JPH07265502A - Ball shooting game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a ball shooting game machine provided with a ball shooting mechanism with which everyone can easily and surely obtain desired impact force. CONSTITUTION:The machine is constituted in such a way that energizing force of an energizing spring 39 for energizing a ball shooting rod 33 is adjusted so that an impact force adjusting motor 40 may provide impact force corresponding to a set value when a player selects a desirable value through a contact type setting apparatus. Since the player is not required to turning-operate a turning member as conventional but only sets a desirable value by a contact type setting apparatus so as to automatically adjust impact force, everyone can easily and surely obtain desirable impact force. Only keeping contact with a touch plate 24 is required during playing, and therefore the player is not tired.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball-and-ball game machine equipped with a ball-launching mechanism for ball-balling a ball toward a game area of a game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a hitting ball launching mechanism for hitting a hitting ball toward a game area of a game board is operated by turning a turning member provided on an operating handle to hold the turning member at that position. , To maintain the desired resilience. For this reason, when the game is continued for a long time, the wrist becomes tired and the concentration of the game gradually decreases. In order to eliminate such a drawback, many proposals have been made to hold the rotating member at that position after rotating the rotating member to a desired position.

[0003]

However, in a hitting ball launching mechanism having such a holding device, one hand holds the rotary member at a desired position while holding the other hand or the rotary member. Since the holding device has to be operated by hand, the position of the rotating member is deviated during the operation and the holding member is held at a position different from the desired position. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a ball-playing machine equipped with a hitting ball launching mechanism that allows anyone to easily and surely obtain a desired ballistic force. To do.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, in a ball-ball game machine having a ball-ball launching mechanism for projecting a ball at a game area of a game board, a player The elastic force setting means for electrically setting a desired elastic force by the operation of, and the elastic force for controlling the hitting ball firing mechanism to have a predetermined elastic force according to the set value of the elastic force setting means. And a force control means.

The ball game machine is provided with an operation detecting means for detecting that the player is operating the hitting ball launching mechanism, and when the detection output of the operation detecting means is not for a predetermined time, the operation detecting means is operated. By providing the resetting means for returning the set value of the elastic force setting means to the predetermined initial value, it is advantageous in that it can be newly set regardless of the value set by the previous player.

The hitting ball launching mechanism sets the resilience of a hitting rod for ejecting a hit ball by changing the energizing force of an energizing spring, and the resilience force control means sets the hitting amount by the player. By striking the biasing force of the biasing spring by driving the electric drive source based on the operation of the force setting means, a hitting ball for biasing the conventional striking rod by the biasing spring is provided. The application to the firing mechanism is also advantageous in that it can be attached by a slight design change.

The hitting ball launching mechanism sets the resilience of a hitting rod for ejecting a hit ball by changing the amount of current supplied to an electromagnet, and the resilience force control means is set by the player. By changing the resistance value by operating the elastic force setting means, the amount of current supplied to the electromagnet is changed, which is advantageous in that the structure of the hitting ball firing mechanism can be simplified.

Since the set value can be confirmed by providing the elastic force display means for displaying the magnitude of the elastic force corresponding to the set value of the elastic force setting means, it is possible to make a subsequent adjustment or This is advantageous because it serves as a guide for adjustment.

The elastic force setting means is a contact type setting device capable of setting the magnitude of the set value depending on the position where the player operates and contacts, so that a desired elastic force can be obtained by one touch. Is advantageous.

[0010]

The elastic force setting means for electrically setting a desired elastic force by the player's operation, and the hitting ball firing mechanism having a predetermined elastic force according to the set value of the elastic force setting means. Since the elastic force control means for controlling as described above is provided, the player can automatically adjust the elastic force simply by setting the desired value with the elastic force setting means. Therefore, anyone can easily and surely obtain a desired elastic force.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, a configuration of a ball game machine (a pachinko game machine in the case shown) 1 provided with a hitting ball launching mechanism 20 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Figure 1
FIG. 3 is a front view of the ball game machine 1. In the figure, a ball game machine 1 has a front frame 2 formed in a frame shape, and a door holding frame 3 is provided around a rectangular opening of the front frame 2. A glass door frame 4 covering the front of the game board 10 is provided on the door holding frame 3 so as to be openable and closable, and a front door plate 5 provided with a hitting ball supply tray 6 is provided at the lower part thereof so as to be openable and closable. . The hit ball supply tray 6 is for storing the prize balls to be paid out and supplying them as hit balls one by one to a launch position 14 described later. Further, inside the upstream side of the hitting ball supply tray 6, there is provided a speaker 7 for producing a sound effect produced in accordance with the progress of the game. Further, below the front frame 2, an extra ball receiving tray 8 for storing prize balls that cannot be stored in the hitting ball supply tray 6, an ashtray 9, and an operation of a hitting ball launching mechanism 20 which constitutes an essential part of this embodiment. A handle device 21 is provided. In addition, a game board 10 provided behind the glass door frame 4 has a game area 11 in which an ejected ball is dropped, and in the game area 11, a variable display device 12 and a variable display device as a game device are provided. The winning ball device 13 and the like are provided.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, the structure of the hitting ball launching mechanism 20 constituting the essential part of this embodiment will be described. The hitting ball launching mechanism 20 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is the hitting ball launching mechanism 20 according to the first embodiment, and the hitting ball launching mechanism 20 is an operation handle device 21 that can be operated by a player.
And a hitting ball launching device 30 driven by the operation of the operating handle device 21. And FIG.
3 is a front and plan view of the operation handle device 21, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a plan / rear view showing the relationship between the operating handle device 21 and the hitting ball launching device 30.

