JP2002224432A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obviate tempering, accidents, and the like, through an introducing passage 31. SOLUTION: A first open/closure plate 36 is raised to open a prize takeout port 33, thereby taking out a prize 14 obtained by winning. At that time, a second open/closure plate 40 is turned to a nearly horizontal position by a guide mechanism 45 to close a halfway portion of the introducing passage 31. Thus, the prize takeout port 33 or the halfway portion of the passage 31 is always closed by the plate 36 or the plate 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device for paying out prizes when a player wins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as described above, various types of game devices for paying out prizes when a player wins are known, and for example, a crane game device is a typical example. In this game apparatus, the operation is started by a player operating an operation button and horizontally moving a catcher provided with a gripping arm toward a prize to be captured. When the catcher moves right above the prize to be captured, the player stops operating the button. As a result, the catcher automatically descends toward the prize at that position to the lower limit, and then closes the gripping arm.

At this time, if the player is lucky, the prize is gripped by the gripping arm and the player wins, but the gripping may fail and the player may lose. Next, the catcher automatically rises to the ascending limit and then horizontally moves to a position immediately above the guiding passage, at which position the gripping arm is released. At this time, if the prize is gripped by the gripping arm, the prize is released from the gripping arm, passes through the guide path, and falls to the terminal end (lower end). Thereafter, the player takes out the dropped prize from a prize take-out port provided at the end of the guidance passage.

[0004]

In recent years, large prizes such as stuffed animals have been favored as prizes in recent years, so that the cross-sectional area of the guide passage has been widened. As a result, an arm must be inserted into the guide passage. There have also been accidents in which the prizes in the game device are taken out without permission, or in extreme cases, the infant can get into the guidance passage deep and cannot get out.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device capable of preventing mischief and accidents through a guidance passage before it occurs.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to drop a prize through a guide passage to its end when a player wins a game, and to take out a prize having the end of the guide passage opened in a main body frame. A first opening / closing plate that is capable of moving up and down along the main body frame, closing the prize take-out port when descending, and opening the prize take-out port when ascending; A second opening / closing plate having one end rotatably connected to a lower end portion of the first opening / closing plate and capable of swinging up and down, and a second opening / closing plate being moved when the first opening / closing plate is lowered. When the first opening / closing plate is lifted while being held substantially parallel to the opening / closing plate, the second opening / closing plate is swung to a substantially horizontal position so that the middle of the guide passage is substantially formed. It can be achieved by providing a sealed cell guide mechanism.

When the first opening / closing plate is lowered, the prize take-out opening is closed by the first opening / closing plate, while the second opening / closing plate is pulled downward by the first opening / closing plate by the guide mechanism. It is held substantially parallel to the opening and closing plate. Therefore, the second opening / closing plate hardly projects into the guide passage, and the guide passage is widely opened. If the game is played in this state and the player wins, the prize falls in the guidance passage, but at this time, the prize reliably drops to the lower end without being obstructed by the second opening / closing plate.

Next, the first opening / closing plate is raised to open the prize take-out opening, and the prize is taken out through the opened prize take-out opening. At this time, the second opening / closing plate is swung to a substantially horizontal position by the guide mechanism while being pulled up by the first opening / closing plate, whereby the middle of the guide passage is substantially closed by the second opening / closing plate. Since the first or second opening / closing plate is always closed at one of the prize take-out opening and the middle of the guide passage, it is possible to take out the prize through the guide passage or to dig deep into the guide passage. It can be prevented beforehand.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the structure of the guide mechanism can be made simple and inexpensive.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, 11
Usually, this is a game device called a crane game device.This game device 11 has a rectangular box-shaped main frame 12, and a prize case 13 surrounded by a transparent plate is provided on the upper portion of the main frame 12. Have been. At the bottom of the prize case 13, a horizontal partition plate (not shown) is installed. On the partition plate, a large prize 14 such as a stuffed toy is placed.
Are mounted.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a pair of horizontal guide rails attached to the upper end of the main body frame 12. These guide rails 15 are located at the same height and extend in the left-right direction. Reference numerals 16 denote traveling stands supported by the guide rails 15, respectively. The traveling stands 16 run in the left-right direction while being guided by the guide rails 15 by a built-in traveling mechanism (not shown).

Reference numeral 17 denotes a horizontal guide rail extending in the front-rear direction and having both ends attached to the traveling platform 16, and a movable platform 18 is supported on the guide rail 17. The moving table 18 moves in the front-rear direction while being guided by the guide rails 17 by a built-in moving mechanism (not shown).
The above-described guide rails 15, 17, traveling platform 16, and traveling platform 18 as a whole constitute moving means 19 for horizontally moving a catcher described later.

The moving table 17 has built-in elevating means 23 comprising a motor 21 and a hoisting drum 22 connected to the output shaft of the motor 21. The upper end of the hoisting drum 22 of the elevating means 23 is wound up. The hanging cable 24 is suspended from the moving table 17. A catcher 25 is attached to the lower end of the hanging cable 24, and as a result,
When the hanging rope 24 is wound up by operation, the catcher 25 rises, while the hanging rope 24 is unwound,
The catcher 25 descends.

