JP2008279072A - Hitting handle of pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hitting handle of a pinball game machine capable of reducing the fatigue of the fingertip of a player turning a turning operation body and then blocking the action of clamping a foreign matter such as a token and fixing the turning operation body. <P>SOLUTION: In the hitting handle 7 of the pinball game machine, wherein the hitting strength of a game ball is adjusted according to the turning angle of the turning operation body 10 when a player presses a fingertip to the finger abutting part 10g of a ring part 10a and turns the turning operation body 10 while holding a face cover 9 with a palm, an extension part 10h projecting forward from the front end face of the ring part 10a is formed at the finger abutting part 10g, and an inclined surface 10i facing the outer peripheral surface of the face cover 9 through a gap S1 is formed at the extension part 10h. The inclined surface 10i is inclined in such a direction that the end side is separated more than the rear end side relative to the turning axis of the turning operation body 10, and thus the gap S1 is turned to a space tapered from the front side to the back side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a launch handle for a ball game machine that launches game balls into a game area of a game board.

  This type of launching handle includes a base body fixed below the front frame of the ball game machine and a rotating operation body supported rotatably at the front end of the base body. The body is urged to rotate to an initial position by an elastic member such as a torsion spring. The turning operation body is a movable side member that is manually operated by the player, and the launch intensity of the game ball is adjusted according to the turning angle of the turning operation body. In this case, since maintaining a posture in which the player holds the rotating operation body with his / her palm for a long time is accompanied by considerable fatigue, a circular-shaped face cover connected and fixed to the base body in front of the rotating operation body A configuration is widely adopted in which the player operates the turning operation body with the fingertip while holding the face cover with the palm. In addition, a plurality of finger holders project from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating operation body at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction, and some of these finger holders protrude forward and face the outer peripheral surface of the face cover. is doing. Therefore, the player can press a plurality of fingertips (thumb, index finger, etc.) against each finger contact part with a wide contact area, and the restoring force per unit area acting on each finger from the elastic member is as much as possible. Therefore, the degree of fatigue experienced by each finger of the player can be greatly reduced.

By the way, in the launching handle configured as described above, the protruding portion of the finger holding portion that is the movable side member extends around the rear end portion of the face cover that is the fixed side member, and the outer peripheral surfaces of these face covers Since a gap is formed between the protrusion and the protruding portion of the finger holder, a fraudulent act is easily performed in which a foreign object such as a medal or a coin is sandwiched from the front to fix the rotating operation body. Therefore, conventionally, by launching a ball game machine that prevents the action of fixing the rotating operation body with a foreign object such as a coin by providing a finger holder so as not to protrude forward from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating operation body. A handle has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this case, since the protruding portion that faces the outer peripheral surface of the rear end of the face cover from the finger holder is omitted, there is no gap for inserting foreign objects such as coins around the rear end of the face cover. It is impossible to fix the rotating operation body by inserting a foreign object therebetween.
JP 2001-170267 A

  As described above, in the conventional launching handle disclosed in Patent Document 1, the projecting portion facing the rear end outer peripheral surface of the face cover is removed from the finger rest portion, thereby rotating the rear end outer peripheral surface of the face cover. A foreign object such as a coin is prevented from being caught between the fingertip part of the body from the front, but the contact area with respect to the fingertip of the player is reduced by the amount of removal of the protruding part from the fingertip part, so that the elastic member Therefore, there is a problem that the restoring force per unit area acting on the player's fingertip is increased, and the fingertip is gradually fatigued by a long game.

  The present invention has been made in view of the actual situation of the prior art, and its purpose is to reduce the degree of fatigue of a fingertip of a player who performs a rotation operation of a rotation operation body, and then a medal, a coin, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a shooting handle for a ball game machine that can prevent the act of fixing a rotating operation body by sandwiching the foreign object.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a base body fixed to a gaming machine, a rotating operation body rotatably supported at a front end portion of the base body, and a front side of the rotating operation body. A launching handle of a ball and ball game machine in which the launching strength of the game ball is adjusted according to the turning angle of the turning operation body. A finger holder projecting radially outward is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the operating body, and an extension portion is formed on the finger holder portion so as to face the outer peripheral surface of the face cover with a gap therebetween. The opposite surface facing the gap is configured to be inclined in a direction in which the front end side is separated from the rear end side with respect to the rotation center axis of the rotation operation body.

