JP2003117099A - Ball shooting handle in pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball shooting handle in a pachinko game machine for eliminating troublesomeness of a game player, and causing no damage by facilitating a single shoot. SOLUTION: This ball shooting handle 32 installs an operation lever 48 on a handle body 42 for adjusting strength of elastic-repulsive force of a shooting ball, and is provided with a current-carrying part 48b for turning on a touch switch T by manually contacting by the game player for driving an electric driving source R for shooting the shooting ball, and is constituted so that the handle body 42 and the operation lever 48 are made electrically nonconductive, and the current-carrying part 48b is arranged in a part easily contactable and separable by gripped fingers on a surface of the operation lever 48.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball striking handle for a pachinko gaming machine, which is provided on the front surface of the pachinko gaming machine and is capable of easily performing a so-called single shot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a hitting ball launching handle of a pachinko gaming machine has a handle body equipped with a rotatable operating lever for adjusting the strength of the hitting ball. The operating lever is always biased toward the initial position by a coil spring, and has a finger hook portion for hanging a finger on the outer peripheral surface. Further, a micro switch is provided in the handle body so as to turn on / off the power source of the electric drive source for firing for firing a hit ball. This micro switch is automatically turned on by rotating the operation lever against the bias of the coil spring, but the player decides the timing of firing the ball at his will. OFF in the above state so that a so-called single shot can be performed
You can also do it. For this reason, a push button type switch lever which is a handle body and which is capable of turning off the micro switch with a fingertip is provided at a position slightly away from the finger rest of the operation lever so as not to interfere with a normal firing operation.

Further, the operating lever is usually formed of a synthetic resin material, and the surface thereof is metal-plated to have conductivity. The operating lever is an energizing portion and is connected to a touch switch for driving an electric drive source for firing a hit ball. This is because a player, for example, inserts a coin or a pachinko ball between the operation lever and the handle body, fixes the operation lever at a desired turning position, and plays a game without grasping the ball hitting handle with a hand. In order to prevent this, the micro switch and the touch switch are connected in series to the electric drive source for launching the hit ball. Therefore, unless the player touches the operation lever with his / her hand and rotates the operation lever, the electric drive source for firing is driven and the hit ball is not hit.

A player grips a hitting ball firing handle and puts a finger on a finger hook portion of an operation lever. As a result, the touch switch is turned on first. Further, by rotating the operation lever against the bias of the coil spring, the micro switch is turned on, the electric drive source for firing is driven, and a hit ball is shot. Then, after rotating to a desired rotation angle, the position is fixed by hand and the game is continued. When a single shot is desired in the middle of the process, the user extends the finger to the push button type switch lever and pushes it with the tip of the finger while paying attention not to shift the position of the hand.

[0005]

In such a hitting ball firing handle, when the player intends to hit a single shot during the game as described above, the switch lever is on the handle body side, so that it is manually operated. When the operation lever is rotated, the finger moves away from the switch lever, and it is not easy to push the switch lever while holding and fixing the operation lever at the desired rotation position with the finger. The turning position of the operating lever, which is always energized, went wrong and the ball could not be fired as expected, so there was the trouble of having to readjust. Therefore, the coin is interposed between the operation lever and the handle body, and the operation lever is forcibly fixed at the desired rotation position, and the hand is only in light contact with the operation lever, and the operation lever does not rotate unnecessarily. There is a player who is trying to. However, if such means is adopted, the hitting ball firing handle may be damaged due to the operation lever rattling.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and eliminates the troublesomeness of the player by making it possible to easily perform a single shot and at the same time, shoots a ball in a pachinko gaming machine that is not damaged. It is intended to provide a handle.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a hitting ball launching handle in a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention has a handle body equipped with an operating lever for adjusting the strength of the hitting ball. The player touches the touch switch by hand to drive the electric drive source for launching a hit ball.
A ball hitting handle provided with an energizing part, in which the handle body and the operating lever are made non-conductive, and the energizing part is provided on the surface of the operating lever where it can be easily contacted and separated by a finger grasped. Consists of.

