JP2009160165A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko game machine capable of presenting a newer performance effect by blowing air from a handle and making a sensuous performance be executed. <P>SOLUTION: The Pachinko game machine 1 having the handle 8 which hits a game ball onto a game board and a hitting strength volume 25 and capable of putting out prize balls corresponding to the entry when the hit game ball enters a winning port on the game board, includes a blowing means capable of optionally generating an air flow, a guide member formed inside the handle 8 for guiding the air from the blowing means and blowing it to the surface side of the handle 8, and a discharge hole 16a formed on the handle 8 and capable of discharging the blown air from the guide member to the outside. A connecting member 26 capable of fixing an electronic component while configuring a part of the guide member is included. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is provided with a handle that allows a player to launch a game ball on the game board by turning while gripping the game ball, and the game ball that has been launched wins a winning opening on the game board. Thus, the present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine in which a prize ball corresponding to the winning can be paid out.

  Usually, for example, in a pachinko gaming machine called type 1, the game board is provided with a symbol display means, a start port, etc., and when a game ball wins in the start port, the symbols are displayed in a variable manner on the symbol display means, When the stop symbol is a specific one (for example, when three numbers are aligned, etc.), it becomes a “hit state” and a lot of game balls are paid out as prize balls, and lights or flashes of lamps and flashes, or speakers It is configured to be able to produce effects by outputting sound effects from the above. In addition, the symbol display means is configured to display effects such as displaying characters in addition to the symbol variation display as described above.

However, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228561 discloses a conventional example in which a vibration means for vibrating the handle is provided in a handle for launching a game ball on the game board. The vibration means is controlled to vibrate a part of the handle (a part held by the player) at a timing according to the effect display, and is intended to further improve the effect of the variable display device. is there. Thereby, in addition to the visual presentation effect by a variable display apparatus, a lamp | ramp, flash, etc., or the auditory presentation effect by the sound effect from a speaker, there can exist a sensory presentation effect by vibration.
JP 2003-38739 A

  However, in recent times, there has been a demand for more innovative effects, and it is the reality that the diversification of effects using all the senses of players is progressing, and the above-mentioned conventional effects are not sufficient. There was a problem that there was. For this reason, the applicant of the present invention has studied a gaming machine that produces an effect that is different from the conventional visual effect, the auditory effect, and the sensory effect due to vibration, and that has a novel effect.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko gaming machine capable of producing a more novel effect by blowing air from a handle to cause a sensory effect.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a handle capable of launching a game ball on the game board by rotating the lever while the player holds the grip, a rotation operation angle of the lever, and a rotation angle of the handle. And a launch strength volume capable of launching a game ball to the game board with a launch intensity corresponding to the game board, and the game ball that was launched wins a winning opening on the game board, thereby corresponding to the prize. In a pachinko gaming machine in which a prize ball can be paid out, a blowing unit that can arbitrarily generate wind, and a guide member that is formed in the handle and guides air from the blowing unit to the handle surface side And a discharge hole formed on the handle and capable of discharging the air blown from the guide member to the outside, and the electronic component can be fixed while constituting a part of the guide member. Characterized by comprising a connection member.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the first aspect, the electronic component is a touch sensor that detects that the player holds the handle.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the pachinko gaming machine according to the first or second aspect, a printed board on which a predetermined electric circuit is formed by being electrically connected to the electronic component is located close to the connecting member. And a through hole is formed in the approximate center of the printed circuit board, and a part of the connecting member constituting the guide member is inserted into the through hole.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to produce a more novel effect by blowing air from the handle to cause a sensory effect. In addition, since the electronic device can be fixed while constituting a part of the guide member, a function of guiding the air from the blowing means to the connection member and blowing it to the handle surface side And a function of fixing the electronic component.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the electronic component is a touch sensor that detects that the player has gripped the handle, and therefore the air from the blowing means is guided to the connection member to the handle surface side. The function of blowing air and the function of fixing the touch sensor can be combined.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the printed circuit board on which the predetermined electric circuit is formed by being electrically connected to the electronic component is disposed at a position close to the connection member, and the through-hole is provided at the approximate center of the printed circuit board. Since a part of the connecting member constituting the guide member is inserted through the through hole, the lead wire connecting the electronic component and the printed board can be shortened.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment has a front frame 3 to which a glass plate 2 is attached, and is configured so that a player can view the game board 4 from the glass plate 2. Has been. Various game objects, a plurality of nails, a windmill, and the like are formed on the game board 4. In the figure, reference numerals 6 and 7 denote a start opening and a special winning opening formed in the game board 4.

