assembled to the opening of the outer wall member 30a. The concave sphere accommodating portion 34 is formed to be concave downward with a peripheral wall portion 34a and a bottom wall portion 34b that closes the lower end opening of the peripheral wall portion 34a. The peripheral wall portion 34 a is formed integrally with the annular upper wall portion 33 so as to extend downward from the hollow inner peripheral portion of the annular upper wall portion 33.

  Thereby, the concave sphere accommodating part 34 is supported by the annular upper wall part 33 so as to be positioned inside the outer wall member 30a, and opens upward. Note that the ball housing member 30b temporarily stores the game ball to be paid out in the concave ball housing portion 34 in the concave ball housing portion 34, and rotates the operation handle 10 with the pooled game ball, for example. In accordance with the operation, it is supplied to the launching device.

  Moreover, as shown in any of FIGS. 1-5, the front door D is equipped with the button-type production | presentation operation apparatus G, and this production | generation operation apparatus G can move the button part 41 up and down so that the ball receptacle 30 can be moved up and down. It is supported in the ball tray 30 so as to protrude upward from the base plate.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the effect operating device G includes an operating body 40 and a driving mechanism 50. The operating body 40 is L-shaped by the driving mechanism 50 disposed on the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c. Via the auxiliary wall member 30c, it is supported in the ball tray 30 so as to be movable up and down.

  Here, the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c is located in a space formed in the ball tray 30 between the front side wall portion 31a of the U-shaped outer wall 31 and the concave ball storage portion 34 of the ball storage member 30b. The L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c is erected from the bottom wall 32 of the outer wall member 30a upward, and the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c is L-shaped from the upper end of the standing wall 35 to the front side. And an upper wall portion 36 extending in a shape. The standing wall 35 is positioned such that its wall surface is along the front wall 31a of the U-shaped outer wall 31, and the upper wall 36 is parallel to the annular upper wall 33 of the ball housing member 30b. It is located to become.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the operating body 40 includes a button part 41, a coil spring 42, and a cylindrical part 43. The button part 41 includes a cylindrical peripheral wall part 41a and a pressing wall part 41b formed integrally with an upper end opening of the peripheral wall part 41a so as to have a vertical cross-section U-shape together with the peripheral wall part 41a. The button portion 41 is coaxial from below to a through-hole portion 33a formed in the annular upper wall portion 33 of the ball housing member 30b, with the striking wall portion 41b on the upper side and the cylindrical peripheral wall portion 41a on the lower side. It is inserted through to be able to move up and down. The striking wall portion 41b is formed in an upward convex cross-section arc wall shape.

  The button part 41 has an annular flange 41c. The annular flange 41c is a lower end of the peripheral wall 41a so as to come into contact with the outer periphery of the through hole 33a of the annular upper wall 33 from below. An annular projection is formed outward from the opening in the radial direction. Moreover, the through-hole part 33a mentioned above is formed in the left-right direction front intermediate part of the cyclic | annular upper wall part 33 of the ball | bowl accommodating member 30b, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2.

  The cylindrical portion 43 is fitted in the peripheral wall portion 41 a of the button portion 41 so as to be coaxial and slidable from the lower end opening thereof, and the upper end portion 43 a of the cylindrical portion 43 and the pressing wall portion 41 b of the button portion 43. A coil spring 42 is interposed therebetween. In other words, the cylindrical portion 43 sandwiches the coil spring 42 between its upper end portion 43 a and the pressing wall portion 41 b of the button portion 43. Thereby, the cylindrical part 43 is urged | biased by the elastic spring of the coil spring 42 at the lower end opening part side of the surrounding wall part 41a of the button part 41. FIG.

  According to the operation body 40 configured as described above, when the button part 41 is in the lower movement end position (original position) described later, the pressing wall part 41b of the button part 11 is as shown in FIGS. In addition, it is positioned so as to face upward from the inside of the through hole portion 33a of the annular upper wall portion 33 of the ball housing member 30b.

  On the other hand, when the button part 41 is in the upper movement end position (upward movement end position) which will be described later, the pressing wall part 41b of the button part 11 has an annular upper wall part 33 as shown in FIGS. The annular flange 41c projects from the through hole 33a to the upper side, and comes into contact with the outer periphery of the through hole 33a of the annular upper wall 33 from below.