In FIG. 2, the operation handle device 21 is
They are collectively provided on a mounting substrate 22 mounted on the front surface side of the front frame 2. That is, the mounting board 22 is provided with a contact handle 23 having a touch plate 24 with which a player can come into contact. The difference between the contact handle 23 and the conventional operation handle is that there is no rotating member for the player to rotate, and the player simply contacts the touch plate 24 of the contact handle 23. The drive motor 32 of the hitting ball launching device 30 is driven by itself. Although not shown, the contact handle 23 is provided with a single-shot switch 46 (only the reference numeral is attached to the block diagram of FIG. 7). By operating the single-shot switch 46, the drive motor 32 is driven intermittently. It is possible to intermittently fire ball hits.

Further, a contact type setting device 27 for setting the elastic force to a desired value is provided on the upper portion of the mounting substrate 22. The contact-type setting device 27 is configured so that it can come into contact with any part in the longitudinal direction, and the resistance value varies depending on the contact position. As described in detail later, the analog value of the resistance value is converted into a digital value. The size of the set value can be converted and set. Further, the set value set by the contact type setting device 27 is displayed on the elastic force display device 25, and further, the display indicating that the contact handle 23 is in contact is displayed on the contact display LED 26. . The resilience indicator 25 is provided slightly above the contact handle 23, and the contact display LED 26 is provided slightly above the contact handle 23.

In the operation handle device 21 configured as described above, the positioning boss 28 projecting from the rear surface of the mounting substrate 22 is inserted into the positioning hole (not shown) formed in the front frame 2, and A mounting screw 29 fixed to the back surface side of the mounting substrate 22 is passed through a mounting hole (no reference numeral) formed in the front frame 2 to form a stop hole formed in a mounting plate 31 of the hitting ball launching device 30, which will be described later. The operation handle device 21 and the hitting ball launching device 30 are integrally fastened in a state of facing each other through the front frame 2 by inserting and fastening the nuts from the back surface of the mounting plate 31.

On the other hand, referring to FIG.
Are assembled into a substantially square mounting plate 31. That is, on the rear surface side of the mounting plate 31 (front side in FIG. 3B), the drive motor 32 and the hitting rod 3 are provided.
3, a ball feed operating rod 34, stoppers 35a and 35b made of an elastic body, and an elastic force adjusting motor 40 are provided. On the other hand, on the front side of the mounting plate 31, the engagement cam 3 is provided.
6, a drive gear 41, an intermediate gear 42, a biasing gear 43, and a holding rod 45. The drive motor 32 is
It is a drive source for intermittently reciprocating the ball striking rod 33. Therefore, the output shaft 32a of the drive motor 32 is provided on the front side of the mounting plate 31, and the engagement cam 36 having a plurality of blades is fixed to the front end of the output plate 32a. The engagement cam 36 engages and disengages with an operating arm 38 integrally fixed to a rotary shaft 37 on which the ball bat 33 is rotatably supported, and reciprocally rotates the ball bat 33. . The ball striking rod 33 has a hammer spring 33a at its tip, and the hammer spring 33a faces the firing position 14. Also, the batting rod 33
A contact portion 33b that abuts on the lower end of the ball feed operating rod 34 is formed in a concave shape below, and the ball feed operating rod 34 is moved up and down as the ball striking rod 33 reciprocates.
The ball feeding operation rod 34 is rocked with a rocking member of a ball feeding device (not shown), and supplies one ball at a firing position for each movement.

By the way, the ball striking rod 33 is fixed to a rotary shaft 37 which is rotatably supported by a bearing bearing (not shown).
A coil-shaped biasing spring 39 is provided around the coil. Biasing spring 3
One end of 9 is locked to the rotary shaft 37 or the operating arm 38, and the other end of the biasing spring 39 is fixed to the biasing gear 43. The biasing gear 43 is rotatably provided around the rotation shaft 37, and an intermediate gear 42 is meshed with a part of the biasing gear 43, and the drive gear 41 is meshed with the intermediate gear 42. The drive gear 41 is fixed to the output shaft 40a of the elastic force adjusting motor 40, and
Is rotationally driven by rotationally driving. As the elastic force adjusting motor 40, for example, a servo motor is used, and the rotation can be controlled in either forward or reverse directions. Further, the biasing gear 43 is engaged with the upper end portion of a holding rod 45 which is swingably driven by a holding solenoid 44. Therefore, the biasing gear 43 is held at the position where the elastic force adjusting motor 40 is stopped and the holding rod 4 is held.
The engaging position 5 ensures that the elastic force adjusting motor 40 holds the fixed position.

A hitting ball launching device 30 constructed as described above.
In, the player touches the touch plate 2 of the contact handle 23.
When the engagement cam 36 and the operating arm 38 are engaged with each other, the rotation shaft 37 causes the rotation shaft 37 to urge the urging force of the urging spring 39. Since the ball striking rod 33 is rotated in the backward direction, the ball striking rod 33 is swung rearward, and when the engagement cam 36 and the operating arm 38 are opened, the ball striking rod 33 is rapidly returned to its original position by the urging force of the urging spring 39. After returning, the ball at the firing position 14 is shot. At this time, the striking rod 33 has its return position regulated by the stoppers 35a and 35b and absorbs the return impact. Further, since the other end of the biasing spring 39 is locked to the biasing gear 43, a substantially constant biasing force is applied to the biasing spring 39 in a state where the rotational position of the biasing gear 43 is fixed and held. Therefore, the resilience of the ball struck by the ball 33 can be made constant. Conversely speaking, different predetermined elastic forces can be obtained by changing the rotational position of the biasing gear 43 and fixing and holding it.

