JP2003169909A - Shooting ball-launching device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shooting ball-launching device which directly imparts a stimulation to a game player who is playing, and can apply a strong impact. <P>SOLUTION: A stimulation-imparting solenoid 42 and a protrusion member 43 which is connected with the solenoid 42 are provided in a cap body 37 for a handle grip section 31 of this shooting ball-launching device 17. By a motion instruction from a main board, the stimulation-imparting solenoid 42 is excited, and the protrusion member 43 is projected from the cap body 37. Then, the protrusion member 43 is directly brought into contact with the hand H of the game player who grips the handle grip section 31. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hitting ball launching device for a player to launch a game ball.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game machine such as a pachinko machine is provided with a hitting ball launching device for shooting a game ball in a game area of a game board. That is, in the outer frame that forms the outer frame of the machine in the game machine, a middle frame, which is also referred to as a mounting frame for the game board, is installed, and upper and lower ball plates for storing game balls are provided on the lower front side of the middle frame. It is installed. The hitting ball launching device having an operation knob (grip portion) protruding toward the front of the machine is provided on the right side of the front surface of the lower ball dish.

In a gaming machine provided with such a hitting ball launching device, a game ball is launched in a game area of a game board when a player turns the operation knob. At the same time, depending on the amount of rotation operation of the operation knob,
The strength of the batted ball (game ball) to be launched can be determined. When the game ball wins a predetermined winning opening provided in the game area, a symbol combination game is played on the symbol display device provided on the game board. In addition, as a result of the game, a predetermined symbol combination is formed,
A jackpot state that is advantageous to the player is given.

By the way, in the above-mentioned gaming machine, when the symbol is changed on the symbol display device or when the big hit state is confirmed, the player is notified of the state. Then, as the status notification during the game, for example, a lamp member provided at an edge of the game machine is generally made to emit light, or a speaker provided in the game machine outputs a sound.

However, since various audio information and visual information are flooded around the player, the visual or auditory notification method using the lamp member or the speaker is lacking in novelty. easy. Therefore, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-148312, there has been proposed a method of using the hitting ball launching device to notify a player of a playing state by a so-called tactile method. That is, a vibrating device is provided inside the operation knob that constitutes the hitting ball launching device, and by vibrating the vibrating device, the vibration is transmitted to the player's palm through the operation knob. Therefore, the player can obtain a feeling different from the visual or auditory notification method as the notification method of the status notification during the game.

[0006]

However, the notification configuration described in the above publication has the following problems. That is, since the vibration generated by the vibrating device is indirectly transmitted to the player's palm through the operation knob of the ball striking device, there is a problem that it is difficult to give a strong impact to the player.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to directly give a stimulus to a player during a game and give a strong impact to the player. To provide.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is such that a grip portion to be gripped when a player performs a game ball shooting operation, and an operation from a control means. In response to an instruction, a stimulating member that projects the stimulating member outward from the surface of the grip portion, and that stimulates the player's hand holding the grip portion by the contact of the stimulating member. The point is to have prepared.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the hitting ball launching device according to the first aspect, the stimulating member is a projecting member having a projecting portion configured to be retractable from the surface of the grip portion. The gist is that the stimulus applying means includes the protrusion member and a drive member that is connected to the protrusion member and imparts a retracting action.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the hitting ball launching device according to the first or second aspect, the stimulating means can change at least one of a stimulating interval and a number of times. What is done is the summary.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a hitting ball launching device provided in a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as "gaming machine") will be described with reference to FIGS.

As schematically shown in FIG. 1, a vertical rectangular middle frame 12 for setting various game components is opened / closed / removed on the front side of an opening of an outer frame 11 forming the outer frame of the game machine 10. It is freely assembled. Also, the middle frame 1
On the front side of 2, a front frame 14 and an upper bowl plate 15 having a glass frame for transparently protecting the game board 13 arranged inside the machine are provided.
Both are assembled and aligned so that they can be opened and closed in a sideways open state.
Further, below the upper ball plate 15, a lower ball plate 16 and a ball striking device 17 are provided. The lower ball plate 16 and the hitting ball launching device 17 are attached to the lower portion of the middle frame 12 in a unitized state.