  The driving mechanism 50 drives the operating body 40 to move upward or downward, and keeps the operating body 40 at the lower moving end position (original position) or the upper moving end position (upward movement end position). The mechanism 50 is assembled to the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c.

  The drive mechanism 50 includes a driven member 51, a coil spring 52, a cam drive motor 53, a cam member 54, and a roller 55.

  The driven member 51 is a through-hole portion formed in the upper wall portion 36 of the auxiliary wall member 30c from the lower end portion of the cylindrical portion 43 of the operating body 40 so as to be parallel to the standing wall portion 35 of the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c. 36a and the coil spring 52 are sequentially extended downward.

  The driven member 51 includes a square column part 56, a square plate part 57, and an arm part 58. The quadrangular column portion 56 extends upward from the center of the upper edge of the square plate portion 57. The square column portion 56 has a bolt 56 a, and the bolt 56 a extends coaxially upward from the upper end portion of the square column portion 56. Here, the bolt 56 a is screwed into the female screw hole formed at the lower end portion of the cylindrical portion 43 at the upper end portion thereof and is coaxially connected to the cylindrical portion 43.

  The rectangular plate portion 57 is formed in a rectangular thin plate shape integrally with the lower end portion of the rectangular column portion 56 so as to be perpendicular to the standing wall portion 35 of the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c in the plate thickness direction. ing.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the square plate portion 57 extends integrally from the lower end portion 56 c of the quadrangular column portion 56 downward and in the left and right directions, and the square plate portion 57 has an upper end surface thereof. Is parallel to the upper wall portion 36 of the auxiliary wall member 30c. The square plate portion 57 is parallel to the upper wall portion 36 of the auxiliary wall member 30c at the lower end surface 57a. The right end surface 57b of the square plate portion 57 is the upper end surface of the square plate portion 57. It is a right angle to. Here, in the square plate portion 57, an intersecting surface portion 57c (hereinafter also referred to as an arcuate intersecting surface portion 57c) between the lower end surface 57a and the right end surface 57b is formed in a longitudinal arc shape. In this embodiment, the lower end surface 57a, the intersecting surface portion 57c, and the right end surface 57b can be slidably contacted by the roller 55 together with the inner surface 58f of the connecting portion 58b of the arm portion 58 and the upper surface 58d of the lower edge portion 58c of the arm portion 58 described later. A curved sliding contact surface is formed.

  The arm portion 58 is configured to be U-shaped integrally with the lower end portion 56 c of the quadrangular column portion 56. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the arm portion 58 includes an upper edge portion 58 a, a connecting portion 58 b, and a lower edge portion 58 c, and the upper edge portion 58 a extends from the lower end portion 56 c of the rectangular column portion 56 to the square plate portion. It extends to the left side as illustrated in FIG.

  The connecting portion 58b is connected between the left end portions of the upper edge portion 58a and the lower edge portion 58c so as to form a U-shape together with the upper edge portion 58a and the lower edge portion 58c.

  Here, in the arm portion 58, the lower edge portion 58 c is parallel to the lower end surface portions of the upper surface portion 58 d below the lower end surface portion of the upper edge portion 58 a and the lower end surface portion of the rectangular column portion 56. The upper surface 58d of the lower edge portion 58c is located at the front edge side of the lower end surface 57a with a first predetermined vertical distance downward from the lower end surface 57a of the square plate portion 57. It is parallel to. In the present embodiment, the first predetermined vertical interval described above is required to allow the roller 55 to enter from the right side of FIG. 8 between the square plate portion 57 and the front edge side portion of the lower edge portion 58c as described later. It is an interval.

  In addition, the upper surface portion 58d of the lower edge portion 58c extends rearward from the lower end surface portion 57a of the square plate portion 57 at the rear edge side portion, and each of the lower end surface portion of the upper edge portion 58a and the lower end surface portion of the square column portion 56. It is opposed to the rear edge side portion with a second predetermined vertical interval. In the present embodiment, the second predetermined vertical interval is determined between the rear edge side portion of the lower edge surface portion of the upper edge portion 58a and the lower edge surface portion of the rectangular column portion 56 and the rear edge side portion of the lower edge portion 58c as described later. In the meantime, the interval is required to allow the arc wall portion 54d of the cam member 54 to enter from the right side in FIG. In the present embodiment, the upper surface portion 58d of the lower edge portion 58c serves as a sliding contact surface that is in sliding contact with both the roller 55 and an arc wall portion 54d (described later) of the cam member 54.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the driven member 51 has a first guide pin 51 c and a second guide pin 51 d, and the first guide pin 51 c extends from the lower end portion of the quadrangular column portion 56. It protrudes toward the rear surface 56d (the surface of the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c on the standing wall 35 side). On the other hand, the second guide pin 51d protrudes from the intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the connecting portion 58b of the arm portion 58 toward the rear surface 58g. Here, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the second guide pin 51d is positioned obliquely below the left side of the first guide pin 51c.

