JP2006288429A - Hit ball shooting handle for pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hit ball shooting handle for a pachinko game machine, capable of minutely adjusting the resilient force of a hit ball, the strength of shooting the hit ball onto a game board of the pachinko game machine. <P>SOLUTION: The hit ball shooting handle of the pachinko game machine has a control lever 11 in the outer periphery of a handle base 3 fixed to the front of the game machine 1. The resistance of a built-in variable resistor 4 is varied by rotating the control lever and the resilient force of the hit ball by an electromagnetic actuator is adjusted, so that the carry of the hit ball is varied. The hit ball shooting handle also has a large-diameter gear 10 which rotates integrally with the control lever, and a dial 7 for fine operation is disposed in a part of the handle base in such a way as can be rotated/operated. The rotation of the dial for fine operation is decelerated as a small-diameter gear 9 disposed in the dial is engaged with the large-diameter gear, and the decelerated rotation is transmitted to the control lever. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure capable of finely adjusting the resilience of a hit ball, that is, the strength of hitting a hit ball on a game board, in a hit ball launch handle provided in a pachinko gaming machine.

As shown in Patent Document 1 below, a hitting ball launching handle of a recent pachinko gaming machine is provided with an operating lever on the outer periphery of a handle base fixed to the front surface of the gaming machine so that the player can rotate it. However, when the operating lever is rotated, the resistance value of the built-in variable resistor is changed, and the flying distance is changed by adjusting the resilience of the hit ball by an electromagnetic actuator such as a rotary solenoid. .
Patent Document 2 below shows a pachinko gaming machine provided with means for fixing the operation lever so that the operation lever can be held at an arbitrary rotation angle.
Japanese Patent No. 2995429 JP 2004-65308 A

Conventionally, the rotation angle of the operation lever has been set to approximately 90 degrees in accordance with the wrist rotation angle, and the flight distance is set to change from the minimum to the maximum within this range. For this reason, there has been a problem that the flight distance changes greatly only by slightly rotating the operation lever. That is, the conventional hitting ball launching handle can adjust the flight distance quickly and roughly, but it is difficult to finely adjust. Especially for beginners, it is difficult to adjust the flight distance appropriately, which may cause a technical gap between players.
Further, the operation lever fixing means disclosed in Patent Document 2 can hold the operation lever at an arbitrary rotation angle, but the flight distance cannot be finely adjusted.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a fine operation dial that can finely adjust the rotation angle of the operation lever so that even a beginner can easily finely adjust the flight distance of a hit ball.

For this purpose, the invention described in claim 1 is provided such that an operating lever can be rotated on the outer periphery of a handle base fixed to the front surface of the gaming machine, and the resistance of a built-in variable resistor is obtained by rotating the operating lever. A hitting ball launching handle of a pachinko gaming machine whose value changes and the spring force of the hitting ball is adjusted by an electromagnetic actuator, and is provided with a large-diameter gear that rotates integrally with an operation lever. A fine operation dial is provided at the portion so as to be rotatable, and a small-diameter gear provided on the fine operation dial is engaged with the large-diameter gear, whereby the rotation of the fine operation dial is decelerated and transmitted to the operation lever. It is characterized by doing so.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, an operating lever is rotatably provided on the outer periphery of a handle base fixed to the front surface of the gaming machine, and the resistance of the variable resistor built in by rotating the operating lever. It is a hitting ball launching handle of a pachinko gaming machine in which the value changes and the flying force of the hitting ball is adjusted by the electromagnetic actuator, and the operation lever and the variable resistor are connected via a transmission gear, A large-diameter gear that rotates integrally with the operation lever is provided, and a fine operation dial is rotatably provided on a part of the handle base, and a small-diameter gear provided on the fine operation dial is engaged with the large-diameter gear. Thus, the rotation of the fine operation dial is decelerated and transmitted to the operation lever.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the hitting ball launching handle, the fine operation dial is provided on a part of the handle base so as to be rotatable in a plane parallel to the operation lever. The outer peripheral edge of the handle is projected from the surface of the handle base.
The invention described in claim 4 is characterized in that, in the hitting ball launching handle, the fine operation dial is provided on the handle base so that the outer peripheral edge protrudes in the direction of 10 to 11 o'clock when viewed from the front. And
The invention described in claim 5 is characterized in that, in the hitting ball launching handle, the firing stop button is provided on the handle base so as to protrude in the direction of 1 to 2 o'clock when viewed from the front.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the rotation angle of the operation lever can be finely adjusted, and even the beginner can easily finely adjust the flight distance of the hit ball.
Moreover, in the hitting ball launching handle according to claim 2, in addition to being able to finely adjust the rotation angle of the operation lever, the variable resistor is protected from failure even if an unexpected excessive load is applied to the operation lever. be able to.
In the inventions described in claims 3 to 5, the operability of the hit ball launching handle can be further improved.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine, and a hitting ball launching handle 1 is provided in a protruding manner at the lower right side toward the front of the pachinko gaming machine 2. 2 is an external perspective view of the hitting ball launching handle 1, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view thereof, FIG. 4 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. In the figure, 3 is a handle base in which a hemispherical shell-shaped portion 3b is integrally formed at the tip of a cylindrical portion 3a, and a partition wall 3c is integrally formed in the hemispherical shell-shaped portion. Fixed to the front. Reference numeral 4 denotes a variable resistor (rotary encoder, volume) for detecting a rotation angle, which is inserted through a through hole formed in the central portion of the partition wall 3c and is fixed by a nut 4a. Reference numeral 5 denotes a switch fixed to the partition wall 3c by a screw 5b. Reference numeral 5a denotes a hook-shaped interlocking member pivotably mounted by a projecting support shaft 3j to operate the switch. A firing stop button 6 is integrally formed at one end of the interlocking member, and the firing stop button 6 is projected from a through hole 3k formed in the outer peripheral edge of the handle base 3.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a fine operation dial which is rotatably supported in the handle base by inserting a support shaft 8 into a shaft hole 3d formed in the other outer peripheral edge of the partition wall 3c. A small-diameter gear 9 is formed integrally with the dial. Further, the outer peripheral edge 7a of the fine operation dial is formed in a concavo-convex shape, and the outer peripheral edge protrudes from a long hole 3e formed in the hemispherical shell-shaped portion 3b.