At the approximate center of the game area of the game board 13,
A symbol display device 18 for changing symbols and playing a symbol combination game is arranged. The symbol display device 18 can display symbols in a plurality of columns (for example, three columns) for each column. Then, the player can recognize the big hit state, the reach state or the out-of-range state by the combination of the symbols. In addition, the big hit state indicates a state in which all the symbols form a combination of the same symbols and are definitely stopped, and the reach state indicates that the symbols in two specific rows out of the symbols in each row are the same symbol. The state is shown. Further, the out-of-position state indicates a state in which the symbols in the three rows do not form a combination of the same symbols but are definitely stopped.

Below the symbol display device 18, an ordinary electric accessory 22 which is opened and closed by a solenoid (not shown).
The starting winning opening 22 provided with a is arranged. On the symbol display device 18, a symbol variation (symbol combination game) is performed on the basis of a game ball winning the start winning hole 22. Further, below the starting winning opening 22, a large winning opening 23 for opening and closing is provided. Then, in a big hit state, the special winning opening 23 is opened, and a lot of prize balls are paid out to the player by winning the game balls in the big winning opening 23.

Here, the hitting ball launching device 17 having the characteristic structure of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the hitting ball launching device 17 includes a handle grip portion 31 as a grip portion exposed to the outside of the machine, a hitting ball driving unit 32 provided inside the machine, and a launch control board 33. There is.

The handle grip portion 31 has a support 3
5, the operating lever 36 and the cap body 37 substantially form the outer appearance thereof. The support body 35 that constitutes the base end side (the rear surface side of the machine) of the handle grip portion 31 is formed of a cylindrical tubular portion 35a and a substantially hemispherical fixed portion 35b, and the tubular portion 35a is a lower bowl dish. It is fixedly connected to the 16 (middle frame 12) side. The fixed portion 35b, which is integrally connected to the tubular portion 35a, has a diameter-expanded portion facing the front side of the machine.

Further, on the peripheral surface of the fixing portion 35b, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the pressing protrusion 3 of the solenoid switch 52 (shown in FIG. 2) provided in the handle grip portion 31.
8 is arranged so as to be exposed to the outside. The solenoid switch 52 is a so-called push button type switch, and the firing control board 33 is provided so that the game ball is not fired toward the game area while the pressing protrusion 38 is being pressed.
An off signal is output to the. Also,
In the present embodiment, the solenoid switch 52
Since the pressing projection 38 is not a main part, the pressing projection 3
8 is shown only in FIG.

A disc-shaped operation lever 36 is provided on the front surface side of the fixed portion 35b of the support 35, and the operation lever 36 is a fixed portion of the support 35 in a fixed state. It is assembled so as to be rotatable with respect to 35b. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of finger contact portions 36a are integrally formed at predetermined intervals on the outer peripheral portion of the operation lever 36, and the fingertips of the player are suitably hooked. It is like this. The operating lever 36 is always biased by a biasing member (not shown) in a direction opposite to the direction of the rotational operation (clockwise direction in FIG. 1) (that is,
Biased in the return direction).

A ring-shaped touch sensing ring 39 is provided between the operating lever 36 and the fixed portion 35b of the support 35.
Is provided. The touch sensing ring 39 is the support 3
It is attached to the outer periphery of the enlarged diameter portion of the fixed portion 35b of No. 5 at a position where the player comes into contact when operating the hitting ball launching device 17, and is made of a conductive metal. The touch sensing ring 39 allows the player to handle the handle grip portion 31 by detecting the contact of the player.
The detection signal that the user is gripping is output to the emission control board 33.

A dome-shaped cap body 37 is attached to the front side of the operation lever 36.
The cap body 37 is fixed to the fixed portion 35 b of the support body 35. Then, the player handles the handle grip 31
When gripping, the surface 37a of the cap body 37 is covered by the player's hand H (palm). In addition, the fixed portion 35b of the support body 35 that faces the operation lever 36 with the operation lever 36 interposed therebetween.
The cap body 37 and the cap body 37 have a substantially spherical shape in a combined state.

An accommodating portion 40 is formed inside the cap body 37, and a communication hole 41 for communicating the accommodating portion 40 with the outside is formed in the center of the front surface side of the cap body 37. . A stimulating solenoid 42 as a driving member and a protruding member 43 as a stimulating member are housed in a housing portion 40 in the cap body 37. The protrusion member 43 is connected to a rod 44 protruding from the stimulation applying solenoid 42, and reciprocating motion is imparted via the rod 44. The stimulation applying solenoid 42 and the projection member 43 constitute a stimulation applying means.