The catcher 25 has a plurality of, here a pair of gripping arms 27, 28, and these gripping arms 27, 28
It is shaped like a letter and extends almost vertically, and is arranged 180 degrees apart in the circumferential direction. Then, the pair of gripping arms 27 and 28 swing about their upper ends by a swing mechanism built in the catcher 25 to open and close.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a guide tube provided at a lower portion of the main body frame 12 and extending substantially in the vertical direction. In the guide tube 30, a guide passage 31 through which the premium 14 passes is formed. And
The upper end (start end) of the guide passage 31 opens as a prize discharge port 32 in the prize case 13, while the lower end (end) opens as a prize take-out port 33 in the lower front wall of the main body frame 12. When the prize 14 is gripped by the gripping arms 27 and 28, the catcher 25 moves to just above the prize discharge port 32, and when the gripping arms 27 and 28 are opened, the prize 14 is It is released from 27 and 28 and falls, and is discharged from the prize discharge port 32 to the lower end (end) of the guide passage 31.

Reference numeral 35 denotes a pair of guide rails fixed to the inner surface of the front wall of the main frame 12 on both sides of the prize take-out opening 33. These guide rails 35 are approximately two heights of the prize take-out opening 33 in the vertical direction. It is extended by a factor of two. The guide rail
Both ends of the first opening / closing plate 36 are slidably inserted into the recessed groove of the first opening / closing plate 36.
Can move up and down along the front wall of the main body frame 12 while being guided by the guide rails 35.

Since the first opening / closing plate 36 has substantially the same shape as the prize take-out opening 33, the prize take-out opening 33 is closed when the first opening / closing plate 36 is lowered to its lower limit by its own weight. On the other hand, when the prize is taken up to the ascending limit, the prize take-out opening 33 is largely opened. Reference numeral 37 denotes an opening / closing handle fixed to the outer surface of the first opening / closing plate 36.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a second opening / closing plate 36 having substantially the same shape as the first opening / closing plate 36.
One end of the second opening / closing plate 40 is rotatably connected to the lower end of the first opening / closing plate 36 via a hinge 41. As a result, the second opening / closing plate 40 can swing up and down around the hinge 41. Bearings 42 are fixed to the other end of the second opening / closing plate 40 at both ends thereof, and guide rollers 43 are rotatably supported by these bearings 42, respectively.

Reference numerals 44 are guide grooves formed on both side walls of the guide cylinder 30 (the inner surface of the guide passage 31) and extending substantially in the front-rear direction. The guide rollers 43 are inserted into these guide grooves 44, respectively. ing. When the first opening / closing plate 36 is lowered to the lower limit, one end of the second opening / closing plate 40 is pulled down by the first opening / closing plate 36, and the guide roller 43 rolls in the guide groove 44. While being pulled toward the front end, it extends substantially parallel to the first opening / closing plate 36, that is, extends substantially vertically.

On the other hand, when the first opening / closing plate 36 is raised to the ascending limit, one end of the second opening / closing plate 40 is pulled up to almost the same height as the guide groove 44 by the first opening / closing plate 36. Since 43 (the other end of the second opening / closing plate 40) only moves backward while rolling in the guide groove 44, it swings to a substantially horizontal position. At this time, the second opening / closing plate 40 substantially closes the middle of the guide passage 31 as shown in FIG.

The bearing 42, the guide roller 43, and the guide groove 44 as a whole hold the second opening / closing plate 40 substantially parallel to the first opening / closing plate 36 when the first opening / closing plate 36 is lowered. When the first opening / closing plate 36 is raised, a guide mechanism 45 is configured to swing the second opening / closing plate 40 to a substantially horizontal position and substantially close the middle of the guide passage 31. If the guide mechanism 45 is formed of the above-described structure, the structure can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

Reference numeral 47 denotes control means such as a CPU.
The control means 47 controls the operation of the traveling mechanism of the traveling table 16, the moving mechanism of the moving table 18, the motor 21, and the swing mechanism of the catcher 25. Reference numerals 48 and 49 denote operation buttons provided on an operation table 50 of the main body frame 12, and the control means 47 activates the traveling mechanism of the traveling table 16 to operate the traveling table 16 only while the operation button 48 is pressed. In the same direction as the arrow direction, that is, rightward. Further, the control means 47 operates the moving mechanism of the moving base 18 only while the operation button 49 is being pressed, and
18 is moved in the same direction as the arrow direction, that is, toward the rear. Reference numeral 51 denotes a coin slot installed on the operation console 50.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. Before the start of the game, the carriage 16 is at the left end, the moving stand 18 is at the front end, and
24 is wound up to the maximum amount, resulting in a catcher 25
Is stopped at the standby position on the upper left front of the prize case 13.
At this time, the gripping arms 27 and 28 are stopped by swinging to the open position by the swing mechanism.