Therefore, in order to change the rotational position of the biasing gear 43, the elastic force adjusting motor 40 may be rotationally driven. The elastic force adjusting motor 40 is driven when the player operates the contact type setting device 27. That is, when the player touches a desired position of the contact type setting device 27, the analog amount corresponding to the position is converted into a digital amount, and the elastic force adjusting motor is driven by a predetermined drive amount based on the digital amount. 40 is rotationally driven in either one of the forward and reverse directions. When the elastic force adjusting motor 40 is driven, the biasing gear 4 is driven via the drive gear 41 and the intermediate gear 42.
Since 3 is rotationally driven by a predetermined amount, the urging force of the urging spring 39 is changed. When the elastic force adjusting motor 40 is driven, the holding solenoid 44 is turned on to release the engagement between the holding rod 45 and the urging gear 43, and when the driving is finished, it is turned off and turned on again. It is designed to engage. In addition, as shown in the circle in FIG.
A part of the urging drum 43A may be a cylindrical urging drum 43A, and a holding rod 45A having a friction member 45B fixed to the tip thereof may be abutted and fixedly held on the peripheral surface of the urging drum 43A. Further, in the present embodiment, as will be described later in detail, when a certain time elapses from either operation when the player operates the contact type setting device 27 or when the contact of the touch plate 24 is released. When any operation is not performed after the lapse of time, the value set by the contact type setting device 27 is canceled and the value automatically returns to a predetermined initial value (for example, level 0 as described later). Has become. In the first embodiment, the level 0
In order to detect whether or not the return has been made to, the photo sensor 47 (not shown, but the reference numeral is shown in the block diagram of FIG. 7) is provided at a position corresponding to the initial position of the biasing gear 43, for example. By setting the initial value (level 0), the urging force of the urging spring is relaxed and the life of the spring is improved.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the biasing gear 43
The holding rod 45 holds the elastic force adjusting motor 40, but since the elastic force adjusting motor 40 is composed of a servomotor, as shown in FIG. With the gears 41 and 42, the position of the biasing gear 43 can be held almost accurately. More preferably,
As shown in FIG. 3, it is possible to endure long-term use by providing the holding rod 45. The structure shown in FIG. 4 is the same as that of the hitting ball launching mechanism 20 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 except for the holding rod 45. Therefore, it will be referred to as a modification of the first embodiment below. To

As described above, in the first embodiment and its modification, the resilience force adjusting motor 40 is connected to the ball striking mechanism 20.
Although the one provided on the side of the hitting ball launching device 30 is shown, it may be configured as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 as an embodiment which can be applied by reducing the design change of the conventional hitting ball launching mechanism.
FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view of a hitting ball launching mechanism 50 according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a hitting ball launching mechanism 50 according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the operation handle device 51 of FIG.

In the figure, a hitting ball firing mechanism 50 is an operation handle device 51 which can be operated by a player as in the first embodiment.
And a hitting ball launching device 70 driven by operating the operation handle device 51. First, the operation handle devices 51 are collectively provided on a mounting substrate 52 mounted on the front surface side of the front frame 2. That is, on the mounting substrate 52, a contact handle 53 having a touch plate 54 with which a player can contact is provided in a protruding manner. Similar to the contact handle 23 of the first embodiment, the contact handle 53 allows the drive motor 72 of the hitting ball launching device 70 to be driven by the player simply contacting the touch plate 54 of the contact handle 53. However, the difference from the first embodiment is that an elastic force adjusting motor 55 is built in the contact handle 54.

Explaining this point in detail, an elastic force adjusting motor 55 is fixed in the contact handle 53,
A handle shaft 56 is connected to the output shaft of the elastic force adjusting motor 55. The handle shaft 56 is rotatably supported in the contact handle 53, penetrates through the mounting substrate 52 and projects to the back surface of the mounting substrate 52, and a semicircular first pulley 57 is fixed to the rear end thereof. . This first pulley 57
Is connected to the second pulley 58 by a connecting member 59 made of a wire.
Is connected with. The second pulley 58 is rotatably supported on the back surface of the mounting substrate 52, and has an engagement hole at the center thereof for engaging with an engagement rotation member 80, which will be described later, provided on the side of the ball launching device 70. 58a is formed. The engagement between the engagement rotary member 80 and the engagement hole 58a is naturally engaged when the operation handle device 51 is fixed from the front of the front frame 2 and the hitting ball launching device 70 is fixed from the rear of the front frame 2. It is supposed to meet.

Although not shown, the mounting substrate 52
Similar to the first embodiment, a contact type setting device 27 for setting the elastic force to a desired value is provided on the upper part thereof. By operating the contact type setting device 27, the elastic force adjusting motor 55 provided in the contact handle 53 rotates in the forward and reverse directions according to the set value. Further, the set value set by the contact type setting device 27 is displayed on the elastic force display device 25, and further, the display indicating that the contact handle 53 is in contact is displayed on the contact display LED 26. Therefore, it is easy to set and it is easy to grasp the set value during the firing.

In the operation handle device 51 constructed as described above, the positioning boss 60 projecting from the rear surface of the mounting substrate 52 is inserted into the positioning hole (not shown) formed in the front frame 2, and A mounting screw 61 fixed to the back surface side of the mounting substrate 52 is passed through a mounting hole (no reference numeral) formed in the front frame 2 to form a stop hole formed in a mounting plate 71 of the hitting ball launching device 70 described later. By inserting and tightening the nut from the back surface of the mounting plate 71, the operation handle device 51 and the hitting ball launching device 70 are integrally tightened and fixed while facing each other through the front frame 2.