The projection member 43 is formed in a block shape as a whole, and the tip portion of the projection member 4 is formed in a convex curved shape.
3a. Further, the projecting member 43 is arranged corresponding to the communication hole 41, and reciprocates while being guided by the communication hole 41, so that the projecting member 43 moves in and out of the surface 37a of the cap body 37. It has become. As a result, the projecting member 43 can be moved in and out between the first position (see FIG. 4) and the second position (see FIG. 2) when the stimulation applying solenoid 42 is excited or demagnetized.

That is, the first position is a position where the stimulating solenoid 42 is excited and the projection 43a projects outward from the surface 37a of the cap body 37 through the communication hole 41. At this position, the projecting member 43 comes into contact with the player's hand H (palm), and stimulation is applied. On the other hand, the second
As for the position, the protruding member 43 is retracted toward the accommodation portion 40 side,
3a shows a position where the cap 3 does not protrude from the surface 37a of the cap body 37. At this position, the projecting member 43 does not come into contact with the player's hand H (palm), and no stimulation is applied.

In the present embodiment, the stimulating solenoid 42 is demagnetized and the projecting member 43 is arranged at the second position except when the state is notified, that is, except when the symbol fluctuation start and the big hit state are described later. . The outside of the surface 37a of the cap body 37 indicates the direction of the hand H (palm) of the player holding the handle grip portion 31. Further, in FIG. 2, the projection 43 a of the projection member 43 arranged at the second position is located inward (toward the accommodation section 40) of the surface 37 a of the cap body 37, but You may arrange | position so that it may become flush with the surface 37a.
Further, the protruding member 43 may be formed of an elastic body such as rubber, or may be formed of a hard synthetic resin or the like.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hitting ball drive unit 3 which constitutes the hitting ball launching device 17 and is disposed inside the machine.
2 launches a game ball to the game area of the game board 13 based on the turning operation of the operation lever 36 of the handle grip portion 31. The hitting ball drive unit 32 includes a hitting ball launching solenoid 45, and a hitting bar 46 is connected to a rotary shaft of the hitting ball launching solenoid 45. Then, the game ball supplied from the upper ball plate 15 is flipped by the batting rod 46 based on the operation of the batting ball firing solenoid 45. As a result, the launch rail 19 provided on the back surface side of the upper bowl 15
The game ball is released to the game area of the game board 13 via (shown by the dotted line in FIG. 1).

The firing control board 3 disposed inside the machine
The input / output control unit 3 controls input / output of the hit ball firing solenoid 45 of the hit ball drive unit 32 and electric parts provided in the handle grip unit 31.

Here, the electrical components that are provided in the handle grip portion 31 and are involved in firing a ball will be briefly described. A firing control resistor 51 having an adjusting shaft (not shown) is incorporated in the fixed portion 35b of the support body 35, and the adjusting shaft is inserted and engaged with the operation lever 36. As a result, the resistance of the firing control resistor 51 changes according to the amount of rotation operation of the operation lever 36, and the amount of rotation operation of the operation lever 36 can be detected. Further, the touch sensing ring 39 is used as a sensor for detecting whether or not the player is gripping the touch sensing ring 39, that is, the handle grip portion 31.
Also, the solenoid switch 52 is used for the operation lever 3
A switch for forcibly stopping the emission of the game ball during the operation of 6 is adapted to output an OFF signal to the emission control board 33 when the pressing protrusion 38 is pressed.

Next, the electrical construction of the hitting ball launching device 17 will be described with reference to FIG. A main control board (hereinafter, referred to as “main board”) 53 is mounted on the back side of the gaming machine 10 as a control means for controlling the contents of the game as a whole. The main board 53 includes a CPU 61 that controls the entire gaming machine 10, a ROM 62, and a RAM 63. The ROM 62 stores a game control program for controlling the gaming machine 10. Further, in the present embodiment, the ROM 62 stores a plurality of stimulus applying patterns in which the intervals and the number of ON / OFF signals to the stimulus applying solenoid 42 are appropriately changed. Further, the RAM 63 is adapted to store and hold data which is rewritten during the game.