  In the launching handle of the ball game machine configured as described above, the finger contact portion protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating operation body has an extending portion facing the outer peripheral surface of the face cover. It is possible to reduce the degree of fatigue by increasing the contact area between this part and the player's fingertips, and by tilting the opposing surface of the extension part that faces the outer peripheral surface of the face cover, the amount of foreign matter Therefore, even if a foreign object such as a medal or coin is inserted from the front into the gap defined between the extension of the finger holder and the outer peripheral surface of the face cover, the foreign object Therefore, it is possible to prevent an illegal act of fixing the rotating operation body by inserting foreign objects.

  In the above configuration, the rotating operation body that is the rotating side member is exposed from the space between the front end portion of the base body and the rear end portion of the face cover, and the front end surface of the ring portion. The rotating operation body has a rotation center axis and a cylindrical portion that protrudes forward concentrically. The finger rest protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the ring portion, and the extending portion is in front of the front end surface of the ring portion. And the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion is opposed to the inner peripheral surface of the rear end of the face cover, and a chamfered portion that is tapered from the outer peripheral side toward the inner peripheral side is formed on the rear end surface of the face cover. When formed over the entire circumference, the chamfered portion formed on the rear end surface of the face cover removes the foreign material hooking distance, and the cylindrical portion protruding from the front end surface of the ring portion is replaced with the inner peripheral surface of the rear end of the face cover. The amount of foreign matter inserted is defined by overlapping It is possible to prevent the entrapment of foreign object inserted from the side between the ring portion of the rear end surface and the rotational operation of the face cover. As a result, it is possible not only to prevent the foreign object inserted from the front between the outer peripheral surface of the face cover and the extension part of the finger rest part, but also between the rear end face of the face cover and the front end face of the rotating operation body. It is also possible to prevent the foreign matter inserted from the side in between, and to prevent the illegal act of fixing the rotating operation body by the foreign matter being caught.

  In this case, if an inclined stepped portion facing the chamfered portion of the face cover is formed on the front end surface of the ring portion of the rotating operation body, foreign matter is removed from both the rear end surface of the face cover and the front end surface of the ring portion. Since the hook allowance is removed, the function of preventing the foreign matter inserted from the side from being caught can be further ensured.

  Since the launch handle of the ball ball game machine according to the present invention has an extension part in which the finger holder part protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating operation body faces the outer peripheral surface of the face cover, The contact area with the player's fingertips can be increased to reduce the degree of fatigue.In addition, the amount of foreign matter is eliminated by inclining the opposing surface of the extended part facing the outer peripheral surface of the face cover. Therefore, even if a foreign object such as a medal or a coin is inserted from the front into the gap defined between the extension part of the finger holder and the outer peripheral surface of the face cover, the foreign object is sandwiched in the gap. The rotating operation body cannot be fixed, and therefore, an illegal act of fixing the rotating operation body by inserting foreign objects can be prevented.

  1 is a perspective view of a ball game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a firing handle provided in the ball game machine. 3 is a side view of the firing handle, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the firing handle, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing an internal structure of the firing handle, and FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the firing handle.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a ball game machine according to the present embodiment includes a machine frame 1 installed in an island facility of a game arcade, and a front frame 2 attached to the machine frame 1 so as to be openable and closable in a door shape. A front board having a game board 3 housed in the front frame 2, a glass frame 4 attached to the front surface of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and a tray 5 disposed on the lower side of the front frame 2 6 and a launching handle 7 attached to the front board 6, and the game balls stored in the receiving tray 5 are launched toward the game area of the game board 3 by the launching handle 7. Yes.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 7, the firing handle 7 includes a base body 8 attached to the front board 6 and protruding forward, a circular face cover 9 fixed to the base body 8, and The rotation angle of the rotation operation body 10 mainly constituted by the rotation operation body 10 rotatably disposed between the base body 8 and the face cover 9 and operated by a player's fingertip. The launch intensity of the game ball is adjusted accordingly.

