JP2002119634A - Bowling game machine using billiard ball - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bowling game machine which makes good use of merits of both billiards and a bowling game, and which makes it possible to play the bowling game efficiently using a billiard ball. SOLUTION: Pins 20 are reduced by a numerical value obtained by dividing a diameter of the billiard ball 30 by a diameter of a ball used for bowling games. The pins 20 are arranged on a pin standing part 11 at the end of a lane 10. The billiard ball 30 is placed at the end near a player on the lane 10, and the ball is hit by a cue for knocking down the pins 20 on the pin standing part 11. Thereby, a game based on the same rule as a bowling game can be played.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bowling game machine and, more particularly, to a bowling game machine capable of playing a billiard ball without using a bowling ball used in a bowling game. Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A normal bowling game has a diameter of 21.5 mm.
cm ball (weight is 4.54kg-7.25kg 7)
18.28 m to 23.
It is carried out by dropping ten pins, 42 cm ahead and having a maximum diameter of 12.1 cm and a height of 37.5 cm, and has recently come into the spotlight again. In this normal bowling game, the player competes for a point when the ball is thrown twice, and this is a fun game that can also be a whole-body exercise.

[0003] On the other hand, another game that has been played for a long time is billiard. In billiard, a ball is hit by a cue and the reflection of the ball in a cushion frame formed in a rectangular shape is used. This is also a fun game.

[0004] That is, in billiards, various intellectual predictions such as how to make a ball move in a complicated manner by adjusting the position and angle at which the ball is struck by a cue and how to reflect on a cushion frame are performed. While an interesting game can be performed, the pleasure of defeating nine pin stands in the first throw, as in a bowling game, is difficult. On the other hand, in the bowling game, it is necessary to prepare a considerably large game space for the bowling game, and it is not easy to install the bowling game machine. In short, ordinary bowling games and billiards have their strengths and weaknesses.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention relates to the advantages of billiards,
After examining whether it would be possible to take advantage of both the benefits of bowling games, he came to the conclusion that it would be better to replace bowling balls with billiard balls. However, they realized that even if they used existing bowling machines as they were, they would not fit the billiard scale at all, and completed the present invention.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made based on the above background, and the object thereof is to
It is to combine the fun of both billiards and bowling games.

[0007] That is, an object of the first aspect of the present invention is to provide a bowling game machine having the fun of billiards.

The object of the invention according to claim 2 is to achieve the same object as in claim 1 and to reduce the overall height, so that the device of the installation place is invariable. An object of the present invention is to provide a bowling game machine capable of efficiently and smoothly supplying pins.

Further, it is an object of the invention according to claims 3 to 5 that the respective constituent members of the bowling game machine according to claim 2 are embodied, respectively, so that a bowling game using billiard balls can be efficiently performed. Is to do so.

[0010]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, first, means according to the first aspect of the present invention will be described with reference numerals used in the following description of embodiments. The lane 10 includes a pin 20 that is reduced to a value obtained by dividing the diameter of the billiard ball 30 by the diameter of a ball used in a bowling game, and a lane 10 that arranges the pin 20 on a pin stand 11 at the tip. By hitting the billiard ball 30 at the upper front end with a cue,
A boring gaming machine 100 "in which the pin 20 on the pin stand 11 is defeated to play a game based on the same rules as bowling.

That is, the boring gaming machine 100 according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises hitting the billiard ball 30 from the front end of the lane 10 with a cue, thereby forming nine pins 20 on the pin stand 11 at the tip of the lane 10. , A bowling game can be performed in accordance with the same rules as a normal bowling game.
And the pins 20 arranged thereon are reduced to a value obtained by dividing the diameter of the billiard ball 30 by the diameter of the ball used in the bowling game.

Therefore, the bowling machine 100 is
Hitting the billiard ball 30 with a cue, not only can enjoy the intellectual game in normal billiards, but also defeat all nine pins 20 in the first hit, so-called "strike" in normal bowling game A pleasure can be obtained, and a bowling game having the fun of billiards can be performed.

[0013] In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a means adopted by the invention according to claim 2 relates to a boring gaming machine 100 according to claim 2, wherein "a pin collecting device disposed at the rear end of the lane 11". 40, a pin 20 storage / conveyance device 50 which is disposed below the pin collection device 40 and stores the pins 20 in a prescribed arrangement, and the pins 20 when the pin storage / conveyance device 50 moves forward. And a pin lifting device 60 for receiving and pushing up each of the pins 20 onto the pin holder 11.