On the other hand, the hitting ball launching device 70 is constructed by integrating a mounting plate 71 having a substantially square shape.
That is, on the rear surface side (back side in FIG. 6) of the mounting plate 71,
Drive motor 72, ball striking rod 73, and ball feed operating rod 74
And stoppers 75a, 75b (75b
Are not provided) and while the mounting plate 7
On the front side of 1, the engaging cam 76, an operating arm 78 that is disengaged from the engaging cam 76, and is fixed to the other end of a rotating shaft 77 on which the hitting rod 73 is pivotally supported, An urging spring 79, one end of which is locked to the operating arm 78, is provided around a bearing cylinder that houses the bearing of the rotary shaft 77, and the other end of the urging spring 79 is locked, A biasing gear 81 rotatably provided at the base of the second pulley 58 and an engaging hole 58 of the second pulley 58 when the biasing gear 81 meshes with the biasing gear 81 and is mounted on the front frame 2.
An engaging rotary member 80 rod that engages with a is provided.
The striking rod 73 has a hammer spring 73a at its tip, and the hammer spring 73a faces the firing position 14.
Further, a contact portion (not shown) that comes into contact with the lower end of the ball feeding actuating rod 34 is formed below the hitting rod 73, and the ball feeding actuating rod 74 is moved along with the reciprocating motion of the hitting rod 73. It is designed to move up and down. The ball feeding operation rod 74 is the same as that of the first embodiment in that the swinging member (not shown) of the ball feeding device is swung and one ball is supplied to the firing position for each operation. The drive motor 72 according to the second embodiment
On the back surface of the touch plate 54 provided on the side of the operation handle device 51, the elastic force adjusting motor 55, the elastic force indicator 25,
A relay terminal plate 82 for connecting the wiring extending from the contact display LED 26 and the contact type setting device 27 and the wiring extending from the drive motor 72 provided on the side of the hitting ball launching device 70 is attached. The relay terminal plate 82 and the ball game machine 1 are attached. A centralized wiring is connected to a control circuit board (not shown) provided with a hitting ball drive control circuit 90, which will be described later, provided on the back surface side of the. In addition, also in the first embodiment, such a relay terminal plate 82 may be provided on the back surface side of the drive motor 32.

A hitting ball firing mechanism 50 having the above-described structure
In, the player touches the touch plate 5 of the contact handle 53.
When the engagement cam 76 and the operating arm 78 are engaged with each other, the rotation shaft 77 causes the rotation shaft 77 to urge the urging force of the urging spring 79. The ball hitting rod 73 is turned rearward because of the rotation against, and the hitting rod 73 is rapidly returned to its original position by the biasing force of the biasing spring 79 when the engagement cam 76 and the operating arm 78 are released. After returning, the ball at the firing position 14 is shot. At this time, the hitting rod 73 has its return position regulated by the stoppers 75a and 75b and absorbs the return impact. Further, since the other end side of the biasing spring 79 is locked to the biasing gear 81, a substantially constant biasing force is applied to the biasing spring 79 when the rotation position of the biasing gear 81 is fixed and held. Therefore, the resilience of the ball struck by the ball 73 can be made constant. Conversely speaking, different predetermined elastic forces can be obtained by changing the rotational position of the biasing gear 81 and holding it in a fixed manner.

Therefore, in order to change the rotational position of the biasing gear 81, the elastic force adjusting motor 55 may be rotationally driven. The elastic force adjusting motor 55 is driven when the player operates the contact type setting device 27. That is, when the player touches a desired position of the contact type setting device 27, the analog amount corresponding to the position is converted into a digital amount, and the elastic force adjusting motor is driven by a predetermined drive amount based on the digital amount. 55 is rotationally driven in either one of the forward and reverse directions. When the elastic force adjusting motor 55 is driven, the handle shaft 56, the first pulley 57, the second pulley 5
Since the biasing gear 81 is rotationally driven by a predetermined amount via 8 and the engaging rotary member 80, the biasing force of the biasing spring 79 is changed. In the second embodiment, the holding rod 45 that engages with the biasing gear 43 is not provided as in the first embodiment, but the biasing gear 8 is also used in the second embodiment.
A holding rod that engages with 1 may be provided.

The first embodiment, the modification of the first embodiment, and the second embodiment described above are controlled by the hit ball drive control circuit 90 shown in FIG. FIG. 7 shows a hit ball drive control circuit 9
It is a block diagram of 0. In the figure, the hit ball drive control circuit 90 has a microcomputer 91 as a control center. The single-shot switch 46 is connected to the microcomputer 91 via the switch circuit 92, the touch plate 24 (54) and the photosensor 47 are connected to the microcomputer 91 via the sensor circuit 93, and the elastic force indicator is displayed via the display circuit 94. 25 is connected, and the drive motor 32 (72), the elastic force adjusting motor 40 (55), and the holding solenoid 44 are connected via the drive control circuit 95. In the modified example of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the holding solenoid 44 is not connected. Further, the contact type setting device 27 is also connected to the microcomputer 91 via an A / D conversion circuit 96 (analog / digital conversion circuit).

Therefore, the microcomputer 91 is
Based on the tentacle signal from the touch plate 24 (54), a drive signal is derived to the drive motor 32 to cause the ball hitting ball to perform an elastic action, and the single shot switch 46 is operated to stop the elastic force action. In addition, the player uses the contact type setting device 2
When 7 is operated, the analog amount of the resistance value corresponding to the contact position of the contact type setting device 27 is input to the microcomputer 91 as a digital amount via the A / D conversion circuit 96, and based on the input level. The holding solenoid 44 is turned on and the elastic force adjusting motor 40 (55) is driven by a preprogrammed amount. The elastic force display 25 also displays a numerical value according to the input level. For example,
As shown in FIG. 7, when the analog amount of the contact type setting device 27 can be set in the range of “0 to 50”, when the player contacts the substantially central position, the analog amount “25” is set. Is detected and input to the A / D conversion circuit 96 to be converted into a digital amount of level 5, and the elastic force adjusting motor 40 (55) up to a position corresponding to the digital amount.
Is driven, and a numerical value “5” corresponding to level 5 is displayed on the elastic force indicator 25.

