JP5718869B2 - Medal pusher game device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medal pusher game device.

  A case of a known medal pusher game machine is provided with a transparent partition on the front surface thereof, and a game field is provided inside the case, and the game field includes a second half area A and a first half area. The area A is provided with a medal pusher that reciprocates back and forth in the area A. In the area B, medals pushed by the medal pusher are temporarily accumulated, and the area B is sequentially moved by the back and forth movement of the medal pusher. It comes to fall from the front edge.

  In addition, a payout opening for medals pushed out from the game field is provided between the game field and the front partition plate, and a storage section for medals paid out to the player is provided outside the partition plate. A medal discharge path for deriving the dropped medal to the medal storage unit and a medal collection device for collecting the dropped medal other than the medal payout port are provided.

  In addition, the partition plate on the front surface of the housing is provided with a medal entry device that is provided with a medal insertion slot through which a player inserts a medal and that can fire the inserted medal toward the game field.

  Such a medal pusher game machine is widely used, but this type of game machine known in the art has a problem that the movement of the medal moving in the region B when pushed by the medal pusher is monotonous and is not interesting. there were.

  For this reason, proposals have been made to change the shape of the dull pusher in various ways to complicate the movement of medals on the play field, and also make holes in the play field and knock out obstacles of appropriate shapes from the holes. Proposals have been made to increase the interest of the game by making it appear like a game, complicating the movement of medals.

JP 08-052270 A JP 08-019661 JP2007-105219A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is an obstacle that restrains the movement of medals in the area B of the play field (hereinafter simply referred to as the area B) in accordance with the progress of the game in a system other than the above-described wobble game system. An object is to provide a new medal pusher game device that enhances the interest of the game by causing objects to appear, restricting the movement of medals, and increasing / decreasing the number of medals to be paid out.

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, an obstacle using an appropriate statue, for example, an obstacle composed of a robot-type statue and a pedestal is placed at a standby position P _{W, that} is, a place outside the play field. 70 leave placed and configured to move the appearance position P _a provided outside the operating range of the medal pusher playfield as required.

For this movement, not only a known robot hand but also a known conveying means is used.
As a device for moving the obstacle, a rack and pinion, a screw, a solenoid, a crank, a cam, a link, an oil or air cylinder, or the like can be used.
It is also conceivable that the player is involved in the obstacle moving operation by some method.

  When this obstacle is used, it is desirable that the play field is made of a magnetic material and the statue base is a magnet. Of course, other mechanical and electromagnetic methods are possible for fixing this joint.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, in the medal pusher game device according to the present invention, a medal that moves on the play field when pushed by the pusher is prevented from moving by an obstacle placed on the play field. The game interests are further improved because the game is guided to a medal payout exit or led to a drop in parenthood.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall structure of a medal pusher machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a waist part of the medal pusher game machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an obstacle using a robot type statue things, description shows a state in the state and appearance position P _a in the standby position PW view, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the obstacle is placed in the game field.

The medal pusher game apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is a stand-alone game machine for one person, but the present invention is naturally applicable to a large game apparatus that can be played simultaneously by a large number of people. is there.
In FIG. 1, 100 is a medal pusher game device, 10 is its case, 20 is a game field, and 30 is a medal pusher.

  A partition plate made of a transparent acrylic plate is provided in front of each booth of the housing 10, and a medal entry device operated by a player to inject medals is attached to windows provided on both sides of the partition plate. A play field 20 is provided in the back of the partition plate.

  Since the medal pusher 30 reciprocates back and forth on the play field 20 and pushes the medal that has fallen on the play field 20, the supplied medal is gradually pushed forward, pushed out of the play field, and the parent falls. Other than medals are paid out to the player.