  In addition, a symbol display means 5 comprising a liquid crystal display device or the like is disposed in the approximate center of the game board 4 so that a predetermined symbol or background can be displayed on the screen. When the start condition is satisfied (for example, when a game ball wins at the start port 6), the symbol is displayed in a variable manner, and the specific symbol is stopped and displayed, so that the big win port 7 is placed in the “big hit” state for a predetermined time and It is configured so that it can be opened at the timing and a large number of game balls can be obtained. However, the symbol display means 5 is configured to be able to perform a predetermined effect display (for example, an effect indicating the degree of expectation that will result in a “hit state”) in addition to the symbol variation display.

  Further, a handle 8 is disposed at the lower right corner of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and the game ball in the upper plate 9 is launched to the game board 4 by operating the handle 8. The lower plate 10 formed at the lower part of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with a stop button 11 that can be pressed by a player during a predetermined game. For example, a roulette is displayed over a plurality of types of reach displays. The desired reach is selected by rotating and stopping the roulette by pressing the stop button 11.

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the handle 8 according to the present embodiment is configured such that the lever 13 can be rotated while the first cover portion 12 and the second cover portion 14 are used as a casing. A cap 16 is fitted and covered on the surface (player side) of the first cover part 2 via a mesh sheet 17, and the base end side is connected to a stay 32 on the pachinko gaming machine 1 main body side via a connector cover 15. Has been configured. That is, a metal stay 32 is fixed to the front frame 3 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 main body, and the handle 8 (as assembled as shown in FIG. 2) is fixed to the stay 32. It is.

  In the handle 8, a connecting member to which a tip member 18, a pipe connecting member 19, a pipe-like member 20, a volume interlock 22, a lever interlock 24, a firing intensity volume 25, a connection cover 27, and a touch sensor 29 are fixed. 26, a printed circuit board 30 on which a predetermined electric circuit is formed is disposed. In addition, a bush 28 in which a pair of flow paths through which air (air) can pass is formed inside the connection cover 27 fixed to the connection member 26.

  Further, a wall part 26a is integrally formed with the connection member 26, and a touch sensor 29 (electronic component) for detecting that the player touches the handle 8 is fixed to the wall part 26a. The touch sensor 29 is electrically connected to a touch plate (not shown) and electrically connected to the main body of the pachinko gaming machine 1 through the printed board 30. However, the printed circuit board 30 is connected to the firing intensity volume 25 and a single shot sensor (not shown) in addition to the touch sensor 29.

  More specifically, the connection member 26 in the present embodiment is configured such that the connection cover 27 is fixed as described above, and the proximal end of the pipe-shaped member 20 is abutted against the bush 28 in the connection cover 27. In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, a pair of connection ports 26 b communicating with the wind flow path in the bush 28 are integrally formed. The protruding end of the connection port 26b constitutes the base end of the guide member of the present invention, and is configured to be connected to the connecting member in a state where the handle 8 is assembled to the stay 32.

  That is, the connection member 26 is formed with a connection port 26b constituting a part of the guide member and a wall portion 26a for fixing the touch sensor 29 as an electronic component. Furthermore, a through hole 30a (see FIG. 4) is formed in the approximate center of the printed circuit board 30, and a part of the connection member (connection port 26b) constituting the guide member is inserted into the through hole 30a. Are assembled.

  Thereby, the printed circuit board 30 on which a predetermined electric circuit is formed by being electrically connected to the touch sensor 29 (electronic component) is disposed at a position close to the connection member 26. Accordingly, since the connection member 26 to which the touch sensor 29 is fixed and the printed board 30 can be disposed in close proximity, the lead wire connecting the touch sensor 29 and the printed board 30 can be shortened.

  By the way, one end of the torsion spring 21 is connected to the lever 13 and the other end is connected to the second cover part 14. When the lever 13 is rotated, the torsion spring 21 is biased toward the initial state. It is comprised so that. A lever interlock member 24 is fixed substantially at the center of the lever 13, and the lever interlock member 24 is also rotated as the lever 13 rotates. A plurality of teeth that mesh with teeth formed on the outer peripheral surface of the volume interlock member 22 are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the lever interlock member 24.

  The volume interlock 22 is connected to the actuator 25a of the firing intensity volume 25. When the lever 13 rotates and the lever interlock 24 rotates, the volume interlock 22 rotates in conjunction with the meshed teeth. It is comprised so that the child 25a can be rotated. In other words, the handle 8 includes a lever interlock 24 that rotates in conjunction with the lever 13, and the firing intensity volume 25 includes a volume interlock 22 that rotates in conjunction with the lever interlock 24. It is connected and configured to detect the rotation operation angle of the lever 13 based on the rotation angle of the volume interlocking member 22.

  The firing intensity volume 25 can detect the rotation operation angle of the lever 13 by detecting the rotation angle of the actuator 25a, and launches the game ball to the game board 4 with the firing intensity corresponding to the rotation angle. It is possible. Thus, the firing intensity volume 25 is disposed at a position offset from the rotation center L (see FIG. 3) of the lever 13 (a position shifted in the radial direction), and is guided along the rotation center of the lever 13. The member is to be extended. The torsion spring 23 biases the volume interlock 22 toward the initial state.