A more specific operation will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a time chart showing the control operation of the hit ball drive control circuit 90. First, before the game starts, "0" is displayed on the elastic force indicator 25.
In this state, when the player contacts the contact type setting device 27 (displayed as a ball hitting adjustment sensor) and selects level 6, “6” is lit and displayed on the elastic force display 25, and then the holding solenoid 44 ( O is displayed as the motor holding solenoid)
At the same time, the resilience force adjusting motor 40 (55) (indicated as a hitting ball adjusting motor) is driven to a position corresponding to level 6, and the holding solenoid 44 is turned off after the driving is completed. While the elastic force adjusting motor 40 (55) is being driven, the elastic force indicator 25 blinks the numerical value 6, and the numerical value 6 is lit and displayed at the end of driving. Further, the elastic force adjusting motor 40 (5
When 5) is driven, the photo sensor 47 switches from OFF to ON. Then, the player sets the contact type setting device 27.
When the touch plate 24 (54) is touched when a time T2 shorter than a predetermined time T1 has elapsed from the time when the player operated the drive motor 32 (72), the drive motor 32 (72) is rotationally driven, and the repulsive action is selected by the player. It is performed with the resilience of the level 6, and the state is maintained as long as the player is in contact with the touch plate 24 (54).

On the other hand, when the player releases the touch plate 24 (54) to change the resilience, the drive motor 32 (7)
Although the drive of 2) is stopped and the elastic movement is stopped, the touch plate 24 (54) is released and the contact type setter 27 is contacted after a time T3 shorter than the predetermined time T1 to set the level 4 to the level. When selected, “4” is lit and displayed on the elastic force display 25, and then the holding solenoid 44 is turned on and the elastic force adjusting motor 40 (55) is driven to the position corresponding to level 4, After the driving is completed, the holding solenoid 44 is turned off. While the elastic force adjusting motor 40 (55) is being driven, the numerical value 4 is blinking on the elastic force display 25,
At the end of driving, the numerical value 4 is lit up and displayed. Then, when the player touches the touch plate 24 (54) when a time T4 shorter than the predetermined time T1 has elapsed since the player operated the contact type setting device 27, the drive motor 32 (72) is rotationally driven. Then, the elastic action is performed by the elastic force of the level 4 selected by the player, and the state is maintained as long as the player is in contact with the touch plate 24 (54).

Further, at the same time when the player releases his / her hand from the touch plate 24 (54), the driving of the drive motor 32 (72) is stopped to stop the elastic action. And the touch plate 24
When the predetermined time T1 elapses after releasing the hand from (54), the holding solenoid 44 is turned on and the elastic force adjusting motor 40 (55) is driven to the initial position corresponding to level 0, and after the driving is finished, the holding solenoid is 44 turns off. While the elastic force adjusting motor 40 (55) is being driven, the numerical value 0 blinks on the elastic force indicator 25, and the numerical value 0 is lit and displayed at the end of driving. That is, in this embodiment, when a certain time T1 has elapsed from either one of the operation of the contact type setting device 27 and the release of the contact of the touch plate 24, any operation is performed at that time. When not, the value set by the contact type setting device 27 is released and the value automatically returns to the predetermined initial value. This makes it possible to set a new desired resilience regardless of the value set by the previous player. Note that an arbitrary value (for example, level 5) may be set as the initial value instead of level 0.

As described above, the first embodiment, a modification of the first embodiment,
Although the configuration and operation of the second embodiment have been described above, according to these embodiments, the player sets the contact type setting device 2
By selecting a desired value with 7, the elastic force adjusting motor 40 is driven so as to have an elastic force corresponding to the set value, so that the player rotates the rotating member as in the conventional case. The elastic force can be automatically adjusted by simply setting the desired value with the contact type setting device 27. Therefore, anyone can easily and surely obtain a desired elastic force. Also, during play, simply touch plate 2
No need to get tired as long as it is in contact with No. 4 (54).

In the first embodiment, the modified example of the first embodiment, and the second embodiment described above, the spring 39 for urging the elastic force is applied.
(79) is applied, and the urging force of the urging spring 39 (79) is adjusted by the elastic force adjusting motor 40 (55) to a level according to the set value to set the elastic force to a desired value. However, the elastic force may be applied by a method other than the biasing spring. As shown in FIG. 9, the elastic force is given by means other than the biasing spring, as shown in FIG.
The rotary solenoid 113 may be used, or the solenoid 142 may be used as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, examples in which these are used will be described.

First, an embodiment using the rotary solenoid 113 (hereinafter, referred to as a third embodiment) will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11. FIG. 9 is a plan / rear view of a hitting ball firing mechanism 100 according to the third embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a control circuit for controlling the operation of the hit ball firing mechanism 100 according to the third embodiment, and FIG. 11 is a time chart showing an example of the operation controlled by the control circuit. In FIG. 9, a hitting ball firing mechanism 1 according to the third embodiment.
00 is composed of an operation handle device 101 that can be operated by the player as in the first embodiment, and a hitting ball launching device 110 driven by the operation of the operation handle device 101. First, the operation handle devices 101 are collectively provided on a mounting substrate 102 mounted on the front surface side of the front frame 2. That is, the mounting board 102 is provided with a contact handle 103 having a touch plate 104 with which a player can come into contact. Similar to the contact handle 23 of the first embodiment, the contact handle 103 allows the rotary solenoid 113 of the hitting ball launching device 110 to be driven by the player simply contacting the touch plate 104 of the contact handle 103. There is something.

Further, on the mounting substrate 102, the adjustment switches 106 and 10 corresponding to the contact type setting device 27 of the first embodiment are provided.
7 is provided. And this adjustment switch 10
By operating 6, 107, the amount of current supplied to the rotary solenoid 113 is changed to change the torque of the rotary solenoid 113. Also, the set value set by the adjustment switches 106 and 107 is
A contact display L (not shown) is displayed on the elastic force indicator 105 and further indicates that the contact handle 103 is in contact.
It is supposed to be displayed on the ED. Also, the mounting board 1
02 includes a single-shot switch 108 (not shown;
11 is also provided in the block diagram of FIG. It should be noted that, of the adjustment switches 106 and 107, the elastic force level increases by 1 each time one of the adjustment switches 106 is pressed, and the elastic force level increases every time the other adjustment switch 107 is pressed. The amount of current is adjusted so that the level is decreased by 1.

