JP2002035251A - Vibration type ball shooting operation handle for pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an adverse effect such as the variation in flight distances of shot balls by relatively simply providing a vibration generating means on a ball shooting operation handle for a Pachinko game machine without increasing the manufacturing cost, and preventing the vibration from being transferred to a rotating operation lever to the utmost. SOLUTION: A surface cover member 30 in which the vibration generating means 33 is provided is fixed to a fitting substrate 11, and the front of the rotating operation lever 17 is covered with the surface cover member 30 in no direct contact with the rotating operation lever 11 adjusting ball shooting strength.

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 is transmitted to the turning operation lever for adjusting the hitting ball firing intensity, so that the turning operation lever is also vibrated to fire the hit ball. The accuracy of the ball was deviated, which sometimes had an adverse effect such as variation in the flight distance of the hit ball.

[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 and off the power of the motor, or
In order to change the frequency, an electronic circuit or the like for controlling the number of rotations of the motor is required, and a dedicated circuit board for that needs to be provided, so that there is a problem that the manufacturing cost is significantly increased.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention allows a vibration generating means to be provided relatively easily on a hit ball firing operation handle of a pachinko gaming machine without increasing the manufacturing cost, and the vibration is rotated as much as possible. By preventing transmission to the lever, the above-described trouble is prevented from occurring.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a front cover member having a vibration generating means provided therein, which is fixed to a mounting base, and a rotary operation lever for adjusting a hitting ball firing intensity. The front cover member covers the front of the rotary operation lever so as not to contact with the front cover. The present invention also provides a front cover in which a rotation angle detector such as a rotary encoder is supported on a mounting base, a rotation operation lever is fixed to a rotation shaft of the rotation angle detector, and a vibration generating means is provided inside. A member is fixed to the front side of the mounting base, and the front of the rotary operation lever is covered by the front cover member so as not to come into direct contact therewith. Further, the present invention comprises a turning operation lever for adjusting the hitting ball firing intensity, a fixed cover member for covering the front surface of the turning operation lever, and a front cover member provided with vibration generating means therein, The member is provided so as to cover the fixed cover member from outside without contacting the rotating operation lever. Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the hitting ball shooting operation handle, a gap is provided between the front cover member, the rotation operation lever, and the fixed cover member. Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the hit ball firing operation handle, the vibration generating means is configured such that a permanent magnet and an electromagnetic coil are opposed to each other in a close-up cover member in a close state.

[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.
Is a game board, 2 is an upper plate from which a prize ball is discharged, 3 is a front plate 4
A lower plate 5 integrally formed with the front plate 4 is a hit ball firing operation handle provided on the right side of the front plate 4.

FIG. 2 shows an external perspective view of the hit ball launch operation handle 5, FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 4 shows a sectional view taken along line AA, and FIG. 5 shows an exploded perspective view. A half-cylinder-shaped mounting base 11 is fixed to a mounting part 10 integrally formed on the front plate 4 with screws 12, and a disk-shaped mounting is provided on a support shaft 13 integrally projecting from the inner surface of the mounting base. The plate 14 and the dome-shaped fixed cover member 19 are fixed with screws 21, and a rotation angle detector 15 such as a rotary encoder (referred to as a variable resistor or a volume) is mounted on an annular surrounding portion 14 a formed on the mounting plate. A substantially ring-shaped rotating operation lever 17 is fixed to a rotating shaft 16 of the rotating angle detector. The rotary operation lever 17 has a through hole 17a formed in an arc shape through which the support shaft 13 passes, and a projection 17b for finger hooking is formed on the outer peripheral edge. Reference numeral 18 denotes a coil spring provided to return the rotation of the rotation operation lever 17 to an initial state. 18a is an end of the coil spring
To the touch detection line 18b connected to the touch switch circuit via the connector 22.
Are connected, and the touch detection line 18b is electrically connected to the rotation operation lever 17 via the coil spring.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a single-use switch fixed in the mounting base 11 by screws 23a, and reference numerals 24 and 25 denote screws 24a and 25a for operating a contact piece 23b of the single-use switch 23.
The links 24 are provided so as to be rotatable with each other and are linked to each other.
The end 25b of the other link 25 protrudes in the form of a push button near the rotary operation lever 17 in opposition to b.

The connector 22 is also provided with a signal line to the rotation angle detector 15 and the single-shot switch 23, and is fixed to the mounting base 11 with a screw 22a so as to be paired with the connector 26 disposed on the mounting portion 10. I have. Reference numeral 30 denotes a front cover member fixed to a support shaft 31 integrally projecting from the inner surface of the mounting base 11, and the front cover member has a curved surface continuous with one end surface of the lower plate 3 and has an upper surface. This is a unique form in which a smooth U-shaped curved depression 32 is formed, and a vibration generating means 33 is provided on the inner surface thereof.

The vibration generating means 33 fixes a substrate 35 to which the electromagnetic coil 34 is fixed with screws 36 to the inner surface of the front cover member 30 with screws 39, and from one side of the substrate 35,
The elastic piece 37 bent in the shape of a letter is cut and raised, and a disk-shaped permanent magnet 38 is fixed to the tip of the elastic piece so as to face the electromagnetic coil 34 in a close state. The front cover member 30 is separated from the rotary operation lever 17 and the fixed cover member 19 by a gap 20, and the fixed cover member 1
9 is provided so as to cover it from the outside.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a hitting ball firing device provided so that a hammer 42 is repeatedly rotated by a rotary solenoid 41. Reference numeral 43 denotes a hitting ball firing rail. A player manually adjusts the rotation angle of the rotation operation lever 17 and detects the rotation angle. The rotary solenoid 41 according to the electric signal converted by the device 15
Is operated so that the flight distance of the hit ball can be freely adjusted as intended by the player.