  The first and second guide pins 51c and 51d are slidably engaged in the respective guide groove portions 35a and 35d formed in the standing wall portion 35 of the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c at their respective tip portions. doing. The first and second guide pins 51c and 51d are prevented from coming off from the respective guide groove portions 35a and 35d by the respective stop rings 51e and 51f at the respective end portions thereof.

  Here, the guide groove portions 35a and 35d are formed in a longitudinal shape in the vertical direction so as to be parallel to each other in a portion facing the rear surface of the driven member 51 in the standing wall portion 35 of the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c.

  Thereby, the driven member 51 is guided along the corresponding guide groove portions 35a and 35d by the first and second guide pins 51c and 51d, and moves up or down.

  The coil spring 52 is coaxial between the outer peripheral edge portion of the through hole portion 36a of the upper wall portion 36 of the auxiliary wall member 30c and the lower end portion of the column portion 43 so as to bias the column portion 43 upward. Is intervened. Thereby, the coil spring 52 plays a role of urging the cylindrical portion 43 from the outer peripheral edge portion of the through hole portion 36a of the upper wall portion 36 of the auxiliary wall member 30c toward the protruding direction of the operating body 40.

  The cam drive motor 53 is coaxially and rotatably inserted in a through hole 35e formed in the standing wall portion 35 of the auxiliary wall member 30c at the output shaft 53a. The cam drive motor 53 is The motor body is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the through hole portion 35e of the standing wall portion 35. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the through-hole part 35e is formed in the standing wall part 35 diagonally below the left side of the lower end part of the guide groove part 35a. The cam driving motor 53 is a step motor.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the cam member 54 includes a fan-shaped substrate portion 54 b provided with a shaft hole portion 54 a and an arc wall portion 54 d. The cam drive motor 53 is positioned so that the fan-shaped substrate portion 54b is positioned between the rectangular plate portion 57 of the driven member 51 and the standing wall portion 35 of the auxiliary wall member 30c in the shaft hole portion 54a formed in the fan-shaped base portion. Is supported coaxially at the tip of the output shaft 53a. Thereby, the fan-shaped substrate portion 54 b rotates in this rotation direction in accordance with the rotation of the cam driving motor 53. The fan-shaped substrate portion 54b is located between the front surface 35b of the standing wall portion 35 and the rear surface 58g of the arm portion 58 of the driven member 51. Therefore, when the cam member 54 rotates, the fan-shaped substrate portion 54b is moved to the standing wall portion 35. And it does not interfere with the driven member 51.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the arc wall portion 54 d extends from the fan-shaped outer peripheral portion of the fan-shaped substrate portion 54 b to the front surface 54 c side. As a result, the fan-shaped substrate portion 54b is rotated so that the arc wall portion 54d enters between the square plate portion 57 and the lower edge portion 58c of the arm portion 58, and the lower end portion of the rectangular column portion 56 and The arm portion 58 can enter between an upper edge portion 58a and a lower edge portion 58c of the arm portion 58.

  The roller 55 is rotatably and coaxially supported at the distal end portion of the holding pin 54f of the cam member 54, and the roller 55 is prevented from coming off at the distal end portion of the holding pin 54f by both stop rings 54h. (See FIG. 3).

  Here, the holding pin 54f is formed so as to project from the vicinity of the upper end of the arc wall portion 54d in FIG. 3 to the front surface 54f side of the arc substrate portion 54b in the outer peripheral portion of the arc substrate portion 54b. The holding pin 54f has an axial length longer than the height of extension of the arc wall portion 54d from the arc board portion 54b so that the roller 55 is positioned in front of the arc wall portion 54d (the driven member 51 side). Have.