Next, after the player inserts a predetermined number of coins into the coin insertion slot 51 and presses the operation button 48, the traveling platform
16 is horizontally moved rightward while being guided by the guide rails 15 together with the moving table 18 and the catcher 25. This rightward movement is performed only while the player is pressing the operation button 48.
When you release your hand from 48, the movement stops.

Next, when the player presses the operation button 49, the movable base 18 horizontally moves rearward while being guided by the guide rail 17 together with the catcher 25. This backward movement is also performed only while the player is pressing the operation button 49. When the player releases the hand from the operation button 49 at an appropriate timing, the movement is stopped.

When the catcher 25 moves horizontally to a predetermined position in this way, the control means 47 operates the motor 21 to rotate the hoisting drum 22 and to move the hanging rope 24 to the hoisting drum 22.
Unwind from As a result, the catcher 25 descends with the gripping arms 27 and 28 in the open position. Then, the catcher 25 descends to the lower limit, and the holding arms 27 and 28
Then, the control means 47 activates the swing mechanism to swing the gripping arms 27 and 28 to the closed position. At this time, if you are lucky, the gripping arms 27 and 28 grip the prize 14 from both sides,
If the player wins the game but fails to grip, the player is defeated.

Next, the control means 47 operates the motor 21, rotates the hoisting drum 22, winds the hanging rope 24 around the hoisting drum 22, and raises the catcher 25 to the upper limit. Next, the control means 47 moves the carriage 18 forward along the guide rails 17, moves the carriage 16 to the right along the guide rails 15, and moves the catcher 25 horizontally to just above the prize outlet 32. Move.

Thereafter, the control means 47 operates the swing mechanism,
The gripping arms 27 and 28 are swung to the open position. At this time, if the prize 14 is gripped by the gripping arms 27 and 28, the prize 14 is released from being gripped by the gripping arms 27 and 28, passes through the prize outlet 32, and falls in the guide passage 31. At this time, the first opening / closing plate 36 is lowered to its lower limit by its own weight and the prize take-out opening 33 is closed.
The opening / closing plate 40 is pulled downward by the first opening / closing plate 36 while being guided downward by the guide mechanism 45.
Since the guide passage 31 is held substantially parallel to, that is, held substantially in the vertical direction, the guide passage 31 hardly projects into the guide passage 31, and the guide passage 31 is widely opened. As a result, the aforementioned prize 14
Is surely dropped to the lower end of the guide passage 31 without being obstructed by the second opening / closing plate 40.

When the prize 14 is paid out in this way,
The player who has won the game removes the prize 14 from the prize outlet 33.
At this time, since the first opening / closing plate 36 closes the prize take-out opening 33 as described above, the player first holds the handle 37 with one hand and moves the first opening / closing plate 36 to the guide rail 35. Along with, the prize take-out opening 33 is largely opened, and the prize 14 is taken out through the prize take-out opening 33 with the remaining one hand.

By the elevation of the first opening / closing plate 36, one end of the second opening / closing plate 40 is pulled up to almost the same height as the guide groove 44 as described above, and the guide roller 43 rolls in the guide groove 44. In order to move backward while moving, it swings to a substantially horizontal position, whereby the middle of the guide passage 31 is substantially closed by the second opening / closing plate 40.

Since the first opening / closing plate 36 or the second opening / closing plate 40 is always closed at one of the prize take-out port 33 and the guide passage 31, the arm is inserted into the wide guide passage 31 deeply. The prize 14 in the prize case 13
The first and second opening / closing plates may be used to bring out the
36 and 40 prevent such a situation.

In the above embodiment, the guide mechanism 45 is constituted by the bearing 42, the guide roller 43, and the guide groove 44. In the present invention, the guide mechanism is rotatable on both side walls of the guide cylinder. It may be constituted by a supported rotating disk and a pair of rollers rotatably supported by each rotating disk and sandwiching both ends of the second opening / closing plate from both sides.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent mischief and accidents through the guide passage.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken on line II of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 2 when the second opening / closing plate swings to a horizontal position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 game device 12 body frame 14 prize 31 guideway 33 prize take-out opening 36 first opening / closing plate 40 second opening / closing plate 43 guide roller 44 guide groove 45 guide mechanism

Claims (2)

[Claims] When a player wins a game, a prize is dropped to an end of the guide passage through a guide passage, and the dropped prize is taken out from a prize take-out opening formed in a main body frame at the end of the guide passage. In the game device, a first opening / closing plate capable of moving up and down along the main body frame, closing the prize take-out opening when descending, and opening the prize take-out opening when ascending, and a lower end portion of the first opening / closing plate. A second opening / closing plate having one end rotatably connected and capable of swinging up and down; and a second opening / closing plate which is held substantially parallel to the first opening / closing plate when the first opening / closing plate is lowered. A guide mechanism for swinging the second opening / closing plate to a substantially horizontal position when the first opening / closing plate is raised to substantially close the middle of the guide passage; Game device according to claim. 2. A guide groove formed in an inner surface of a guide passage and extending substantially in a front-rear direction, and a guide end supported by the other end of a second opening / closing plate at a side end thereof. 2. The game device according to claim 1, comprising a guide roller inserted.