As described above, since the current-carrying portion is provided on the surface of the operation lever where the grasped finger can be easily contacted and separated,
Even if the operating lever is rotated, the energizing part does not move away,
The fingers can be easily moved and single shots can be easily performed. Therefore, the fixed position of the operation lever is not accidentally changed, and the player can enjoy the game comfortably and comfortably. In addition, there is little damage and extra loss is suppressed for the pachinko hall.

Further, the operating lever is divided into a non-conductive lever portion and a conductive lever portion as a current-carrying portion replaceable with the non-conductive lever portion. By providing the above, not only the plated portion is small and it can be manufactured at low cost, but also when replacing due to defective plating, there are few members and it is economical.

It is preferable that the current-carrying portion is provided in the vicinity of a finger-holding portion which is an operating lever and is provided on a peripheral surface of the operating lever.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment of a hitting ball firing handle in a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a front plate having a glass plate holding frame, a hitting ball supply tray, and a front lower plate having an extra ball receiving tray are opened. . The pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with an outer frame 2 which is frame-formed in a vertically long rectangular shape, and a front frame body 4 which is attached to one side of the outer frame 2 by a hinge mechanism 3 so as to be openable and closable. A glass plate holding frame 5 is pivotably supported on one side of the front surface of the glass plate 4 so as to be openable and closable. Reference numeral 7 denotes a front plate having a hitting ball supply tray 6 provided on the front surface thereof. The front plate 7 is pivotally supported on the front frame 4 by a hinge mechanism 7b provided on one side thereof so as to be openable and closable. The front plate can be opened after the glass plate holding frame 5 is opened because the glass plate holding frame 5 is superposed on the lower edge of the glass plate holding frame 5. Reference numeral 9 denotes a front lower plate formed of a metal plate such as an iron plate. A plastic decorative cover body 8 is provided on the front surface of the front lower plate 9, and the front lower plate 9 can be freely opened and closed by a hinge mechanism 9b. Since it is pivotally supported and its upper edge portion overlaps with the lower edge portion of the front plate 7, the front lower plate 9 can be opened after opening the front plate 7.

The front frame 4 is formed of a metal plate such as an iron plate, has a substantially square opening formed in the upper portion thereof, and has a plate-like portion 10 formed in the lower portion thereof. The game board 11 is detachably attached to the back side of the opening so as to cover the opening. The opening is formed in an arc shape so that one side of the lower part thereof extends along the outer peripheral surface of the circular guide rail 12 forming the game area of the game board 11, and the ball is hit on the arc shape forming surface 13. A ball outlet 15 communicating with the ball introducing portion 14 of the supply tray 6 is opened. Further, in the plate-like portion 10 below the opening, the ball-striking device 16 and the surplus balls of the ball-striking plate 6 are guided to the surplus-ball receiving plate 17 inside the decorative cover 8 or the ball-striking device 16 shoots the ball. When the foul becomes a foul, the passage structure 18 for guiding the foul ball to the surplus ball tray 17 is attached. The front frame 4
Is attached to the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable with the hinge mechanism 3 as a fulcrum.

The front frame 4 has a pachinko gaming machine 1
The main game components of are collectively provided. That is, a decorative rail decoration member 19 formed of a synthetic resin on the upper front surface of the front frame body 4 so as to cover the outside of the game area of the game board 11, and a guide rail 12 similarly caused by a collision of a hit ball.
A rail deformation preventing member 20 made of synthetic resin is provided to prevent deformation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 outside the game area of the game board 11 and a certificate stamping member for sticking a certificate showing that the pachinko gaming machine 1 has passed the inspection. 21 is provided. Reference numeral 22 denotes a locking mechanism provided on one side of the front frame body 4 for locking or opening the front frame body 4 with respect to the outer frame 2 and the glass plate holding frame 5 with respect to the front frame body 4, respectively.