A power supply board 54 provided on the back side of the gaming machine 10 is connected to the main board 53, and the main board 53 is connected to the main board 53 via the power supply board 54 to supply power to a game arcade (AC24).
V) is supplied. In addition, the main substrate 53
A stimulus applying solenoid 42 is connected to the CP
The U 61 outputs an on / off signal to the stimulus applying solenoid 42 based on the extracted stimulus applying pattern of the ROM 62.

The power supply board 54 includes a firing control board 33.
The firing control board 33 is connected to the main board 53.
It is designed to receive power independently from the above.
The hit control board 33 is connected to a hit ball launching solenoid 45 that constitutes the hit ball driving unit 32, the launch control resistor 51 provided in the handle grip 31, a touch sensing ring 39, and a solenoid switch 52. Then, the firing control board 33 receives the detection signal from the touch sensing ring 39 to determine whether to allow the drive signal to be output to the hitting ball firing solenoid 45. Further, the firing control board 33 is adapted to determine the strength of the ball firing by the ball firing solenoid 45 in accordance with the change in the resistance from the firing control resistor 51. further,
When the off signal from the solenoid switch 52 is input, the launch control board 33 receives the detection signal from the touch sensing ring 39, and then hits the ball launch solenoid 45.
No drive signal is output to the solenoid 45 and the drive of the solenoid 45 is stopped.

Next, the operation of the hitting ball launching device 17 configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, when the player grips the handle grip portion 31 with the hand H from the front side and contacts the touch sensing ring 39, the firing control board 33 causes the operating lever 36 to hang the player's hand H. Determine that Then, the player uses the finger rest 36 of the operation lever 36.
When a finger is hooked on a and the hand is twisted to rotate the operation lever 36, according to the output value of the firing control resistor 51 which is interlocked with the rotation operation, the ball is emitted from the firing control board 33 to the hitting firing solenoid. The drive signal is intermittently output to 45.
Then, the hit ball firing solenoid 45 is excited at the timing of this drive signal, and the game ball is hit by the hit ball 46 connected to the hit ball launch solenoid 45 through the launch rail 19,
It is sequentially launched in the game area of the game board 13.

Here, the output value of the firing control resistor 51 changes according to the turning operation amount of the operation lever 36. Therefore, the hit ball firing solenoid 4 that is affected by the output value
The strength of the hit ball fired by 5 is adjusted according to the turning operation amount of the operation lever 36. The operation lever 36
With respect to the ball firing of the ball firing solenoid 45 based on the above operation, the firing control board 33 is conditioned that the pressing protrusion 38 is not pressed, that is, the off signal is not input from the solenoid switch 52.

Further, when the player's thumb or the like presses the pressing protrusion 38 while the operation lever 36 is being operated and an off signal is input from the solenoid switch 52 to the firing control board 33, the firing control board 33 is The driving of the hit ball firing solenoid 45 is stopped, and the firing of the game ball is temporarily stopped.

Now, the game balls that have been launched into the game area of the game board 13 fall along the front surface of the game board 13 and win each winning opening including the starting winning opening 22 or are located at the bottom of the playing area. It is discharged to the rear side of the machine through the outlet 20 (see FIG. 1). Then, when a symbol variation starts in the symbol display device 18, such as when a game ball wins the starting winning opening 22, the CPU 61 of the main board 53 simultaneously with FIG.
Stimulation solenoid 4 at the timing shown in FIG.
Output an on / off signal to 2. This on / off signal is a signal corresponding to the stimulus imparting pattern of the symbol variation start among the plurality of stimulus imparting patterns stored in the ROM 62, and this stimulus imparting pattern is before the start of the symbol variation (symbol combination game). To be extracted. Further, in the stimulation applying pattern corresponding to the start of the pattern variation shown in FIG. 6A, the on / off signal is output to the stimulation applying solenoid 42 three times at intervals of 1000 ms. The output of this on / off signal corresponds to an operation instruction from the main control board 53 to the stimulation applying solenoid 42.

On the other hand, the stimulus applying solenoid 42 which has received the ON / OFF signal is excited by the ON signal. Then, the stimulus applying solenoid 42 is the second one until then.
The protruding member 43 arranged at the position (inward of the surface 37a) is projected from the surface 37a of the cap body 37 and moved to the first position (outward of the surface 37a). The protruding member 43 moved to the first position is the hand H of the player.
Contact the (palm) and apply a stimulus (stimulation by impact at the time of contact) directly. Further, the stimulation applying solenoid 42 is demagnetized by the OFF signal, and retracts the protruding member 43 arranged at the first position to the second position inside the surface 37 a of the cap body 37.

