JP2001120741A - Operating handle to shoot pachinko balls of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means of an operating handle to shoot pachinko balls of a pachinko machine that can be vibrated without a usual vibrating motor, and to save the manufacturing cost of a pachinko machine. SOLUTION: An operation handle to shoot pachinko balls of a pachinko machine provides a liver 7 to control a flying distance in gap between a front case member 5 and a rear case member 6, and it can rotate easily. It also provides a vibration generation means 9 in it in such a manner that a permanent magnet 13 is opposite to an electromagnetic coil 15 and they are close each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hit ball shooting operation handle of a pachinko game machine provided with vibration generating means for vibrating according to a game situation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Vibration generating means composed of a small motor and an eccentric weight is provided inside a hit ball launching operation handle of a pachinko game machine, and the motor is rotated when a specific game mode such as a big hit occurs. A pachinko gaming machine has been known in which a specific game mode can be more effectively produced by causing the handle to vibrate and transmitting the vibration to the hand of the player holding the handle.

[0003]

By the way, in the conventional pachinko game machine, the vibration of the handle may be transmitted to the game machine main body and have an adverse effect. For example, when vibration is transmitted to a ball launching rail or the like, the game ball supplied from the hit ball supply device onto the launching rail is repelled by the micro-vibration before it stops, and the flying distance varies, Problems such as influencing the probability of entry occur.

[0004] The conventional vibration generating means is exclusively composed of a motor and an eccentric weight (hereinafter referred to as a vibration motor).
A control circuit for turning on / off the power of the motor, or
In order to change the frequency, an electronic circuit or the like capable of controlling the number of rotations of the motor is required, and it is necessary to provide a dedicated circuit board for that purpose, so that the manufacturing cost of the pachinko game machine is greatly increased. There is also a problem.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention allows a ball generating operation handle of a pachinko gaming machine to be provided with vibration generating means in a relatively simple manner without increasing the manufacturing cost, and to reduce the vibration of the operation handle as much as possible. This is to prevent transmission to the gaming machine body.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a pachinko game machine in which an operation lever for adjusting a flight distance is provided rotatably in a gap between a front case member and a rear case member. In the hit ball launch operation handle,
Vibration generating means in which a permanent magnet and an electromagnetic coil are opposed to each other in a close state is provided inside the operation handle. Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the hitting ball firing operation handle, a vibration generating means is fixed to an inner surface of the front case member. Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the hitting ball shooting operation handle, a front case member is joined to a rear case member via an elastic member. Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the hitting ball shooting operation handle, a rear case member is joined to a front surface of the gaming machine main body with an elastic member interposed therebetween.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of the hit ball firing operation handle. In the figure, 1 is a game board, 2 is an upper plate from which a prize ball is discharged, 3 is a lower plate, and 4 is a hit ball shooting operation handle. As shown in the longitudinal sectional view of the disassembled state of FIG. 3, the operation handle 4 has a hollow curved front case member 5, a rear case member 6, and a case member 5, both of which are molded of plastic.
Operation lever 7 provided between 6 for adjusting the flight distance
Consists of The case members 5, 6 are in a form in which a smooth U-shaped curved depression 8 is formed on the upper surface of a curved surface continuous with one end surface of the lower plate 3.

Reference numeral 9 denotes vibration generating means fixed to four mounting shafts 10 projecting from the inner surface of the front case member 5 by screws 11. The vibration generating means 9 fixes a disk-shaped permanent magnet 13 to the mounting plate 12 and cuts and raises a part of the mounting plate 12 to bend it into a U-shape to form an elastic piece 14. By providing the electromagnetic coil 15 at the tip,
The permanent magnet 13 and the electromagnetic coil 15 are opposed to each other in a close state. Reference numeral 16 denotes urethane interposed between the mounting plate 12 of the vibration generating means 9 and the inner surface of the front case member 5,
It is an elastic member such as rubber.

Then, the support shaft 17 of the operation lever 7 is inserted into the shaft hole 18 of the rear case member 6 to thereby
Is rotatably supported, the outer peripheral portion of the operation lever is projected from a gap between the front case member 5 and the rear case member 6, and the opposing edges of the peripheral edges of the front case member 5 and the rear case member 6. An elastic member 19 made of urethane, rubber, or the like is interposed therebetween, a hollow shaft 20 for attachment formed integrally with the inner surface of each of the case members is attached, and screws 21 are inserted and screwed together.

The rear case member 6 is joined to the front plate 22 of the game machine body by interposing an elastic member 23 such as urethane or rubber and screwing a screw 24 therebetween. Reference numeral 25 denotes a rotary encoder provided in the game machine main body for detecting the rotation angle of the operation lever 7, and a hitting / launching device (not shown) operates according to an electric signal of the rotary encoder, so that the hitting distance of the hitting ball is reduced. Is freely adjusted as intended by the person.

Also, as shown in FIG.
Speaker. On one game board, lamps 27 and 28, a starting winning port 29, a large winning port 30 and the like are provided, and a symbol variation display device 31 composed of a color liquid crystal display is provided. In addition, large winning a prize mouth 3
0 has a rectangular door plate 32 which is opened and closed by the operation of a solenoid 37 to be described later. A special winning opening 33 called a V zone is further provided in the center of the inside of the big winning opening 30. A start switch 34 for detecting a hit ball winning the starting winning opening 29, a large winning opening switch 35 for detecting a hit ball winning the special winning opening 30, a continuous switch 36 for detecting a hit ball winning the specific winning opening 33, and the like. It is provided in the game board 1.