The glass plate holding frame 5 is formed in such a size that it covers the upper half of the front frame 4 over its entire width, and a square opening is formed in the center thereof so that the game area of the game board 11 can be seen. The main frame 5a is made of synthetic resin, and the reinforcing metal plate 5b is attached to the back side of the main frame 5a. The reinforcing metal plate 5b is integrally provided with a groove frame member 5c formed in a U shape so as to surround the left and right side portions and the lower side portion of the main body frame 5a excluding the upper side portion, Two inner and outer glass plates 23 through which the game board 11 can be seen are inserted and fitted from above and held in the groove frame member 5c.

The pachinko balls stored in the hitting ball supply tray 6 are arranged in a line and guided to the back surface from a ball exit 7a formed in the front plate 7 and fed to the hitting ball launching device 16 in a continuous state. ing. Also, a hitting ball supply plate 6
The left side of the front is a dome-shaped space 2 with the front open
4 is formed, and an ashtray 26 is rotatably supported forward in the space 24 in the space 24.

As shown in FIG. 3, the surplus ball receiving tray 17 inside the decorative cover body 8 has a circular shape that covers the front surface of the lower tray 27 and the speaker 28 for guiding the surplus balls of the hit ball supplying tray 6 to the surplus ball receiving tray 17. The punching metal 29 is facing. In addition, a circular ball removal hole 30 is formed at the bottom of the surplus ball receiving tray 17, and the ball removal hole 30 is operated by pressing a ball removal button 31 provided on the front surface of the decorative cover body 8 so as to be retractable. By moving the shutter plate and opening the ball removing hole 30, the pachinko balls in the surplus ball receiving tray 17 are discharged and the pachinko balls can be transferred to a ball case or the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a cutout 33 for fixing the hitting ball firing handle 32 is formed on the right side of the surplus ball receiving tray 17 of the decorative cover body 8. The notch 33
A cloud-shaped mounting portion 34 is bulged in the
Is formed and the positioning boss 36 is projected,
A rectangular window 37 is formed, and a rod-shaped terminal 39 of one connector 38 in which a signal line is wired to the hitting ball launching device 16 is projectingly provided in the window 37. Further, 40 is a mounting guide rail projectingly provided in a portion corresponding to the outer surface of the surplus ball receiving tray 17 so as to be parallel to the rod-shaped terminal 39.

As shown in FIG. 5, the hitting ball launching handle 32 comprises a handle body 42 formed by fixing a rear member 41a and a front member 41b with screws 43, and the handle body 42 is made of a synthetic resin material. It is non-conductive. Further, the upper surface of the handle main body 42 is formed in a form in which the surface is continuous as a continuous curved surface from the continuous portion 32a that is recessed in a smooth U-shape to the cylindrical portion 32b. Further, the hitting ball firing handle 32 is formed in a form of being continuous with the decorative cover body 8 as a continuous curved surface.

A micro switch 44 is provided in the handle body 42, and a rotary encoder 45 as a rotation angle detector is provided at the center of the cylindrical portion 32b. 46 is the rotary encoder 45 screw 4
7 is a mounting plate provided to be fixed to the inner surface of the front member 41b by 7. Reference numeral 48 denotes a disc-shaped operation lever which is attached to a rotary shaft 49 of a rotary encoder 45 so as to be rotatable in a vertical plane.
The operating lever 48 is divided into an upper non-conductive lever portion 48a and a lower conductive lever portion 48b, and the non-conductive lever portion 48a is integrally formed with a pair of mounting pieces 50a, 50a having screw insertion holes 50. Is provided on the conductive lever portion 4
8b is provided with a screw hole 51 corresponding to each mounting piece 50a. Then, both screw insertion holes 50 and screw holes 51
And the screw 52 is screwed into each of the screw holes 51 through the screw insertion holes 50.
The conductive lever portion 48b and the conductive lever portion 48b are both replaceable.