Then, with the input of the ON / OFF signal from the main board 53 three times, the stimulation applying solenoid 42 repeats the excitation and the demagnetization three times, and the surface 37a of the cap body 37.
The projecting member 43 projecting from the cap body 37 is brought into contact with the hand H (palm) of the player who is gripping so as to cover 3 times. As a result, the player to whom the stimulus is applied can detect that the variation of the symbol has started with the hand H, and can obtain a novel sensation different from the visual or auditory sensation of the lamp or the speaker, for example. it can. Further, unlike the conventional method in which the vibration is indirectly applied to the player's hand H, the projection member 43 directly applies the stimulation to the player's hand H (palm), which is strong for the player. It can have an impact.

Further, the communication hole 41 through which the protruding member 43 passes.
Is formed on the front surface side of the cap body 37, the projecting member 43 projects from the inside of the cap body 37 toward the machine front surface side and contacts the palm of the player. Since the palm has a larger area and is more sensitive than a finger or the like, the player can be surely given a stimulus. Furthermore, since the stimulus applying solenoid 42 is operated three times at intervals of 1000 ms, it is possible to give a certain stimulus to the player, unlike the case where it is operated only once, for example. Also,
Since the player is stimulated by the projecting member 43 having the convex projecting portion 43a formed at the tip thereof, the impact is further stronger than in the case where vibration is transmitted to the player.

By the way, the projection member 4 in the present embodiment
The state notification by 3 is performed not only at the start of symbol fluctuation, but also when all symbols are fixedly stopped at the same symbol, that is, the big hit state is informed. As a result of the symbol combination game on the symbol display device 18, when the symbol combination mode in which all the symbols are the same is displayed, at the same time, the CP of the main board 53 is displayed.
U61 outputs an ON / OFF signal to the stimulation applying solenoid 42 at the timing shown in FIG. 6 (b). This on / off signal is a signal corresponding to the stimulus imparting pattern of the big hit state notification among the plurality of stimulus imparting patterns stored in the ROM 62, and the stimulus imparting pattern is before the start of the symbol variation (symbol combination game). To be extracted. Further, in the stimulus applying pattern corresponding to the start of the symbol variation shown in FIG. 6B, the stimulus applying solenoid 42 outputs an ON / OFF signal five times at intervals of 500 ms.

Then, with the input of the ON / OFF signal from the main substrate 53 five times, the stimulation applying solenoid 42 repeats the excitation and the demagnetization five times as described above. As a result, the player's hand H (palm) held so as to cover the surface 37a of the cap body 37 is brought into contact with the projecting member 43 protruding from the cap body 37 five times, and the player develops into a big hit state. You can sense what you have done. At this time, the stimulating solenoid 42 is excited at an interval and the number of times different from those at the start of the symbol variation, and the stimulus is given to the hand H of the player, so that the player is informed of either the symbol variation start or the big hit state. You can easily recognize what is done. The operation interval and the number of times of the stimulation applying solenoid 42 (projection member 43) described above can be appropriately changed.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. (1) In the above-described embodiment, the stimulation applying solenoid 42 and the projection member 43 connected to the solenoid 42 are provided in the cap body 37 of the handle grip portion 31, and the stimulation applying solenoid 4 is operated by the operation instruction from the main board 53.
2 was excited to project the protruding member 43 from the cap body 37. Then, the protruding member 43 was brought into contact with the hand H (palm) of the player who holds the handle grip portion 31.
For this reason, the stimulus is directly applied to the player during the game, and compared with the conventional case where the vibration is transmitted indirectly,
It can have a strong impact.

(2) In the above embodiment, the protruding portion 43a having a convex shape is formed at the tip of the protruding member 43. Therefore, a stronger impact can be given as compared with the case where vibration is transmitted to the player by the protrusion 43a.

(3) In the above embodiment, R of the main substrate 53
In the OM 62, a plurality of stimulus applying patterns in which the interval and the number of ON / OFF signals to the stimulus applying solenoid 42 are appropriately changed are stored. Therefore, by giving various stimuli with changes to the player, the player can easily recognize what state is being notified.

(4) In the above embodiment, the communicating hole 41 through which the protruding member 43 passes is formed on the front surface side of the cap body 37 so that the protruding member 43 projects toward the machine front surface side. For this reason, since the protrusion member 43 comes into contact with the palm, which is a region having a large area and high sensitivity, it is possible to reliably apply a stimulus to the player.