On the other hand, the hitting ball launching device 110 is constructed by integrating a mounting plate 111 having a substantially square shape. That is, a rotary solenoid 113 is provided on the rear surface side (front side in FIG. 9B) of the mounting plate 111 via a mounting member 114, and the ball striking rod 112 is fixed to the output shaft 115 of the rotary solenoid 113. ing. The striking rod 112 has a hammer spring 112a at its tip, and the hammer spring 112a faces the firing position 14.
Further, a contact portion 112b that abuts the lower end of the ball feed operating rod 116 is formed below the ball striking rod 112 in a concave shape, and the ball feed operating rod 116 is moved up and down as the ball striking rod 112 reciprocates. It is like this. The ball feeding operation rod 116 is the same as that of the first embodiment in that the ball feeding operating rod 116 is rocked with a rocking member of a ball feeding device (not shown), and one ball is fed to the firing position one by one with each movement.

A hitting ball firing mechanism 10 configured as described above.
At 0, when the player touches the touch plate 104 of the contact handle 103, the rotary solenoid 11
3 is intermittently excited, and the ball striking rod 112 is caused to reciprocate accordingly. Then, rotary solenoid 1
The exciting force of 13 is changed by the amount of current passed through it.
It can be set to an arbitrary amount by operating 107. When the exciting force is applied to the rotary solenoid 113 and the striking rod 112 rapidly rotates, the firing position 1
Shot the ball at 4. At this time, the batting rod 112
The return position is regulated by the stoppers 117a and 117b, and the return impact is absorbed.

The third embodiment described above is controlled by the hit ball drive control circuit 120 shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, the hit ball drive control circuit 120 has a microcomputer 121 as a control center. The microcomputer 121 is connected to the single-shot switch 108 via the switch circuit 122, the touch plate 104 is connected to the sensor circuit 123, the elastic force indicator 105 is connected to the display circuit 124, and drive control is performed. Circuit 125
The rotary solenoid 113 is connected via.
Further, the adjustment switches 106 and 107 are also connected to the microcomputer 121 via the A / D conversion circuit 126.

Then, the microcomputer 121
On the basis of a tentacle signal from the touch plate 104, the rotary solenoid 113 derives an excitation pulse signal to cause the ball hitting ball to perform an elastic action, and the single-shot switch 108 is operated to stop the elastic force action. Further, when the player operates the adjustment switches 106 and 107, the microcomputer 121 is provided with the adjustment switches 106 and 10.
The operation No. 7 is input through the A / D conversion circuit 126, and a control signal for controlling the drive of the rotary solenoid 113 with a current amount according to the set value is derived to the drive control circuit 125 based on the input level.

A more specific operation will be described with reference to FIG. First, before the game is started, the elastic force indicator 105 displays the numerical value 5 of the level which is an initial value. When the player operates the adjustment switch 106 (displayed as a hit ball adjustment switch) once in that state, "6" is lit and displayed on the elastic force indicator 105 and the hit ball adjustment amount is set to level 6. After that, when the adjustment switch 106 is operated once again when the time T6 shorter than the predetermined time T5 has elapsed, "7" is lit and displayed on the resilience indicator 105 and the hitting ball adjustment amount is displayed. Set to level 7. Then, when the player touches the touch plate 104 when a time T7 shorter than a predetermined time T5 has elapsed since the player operated the adjustment switch 106, the rotary solenoid 113 rotates to cause the player to perform a resilient motion. It is performed with the resilience of the selected level 7, and the state is maintained as long as the player is in contact with the touch plate 104.

On the other hand, when the player releases the touch plate 104 to change the elastic force, the rotary solenoid 113 is released.
Of the touch panel 104 is stopped and the touch operation is stopped.
When the adjustment switch 107 is operated once after 8,
“6” is lit up and displayed on the elastic force indicator 105, and the hitting ball adjustment amount is set to level 6, after which the predetermined time T5 is reached.
When the adjustment switch 107 is operated once again after a shorter time T9, "5" is lit and displayed on the resilience indicator 105, and the hitting ball adjustment amount is set to level 5, which is shorter than the predetermined time T5. When the adjustment switch 106 is operated once again after the time T10, the resilience indicator 1
In addition, “6” is lit in 05 and the hitting ball adjustment amount is set to level 6. Then, a time T shorter than a predetermined time T5 determined after the adjustment switch 106 is operated.
When the touch plate 104 is tentatively touched after 11 passes, the rotary solenoid 113 is rotated and the elastic force is generated by the elastic force of level 6 selected by the player, and the player touches the touch plate 104. As long as you stay, keep that state.

Further, at the same time when the player releases his / her hand from the touch plate 104, the driving of the rotary solenoid 113 is stopped and the elastic action is stopped. Then, when the hand is released from the touch plate 104 and the predetermined time T5 elapses, the adjustment switch 1
The hitting ball adjustment amount is returned to the initial position corresponding to level 5 without operating 06 and 107, and the numerical value 5 is lit up and displayed on the elastic force indicator 105. That is, in the present embodiment, when a predetermined time T5 has elapsed from either one of the operation of the adjustment switches 106 and 107 or the release of the contact of the touch plate 24, any operation is performed at that time. If not, the adjustment switches 106, 10
The value set by 7 is released, and the value automatically returns to a predetermined initial value. This makes it possible to set a new desired resilience regardless of the value set by the previous player. As an initial value, level 5
Instead, an arbitrary value (for example, level 0) may be set.