  The roller 55 configured as described above is slidably brought into contact with any one of the arcuate intersecting surface portion 57c and the lower end surface 57a of the square plate portion 57 and the upper surface 58d of the lower edge portion 58c of the arm portion 58 so as to be slidable. Can enter a space formed by the lower end surface 57a, the arc-shaped intersection surface portion 57c and the right end surface 57b, the inner surface 58f of the connecting portion 58b of the arm portion 58, and the upper surface 58d of the lower edge portion 58c of the arm portion 58. It has become.

  Next, the control circuit 60, which is an electric circuit configuration of the button-type effect operating device, will be described with reference to FIG. 10. The control circuit 60 includes an original position sensor S1, an upward movement end position sensor S2, a pressure sensitive sensor S3, A microcomputer 60a and a drive circuit 60b are provided.

  Each of the original position sensor S1 and the upward movement end position sensor S2 includes a photo interrupter, and the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion of the original position sensor S1 are provided in the first guide groove 35a of the standing wall portion 35 of the auxiliary wall member 30c. The lower end sides or the lower end sides of the second guide groove 35d are provided opposite to each other. Thus, when the first guide pin 51c or the second guide pin 51d of the driven member 51 is in the first guide groove 35a of the standing wall 35 (or the lower end portion of the second guide groove 35d), the original position The sensor S1 blocks the light received by the light receiving unit from the light emitting unit by the first guide pin 51c (or the second guide pin 51d), thereby moving the driven member 51 to the lower end position (original position). Detect arrival. This means detection of the operation tool 40 reaching the original position.

  Further, the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion of the upward movement end position sensor S2 are provided opposite to each other at the upper end portion of the first guide groove 35a of the standing wall portion 35 (or the upper end portion of the second guide groove 35d). . As a result, the first guide pin 51c (or the second guide pin 51d) of the driven member 51 reaches the upper end of the first guide groove 35a of the standing wall 35 (or the upper end of the second guide groove 35d). When this occurs, the upward movement end position sensor S2 blocks the light received from the light emitting portion by the light receiving portion by the first guide pin 51c (or the second guide pin 51d). The arrival at the moving end position (upward movement end position) is detected. This means detection for reaching the upper end position of the operating tool 40.

  The pressure sensitive sensor S3 is provided on the protrusion 43c of the cylindrical portion 43 of the operating body 40. Here, the protruding portion 43 c protrudes outward in the radial direction from the lower end portion of the cylindrical portion 43 so as to face the annular flange portion 41 c of the button portion 41.

  As a result, the pressure sensor S3 is pressed by the annular flange 41c along with the downward movement of the button 41 by the pressing operation, and detects the pressing operation on the button 41.

  The microcomputer 60a executes a computer program, and during this execution, performs processing required to drive and control the cam drive motor 53 via the drive circuit 60b based on the detection output of the original position sensor S1 or the upward movement end position sensor S2. At the same time, based on the detection output of the pressure-sensitive sensor S3, processing necessary for producing an advantageous effect for the player is performed.

  In the present embodiment configured as described above, it is assumed that a player is playing a game with respect to the pachinko gaming machine. At present, in the effect operating device G, the driven member 51 of the drive mechanism 50 is maintained in its original position as shown in any of FIGS. 1, 4 to 7, and 11. .

  At this time, the button part 41 of the operating body 40 is in a position facing upward from the through hole part 33 a of the annular upper wall part 33 of the ball tray 30. Further, the arc wall portion 54d of the cam member 54 is located at one side end portion 54e immediately below the motor output shaft 53a, as shown in FIG. 11, and the lower edge of the arm portion 58 of the driven member 51. The state is maintained in contact with the tip of the portion 58c from above. Accordingly, the coil spring 52 is maintained in a compressed state between the cylindrical portion 43 of the operating body 40 and the upper wall portion 36 of the auxiliary wall member 30c.

  In such a state, when a single stroke command or a continuous stroke command is output from the sub-control device of the pachinko gaming machine, the microcomputer 60a starts executing the computer program and performs a process of rotating the cam driving motor 53. Do. In this cam drive motor rotation process, a signal for rotating the cam drive motor 53 in one rotation direction is output to the drive circuit 60c. For this reason, the cam drive motor 53 is driven by the drive circuit 60b to rotate in the one rotation direction.