  The base body 8 has a cylindrical main body portion 8a that protrudes forward from the front board 6 and a circular substrate portion 8b that protrudes radially outward from the front end of the main body portion 8a. Is formed with a cylindrical jetty 8c protruding forward. A support protrusion 8d and a plurality of support columns 8e are projected forward from the substrate portion 8b, and a bearing tube portion 8f is formed at the center of the substrate portion 8b. Further, a push switch 11 is mounted on the substrate portion 8b, and an operation lever 11a of the push switch 11 protrudes outward from the cylindrical jetty 8c. The push switch 11 is a pressing operation type electric part that detects a game ball firing stop signal. When the player presses the operation lever 11a with a fingertip during the game ball firing operation, the game ball firing is temporarily stopped. It has come to be. Further, a rotary volume 12 is mounted on the substrate portion 8b, and a gear 13 is fixed to the rotary shaft of the rotary volume 12. The rotary volume 12 is a rotary operation type electric component that detects the amount of rotation of the rotary operation body 10, and the above-described control is performed by controlling the rotational driving force of the striking rod by a motor of a launcher (not shown) based on the detection signal. As described above, the launch intensity of the game ball is adjusted.

  A cylindrical bearing portion 9 a that protrudes rearward from the center and a plurality of leg portions 9 b that protrude rearward from the periphery of the bearing portion 9 a are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the face cover 9. A chamfered portion 9c that is tapered from the outer peripheral side toward the inner peripheral side is formed on the rear end surface over the entire periphery. The face cover 9 and the base body 8 are integrated with each other by inserting screws (not shown) from the back surface of the substrate portion 8b into the respective columns 8e and screwing them to the leg portions 9b. However, an annular space having a predetermined width is defined between the rear end face of the face cover 9 and the cylindrical jetty 8c of the base body 8, and the rotating operation body 10 is rotatably exposed from the annular space. ing.

  The rotating operation body 10 includes a ring portion 10a that protrudes outward from the annular space, a cylindrical portion 10b that protrudes forward from the front end surface of the ring portion 10a, and the like. The region is a base portion 10c. As shown in FIG. 7, the transmission body 14 is integrated with the rear end surface of the base portion 10 c using a fixing means such as a screw, and the transmission body 14 extends along the rotation center axis of the rotary operation body 10. And a shaft portion 14a protruding rearward. The distal end portion of the shaft portion 14 a is rotatably supported by the bearing tube portion 8 f of the base body 8, and the transmission body 14 functions as a rotating shaft that pivotally supports the rotating operation body 10 on the base body 8. A gear portion (not shown) is engraved on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion 14 a, and the gear portion meshes with the gear 13 described above, whereby the rotation operation body 10 is rotated via the transmission body 14 and the gear 13. Is transmitted to the rotary shaft of the rotary volume 12.

  Further, a rotation support shaft 10d is formed on the front end surface of the base portion 10c so as to protrude forward, and the rotation support shaft 10d and the shaft portion 14a of the transmission body 14 are arranged on the same line. The distal end portion of the rotation support shaft 10d is rotatably supported by the bearing portion 9a of the face cover 9, and the rotation operation body 10 is operated to rotate about the rotation support shaft 10d and the shaft portion 14a. A pair of arc-shaped holes 10e and spring receiving projections 10f are formed around the rotation support shaft 10d. The support protrusions 8d of the base body 8 and the respective pillars 8e are inserted through the arc-shaped holes 10e and the face cover 9 is inserted. Reached inside. As a result, the turning operation body 10 can be turned with respect to the base body 8 and the face cover 9 within a predetermined angle range. The turning range of the turning operation body 10 is the circumferential direction of the arc-shaped hole 10e. Are defined by the abutment of the two ends of the contact with the support 8e. As shown in FIG. 5, the rotating support shaft 10 d holds the winding portion 15 a of the torsion spring 15, and the pair of arms protruding from the winding portion 15 a rotate with the support protrusion 8 d of the base body 8. The operating body 10 is hooked on the spring receiving projection 10f. Thereby, the rotation operation body 10 is urged to rotate to the initial position in the rotation direction by the elastic force of the torsion spring 15 which is a return spring.