The structure and operation of the third embodiment have been described above. According to these embodiments, the player selects the desired value with the adjusting switches 106 and 107 to supply the rotary solenoid 113. Since the current amount is driven so as to have an elastic force corresponding to the set value, the player does not need to rotate the rotating member as in the conventional case, but simply uses the adjustment switches 106 and 107 to obtain a desired value. Elasticity can be adjusted automatically just by setting the value. Therefore, anyone can easily and surely obtain a desired elastic force. Also, during the game, simply touch plate 1
You don't get tired as long as you touch 04.

Next, an embodiment using the solenoid 142 (hereinafter referred to as a fourth embodiment) will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14. FIG. 12 is a plan / rear view of the hitting ball launching mechanism 130 according to the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a control circuit for controlling the operation of the hitting ball launching mechanism 130 according to the fourth embodiment. 14 is a time chart showing an example of the operation controlled by the control circuit. In FIG. 12, a hitting ball firing mechanism 1 according to the fourth embodiment.
30 is composed of an operation handle device 131 which can be operated by the player as in the first embodiment, and a hitting ball launching device 140 driven by the operation of the operation handle device 131. First, the operation handle devices 131 are collectively provided on the attachment substrate 132 attached to the front surface side of the front frame 2. That is, on the mounting board 132, a contact handle 133 having a touch plate 134 with which a player can contact is provided in a protruding manner. Similar to the contact handle 23 of the first embodiment, the contact handle 133 allows the player to simply contact the touch plate 134 of the contact handle 133 to drive the repulsive solenoid 142 of the ball striking device 140. It has become.

Further, the mounting substrate 132 is provided with a lever 137 of a variable resistor 136 corresponding to the contact type setting device 27 of the first embodiment. And this variable resistor 13
By operating the lever 137 of No. 6, the amount of current supplied to the elastic solenoid 142 is changed to change the torque of the elastic solenoid 142. Further, the set value set by the lever 137 of the variable resistor 136 is displayed on the elastic force display 135, and further, the display indicating that the contact handle 133 is in contact is displayed on a contact display LED (not shown). It has become. Further, the mounting board 132 is also provided with a one-shot switch 138 (not shown; however, only symbols are shown in the block diagram of FIG. 13). The lever 137 of the variable resistor 136 is movable in the left-right direction, and the resistance value is different depending on the moving position. Thus, by changing the resistance value of the variable resistor 136, the amount of current supplied to the elastic solenoid 142 is adjusted.

On the other hand, the hitting ball launching device 140 is constructed by integrating the mounting plate 141 into a substantially square shape. That is, the rear surface side of the mounting plate 141 (FIG. 12B)
The elastic solenoid 142 is fixed to the upper part of the front side of the. The plunger of the elastic solenoid 142 is a hitting rod 143, and the hitting rod 143 is always urged by a spring (not shown) to be retracted from the firing position 14. The striking rod 143 has a hammer spring 143a at its tip, and the hammer spring 143a faces the firing position 14. In addition, the mounting plate 14
1, a ball feeding operation rod 145 is provided slidably in the vertical direction, and the ball feeding operation rod 1
A ball feeding solenoid 144 for driving 45 is also provided. The ball feeding actuating rod 145 is the same as in the first embodiment in that the ball feeding operating rod 145 is rocked with a rocking member of a ball feeding device (not shown), and one ball is fed to the firing position one by one for each movement.

The hitting ball firing mechanism 13 having the above-described structure
At 0, the player touches the touch plate 134 of the contact handle 133 to cause the elastic solenoid 142.
Is intermittently excited, and the striking rod 143 is caused to reciprocate accordingly. Then, the bullet solenoid 142
The exciting force of is changed by the amount of current passed through it, but the amount of current can be set to an arbitrary amount by operating the lever 137 of the variable resistor 136. Note that when an exciting force is applied to the elastic solenoid 142 and the ball 143 is rapidly slid, the ball at the firing position 14 is elastically ejected.

The fourth embodiment described above is controlled by the hit ball drive control circuit 150 shown in FIG. In FIG. 13, the hit ball drive control circuit 150 has a microcomputer 151 as a control center. A single-shot switch 138 is connected to the microcomputer 151 via a switch circuit 152, a touch plate 134 is connected via a sensor circuit 153, an elastic force indicator 135 is connected via a display circuit 154, and drive control is performed. Circuit 155
The elastic solenoid 142 and the ball feeding solenoid 144 are connected via. A variable resistor 136 is also connected to the microcomputer 151 via an A / D conversion circuit 156.

Then, the microcomputer 151
Is based on the tentacle signal from the touch plate 134, derives an excitation pulse signal to the repulsive solenoid 142 to execute the repulsive action of the ball, and operates the single-shot switch 138 to stop the repulsive action. Excuse me. Further, when the player operates the lever 137 of the variable resistor 136, the analog amount of the resistance value of the variable resistor 136 is input to the microcomputer 151 via the A / D conversion circuit 126, and the input level thereof is obtained. Based on this, the drive control circuit 155 derives a control signal for controlling the elastic solenoid 142 with a current amount according to the set value.

A more specific operation will be described with reference to FIG. First, before the game is started, the elastic force indicator 135 has a level value "5" corresponding to the value of the variable resistor 136 (displayed as a hit ball adjustment volume) at that time.
Is lit up. In that state, the player moves the lever 13
When 7 is operated to reduce the resistance value and set it to level 7, the values displayed on the elastic force indicator 135 sequentially change to “6” and “7”. Then, when the player touches the touch plate 134, the elastic solenoid 142 is rotated and the elastic motion is performed by the elastic force of the level 7 selected by the player, and the player contacts the touch plate 134. As long as you are, keep that state.

On the other hand, when the player releases the touch plate 134 in order to change the elastic force, the drive of the elastic solenoid 142 is stopped and the elastic operation is stopped. Release the lever 13 of the variable resistor 136
When 7 is operated to increase the resistance value and set it to level 3, the elastic force indicator 135 sequentially displays “6”, “5”, and “4”, and finally “3” is lit and displayed.