  Also, 10 is a fan-shaped large-diameter gear, and 11 is an annular operation lever. A hollow cylindrical shaft portion 10 a is integrally formed at the center of the large-diameter gear, and the shaft portion is formed at the center of the operation lever 11. By fitting into the boss hole 11a, the operating lever and the large-diameter gear are fixed, and the rotating shaft 4b of the variable resistor 4 is inserted into the shaft portion 10a, whereby the operating lever 11 Is provided on the outer periphery of the handle base 3 so as to be rotatable. The small diameter gear 9 is meshed with the large diameter gear 10. Thus, the rotation of the fine operation dial 7 is decelerated and transmitted to the operation lever 11.

  Reference numeral 12 denotes a winding spring. The winding spring is inserted into a cylindrical column 3f formed in the handle base 3 and screwed into a nut 12b to fix one end of the winding spring to the screw 12a. Then, the other end is fixed to an engagement piece 11b formed on the operation lever 11, and the operation lever 11 is urged counterclockwise when viewed from the front. Note that a plurality of finger hooking projections 11c to 11e are formed in a mountain shape on the outer periphery of the operation lever 11 so as to be substantially spaced apart by one finger. Reference numeral 13 denotes a handle cap formed in a substantially hemispherical shell shape. The handle cap is formed by inserting three screws 13a and 13b from the rear surface into cylindrical pillars 3g and 3h formed in the handle base 3. The operation lever 11 is fixed at a predetermined gap so as to be rotatable. As shown in FIG. 5, 14 is a spherical plate fixed to the center of the handle cap 13, and 15 is a support fixed to the back surface of the spherical plate with screws 15a so as to support the spherical plate. The operating lever 11 is also rotatably supported by loosely fitting the tip of the boss 15c projecting from the center of the back surface of the support body into the boss hole 11a.

Therefore, as shown in the front view of FIG. 4, the fine operation dial 7 has the outer peripheral edge on the rear side of the operation lever 11, and the handle base 3 in the direction of 10 to 11 o'clock of the short hand of the watch when viewed from the front. Is provided so as to protrude from the surface of the control lever 11 and is rotatable in a plane parallel to the operation lever 11.
As shown in the figure, the firing stop button 6 is provided on the handle base 3 so as to protrude in the direction of 1 to 2 o'clock of the short hand of the watch when viewed from the front side behind the operation lever 11. .

  As shown in FIG. 4, the hitting ball launching handle constructed in this way normally has the operation lever 11 stationary at the initial rotation position due to the elasticity of the winding spring 12, and in this state, the operation lever 11 protrudes from the back surface of the operation lever 11. Since the stop piece 11f turns off the switch 5 via the interlocking member 5a, no hit ball is fired. Then, when the player rotates the operation lever 11 clockwise through the index finger, middle finger, etc. of the right hand between the finger hooking projections 11c to 11e, the switch 5 is turned on. As a result, an electromagnetic actuator such as a rotary solenoid in a hitting ball launcher (not shown) is actuated to hit the hit ball. The rotation of the operating lever 11 is transmitted to the rotating shaft 4b via the shaft portion 10a, and the elastic force by the electromagnetic actuator is adjusted by changing the resistance value of the variable resistor 4, thereby changing the flight distance of the hit ball.