  When the cam driving motor 53 rotates in the one rotation direction as described above, the cam member 54 rotates from the position shown in FIG. 11 to the clockwise direction in FIG. 11 via the output shaft 53a of the cam driving motor 53. The arcuate wall 54d of 54 is separated from the tip of the lower edge 58c of the arm 58 of the driven member 51 at its end 54e.

  Along with this, the driven member 51 is released from the circular arc wall portion 54d of the cam member 54 and is in a free state in which it can move upward. For this reason, the coil spring 52 extends instantaneously under the elasticity, and pushes up the cylindrical portion 43 of the operating body 40 instantaneously. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 12, the operating body 40 instantaneously moves upward toward the initial upward movement position. Here, the initial upward movement position refers to an upward movement position in which the button spring 41 protrudes upward from the through hole 33 a of the annular upper wall 33 of the ball tray 30 by extension of the coil spring 52.

  The driven member 51 is guided by the first guide pin 51c and the second guide pin 51d along the first guide groove 35a and the second guide groove 35d of the standing wall portion 35 of the auxiliary wall member 30c, and moves upward. Therefore, the driven member 51 can be moved up stably.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 13, when the roller 55 abuts on the intersecting surface portion 57c of the square plate portion 57 of the driven member 51, the roller 55 rolls along the intersecting surface portion 57c, and the square plate portion Push 57 up. Accordingly, the operating body 40 moves upward from the initial upward movement position toward the upward movement end position (upward movement end position).

  Here, while the operating body 40 moves upward from the upward initial movement position to the upward movement end position, the operating body 40 is first guided by the first guide pin 51c and the second guide pin 51d in the same manner as described above. It is guided along the groove 35a and the second guide groove 35d. For this reason, the operating body 40 can move up stably.

  When the operating body 40 moves up to the upper moving end position, the first guide pin 51c (or the second guide pin 51d) of the driven member 51 is moved to the upper end portion (or the first guide pin 35d) of the first guide groove 35a of the standing wall portion 35. 2), a detection signal is output from the upward movement end position sensor S2, and the microcomputer 60a is configured to stop the rotation of the cam drive motor 53 based on this detection output. The signal is output to the drive circuit 60b. As a result, the cam driving motor 53 stops rotating.

  When the cam driving motor 53 stops rotating in this way, as shown in FIG. 14, the roller 55 is positioned immediately above the rotating shaft 53 a of the motor 53 and intersects the square plate portion 57 of the driven member 51. The lower end surface 57a adjacent to 57c abuts from its end. At this time, the button part 41 of the operating body 40 abuts the outer peripheral part of the through hole part 33a of the annular upper wall part 33 from below at the annular flange part 41c, and the through hole part 33a of the annular upper wall part 33. It protrudes to the outside as much as possible, and is positioned at the end of the upward movement.

  Thus, when the operating body 40 is in the upward movement end position, when the player hits the button portion 41 with the hitting wall portion 41b, the button portion 41 resists the elastic force of the coil spring 42. The pressure sensor S3 is pressed by the annular flange 41c. For this reason, the pressure-sensitive sensor S3 detects a single hit or a continuous hit with respect to the button part 41 and outputs it to the microcomputer 60a as a detection signal. Along with this, the microcomputer 60a controls the sub-control device based on the single hit or the continuous hit. Thereby, this sub-control device executes a predetermined process so as to produce an advantageous effect for the player.

  Thereafter, when a single stroke end command or a continuous stroke end command is output from the sub-control device, the microcomputer 60a performs a process of rotating the cam driving motor 53. In this cam drive motor rotation process, a signal for rotating the cam drive motor 53 in one rotation direction (the same direction as the rotation direction when the single shot command or the continuous shot command described above is output) is output to the drive circuit 60c. To do. For this reason, the cam drive motor 53 is driven by the drive circuit 60b to rotate in one rotation direction.

  When the cam driving motor 53 rotates in this way, the cam member 54 rotates clockwise from the state shown in FIG. 14 via the output shaft 53a of the cam driving motor 53. Accordingly, the roller 55 pushes down the lower edge portion 58c while rolling along the upper surface 58d of the lower edge portion 58c of the arm portion 58 of the driven member 51. Along with this, the driven member 51 is moved down, and the operating body 40 is moved down to a position in contact with the coil spring 52 in the extended state at the lower end surface 43b of the cylindrical portion 43, as shown in FIG.