  The front end surface of the ring portion 10a is orthogonal to the rotation center axis of the rotary operation body 10, and a plurality of finger contact portions 10g protrude from the outer peripheral surface of the ring portion 10a at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction. It is installed. These finger holders 10g have an extending part 10h that protrudes forward from the front end face of the ring part 10a, and the extending part 10h has an inclined surface 10i that faces the outer peripheral surface of the face cover 9 via a gap S1. Is formed. The inclined surface 10i is inclined in a direction in which the front end side is separated from the rear end side with respect to the rotation center axis of the rotating operation body 10, in other words, the inclined surface 10i is outside as the distance from the front end surface of the ring portion 10a increases. Has spread to. As a result, the gap S1 sandwiched between the extension 10h of the finger holder 10g and the outer peripheral surface of the face cover 9 is a space that is tapered from the near side toward the far side. Further, a gap S2 is secured between the front end face of the ring portion 10a and the rear end face of the face cover 9, and the turning operation body 10 can be smoothly turned with respect to the face cover 9 by this gap S2. It is like that. As described above, since the chamfered portion 9c is formed on the rear end surface of the face cover 9 over the entire circumference, the gap S2 sandwiched between the chamfered portion 9c and the front end surface of the ring portion 10a has a radial direction. It has a substantially V-shaped cross section that is tapered from the outside to the inside.

  The rotating operation body 10 is made of a surface of a synthetic resin material subjected to highly conductive plating, and is connected to a touch circuit (not shown). This touch circuit determines whether or not the turning operation body 10 is in contact with the player. When the touch operation body 10 is in contact, it is possible to supply power to the motor of the launching device described above.

  In the ball and ball game machine configured as described above, when the player holds the face cover 9 with his palm and presses the fingertip against the finger holder 10g to rotate the rotation operation body 10, the rotation operation body 10 is The rotary support shaft 10d and the shaft portion 14a rotate around the rotation support shaft 10d and the rotation is transmitted to the rotary shaft of the rotary volume 12 via the transmission body 14 and the gear 13. As a result, since the amount of rotation of the rotation operation body 10 is detected from the rotary volume 12, the game ball stored in the tray 5 is rotated by controlling the motor of the launching device based on this detection signal. It is fired toward the game area of the game board 3 with a firing intensity corresponding to the amount of rotation of the body 10. Further, the torsion spring 15 is stored with the turning operation of the turning operation body 10, and when the turning operation force with respect to the turning operation body 10 is removed, the turning operation body 10 becomes the torsion spring. It automatically returns to the initial position by the resilience of 15.

  Here, in the firing handle 7 according to the present embodiment example, the finger holding portion 10g protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the ring portion 10a of the rotating operation body 10 has an extending portion 10h facing the outer peripheral surface of the face cover 9. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the degree of fatigue by increasing the contact area between the finger holder 10g and the fingertip of the player. In addition, since the inclined surface 10i that is tapered with respect to the rotation center axis of the rotation operation body 10 is formed in the extending portion 10h of the finger holding portion 10g, as shown in FIG. Even if a foreign object 16 such as a medal or a coin is inserted from the front into the gap S1 that opens between the extended part 10h and the extended part 10h, the foreign object 16 is inserted into the outer peripheral surface of the face cover 9 and the inclined surface 10i of the extended part 10h. It cannot be sandwiched between. In other words, the sling is removed by inclining the opposing surface (inclined surface 10i) of the extending portion 10h that faces the outer peripheral surface of the face cover 9, so that the foreign matter 16 such as medals or coins is removed from the gap S1. Even if inserted from the front, the foreign matter 16 falls out of the gap S1, and the rotating operation body 10 cannot be fixed by the foreign matter 16 being sandwiched from the front.