That is, the bowling machine 100 according to the second aspect includes a pin collecting device 40 that collects the pins 20 from the rear end side of the lane 10 to the lower part of the pin stand portion 11 and feeds the pins 20 one by one to the next. The pins 20 received from the pin collecting device 40 are arranged in a prescribed arrangement, and the pin storing and conveying device 50 for sending the pin toward the lower part of the pin holder 11 and the pins 20 received from the pin storing and conveying device 50 are separated. The apparatus includes a pin lifting device 60 that pushes up the pin holder 11.

As described above, by arranging the pin collecting device 40, the pin storing / conveying device 50, and the pin lifting device 60, the tip of the bowling game machine 100 can be moved by a person as shown in FIG. The height of the bowling game machine 100 is as high as the height of the bowling game machine 100, so that the entire bowling game machine 100 can be installed in a normal room. Of course, each pin collecting device 40, pin storing and conveying device 50, and pin lifting device 6
0, the pins 20 can be automatically removed and rearranged at the end of the game.
It does not interrupt the bowling game.

In the bowling machine 100, as will be described in an embodiment to be described later, a pin 20 for removing a pin 20 which has fallen or becomes unnecessary on the pin stand 11 from the pin removing hole 12. An excluding device 10a is provided. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the pin removing device 10a has two parallel drive chains 14 reciprocally driven by a drive motor 15 on both sides of the pin stand 11, and each of these drive chains 14 On the chain 14,
One reject bar 13 is connected via a connecting block 14 a so as to be able to reciprocate in the direction of the lane 10 while being orthogonal to the lane 10. Therefore, this exclusion bar 13
As shown in the upper right portion of FIG. 5, during the bowling game, it is located above the pin stand 11, and when removing each pin 20, it descends with the movement of each drive chain 14, The pin 20 is removed by moving forward and backward on the pin stand 11.

Therefore, in the bowling game machine 100 according to the second aspect, the height of the whole can be reduced, the device of the installation place is not changed, and the supply of the pins 20 can be performed efficiently and smoothly. It can be.

[0018] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the means adopted by the invention according to claims 3 to 5 is characterized in that the boring gaming machine 100 according to claim 2 has:
"The pin collecting device 40 is disposed at the rear end of the pin stand 11 and has a slanted bottom. The collecting bucket 41 is rotated in the collecting bucket 41 to lift each pin 20 one by one. A rotating plate 42 to be supplied to the upper end opening 41a, and a guide gutter 43 for receiving each pin 20 from the upper end opening 41a and dropping the pin 20 to a predetermined lower position ”(claim 3). The pin storage and transport device 50
Each of the pins 20 is inserted one by one, and nine first pin storage cylinders 52 corresponding to the pin mounting positions on the pin mounting portion 11, respectively, and are moved back and forth while supporting these first pin storage cylinders 52. The first pin storage cylinder 5 is attached to the pin storage base 51 and moves to the forward end.
And a first shutter plate 53 that opens the bottom of the second push-up device 60 (claim 4).
The pins 20 are inserted one by one, and
Nine second pin storage cylinders 62 corresponding to the upper pin mounting positions, respectively, and these second pin storage cylinders 62 are supported and arranged below the pin mounting portion 11 to support the second pin storage cylinders 62.
Lift 61 that is always urged to rise by the action of 1a
And it is assembled to follow this climbing platform 61, and each second
And a vertically movable table 63 having a pin push-up bar 64 locked to the bottom of the pin housing cylinder 62. "

That is, the bowling game machine 100 according to claim 3 to claim 5 comprises a pin collection device 40, a pin storage / transport device 50, and a pin lifting device 60 which constitute the bowling game machine 100 according to claim 2. Is specifically configured as described above, so that each pin 2
0, transport to the pin lifting device 60, and each pin 2
Thus, it is possible to efficiently push up the pin portion 11 above the zero. Hereinafter, the boring game machine 1 according to any one of claims 3 to 5, focusing on the movement of each pin 20.
The operation of 00 will be specifically described as follows.

Each pin 20 removed from the pin removal hole 12 at the rear end of the lane 10 by the pin removal device 10a or the like described in an embodiment described below, as shown in FIG.
It falls to the pin collection device 40 side. Needless to say, the billiard ball 30 used at this time is distinguished from the pin 20 by a selection device (not shown), and the billiard ball 30 shown in the lower right portion of FIG. So that it is returned to the player.