Further, as shown in FIG.
Speaker. On one game board, lamps 47 and 48, a starting winning port 49, a large winning port 50, and the like are provided, and a symbol change display device 51 including a color liquid crystal display is provided. In addition, winning a prize mouth 5
0 has a rectangular door plate 52 which is opened and closed by the operation of a solenoid 57 which will be described later, and a special winning opening 53 called a V zone is further provided in the center of the inside of the big winning opening. A start switch 54 for detecting a hit ball winning the starting winning opening 49, a large winning opening switch 55 for detecting a hit ball winning the special winning opening 50, a continuation switch 56 for detecting a hit ball winning the specific winning opening 53, 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 58 composed of a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and an I / O is provided on the board, and the start switch 54, the special winning opening switch 55, the continuation switch 56, the solenoid 57 is connected to the game control circuit board 58, the symbol variation display device 51 is connected via a symbol control circuit board 59, and the lamps 47 and 48 are connected via a lamp control circuit 60.
Are connected, and the speaker 46 and the vibration generating means 33 are connected via a sound generation control circuit 61. The sound source ROM 62 of the sound generation control circuit 61 stores waveform data such as sound and sound effects, as well as vibration data such as waveforms and frequencies.

In the pachinko game machine, when the start switch 54 is operated, the numbers 0 to 9 and the symbols of the characters are circulated and displayed in three rows on the symbol variation display device 51 so that they flow from top to bottom for several seconds. When the symbols stopped later are aligned with the same symbol such as "777", a big hit state is established, and the operation of the solenoid 57 opens the door plate 52, which results in a situation where it is extremely easy for a hit ball to enter the special winning opening 50, and at the same time, the lamp control is performed. The lamps 47 and 48 are activated by the operation of the circuit 60.
Flashes, the sound generation control circuit 61 reproduces the sound, sound effect, and the like stored in the sound source ROM 62 in advance from the speaker 46, and transmits the low-frequency current to the electromagnetic coil based on the vibration data stored in the sound source ROM 62. 34. Therefore, the permanent magnet 38 supported by the elastic piece 37
Attracts and repels the magnetic poles of the electromagnetic coil 34, and the permanent magnet 3
8 vibrate at that low frequency. Since the vibration of the permanent magnet 38 causes the front cover member 30 to vibrate, the vibration is transmitted to the hand of the player operating the rotary operation lever 17 by touching the front cover member, and the fact that a big hit state has been reached is heard. , And can be transmitted by tactile sensation to the player with sound effects.

The front cover member 30 is connected to the rotating operation lever 1.
7 and the fixed cover member 19, the vibration of the front cover member 30 is hard to be transmitted to the rotation operation lever 17 and the fixed cover member 19 and vibrates without being restricted by these. In addition, only the front case member 5 can be vibrated efficiently, and there is no danger that the setting of the rotary operation lever 17 will be disturbed by the vibration.

The time when the vibration generating means is activated is not limited to when a big hit occurs as described above,
For example, it may be set when two stop symbols of the symbol change display device 51 are aligned (referred to as a reach state). In addition, the intensity and cycle of the vibration can be freely set by vibration data stored in the sound source ROM 62 in advance.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, the front cover member having the vibration generating means provided therein is fixed to the mounting base, and the front cover member is provided so as not to come into direct contact with the rotating operation lever for adjusting the hitting ball firing strength. Since the cover member covers the front of the rotary operation lever, the front cover member can be efficiently vibrated, and the vibration is difficult to be transmitted to the rotary operation lever, so that the flying distance of the hit ball varies, which has an adverse effect. There are beneficial effects such as no.

[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 firing operation handle of FIG. 2;

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

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the hit ball firing operation handle of FIG. 2;

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 5 hit ball launch operation handle 11 mounting base 15 rotation angle detector 17 rotation operation lever 19 fixed cover member 20 air gap 30 front cover member 33 vibration generating means 34 electromagnetic coil 37 elastic piece 38 permanent magnet

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A front cover member having a vibration generating means provided therein is fixedly attached to a mounting base, and the front cover member controls the turning operation by the front cover member so as not to directly contact a turning operation lever for adjusting the hitting ball firing intensity. A vibration-type hit ball firing operation handle for a pachinko machine, characterized by covering the front of the lever. 2. A front cover in which a rotation angle detector such as a rotary encoder is supported on a mounting base, a rotation operation lever is fixed to a rotation shaft of the rotation angle detector, and a vibration generating means is provided inside. A vibratory hitting operation handle for a pachinko game machine, wherein a member is fixed to a front side portion of the mounting base, and the front of the rotation operation lever is covered by the front cover member so as not to be directly contacted. . 3. A rotating operation lever for adjusting the hitting ball firing intensity, a fixed cover member for covering a front surface of the rotating operation lever,
A pachinko gaming machine comprising a front cover member provided with vibration generating means therein, the front cover member being provided so as to cover the fixed cover member from the outside without contacting the rotating operation lever. Vibration-type hit ball firing operation handle. 4. The vibrating hitting and firing operation handle of a pachinko game machine according to claim 3, wherein a gap is provided between the front cover member and the rotation operation lever and the fixed cover member. 5. The vibratory hitting ball of a pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the vibration generating means comprises a permanent magnet and an electromagnetic coil opposed to each other inside the front cover member in a close state. Launch operation handle.