  Further, since the chamfered portion 9c that is tapered from the outer peripheral side toward the inner peripheral side is formed on the rear end surface of the face cover 9 over the entire circumference, the rear end surface of the face cover 9 and the ring portion 10a are formed. Even if a foreign material 16 such as a medal or a coin is inserted from the side into a gap S2 generated between the front end surface of the face cover 9, the foreign material 16 cannot be sandwiched between the rear end surface of the face cover 9 and the front end surface of the ring portion 10a. It is like that. That is, even if a foreign object 16 such as a medal or a coin is inserted from the side with respect to the gap S2, the amount of insertion of the foreign object 16 is regulated by contacting the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 10b, and the face cover 9 Since the allowance for the foreign matter 16 is removed by the chamfered portion 9c, the foreign matter 16 falls out of the gap S2, and the rotating operation body 10 cannot be fixed by being caught from the side of the foreign matter 16. Since the turning operation body 10 cannot be fixed at the turning position by sandwiching the foreign object 16 in this way, the player must always turn the turning operation body 10 with his fingertip to play a game. It is possible to prevent an illegal act of playing in a state where the moving operation body 10 is fixed with the foreign object 16.

  FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a launching handle according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 9 is a detailed view of part A of FIG. 8, and parts corresponding to those of FIGS. Description is omitted.

  The firing handle 7 according to this embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment in that an inclined step portion 10j is formed on the front end surface of the ring portion 10a of the rotating operation body 10 over the entire circumference, and this inclination The stepped portion 10j is opposed to the chamfered portion 9c of the face cover 9, and the rest of the configuration is basically the same. The inclined stepped portion 10j is inclined in the opposite direction to the chamfered portion 9c of the face cover 9, and the clogged portion 9c and the inclined stepped portion 10j remove the foreign material from the face cover 9 and the ring portion 10a. ing. Therefore, when a foreign material 16 such as a medal or a coin is inserted from the side into the gap S2 between the rear end surface of the face cover 9 and the front end surface of the ring portion 10a, the foreign material 16 is chamfered as shown in FIG. Since the pinching is prevented by both the slopes of the portion 9c and the inclined step portion 10j, the foreign matter 16 drops off from the gap S2 and the rotating operation body 10 cannot be fixed.

1 is a perspective view of a ball game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the launching handle with which this bullet ball game machine is equipped. FIG. 6 is a side view of the firing handle. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the firing handle. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the internal structure of this firing handle. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at FIG. 5 from another direction. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the firing handle. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a firing handle according to another example embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a detailed view of part A in FIG. 8.

Explanation of symbols

6 Front board 7 Launch handle 8 Base body 8c Cylindrical jetty 9 Face cover 9c Chamfered part 10 Rotating operation body 10a Ring part 10b Cylindrical part 10c Base part 10d Rotation support shaft 10g Finger rest part 10h Extension part 10i Inclined surface 10j Inclined step 15 Torsion spring S1 Gap S2 Gap

Claims (3)

A base body fixed to the gaming machine, a rotating operation body rotatably supported at the front end of the base body, and a face cover fixed to the base body so as to cover the front of the rotating operation body In a launch handle of a ball game machine in which the launch intensity of a game ball is adjusted according to the turning angle of the turning operation body,
A finger holder projecting radially outward is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating operation body, and an extension portion is formed on the finger holder to face the outer peripheral surface of the face cover with a gap therebetween. A launching handle of a bullet ball game machine, wherein a facing surface facing the inside of the gap is inclined in a direction in which a front end side is separated from a rear end side with respect to a rotation center axis of the rotating operation body.   In Claim 1, The said rotation operation body is the ring part exposed in the space pinched | interposed by the front-end part of the said base body, and the rear-end part of the said face cover, From the front-end surface of this ring part, the said And a cylindrical portion projecting forward concentrically with the rotation center axis of the rotating operation body, the finger contact portion projecting from the outer peripheral surface of the ring portion, and the extension portion of the ring portion It projects forward from the front end surface, and the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion is opposed to the inner peripheral surface of the rear end of the face cover, and is tapered from the outer peripheral side toward the inner peripheral side of the rear end surface of the face cover. A launch handle for a ball game machine, wherein a chamfered portion having a round shape is formed over the entire circumference.   The launch handle of the ball game machine according to claim 2, wherein an inclined stepped portion facing the chamfered portion of the face cover is formed on a front end surface of the ring portion of the rotating operation body.

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