FIG. 6 shows the back of the pachinko gaming machine.
As shown in the block diagram, a game control circuit (main) board 38 comprising a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and an I / O is provided on the board, and the start switch 34, the special winning opening switch 35, the continuation switch 36, the solenoid 37 is connected to the game control circuit board 38, the symbol variation display device 31 is connected via a symbol control circuit board 39, and the lamps 27 and 28 are connected via a lamp control circuit 40.
Are connected, and the speaker 26 and the vibration generating means 9 are connected via a sound generation control circuit 41. The sound source ROM 42 of the sound generation control circuit 41 stores waveform data such as sound and sound effects, and vibration data such as waveforms and frequencies.

For this reason, when the start switch 34 is operated, the numbers 0 to 9 and the symbols of the characters are displayed in a three-line circulating manner on the symbol variation display device 31 so as to flow from top to bottom. Stop in the right column, then in the center column,
The stop symbol happens to be "0" with a probability of one hundredth
"00", "111", "222" ... When the same symbols are lined up in a row like "777", a big hit state is reached.
The door plate 32 is opened by the operation of the solenoid 37, and the big winning opening 30 is opened.
At the same time, the operation of the lamp control circuit 40 causes the lamps 27 and 28 to blink, and the sound generation control circuit 41 reproduces the sound, sound effect, and the like stored in the sound source ROM 42 from the speaker 26 at the same time. At the same time, a low frequency of about 60 Hz to 70 Hz is output to the electromagnetic coil 15 of the vibration generating means 9 based on the vibration data stored in the sound source ROM 42. Therefore, the elastic piece 1
The electromagnetic coil 15 supported by 4 excites according to the frequency and attracts and repels the magnetic poles of the permanent magnet 13, so that the electromagnetic coil 15 vibrates at the low frequency. Since the vibration of the electromagnetic coil 15 causes the front case member 5 to vibrate, the vibration is transmitted to the hands of the player operating the operation lever 7 by touching the front case member 5, and a sound indicating that a big hit state has occurred is output. It can be transmitted to the player by tactile sensation together with sound effects.

When ten hit balls enter the special winning opening 30 or 29 seconds elapse, the door plate 32 is closed once, but if it is detected that a hit ball enters the specific winning opening 33 during that time, the door plate is re-opened. 32 opens to make it easier to reenter the ball. Such opening and closing of the door plate 32 is repeated up to 16 times, and the player can obtain many prize balls during the big hit state.

The front case member 5 is assembled to the rear case member 6 with an elastic member 19 interposed therebetween, and the rear case member 6 is assembled to the front plate 22 of the game machine main body with an elastic member 23 interposed therebetween. Therefore, the vibration of the front case member 5 is hard to be transmitted to these members, and the vibration of the front case member 5 is not limited thereto. Therefore, only the front case member 5 can be efficiently vibrated.

The timing of activating the vibration generating means 9 is not only when a big hit occurs as described above, but also when, for example, two stop symbols of the symbol variation display device 31 are aligned (referred to as a reach state). ). In addition, the vibration intensity and cycle can be freely set by vibration data stored in the sound source ROM 42 in advance.

The vibration generating means 9 shown in this embodiment
Although the permanent magnet 13 is fixed to the mounting plate 12 and the electromagnetic coil 15 is supported by the elastic piece 14, the electromagnetic coil may be fixed to the mounting plate 12 and the permanent magnet may be supported by the elastic piece 14. Further, the structure for adjusting the flight distance of the hit ball in accordance with the rotation angle of the operation lever 7 is not limited to the structure using the rotary encoder shown in this embodiment, and it goes without saying that there may be various structures.

[0018]

As described above, the present invention relates to a hitting ball firing operation handle of a pachinko game machine having a rotatable operation lever for adjusting a flight distance in a gap between a front case member and a rear case member. Since the vibration generating means in which the permanent magnet and the electromagnetic coil are opposed to each other in a close state is provided inside the operation handle, the cost can be reduced without using a conventional vibration motor. Further, since the vibration generating means can be operated by a command from a sound generation control circuit which is conventionally provided in a pachinko gaming machine, control becomes easy and manufacturing cost can be further reduced. Further, the vibration of the operation handle is made difficult to transmit to the game machine main body by the interposition of the elastic member, so that an adverse effect on the shooting sphere or the like can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a hit ball firing operation handle of the pachinko gaming machine showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hit ball launch operation handle of FIG. 2 in an exploded state.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hit ball firing operation handle of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a pachinko gaming machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 4 hitting launch operation handle 5 front case member 6 rear case member 7 operation lever 9 vibration generating means 12 mounting plate 13 permanent magnet 14 elastic piece 15 electromagnetic coil 16 elastic member 19 elastic member 22 front plate 23 elastic member 26 speaker

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A hitting ball firing operation handle of a pachinko game machine having a rotatable operation lever for adjusting a flight distance in a gap between a front case member and a rear case member. A ball hitting operation handle of a pachinko game machine, wherein vibration generating means is provided in which a magnet and an electromagnetic coil are opposed to each other in a close state. 2. The hit ball firing operation handle of a pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein a vibration generating means is fixed to an inner surface of the front case member. 3. The hit ball shooting operation handle of a pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the front case member is joined to the rear case member via an elastic member. 4. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein a rear case member is joined to a front surface of the game machine main body with an elastic member interposed therebetween.
4. The hitting ball shooting operation handle of the pachinko gaming machine according to any one of <1> to <3>.