  Further, when the operation lever 11 is rotated, the large diameter gear 10 is also rotated integrally, and the fine operation dial 7 is driven to rotate through the small diameter gear 9. At this time, since the fine operation dial 7 is located in the direction of 10-11 o'clock when viewed from the front and is positioned around the player's thumb, the player holds the operation lever 11 with another finger while holding the thumb. Thus, the fine operation dial 7 can be rotated. When the fine operation dial 7 is rotated, the rotation is reduced by being transmitted from the small diameter gear 9 to the large diameter gear 10 and transmitted to the rotating shaft 4b, and the resistance value of the variable resistor 4 is made fine. Can be changed. That is, since the resistance value of the variable resistor 4 can be finely changed by rotating the fine operation dial 7, the elastic force of the electromagnetic actuator is finely adjusted, and the hit ball is thrown to the player's desired position. be able to. The reduction ratio can be set and changed as desired by changing the number of teeth of the small-diameter gear 9 and the large-diameter gear 10. For example, the ratio is set to 1: 8. Since the operation lever 11 can directly operate the variable resistor 4, even if the fine operation dial 7 is provided, the speedy operability at the time of starting the operation is not impaired by this.

  Further, since the firing stop button 6 protrudes in the direction of 1 to 2 o'clock when viewed from the front, the player stops the firing with a fingertip such as a middle finger or a ring finger when necessary while rotating the operation lever 11. The button 6 can be operated. Accordingly, by appropriately arranging the firing stop button 6 and the fine operation dial 7 in this manner, the operability of the hitting ball launching handle is greatly improved.

  On the other hand, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show an embodiment in which an operation lever and a variable resistor are connected via a transmission gear as described in claim 2, and other configurations are the same as in the first embodiment. Therefore, the same components in FIG. That is, in the second embodiment, the transmission gear 16 is integrally formed on the outer periphery of the shaft portion 10a of the large-diameter gear 10, and the shaft body 18 having the transmission gear 17 that engages with the transmission gear is formed on the outer periphery of the variable resistor 4. The rotation of the operation lever 11 is transmitted to the variable resistor 4 via the transmission gears 16 and 17 by being fixed to the rotary shaft 4b. For this reason, in this embodiment, for example, when the operation lever 11 is fixed by inserting a foreign object such as a coin into the gap between the operation lever 11 and the handle base 3, the operation lever 11 is unexpected. Even when an excessive load is applied to the shaft portion 10a due to an offset load, the force is relieved by the mesh gap between the transmission gears 16 and 17, and the bending force is directly applied to the rotating shaft of the variable resistor 4. It is not transmitted to 4b. For this reason, the variable resistor 4 can be protected from failure such as contact failure or damage.

The front view of the pachinko game machine which provided the hitting ball launching handle concerning the present invention. The external appearance perspective view of the hitting ball launching handle concerning the present invention. The exploded perspective view of the hitting ball launching handle concerning the present invention. The front view of the hitting ball launching handle concerning the present invention. The longitudinal section of the hitting ball launching handle concerning the present invention. The exploded perspective view showing other examples of the hitting ball launching handle concerning the present invention. FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hitting ball launching handle shown in FIG. 6.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hitting ball launch handle 2 Pachinko machine 3 Handle base 4 Variable resistor 5 Switch 6 Launch stop button 7 Fine operation dial 9 Small diameter gear 10 Large diameter gear 11 Operation lever 11c-11e Finger hooking projection 16, 17 Transmission gear

Claims (5)

  An operation lever is provided on the outer periphery of the handle base fixed to the front surface of the gaming machine so that the operation lever can be rotated. By rotating the operation lever, the resistance value of the built-in variable resistor changes, and the ball is hit by the electromagnetic actuator. This is a hitting ball launcher handle for pachinko machines where the flying distance is changed by adjusting the force, and a large-diameter gear that rotates integrally with the operation lever is provided, and a fine operation dial can be rotated on a part of the handle base. A pachinko gaming machine characterized in that a rotation of the fine operation dial is decelerated and transmitted to an operation lever by engaging a small diameter gear provided on the fine operation dial with the large diameter gear. Hitting ball launcher handle.   An operation lever is provided on the outer periphery of the handle base fixed to the front surface of the gaming machine so that the operation lever can be rotated. By rotating the operation lever, the resistance value of the built-in variable resistor changes, and the ball is hit by the electromagnetic actuator. A hitting ball launching handle of a pachinko machine in which the flight distance is changed by adjusting the force, and the operation lever and the variable resistor are connected with a transmission gear interposed therebetween, and a large-diameter gear that rotates integrally with the operation lever The fine operation dial is provided on a part of the handle base so that the fine operation dial can be rotated, and the small diameter gear provided on the fine operation dial is engaged with the large diameter gear, so that the rotation of the fine operation dial is reduced. A hitting ball launching handle of a pachinko machine characterized by being transmitted to an operation lever.   The fine operation dial is provided on a part of the handle base so as to be rotatable in a plane parallel to the operation lever, and an outer peripheral edge of the fine operation dial protrudes from the surface of the handle base. Item 3. A hitting ball launching handle of a pachinko gaming machine according to item 1 or 2.   The hitting ball launching handle for a pachinko gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fine operation dial is provided on the handle base so that an outer peripheral edge projects in a direction of 10 to 11 o'clock when viewed from the front.   The hitting ball launching handle for a pachinko gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the firing stop button is provided on the handle base so as to protrude in the direction of 1 to 2 o'clock when viewed from the front.

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