The pin collecting device 40 receives each of the pins 20 that have fallen. A rotating plate 42 is driven in the pin collecting device 40 by a driving motor 42a. The pins 20 are captured one by one in the formed pin storage grooves. Each of the captured pins 20 is moved by the rotation of the rotating plate 42 to the pin collection device 4.
It is carried to the upper end opening 41a formed at the upper end of the zero.
Since the upper end opening 41a communicates with the guide gutter 43 below the upper end opening 41a, each pin 20 falls into the guide gutter 43. Since the tip of the guide gutter 43 is open toward the first pin storage tube 52 of the pin storage and transfer device 50 described below, each pin 20 is connected to the first pin storage tube on the pin storage and transfer device 50 side. 52 will fall.

The direction of each pin 20 sliding down the guide gutter 43 is not fixed, such that the thinner pin is first or the opposite. Therefore, in the guide gutter 43 of the embodiment to be described later, an elongated hole that is larger than the tip of the pin 20 but smaller than the lower part of the pin 20 is formed on the surface where each pin 20 slides down. Insert this slot into pin 2
If 0 passes from the thick side, it passes as it is. (The narrow part at the rear does not fall into the long hole because the thick part at the front passes through the long hole.) On the other hand, if the pin 20 falls from the narrow side, the thin part will be slightly inserted into the long hole. It falls and is pushed further by the thick part of the back. Then, the pin 20 is caught by the lower end opening edge of the elongated hole at the substantially central portion thereof, and the pin 20 is turned halfway around the caught portion by the sliding inertia force up to that point. In other words, the thick part that was rear is lifted in the guide gutter 43 and the pin 20
Turns halfway in the direction up to that point, and falls from the tip of the guide gutter 43 with the thick side first. That is, regardless of the direction in which the pins 20 fall into the guide gutter 43, by the time the pins 20 fall from the front end to the pin storage / conveyance device 50 side, the alignment is performed such that all the pins become thicker first. is there.

The following describes how each pin 20 falling from the guide gutter 43 is received by the pin storage / conveyance device 50 and how it is supplied below the pin stand 11. It is as follows.

In order to play a game based on a normal bowling rule, a total of nine pins 20 must be arranged in an equilateral triangle as shown in FIG. Since there is only one guide gutter 43 and it is substantially fixed, the pin storage / conveyance device 50 must deal with this. Therefore, in the pin storage / conveyance device 50, first, the pin storage table 51 rotated by the table rotation motor 55 shown in FIG.
The first pin housing cylinder 52 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 13 and the like, they were attached in a regular triangular shape.

By doing so, for example, if the tip of the guide gutter 43 on the pin collecting device 40 side is set to the position indicated by a ₁ in FIG. Pin 20 can be dropped into the first pin storage cylinder 52 located at the center of the equilateral triangle. In addition, guide gutter 4
3 tip, move the pin storage base 51 so as to line a ₂ shown in (a) of FIG. 13 (this movement is done by conveying chain driven by a drive motor 50a), where the pin housing is rotated the platform 51, to be housed pins 20 into the first pin receiving cylinder 52 6 that shape the regular hexagon on the pin housing base 51, the pin storage base to overlie a ₃ 51 Is moved and rotated, it becomes possible to insert the pins 20 into the three first pin storage cylinders 52 located at the outermost periphery and forming an equilateral triangle.

Now, the pin 20 is inserted in each first pin storage cylinder 52.
Is turned on, the first shutter plate 5 shown in FIG.
3 is at the position shown in FIG. 12A and FIG. 13B, and the pin drop hole 51a on the pin storage table 51 side is in a closed state. Here, the chain is driven by the drive motor 50a, and the pin storage table 51 is transported together with the table rotation motor 55 and the first shutter plate 53 to the position shown on the right side in FIG. 3, that is, the position shown in FIG. Then
As shown in FIG. 14B, one end of a shutter plate driving lever 54 provided on the pin housing 51 or the like is engaged with a stopper on the machine frame side and the first shutter plate 53
Press forward.

As shown in FIG. 11, the first shutter plate 53 is formed with nine pin drop holes 53a.
Is pushed forward, the respective pin drop holes 53a coincide with the pin drop holes 51a on the pin storage table 51 side, as shown in FIG. 12B.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, the pins 20 in each of the first pin storage cylinders 52 fall toward the lower pin lifting device 60 side.

The pin lifting device 60 has nine second pin storage cylinders 62 for receiving the pins 20 that have fallen from above. Each of the second pin storage cylinders 62 is constantly raised by a counterweight 61a. It is attached to a lifting platform 61 which is biased in order. And the pin storage and transport device 5
When the pins 20 are received from the 0 side, the ascending platform 61 is moved upward by the pin mounting plate 64 a on the pin push-up bar 64 erected on the vertically movable platform 63 below the second platform. 9 by means of the up-and-down table 63.
Is held in the position shown in FIG. Each first pin storage cylinder 52
When the dropping of the pins 20 from the inside into the second pin storage cylinder 62 is completed, the pin storage tables 51 and the like return to the positions shown on the left side of FIG. 3 and wait for receiving the next pins 20. .