On the outer peripheral surface of the non-conductive lever portion 48a, three finger hook portions 53 are provided in a protruding manner, and these finger hook portions 53 are formed in a slit groove 54 formed between both members 41a and 41b of the handle body 42. Projected from. The conductive lever portion 48
b is an energizing portion, and one end edge of the energizing portion reaches the vicinity of the finger hook portion 53a at one end of the non-conductive lever portion 48a.
A thumb is usually placed on the finger rest 53a, and when the operating lever 48 is gripped by the hand, the thumb can easily be brought into and out of contact with the conductive lever portion 48b. Reference numeral 55 is a coil spring that biases the operating lever 48 in the counterclockwise direction.

Reference numeral 56 designates a link rotatably provided on the rear member 41a by a screw 57 for operating the touch piece 44a of the microswitch 44.
As shown in FIG. 6, one end portion 58 faces the touch piece 44 a, and the other end portion 59 has an action piece 6 projecting from the side surface of the operation lever 48.
A receiving piece 61 that can engage with 0 is provided in a protruding manner. When the operation lever 48 is located at the initial position by the bias of the coil spring 55, the action piece 60 engages with the receiving piece 61,
The one end portion 58 of the link 56 pushes the touch piece 44a to turn off the micro switch 44, and the operation lever 48 is rotated against the bias of the coil spring 55 so that the engagement piece 60 and the receiving piece 61 are engaged with each other. As a result, the one end portion 58 is rotated, the contact piece 44a is opened, and the micro switch 44 is turned on.

Reference numeral 62 denotes a connector in which signal lines are wired to the rotary encoder 45 and the micro switch 44, and the connector 62 is provided on the rear member 41a of the handle main body 42 so as to be paired with the connector 38. Then, a guide groove 63 into which the mounting guide rail 40 is fitted is formed in a portion of the rear member 41a facing the outer side surface of the surplus ball receiving tray 17. In addition, 64 is the positioning boss 3
6 is a cylindrical portion formed in the rear member 41a for fitting the 6 into the fitting.

In the handle body 42, after the rear member 41a and the front member 41b are fixed by the screws 43, the guide groove 63 is aligned with the mounting guide rail 40, and the positioning boss 36 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 64. By pressing the handle body 42 along the attachment guide rail 40 as it is, the connector 62 is coupled to the connector 38, and the handle body 42 is attached to the attachment portion 34. Then, the screw 65 is passed through the back hole 41 from the back side of the front lower plate 9 and screwed into the rear member 41a, so that the handle body 4
2, that is, the hit ball firing handle 32 can be assembled to the cutout 33 of the decorative cover body 8.

In the pachinko gaming machine 1, as shown in FIG. 8, the conductive lever portion 48 of the hitting ball firing handle 32.
b, that is, the energizing portion is connected to the touch detection circuit K, and the touch detection circuit K is connected to the touch switch T. Further, a firing rotary solenoid R as an electric drive source for firing is connected to the micro switch 44 in order to reciprocally rotate the mallet arm 16a attached to the hitting ball launching device 16 to launch the ball, and further the micro switch 44 is It is connected to the touch switch T. in this way,
The touch switch T and the micro switch 44 are connected in series to the firing rotary solenoid R. The touch switch T is connected to a power source D, and the firing rotary solenoid R is driven by simultaneously turning on the touch switch T and the micro switch 44.