The above embodiment may be embodied by changing to another example as follows. In the above embodiment, the protruding member 43 is formed in a block shape, but the protruding member 43 and the communication hole 41 through which the protruding member 43 passes may be changed as shown in FIG. 7A. That is, the protruding member 43 is formed in a rod shape, and the communication hole 41 is also formed corresponding to the rod-shaped protruding member 43. By doing so, the protrusion member 43 can give a stimulating puncture to the player, and can give a stronger impact.

The projection member 43 and the communication hole 41
May be changed as shown in FIG. That is, the projection member 43 and the communication hole 41 are formed to be large so that the front surface side of the projection member 43 comes into wide contact with the palm holding the handle grip portion 31. Then, a plurality of protrusions 43a are integrally formed on the front surface side of the protrusion member 43, and the protrusion member 43 including the protrusions 43a is formed of an elastic body such as rubber or soft resin. With this configuration, when the protruding member 43 is projected and is arranged at the first position, each protrusion 43a formed of an elastic body gives an appropriate stimulus to the palm of the player, which causes fatigue of the player. Soothing effect (massage effect)
Is obtained. In such a case, a mode may be adopted in which the stimulation applying solenoid 42 can be operated at any time according to the player's preference.

Further, the protruding member 43 and the protruding member 4
3 through the communication hole 41, FIG. 8 (a) and FIG. 8 (b)
It may be changed as shown in. That is, as shown in FIG. 8 (a), a plurality of communication holes 41 are formed on the front surface side of the cap body 37, while as shown in FIG. 8 (b), a plurality of base plates 43b formed in a flat plate shape and a plurality of communication holes 41 are formed. The protrusion member 43 is configured by the protrusion 43a. Then, the base plate 43b is connected to the rod 44 of the stimulation solenoid 42 and arranged so as to move in the housing portion 40, and each protrusion 43a corresponds to each communication hole 41 with respect to the base plate 43b. To form a protrusion. Even in this case, the projecting member 43 moves between the first position and the second position, so that the player's hand H (palm) can be directly stimulated. (Note that FIG.
In (b), the case where the protrusion member 43 is arrange | positioned at the 1st position is shown. ) In the above embodiment, direct stimulus application to the player by the projection member 43 is used for state notification at the time of starting the symbol variation and at the time of notification of the big hit state, but further, for example, notification of reach state, error notification, Also, it may be used for notification of winning to each winning opening such as the starting winning opening 22 and the big winning opening 23 provided on the game board 13. Further, the operation of the protruding member 43 may inform the player of the current time, the number of games, and the like.

In the above-described embodiment, the interval and the number of times the stimulus applying solenoid 42 (projection member 43) is operated are different depending on the state of notification. However, the interval and the number of times are changed depending on the degree of expectation of developing a big hit. Good. That is, for example, the stimulus applying solenoid 42 at the start of the symbol variation
If you have a high expectation that you will activate the
By increasing the number of times and shortening the appearing and disappearing interval, the expectation for a big hit is increased by the feeling obtained from the hand H.

In the above embodiment, when the notification state is different, the stimulating solenoid 42 (projecting member 43) is configured so that the operation interval and the number of times are changed. Alternatively, the interval and the number of times may be the same in the notification of each state.

In the above-described embodiment, when the notification state is different, the stimulating solenoid 42 (projecting member 43) is configured so that the operation interval and the number of times are changed. May be configured to be changeable in strength. That is, for example, the stimulation applying solenoid 4
The output value of the on / off signal for exciting 2 is adjusted to change the protruding speed of the protruding member 43 and change the strength of stimulation. By changing the strength of the stimulus in this way, the player can easily recognize what kind of state is notified. It should be noted that the structure for changing the strength of the stimulus may be used alone, or may be added to the structure in which the interval and the number of times are changed as in the above embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the communication hole 41 is provided on the front side of the cap body 37, and the projecting member 43 projects toward the palm of the player. However, the projecting member 43 can be placed on the player's finger. Connect the communication hole 41 to the operating lever 3 so that
It may be formed in the vicinity of 6.

In the above embodiment, the tip portion (projection portion 43a) of the protruding member 43 is formed in a curved shape, but the tip portion of the protruding member 43 may be formed in a concave shape, or a flat surface (flat). You may form in a shape.