After the pin storage table 51 has left, the vertical moving table 63 is raised by, for example, the drive of the drive motor 63a shown in FIG. 10 or the like, but the lifting table 61 can be freely raised. Between, that is, this lift 61
As long as the pin does not contact anywhere, the state of engagement between the bottom of each second pin storage cylinder 62 and the pin mounting plate 64a on each pin push-up bar 64 is maintained by the force pulling up the lifting platform 61 of the counterweight 61a. It has been done.

When the nine pins 20 are raised by the pin lifting device 60, the pin stand 11 of the lane 10 is configured as shown in FIG. 16B. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the pin setting portion 11 has the pin setting holes 11 through which the respective pins 20 come out from below.
The pin-out hole 11a is formed in each of the lids 7 of the second shutter plate 70 as shown in FIG.
It is closed by two. What is done this way is
This is because when the pin 20 that has fallen in the first throw of the billiard ball 30 is removed by the pin removing device 10a, the pin 20 does not fall into the pin hole 11a and hinder the subsequent operation.

When the next pin 20 is lifted by the pin lifting device 60, the second shutter plate 70 is opened as shown in FIG. 16 (a). That is, as shown in FIG. 15, when the lifting platform 61 is raised by the action of the counterweight 61a, the cam roller 65 provided on the lifting platform 61 has the camshaft 7 with its upper end bent.
When the ascending platform 61 further rises, the cam shaft 75 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. The roller provided at the upper end of the cam shaft 75 pushes the cam roller 73b provided on the second shutter plate 70 side in the illustrated direction, so that the second shutter plate 70 is forcibly moved rightward in the figure. It is.

Cam rollers 73a are provided on both sides of the second shutter plate 70. The cam rollers 73a are provided in cam grooves 74a of a lane-side frame 74 fixed to the machine frame.
Since each v is designed to extend downward from the left end in the figure and extend forward, the second shutter plate 70 which is about to move to the right in FIG. By the guidance with 75, the vehicle moves to the right while slightly descending downward. When the lifting platform 61 of the pin lifting device 60 is raised to the lifting end, the second shutter plate 70 is in the state shown in FIG. The pin setting hole 71 on the side of the two shutter plate 70 is opened at the same position.

In each of the second pin storage cylinders 62 provided on the lifting table 61, a pin mounting plate 64a provided on a pin push-up bar 64 on the vertical moving table 63 side is merely engaged from above. And the platform 61 is now at its highest end. Therefore, the vertical moving base 63 can be raised by the length of each pin lifting bar 64, and each pin lifting bar 64 can extend upward in the second pin storage cylinder 62. That is, the pins 20 in each of the second pin storage cylinders 62 are pinned by the pin mounting plate 64a on the pin push-up bar 64 lifted from below, and the pin setting holes 11a and the pin setting holes shown in FIG. Hole 71
And rises above the pin stand 11. This state is shown in the upper right part of FIG.

The up-and-down movement of each pin 20 by the pin lifting device 60 is also performed after the first throw of the billiard ball 30, for example.
To eliminate points and calculate the score based on this.
The upper end of 0 is set to a position slightly lowered from the pin hole 71 of the second shutter plate 70. That is, billiard ball 3
When the first throw of 0 is completed, the vertical moving table 63 is lowered to the extent that the lifting table 61 is slightly pulled down. At this time, each pin push-up bar 64 and the pin mounting plate 64a naturally also drop,
If there is a pin 20 standing on the pin mounting plate 64a,
It is stored in the second pin storage cylinder 62 as it is. In the second pin storage cylinder 62 of the embodiment described later, the pin 20 is inserted therein.
A sensor is provided for detecting the presence or absence of a pin 20 which falls on the pin stand 11 of the lane 10 by this sensor.
Is indirectly detected, and score calculation and the like are performed.

On the other hand, when the lift 61 descends,
The second shutter plate 70 shown in FIG. 15 operates in the reverse manner as described above, and as shown in FIG. 16B, the respective pin holes 11a on the lane 10 side are closed by the respective lids 72. Close. Here, the removal of the pins 20 by the pin removal device 10a is as described above.