  Thus, after the lower end surface 43b of the cylindrical portion 43 of the operating body 40 comes into contact with the coil spring 52, the driven member 51 is compressed by the cylindrical portion 43 of the operating body 40 so that the coil spring 52 is compressed against its elasticity. Goes down further.

  When the roller 55 reaches the distal end portion of the lower edge portion 58c of the arm portion 58 of the driven member 51 and is positioned directly below the output shaft 53a of the cam driving motor 53, as shown in FIG. The coil spring 52 is completely compressed, the operating body 40 is positioned at the lower moving end position (original position), and the button portion 41 of the operating body 40 is located above the through hole 33 a of the annular upper wall portion 33 of the ball tray 30. Located to face. When the roller 55 is positioned directly below the output shaft 53a of the cam driving motor 53, the arc wall portion 54d of the cam member 54 is the lower edge portion of the arm portion 58 of the driven member 51 at the other side end portion 54g. It contacts 58c at its tip.

  Thus, when the operating body 40 is moved down to the lower end position (original position), the first guide pin 51c (or the second guide pin 51d) of the driven member 51 is the first guide groove of the standing wall portion 35. Since it has reached the lower end of 35a (or the lower end of the second guide groove 35d), a detection signal is output from the original position sensor S1.

  Therefore, the microcomputer 60a further stops the rotation of the cam driving motor 53 after continuously rotating the output shaft 53a of the cam driving motor 53 by 90 ° based on the detection signal from the original position sensor S1. Is output to the drive circuit 60b. Thus, the cam member 54 continues to rotate, and the arc wall portion 54d of the cam member 54 rotates by 90 ° while contacting the tip of the lower edge portion 58c of the arm portion 58 of the driven member 51, and the arc wall portion 54d. When the one side end portion 54e comes into contact with the tip end portion of the lower edge portion 58c of the arm portion 58, the cam driving motor 53 stops rotating, and the effect operating device G is in a state as shown in FIG. Return to.

  Here, while the operating body 40 moves downward from the upward movement end position as shown in FIG. 14 to the original position as shown in FIG. 11, the arc wall portion 54d of the cam member 54 is, as shown in FIGS. The lower end surface of the rectangular column portion 56 of the driven member 51, the rear surface 57d (see FIG. 7) of the square plate portion 57, the lower surface 58e of the upper edge portion 58a of the arm portion 58, and the square plate portion 57 side of the connecting portion 58b. It rotates in the state which entered into the space formed including the inner side surface 58f and the upper surface 58d of the lower edge part 58c. For this reason, there is no interference between the arc wall portion 54d and the driven member 51.

  As described above, the button-type effect operating device G according to the present embodiment is maintained at the original position facing upward from the inside of the through hole 33a provided in the annular upper wall 33 of the ball tray 30 of the gaming machine. The operating body 40 and the operating body 40 assembled in the ball receiving tray 30 in the original position are driven to move upward to the upward movement end position protruding from the through hole 33a to the outside. And a drive mechanism 50 that drives a certain operating body 40 downward to the original position.

  As described above, the drive mechanism 50 assembled to the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c in the ball tray 30 includes the cam member 54 and a cam driving motor that rotationally drives the cam member 54 in one rotation direction. 53, a roller 55 rotatably supported by the cam member 54, a driven member 51 that extends downward from the operating body 40 and is driven upward or downward by the cam member 54 and the roller 55, and the driven member A coil spring 52 is provided that is fitted to the member 51 from the outside and is interposed between the cylindrical portion 43 of the operating body 40 and the upper wall portion 36 of the L-shaped auxiliary wall member 30c.

  When the driven member 51 is in the original position together with the operating body 40, the cam member 54 is maintained in a state of pushing down the driven member 51, and the coil spring 52 is maintained in a compressed state.

  When the cam member 54 is rotated in one rotation direction by the cam driving motor 53 in such a state, the cam member 54 is released from a state where the driven member 51 is pushed down, and the coil spring 52 is released from the compressed state, and the elasticity thereof. The operating body 40 is instantaneously extended to move the operating body 40 to the initial upward movement position, and then the roller 55 pushes the driven member 51 together with the operating body 40 to the upward movement end position as described above.