In the above embodiment, the stimulating solenoid 42 is used to drive the projecting member 43, but it may be driven using another driving member such as a motor or a cylinder. Then, by arranging these driving members including the stimulus applying solenoid 42 in the accommodating portion 40 of the cap body 37 to be gripped by the player, the vibration during the operation of the driving member is transmitted to the player through the cap body 37. Propagated. For this reason, the player is given not only direct stimulation by the projection member 43 but also vibration stimulation, so that a stronger impact can be given.

In the above embodiment, the main board 53 is configured to output an on / off signal to the stimulation applying solenoid 42. However, from another control means for performing a predetermined control based on a control instruction from the main board 53. The stimulation applying solenoid 42 may be configured to output an on / off signal. For example, as other control means, there are a symbol control board for controlling the symbol combination game, a voice control board for controlling voice (sound effects, etc.), and a lamp control board for controlling light emission decoration.

In the above embodiment, in synchronization with the timing when the projecting member 43 projects from the cap body 37,
A sound effect may be output from a speaker provided inside the aircraft. Further, it is not necessary to synchronize with the projecting timing, and it may be appropriately changed such as outputting a predetermined sound effect while the projecting operation of the projecting member 43 is repeated. In this way, by associating the stimulus by the protruding member 43 with the auditory effect, a stronger impact can be given.

In the above-described embodiment, the operation lever 36 is rotatably provided with respect to the support member 35, and the launch of a hit ball and the strength of the hit ball are determined by rotating the operation lever 36. The configuration for performing and the configuration for adjusting the strength of the hit ball may be separately provided. That is, the handle grip portion 3
1, the operating lever 36 is not provided, and the hit ball is fired only by gripping the handle grip portion 31. On the other hand, an operating lever (adjustment member) is provided at another portion so that the strength of the hit ball can be adjusted.

In the above embodiment, the stimulating solenoid 42 is provided in the accommodating portion 40 of the cap body 37, but it may be provided in the support body 35 or in the machine. Next, the technical ideas that can be grasped from the above-described embodiment and each other example will be added below.

(1) In the hitting ball launching device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the stimulus applying means applies a stimulus to the player's hand from the front side of the grip portion. A batted ball launcher configured.

(2) The hitting ball launching device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of projections are provided, and each projection is formed of an elastic body. (3) The hitting ball launching device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the stimulus applying means is configured to change the strength of the stimulus.

(4) In the ball-striking launcher according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and the technical ideas (1) to (3), the grip portion has an internal portion of the grip portion. A hitting ball launching device is provided, which is provided with a communicating portion that communicates with the outside, and the stimulating member is configured to project outward from the surface of the grip portion through the communicating portion. In the above embodiment, the communication hole 41 corresponds to the communication part.

(5) A gaming machine provided with the hitting ball launching device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and the technical ideas (1) to (4).

[0061]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to directly give a stimulus to a player who is playing a game to give a strong impact.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a hitting ball launching device with a projecting member in a second position.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a hitting ball launching device.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the hitting ball launching device with the projecting member in the first position.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration relating to a hitting ball launching device.

6A and 6B are timing charts for explaining the operation of the stimulation applying solenoid.

7 (a) and 7 (b) are cross-sectional views of essential parts showing a hitting ball launching device in another example.

FIG. 8A is a front view showing a hitting ball launching device in another example, and FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

H ... Hand, 31 ... Handle grip (grip), 4
2 ... Stimulation solenoid (stimulation means, drive member),
43 ... Projection member (stimulation member, stimulation application means), 43a ...
Protrusions, 53 ... Main control board (control means).

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A grip portion to be gripped when a player performs a game ball shooting operation, and an stimulating member protruding outward from the surface of the grip portion in response to an operation instruction from the control means, A hitting ball launching device comprising: a stimulus applying means for directly applying a stimulus to a player's hand holding the grip portion by contact with a stimulating member. 2. The stimulating member is a protrusion member having a protrusion configured to be retractable from the surface of the grip portion, and the stimulus applying unit is connected to the protrusion member and the protrusion member. The hitting ball launching device according to claim 1, further comprising: a driving member that is configured to be moved in and out. 3. The hitting ball launching device according to claim 1, wherein the stimulus applying means is configured to be able to change at least one of an interval and a number of times of applying a stimulus.