After the score calculation and the elimination of the score by the fallen pin 20 are completed, the vertical moving table 63 and the rising table 61 of the pin lifting device 60 are raised again, and the second moving table 63 and the second table 61 are moved to the positions shown in FIG. The shutter plate 70 is arranged, and if the standing pin 20 remains, it is made to protrude from the pin setting hole 11a on the lane 10 side.

Therefore, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the pins 20 removed by the pin removing device 10a can be supplied one by one to the first pin storage cylinders 52 on the pin storage and transport device 50 side. Can be
According to the boring gaming machine 100 of the fourth aspect, each pin 20 is aligned with the pin hole 11a of the pin stand 11.
Can be conveyed below the pin-out holes 11a while arranging the pins 20. According to the boring gaming machine 100 of claim 5, the aligned pins 20
Protruding from the pin setting hole 11a of the
It can be neatly arranged on top. Therefore, the pin collecting device 4 according to claim 3
0, the pin storage and transport device 50 in claim 4, and the pin lifting device 60 in claim 5 sufficiently fulfill the respective functions necessary for the boring gaming machine 100 to exhibit sufficient functions, and as a result, The bowling game in each bowling machine 100 can be efficiently performed.

[0038]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a boring game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. Since the invention substantially includes all of the above inventions, the following mainly describes the boring gaming machine 100 of the embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bowling machine 100 according to the present invention.
00 is a value obtained by dividing the currently used lane by the diameter of the ball 30 used in the billiard game by the diameter of a normal bowling ball, that is, 1 /.
3.28 has a lane 10 with reduced width and length. Specifically, the length of the lane 10 is 7.14 meters, the width is 325 mm, and the width of the so-called garter portion is 70 mm. Of course, the pin 20 appearing in each figure is also replaced with the normal one-third.
28 times the height of 11.43 cm.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lane 10 having the above size is a billiard ball 30 placed on the right side of the drawing.
The cue (not shown) is used to set the pin stand 11 on the left side in the figure.
Since the player hits each of the upper pins 20 in the same manner as in the billiard game, the height is set to be about the waist of a person. As shown in FIG. 2A, nine pin holes 11a arranged in a regular triangle are formed on the left side of the lane 10, and on the left side of each of the pin holes 11a. A pin exclusion hole 12 for excluding the fallen pin 20 and the like is formed as shown in FIG. The billiard ball 30 that has been hit once returns through the lower side of the lane 10, and returns to the player's hand as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2 (b), a pin stand 11 is provided on the left side of the lane 10 in FIG.
A pin removing device 10a that moves upward, a pin collecting device 40 located at the rear of the pin removing hole 12, a pin storing and conveying device 50 that receives each pin 20 from the pin collecting device 40, and a pin storing and conveying device. Each pin 20 from the device 50
And a pin lifting device 60 that pushes the pin raising unit 11 on the pin holder 11.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 5 and 6, the pin removing device 10a has two parallel drive chains 14 reciprocally driven by a drive motor 15 on both sides of the pin stand 11. And each of these drive chains 14
And one excluding bar 13 via a connecting block 14a.
Are connected so as to be able to reciprocate in the direction of lane 10 while being orthogonal to lane 10.

The pin 20 removed from the pin stand 11 by the above-described pin removing device 10a is dropped from the pin removing hole 12 of the lane 10 to the pin collecting device 40 side. , A collecting plate 41 for receiving each pin 20, and a rotating plate 42 that rotates in the collecting bucket 41 and has a storage portion for each pin 20 on the outer periphery.
And a guide gutter 43 connected to the upper end opening 41 a formed in the collection bucket 41. Of course, the rotating plate 42
Are rotationally driven by a drive motor 42a disposed outside the collection bucket 41.

Since the bottom of the collecting bucket 41 is inclined toward the lower end of the rotating plate 42 as shown in FIG. 3 and the like, each pin 20 dropped into the collecting bucket 41 The upper end opening 41 is caught in a storage portion provided on the outer periphery of
sent to a. Then, it falls into the guide gutter 43 from the upper end opening 41a, and is fed from the tip of the guide gutter 43 into each of the first pin storage cylinders 52 on the pin storage and transport device 50 side, as shown in FIG. In the middle of the guide gutter 43, there is formed an opening (not shown) through which a thin portion of each pin 20 passes but does not pass through a thick portion. From the guide gutter 43. That is, each pin 20 is arranged by the opening of the guide gutter 43 and
It falls to the side.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pin storage / conveyance device 50 reciprocates from the lower end of the guide gutter 43 to a lift 61 on the pin lifting device 60 described later. A table 51 and a first shutter plate 53 also shown in FIG. 11 attached to the lower part of the pin storage table 51 are provided. The first pin storage cylinder 52 is assembled. The pin storage table 51 and the first shutter plate 53 are reciprocated by the drive motor 50a also shown in FIG. 13A and a ₁ , a shown in FIG. 13A. ₂ and the distal end of the fixed guide trough 43 to the position of a ₃ is to perform the fine forward movement as come. The pin storage table 51 and the first shutter plate 53 are rotated by the table rotation motor 55 shown in FIGS. 13 and 14A, and the guide trough 43 on the pin collection device 40 side. tip rotates when it is finely advanced so that the position of a _1, a ₂ and a ₃ as shown in (a) of FIG. 13, the pin 20
Are stored in respective first pin storage cylinders 52 provided on the pin storage table 51.