The hitting ball firing handle 32 is constructed as described above, and when the player is not playing the game with the pachinko gaming machine 1, the operating lever 48 is stopped at the initial position by the bias of the coil spring 55. At this time, of the operation lever 48,
Almost non-conductive lever portion 48a is exposed to the outside. Therefore, for example, only by touching the non-conductive lever portion 48a of the operating lever 48 in this state, the firing rotary solenoid R is not driven and the hit ball is not fired. Then, the player attaches to the pachinko gaming machine 1 and hits the ball supply plate 6
When a pachinko ball is supplied to the grip and the ball hitting handle 32 is gripped and the operating lever 48 is rotated against the coil spring 55 as shown by the chain line in FIG. 7, the action piece 60 separates from the link 56, so that one end 58 The touch piece 44 held by
a is released, and the micro switch 44 is turned on. At the same time, the conductive lever portion 48b, which is a current-carrying portion, is largely exposed to the outside. Therefore, by stopping and fixing the operation lever 48 at a desired position and bringing the thumb into contact with the conductive lever portion 48b, the touch switch T is turned on, the rotary rotary solenoid R is driven, and a hit ball is shot.

When a single shot is to be made on the way, the thumb which is in contact with the conductive lever portion 48b is once released, and the contact and separation are repeated depending on the timing. Since the conductive lever portion 48b, which is a current-carrying portion, is provided on the surface of the operating lever 48, the distance from the current-carrying portion does not change even when the operating lever 48 is rotated, and the conductive lever portion 48b does not move. Since the grasped finger is located at a position where it can be easily contacted and separated, the finger can be easily moved and a single shot can be easily performed. Therefore, the fixed position of the operation lever 48 is not accidentally changed.

The hitting ball firing handle according to the present invention is
Although the rotating operation lever has been described, the present invention can also be applied to an operation lever that linearly reciprocates.

[0028]

As described above, according to the hitting ball launching handle of the present invention, the handle body and the operating lever are made non-conductive, and the surface of the operating lever is provided with a current-carrying portion at a portion where a finger grasped can be easily contacted and separated. Since the configuration is provided, the finger can be easily moved and a single shot can be easily performed. Therefore, the fixed position of the operation lever is not accidentally misplaced, the player can enjoy the game comfortably without feeling bothersome, and the damage is less and the extra loss for the pachinko hall can be suppressed. it can. Furthermore,
Since the hitting ball can be fired after turning the operation lever to the desired position, it is possible to eliminate the inadvertently firing the hitting ball while turning to the desired position.

If the operating lever is divided into a non-conductive lever part and a replaceable conductive lever part, and the conductive lever part is used as a current-carrying part, the plated part is small and the manufacturing cost is low. In addition to being able to do it, it is economical because it requires few parts even if it is replaced due to defective plating.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the glass plate holding frame, a front plate and a front lower plate are opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a decorative cover body.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the decorative cover with a hitting ball firing handle removed.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a hitting ball firing handle.

FIG. 6 is a plan cross-sectional view of a hitting ball firing handle portion attached to a decorative cover body.

FIG. 7 is a front sectional view of the same.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a hit ball firing handle.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine 32 ball firing handle 42 handle body 48 Control lever 48a Non-conductive lever part 48b Current-carrying part (conductive lever part) 53 Finger hook R launching rotary solenoid T touch switch

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A handle body is equipped with an operation lever for adjusting the strength of the hitting ball's resilience, and a player manually touches and turns on a touch switch to drive an electric drive source for launching the hitting ball. A hitting ball firing handle provided with a current-carrying part,
A hitting ball launching handle for a pachinko gaming machine, wherein the handle body and the operating lever are made non-conductive, and the conducting portion is provided on a surface of the operating lever where it can be easily brought into and out of contact with a grasped finger. 2. The handle body is equipped with an operation lever for adjusting the strength of the resilience of a hit ball, and a player manually touches and turns on a touch switch to drive an electric drive source for launching a hit ball. A hitting ball firing handle provided with a current-carrying part,
The operation lever is divided into a non-conductive lever section and a conductive lever section as a current-carrying section that can be exchanged with each other. A hitting ball firing handle for a characteristic pachinko machine. 3. The hitting ball launching handle for a pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the energizing portion is an operating lever and is provided in the vicinity of a finger hook portion projectingly provided on a peripheral surface of the operating lever.