Further, at the same time when the player releases the touch plate 134, the drive of the elastic solenoid 142 is stopped and the elastic operation is stopped. Then, even when the hand is released from the touch plate 134 and the predetermined time elapses, the resilience does not return to the initial value unlike the first to third embodiments. Therefore, the next player starts with the resilience set by the previous player, but if he wants to change it, the touch board 1
Before operating 34, the lever 137 can be operated to obtain a desired elastic force. It should be noted that when the hand is released from the touch plate 134 and a predetermined time elapses, the lever 1 is automatically
37 may be returned to the position of the initial value.

The structure and operation of the fourth embodiment have been described above. However, according to these embodiments, the player selects the desired value with the lever 137 of the variable resistor 136 so that the solenoid for repulsion is generated. Since the amount of current supplied to 142 is driven so as to have an elastic force corresponding to the set value, the player does not need to rotate the rotating member as in the conventional case, but merely the variable resistor 136. The elastic force can be automatically adjusted only by setting the lever 137 to a desired value. Therefore, anyone can easily and surely obtain a desired elastic force. Further, during the game, since it is sufficient that the touch plate 134 is simply in contact with it, tiredness does not occur.

The adjustment switches 106 and 107 and the variable resistor 13 are used to set the exciting force of the electromagnets 113 and 142 in the third and fourth embodiments.
Instead of 6, the contact type setting device 27 according to the first embodiment may be used. Further, the ball game machine to which the first to fourth embodiments are applied is not limited to the pachinko game machine, and may be an arrangement-type pachinko game machine.

[0057]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the elastic force setting means for electrically setting a desired elastic force by the player's operation, and the elastic force setting means. According to the set value of, the hitting ball firing mechanism is provided with elastic force control means for controlling so as to have a predetermined elastic force, and therefore, the player simply uses the elastic force setting means to obtain a desired value. Elasticity can be adjusted automatically just by setting. Therefore, anyone can easily and surely obtain a desired elastic force.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine having a hitting ball launching function according to an embodiment.

2A and 2B are front and plan views of the operation handle device of the hitting ball firing mechanism according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan / rear view of a hitting ball firing mechanism according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan / rear view of a hitting ball firing mechanism according to a modification of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view of a hitting ball firing mechanism according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a relationship between an operation handle device and a hitting ball launching device of a hitting ball launching mechanism according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control circuit that controls the operations of the first and second embodiments.

8 is a time chart showing an example of an operation controlled by the control circuit of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a plan / rear view of a hitting ball firing mechanism according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a control circuit that controls the operation of the third embodiment.

11 is a time chart showing an example of an operation controlled by the control circuit of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a plan / rear view of a hitting ball firing mechanism according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a control circuit that controls the operation of the fourth embodiment.

14 is a time chart showing an example of an operation controlled by the control circuit of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ball Gaming Machine 20 Ball Hitting Mechanism 21 Operation Handle Device 23 Contact Handle 24 Touch Plate 25 Repulsive Force Indicator 27 Contact Type Setting Device 30 Ball Hitting Device 32 Drive Motor 33 Ball Hit Bar 39 Biasing Spring 40 Resilient Force Adjustment Motor 43 Energizing Gear 44 Holding Solenoid 45 Holding Rod 50 Hitting Ball Launching Mechanism 51 Operation Handle Device 53 Contact Handle 54 Touch Plate 55 Repulsive Force Adjusting Motor 56 Handle Shaft 70 Hitting Ball Launching Device 72 Drive Motor 73 Hitting Ball 79 79 Energizing Spring 81 Energizing gear 90 Hitting ball drive control circuit 91 Microcomputer 96 A / D conversion circuit 100 Hitting ball launching mechanism 101 Operation handle device 103 Contact handle 104 Touch plate 105 Elastic force indicator 106, 107 Adjustment switch 110 Hitting ball launching device 112 Hitting ball rod 113 Rotary solenoid 1 20 ball-striking drive control circuit 121 microcomputer 126 A / D conversion circuit 130 ball-striking firing mechanism 131 operation handle device 133 contact handle 134 touch plate 135 elastic force indicator 136 variable resistor 137 lever 140 ball-striking launch device 142 elastic solenoid 143 Hit ball 150 Hit ball drive control circuit 151 Microcomputer 156 A / D conversion circuit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A ball-ball game machine equipped with a ball-launching mechanism for ball-balling toward a game area of a game board, in which a desired elastic force is electrically set by a player's operation. Means, and an elastic force control means for controlling the hitting ball firing mechanism to have a predetermined elastic force in accordance with a set value of the elastic force setting means,
Ball game machine characterized by having. 2. The ball game machine is provided with operation detecting means for detecting that a player is operating the hitting ball firing mechanism, and when the detection output of the operation detecting means is not for a predetermined time. 2. A return means for returning the set value of the elastic force setting means to a predetermined initial value is provided.
The listed ball game machine. 3. The hitting ball launching mechanism sets the resilience force of a hitting ball rod that ejects a hitting ball by changing the urging force of an urging spring, and the resilience force control means is set by a player. The bullet according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the biasing force of the biasing spring is given by driving an electric drive source based on an operation of the resilient force setting means. Ball game machine. 4. The hitting ball launching mechanism sets the resilience force of a hitting ball rod for ejecting a hitting ball by changing the amount of current supplied to an electromagnet, and the resilience force control means is a player. The ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the amount of current supplied to the electromagnet is changed by changing the resistance value by operating the elastic force setting means. 5. The elastic force display means for displaying the magnitude of the elastic force corresponding to the set value of the elastic force setting means is provided. The listed ball game machine. 6. The elastic force setting means is a contact type setting device capable of setting a magnitude of a set value according to a position where a player makes an operational contact with the elastic force setting means. Ball game machine described in crab.