As shown in FIG. 12, the nine first pin storage cylinders 52 provided on the pin storage table 51 are open at both upper and lower ends. As shown by, closed by the first shutter plate 53,
Further, it faces the pin drop hole 51a on the pin storage table 51 side. As shown in FIG. 11, nine pin drop holes 53a are formed in the first shutter plate 53,
The first shutter plate 53 is connected to the pin housing 51,
It advances with respect to the pin storage cylinder 52 and
When a coincides with the lower end opening of the first pin storage cylinder 52,
As shown in FIG. 12B, the first pin storage cylinder 52
The inner pin 20 is to be dropped downward.

The first shutter plate 53 is moved forward from the position shown in FIG. 13A by the drive motor 50a together with the pin housing 51 from the position shown in FIG. Move forward to the position indicated by). Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 14B, one end of the shutter plate drive lever 54 that is swingably provided on the pin storage table 51 side is provided on the machine frame of the boring gaming machine 100. The other end of the shutter plate drive lever 54 comes into contact with the stopper, and pushes the rear end of the first shutter plate 53 against the urging force of the return spring. As a result, the first shutter plate 53 moves forward. .

The first shutter plate 53 and the pin storage 51
The pin storage / conveyance device 50 having the
Before delivering 0, the pin lifting device 60 is, of course, provided to receive these pins 20 from above.
As shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, it is waiting at the lowermost end.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pin lifting device 60 is associated with a rising platform 61 in which nine second pin storage cylinders 62 are integrated, and a pin lifting bar 64 is attached to the rising platform 61. The lifting table 61 is provided with a counterweight 61 also shown in FIG.
The vertical moving table 63 is driven up and down by a drive motor 63a shown in FIG. 10 via a chain or the like.

In other words, the lifting platform 61 is urged to always move upward by the action of the counterweight 61a, and the vertical platform 61 is engaged with the lifting platform 61 at the bottom side of each second pin storage cylinder 62. When the moving table 63 moves upward, it rises, and when the vertically moving table 63 is pulled downward, it is also raised against the gravity of the counterweight 61a. In order to exhibit such an effect, the engagement between the lifting table 61 and the vertical moving table 63 is as follows.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, a pin push-up bar 64 is vertically movably inserted through the bottom surfaces of the nine second pin storage cylinders 62 connected on the lift platform 61. ,
The pin mounting plate 64a integrated with the upper end of each of the pin lifting bars 64 is engaged with the bottom surface of each of the second pin storage cylinders 62 from above. The lower end of each pin push-up bar 64 is fixed to the up-and-down moving table 63. Therefore, when each pin push-up bar 64 moves up with respect to the second pin storage cylinder 62, the pin 20 on the pin mounting plate 64a is raised, and conversely, each pin push-up bar 64 moves up and down If it is pulled down by 63, via the pin mounting plate 64a at its upper end,
Each of the second pin storage cylinders 62, that is, the lift 61, is pulled up against the gravity of the counterweight 61a.

As described above, as shown in FIG. 9, in the pin lifting device 60 when each pin 20 is received from the pin storage / conveyance device 50 side, the vertical moving table 63 is effective to the lowermost end. The pin mounting plate 64a provided on each pin push-up bar 64 on the vertical moving table 63 is used to move the second pin storage cylinder 62, and hence
It is pulled down to the position shown in the figure against the action of 1a. When all of the pins 20 are received by each of the second pin storage cylinders 62, the drive motor 63a which detects this is operated to slowly raise the vertical moving table 63.
Rises together with the vertically moving table 63 by the action of the counterweight 61a, and finally, as shown in FIG.
1 and the pin push-up bars 64 are further raised in the second pin storage cylinder 62, and the pins 20 on the pin mounting plate 64a provided at the upper end thereof are inserted into the pin setting holes 11a. The pin collecting device 40 is pushed out onto the pin stand 11.