Hereinafter, FIG. 2 will be described.
Thus, in the figure, 50 is a side wall, 50A is a parent hole, and 60 is a medal. In this known medal pusher game apparatus, as will be described later, it is configured to appear at any time an obstacle than the region for reciprocating the pusher 30 on the playing field 20 in front of the region.
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In FIG. 3, reference numeral 40 denotes an obstacle. The obstacle 40 is formed by attaching a statue 42 imitating a humanoid robot on a pedestal 44 made of magnets, and is placed on a place 70 located outside the play field when in the standby position _PW .
The play field 20 and the place 70 are preferably made of a magnetic material.

A medal payout opening leading to the payout opening of the medal 60 is provided between the play field 20 and the partition plate, and the medal 60 that has fallen to the medal payout opening is a medal from an unillustrated medal payout path that opens outward from the partition plate. It is discharged to the storage unit and delivered to the player.
Further, the medal 60 dropped in a place other than the medal payout exit, for example, the parent drop hole 50A, is collected as a parent drop through a guide passage (not shown).
On the rear side of the play field 20, a liquid crystal display, a slit that can receive the medal 60, although not shown in the figure, are provided.

In this medal pusher game device 100, the obstacle 40 that is placed in the yard 70 and is in a standby state is not shown in the area 20B at any time, depending on the progress of the game. It is conveyed to the appearance position P _W on the play field by the conveying means.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which the obstacle 40 shown in FIG. 3 is moved and placed on the play field 20 shown in FIG.

When the obstacle 40 is placed on the game field, the movement of the medal 60 that is pushed and moved by the pusher 30 is restricted, and the number of medals temporarily staying in the area 20B of the play field 20 increases, so that the obstacle 40 When it is removed and returned to the standby position _PW , the number of medals falling from the area 20B increases rapidly.

It will be understood from FIG. 5 that, according to the present invention, no device is provided below the board constituting the game field 20 for moving the obstacle 40 up and down or moving back and forth.

  The configuration of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the shape and number of obstacles, the arrangement, the movement method, and the effects accompanying movement can be freely changed in design. The invention encompasses all of these variations.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, according to the present invention, a medal pusher game device that is more interesting than the conventional one can be provided, and if implemented, can greatly increase the profit in the field of the game industry.

It is a perspective view which shows the whole structure of a well-known medal pusher game device. It is explanatory drawing which shows the principal part of the medal pusher game device shown in FIG. 1, ie, the relationship between a play field and a medal pusher. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of an obstruction. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state in which the obstruction was put on the play field.

100 Medal Pusher Game Device 10 Case 20 Game Field 20A Area A
20B area B
30 medal pusher,
40 Obstacle 40A Statue imitating humanoid robot 50 Pedestal 50A Parent hole 60 Medal

Claims (1)

Inside, a game field (20) is provided which is divided into a region A (20A) provided in the second half and a region B (20B) provided in the first half. 10) and
A medal pusher (30) that reciprocates back and forth in the area A (20A) on the game field (20) and pushes the medals (60) accumulated in the area B (20B) toward the medal payout exit;
A medal entry device having a medal insertion slot through which a player inserts medals, and capable of firing the inserted medal toward the game field;
A game control device that controls the operation of the entire game machine in accordance with a pre-installed game program;
In the medal pusher game device comprising:
Supports reciprocating movement between the appearance position (P _A ) on the surface of the area B (20B) of the game field (20) and the standby position (P _W ) different from the appearance position (P _A ). The at least one obstacle (40A, 40B, 40C, 40D, 40E, 40F, 40G) and the obstacle (40A, 40B, 40C, 40D, 40E) in response to a command signal from the game control device , 40F, 40G) is provided with an obstacle control device (400) that reciprocally moves between a standby position (P _W ) and an appearance position (P _A ),
The bottom of the obstacle (40G) is an object (40G) made of a material that magnetically attracts the material of the surface of the region B (20B), and its standby position (P _W ) is defined inside the casing, and its appearance The position (P _A ) is defined on the surface of the region B (20B), and the obstacle control device (400) moves the object (40G) between the standby position (P _W ) and the appearance position (P _A ) in both directions. The medal pusher game device (100), characterized in that the device is a device that can be transported to a point.

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