  As described above, when the operating unit 40 is moved upward from the original position to the end position of the upward movement, first, the cam member 54 is released from the state where the driven member 51 is pushed down, and the coil spring 52 in the compressed state is released. Due to the elasticity of the coil spring 52 accompanying the extension, the operating body 40 instantaneously moves up from the original position to the initial upward movement position, and then the roller 55 pushes up the driven member 51 so that the operating body 40 is initially moved upward. Move upward from the position to the end of the upward movement. For this reason, the button part 41 protrudes greatly in two steps. As a result, the protrusion of the button part 41 can be strongly recognized by the player.

  Further, when the cam member 54 is rotated in one rotation direction by the cam driving motor 53 when the operating body 40 is at the upward movement end position, the roller 55 pushes down the driven member 51 as described above. Accordingly, after the driven member 51 is moved down together with the operating body 40 to the initial upward movement position, the roller 55 pushes down the driven member 51 against the elasticity accompanying the compression of the coil spring 52 and operates the driven member 51. The body 40 is configured to move downward to the original position. For this reason, the coil spring 52 can be compressed in the process of moving the operating body 40 downward from the upward movement end position to the original position, so that the coil spring 52 does not need to be compressed by a separate means. Can be simplified.

  In addition, the roller 55 described in the above embodiment may be a sliding contact member extending from the cam member.

33 ... annular upper wall part, 40 ... operating body, 41 ... button part, 42, 52 ... coil spring,
43 ... Cylindrical part, 50 ... Driving mechanism, 51 ... Following member, 53 ... Cam driving motor,
54 ... a cam member, 54d ... an arcuate cam wall, 55 ... a roller, 57 ... a square plate,
57a ... lower end surface, 57b ... right end surface, 57c ... crossing surface portion, 58 ... arm portion,
58d: upper surface, 58f: inner surface.

Claims (3)

In the button-type production operation device provided on the front of the gaming machine,
An operating body having a button portion that can protrude from a reference portion extending forward from the front surface of the gaming machine;
Drive means for supporting the operation body to be able to advance and retreat on the opposite side of the reference portion from the protruding side of the button portion;
The drive means is
A cam member, and a driven member that supports the operating body so as to advance and retreat;
In the initial stage, the operating member is disengaged from the driven member as the cam member rotates, and is instantaneously protruded from the reference portion by a spring means. A button for a gaming machine, wherein the button is made to protrude greatly at a speed slower than the initial stage through the follower member by a sliding contact member extending from the cam member as it rotates. Expression production operation device. In the button-type production operation device provided on the front of the gaming machine,
An operating body having a cylindrical button portion that can project from a reference portion extending forward from the front surface of the gaming machine, and a column portion that is slidably fitted to the button portion via a spring,
Drive means for supporting the operating body so as to be able to advance and retreat on the side opposite to the protruding side of the button portion of the reference portion;
The drive means is
A motor,
A cam member that is driven and rotated by the motor and has an arcuate cam wall formed on the outer periphery thereof; and
A sliding contact member extending from the cam member in a direction along the cam surface of the arcuate cam wall portion of the cam member;
A driven member extending coaxially from the column portion via the reference portion;
A coil spring interposed between the reference portion and the column portion and biasing the column portion toward the projecting direction of the operation body,
The follower member is
At the extended end side portion, the operating body protrudes while slidably contacting the slidable contact member according to a rotation locus centering on the axis of the cam member of the slidable contact member as the cam member rotates. A curved sliding contact surface is formed so as to be guided from the direction to the opposite direction,
Under the contact with the sliding member by the curved sliding contact surface, together with the operating body, the coil spring is maintained in the original position so as to be compressed by the column part,
In an initial stage, based on the dissociation of the cam surface of the arc-shaped cam wall portion from the curved sliding contact surface accompanying the one-way rotation of the cam member, the coil spring instantaneously moves together with the operating body from the reference portion. Protruding into the
Then, at a later stage, as the cam member is further rotated in one direction, it is pushed by the sliding contact member under sliding contact with the curved sliding contact surface, and is slower than the initial stage. The button-type effect operating device for a gaming machine is characterized in that it protrudes greatly together with the operating body.   The driven member protrudes greatly at the later stage, and is further pushed by the sliding contact member under sliding contact with the curved sliding contact surface to compress the coil spring by the column portion. The button-type effect operating device for a gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the operating body is returned to the original position together with the operating body.

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