Here, the boring gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment.
In the case of 00, the second shutter plate 7
With 0, the pin opening hole 11a of the pin stand 11 is opened and closed as follows. That is, a second shutter plate 70 as shown in FIG. 15 is disposed immediately below the pin stand 11 of the lane 10, and the second shutter plate 70
A pin-out hole 71 and a cover 72 corresponding to each pin-out hole 11a of the pin stand 11 are provided in pairs, and the second shutter plate 70 is positioned at the position shown in FIG. If there is, each pin setting hole 11a of the pin stand 11
Is opened together with the pin setting holes 71 on the second shutter plate 70 side, that is, each pin 20 can be raised through both of them, and the second shutter plate 70 is shown in FIG. When the position is reached, each pin setting hole 11a of the pin setting portion 11 is closed by the closing cover 72 of the second shutter plate 70, and the pin 20 on the pin setting portion 11 is
1a.

As shown in FIG. 15, four cam rollers 73a are attached to the side of the second shutter plate 70, and these cam rollers 73a are attached to each of the lane-side frames 74 provided on the machine frame side. It is engaged with the cam groove 74a. As shown in FIG. 15, each cam groove 74a is formed so as to extend downward and downward from the left end in the drawing, so that each cam roller 73a moves while engaging with each cam groove 74a. As a result, the second shutter plate 70 is guided from the position shown in FIG.

The above-described operation of the second shutter plate 70 is performed by the lifting platform 6 on the side of the pin lifting device 60 which has been raised from below.
1 is controlled. That is, in front of the pin lifting device 60 and the second shutter plate 70 (on the right side in FIG. 15), a cam shaft 75 having a slightly bent tip is disposed. When the cam roller 65 provided on the abutment 61 comes into contact, the cam shaft 75 rotates as shown by the arrow in FIG. A cam roller 75a is provided at the upper end of the cam shaft 75, and the cam roller 75a is
Side cam roller 73b is pulled. Then,
While the second shutter plate 70 moves as described above,
It is pulled forward by the cam roller 73b.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 16 (b), the second shutter plate 70 of the present embodiment is pinned by the lid 72 while the lift 61 does not rise completely. Each of the pin holes 11a of the upright portion 11 is closed, and when the ascending platform 61 is completely lifted, (a) in FIG.
As shown by, it moves downward and forward to open each pin-out hole 11a.

[0057]

As described in detail above, first, in the invention according to claim 1, as exemplified in the above embodiment,
"A pin 20 reduced to a value obtained by dividing the diameter of the billiard ball 30 by the diameter of the ball used in the bowling game, and a lane 1 in which the pins 20 are arranged on the pin stand 11 at the tip.
By hitting the billiard ball 30 at the front end on the lane 10 with a cue, the pin 20 on the pin stand 11 is defeated and a game based on the same rule as bowling is performed. This has a feature in its configuration, and as a result, it is possible to provide a bowling game machine having the fun of billiards.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the bowling game machine 100 according to the first aspect, wherein the pin collecting device 40 is disposed at the rear end of the lane 11 and is disposed below the pin collecting device 40. And a pin 20 storage and transport device 50 for storing the pins 20 in a prescribed arrangement.
And a pin push-up device 60 that receives each pin when the pin storage / conveyance device 50 moves forward and pushes up each of the pins 20 onto the pin stand portion 11 ". Accordingly, in addition to achieving the same object as in the first aspect, the height of the whole can be reduced, so that the device of the installation location is not changed, and the pin supply can be efficiently and smoothly performed. We can offer a machine.

In each of the inventions according to the third to fifth aspects, the bowling game machine 10 according to the second aspect is provided.
The present embodiment is characterized in that the pin collecting device 40, the pin storage / transport device 50, and the pin lifting device 60 are each embodied, whereby each component of the bowling machine according to claim 2 is embodied. Thus, a bowling game using billiard balls can be efficiently performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing a bowling game machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view (a) of a lane employed in the boring gaming machine, and a pin storage / conveying device and a pin lifting device disposed below a pin stand of the lane; FIG. 4B is a partial plan view showing the positional relationship of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a left end portion of FIG. 1 and shows a positional relationship among a pin removing device, a pin collecting device, a pin storage / conveying device, and a pin lifting device that constitute the boring game machine. It is a partial enlarged side view.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the boring gaming machine as viewed from a collection bucket side.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged side view for explaining the pin removing device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a front view of what is shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion shown in FIG. 2 (b), and a pin storage table constituting a pin storage and transport device;
FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged plan view showing a positional relationship with a lifting platform and the like constituting the pin lifting device.

FIG. 8 corresponds to FIG. 3 and is a partial side view when the pin storage / conveyance device receives a pin from the pin collection device side.

FIG. 9 corresponds to FIG. 3 and is a partial side view showing a state in which the pin storage / transport device has moved onto the pin lifting device and is passing each pin at the next stage shown in FIG. It is.

FIG. 10 is a partial side view corresponding to FIG. 3 and showing a state in which an ascending platform or the like that has received each pin has moved to an ascending end;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged plan view of a first shutter plate included in the pin storage and transport device.

FIGS. 12A and 12B show the relationship between a first pin storage cylinder provided on a pin storage table constituting a pin storage and transport device, pins, and a first shutter plate, and FIG. FIG. 4B is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view illustrating a state where the shutter is closed by a first shutter plate, and FIG.

FIGS. 13A and 13B show a pin storage and transport device, wherein FIG.
FIG. 4B is a partial plan view showing a positional relationship between the pin storage and transport device and a pin lifting device on the subsequent stage, and FIG. is there.

14A and 14B show a pin storage and transport device moved onto a pin lifting device, wherein FIG. 14A is a partial plan view thereof, and FIG. 14B is a state in which a first shutter plate is moved rightward in the figure by a shutter plate driving lever. It is the elements on larger scale top view.

FIG. 15 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a relationship between a lift constituting a pin lifting device and a second shutter plate immediately below a pin stand 11 of a lane.

16A and 16B show a relationship between a pin stand portion of a lane and a second shutter plate, and FIG. 16A is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the second shutter plate moves to open each pin setting hole of the pin stand portion. FIG. 7B is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state where the pin-out hole on the pin stand portion side is closed by each lid of the second shutter plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 bowling game machine 10 lane 10 a pin removal device 11 pin stand 11 a pin out hole 12 pin removal hole 13 removal bar 14 drive chain 14 a connection block 15 drive motor 20 pin 30 billiard ball 40 pin collection device 41 collection bucket 41 a upper end opening 42 Rotating plate 42a Drive motor 43 Guide gutter 50 Pin storage and transport device 50a Drive motor 51 Pin storage table 51a Pin drop hole 52 First pin storage cylinder 53 First shutter plate 53a Pin drop hole 54 Shutter plate drive lever 55 Rotary motor 60 Pin push-up device Reference Signs List 61 Ascending stand 61a Counter weight 62 Second pin storage cylinder 63 Vertical moving stand 63a Drive motor 64 Pin push-up bar 64a Pin mounting plate 65 Cam roller 70 Second shutter plate 71 Pin out hole 72 Closed lid 73a / 73b Roller 74 Lane-side frame 74a Cam groove 75 Cam shaft 75a Cam roller

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A pin having a reduced diameter obtained by dividing the diameter of a billiard ball by the diameter of a ball used in a bowling game, and a lane for arranging the pin on a pin stand at a tip thereof. A boring game machine in which a game is performed based on the same rule as bowling by hitting the billiard ball at a front end with a cue to defeat a pin on the pin stand. 2. A pin collecting device disposed at a rear end of the lane, a pin storing and conveying device disposed below the pin collecting device and storing the pins in a defined arrangement.
2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a pin lifting device that receives the pins when the pin storage and transport device moves forward, and pushes the pins onto the pin stand.
The boring gaming machine described in the above. 3. The collection device according to claim 1, wherein the pin collection device is disposed at a rear end of the pin stand, and has a slanted bottom. The collection bucket is rotated in the collection bucket to lift each of the pins. 3. The boring game machine according to claim 2, further comprising: a rotating plate for supplying the pin to the upper end opening; and a guide gutter for receiving each pin from the upper end opening and dropping the pin to a predetermined lower position. . 4. The first pin storage cylinder, wherein each of the pins is inserted one by one and corresponds to a pin mounting position on the pin mounting portion, and
A pin storage base that moves back and forth while supporting the pin storage cylinder, and when assembled to this pin storage base and moved to the forward end,
The boring game machine according to claim 2, further comprising: a first shutter plate that opens a bottom portion of each of the first pin storage cylinders. 5. The pin push-up device, wherein each of the pins is inserted one by one, and a plurality of second pin storage tubes respectively corresponding to the pin mounting positions on the pin mounting portion; And a lift platform which is disposed below the pin stand portion and is always urged to rise by the action of the counterweight, and which is assembled to follow the lift platform, and the second pin storage cylinders The boring game machine according to claim 2, further comprising a vertical moving table having a pin push-up bar locked to a bottom of the boring machine.