  However, the air passage composed of the tip member 18, the pipe-like member 20, the connection cover 27 and the connection member 26 constitutes the guide member of the present invention, and extends substantially in the center in the longitudinal direction of the handle 8. The air from the air blowing means (pump actuator P), which will be described later, is guided and blown to the surface of the handle 8. In addition, through holes 19a, 13a, and 14a are formed at substantially the center of the pipe connecting member 19, the lever 13, and the second cover portion 14, respectively, and the pipe-like member 20 constituting the guide member is inserted and assembled. It is like that.

  Then, the front end member 18 is connected to the front surface side of the pipe connecting member 19, the pipe member 20 is connected to the back surface side, and the proximal end side of the pipe member 20 is abutted against the bush 28 inside the connection cover 27, Further, by connecting the connecting member 26 to the connecting member 31, a guide member for guiding wind is formed, whereby the wind (air) introduced from the connecting member 31 side reaches the tip member 18. Has been.

  Here, in the present embodiment, as described above, the handle 8 includes the lever interlock 24 that rotates in conjunction with the lever 13, and the firing intensity volume 25 is interlocked with the lever interlock 24. Since the rotation operating angle of the lever 13 is detected based on the rotation angle of the volume interlocking member 22, the firing intensity volume 25 is connected to the rotation center L (see FIG. 3), the rotation operation angle of the lever can be detected with certainty.

  On the other hand, the cap 16 located on the front surface side (player side) of the handle 8 is formed with two discharge holes 16a formed of through holes. Thus, the front end opening of the front end member 18 is positioned so as to face the discharge port 16a, and air (wind) discharged from the front end of the front end member 18 through the guide member is discharged from the discharge hole 16a. It is designed to be discharged outside. In the present embodiment, the tip member 18, the pipe-shaped member 20, the connection cover 27, the connection portion of the connection member 26 with the connection member 31 and the inside of the connection member 31 are a pair of wind flows. A path is formed and corresponds to each of the pair of discharge ports 16a, but has three or more wind flow paths depending on the number of formed discharge holes 16a, or one It may have a wind passage.

  A pump actuator P is fixed to a stay 32 to which the connecting member 31 is fixed via an elastic member such as a rubber material. Such a pump actuator P can continuously generate instantaneous wind. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the pump actuator P reciprocates in the sealed space S formed in the housing 34. An operation part (disk-like member 36 and pin-like member 37) that can generate wind by operating, and a lead-out member (lead-out tube 33) that guides the wind generated by the action part to the guide member in the handle 8. Have.

  More specifically, the inside of the housing 34 is substantially sealed by a sealing member or the like (not shown) to form a sealed space S, and a disk-shaped member 36 is disposed in the sealed space S (FIG. 8). reference). A pin-shaped member 37 is inserted and fixed substantially at the center of the disk-shaped member 36, and a coil 35 that can be energized is disposed around the pin-shaped member 37. Further, a pair of lead-out tubes 33 are connected from the housing 34, and the air in the sealed space S is led out through the lead-out tubes 33.

  When the coil 35 is energized intermittently, the pin-shaped member 37 reciprocates in the left-right direction in the figure, and the disk-shaped member 36 reciprocates in the sealed space S accordingly. Since the volume of the sealed space S is changed by the reciprocating motion of the disk-shaped member 36 and an instantaneous wind is continuously generated, the wind passes through the lead-out tube 33 to the connecting member 31. . That is, according to the present embodiment, since the wind is generated by the pump actuator P having the above-described configuration, the instantaneous wind is larger than that of, for example, a sirocco fan (which generates wind by rotating blades). By generating the instantaneous wind continuously, a strong wind can be sent at an arbitrary timing.

  In the present embodiment, the pump actuator P is driven in conjunction with the symbol variation display or effect display performed by the symbol display means 5, and the pump actuator P is driven especially when a big hit occurs or when a big hit is reached. It is preferable to do so. Accordingly, it is possible to send the wind to the player in accordance with the timing of the symbol variation display and the effect display, and it is possible to achieve a further innovative effect. In addition, since the pump actuator P can instantaneously generate a strong wind at an arbitrary timing, it is possible to ensure the blowing timing with respect to the effect by the symbol variation display or the effect display as compared with other general-purpose air blowing means such as a fan. Can be followed.

  According to the above-described embodiment, by blowing air from the handle 8 and performing a sensory effect, it is possible to achieve a more novel effect, and while configuring a part of the guide member (in this embodiment, an electronic component) Since the touch sensor 29) is provided with a connection member 26 that can be fixed, the touch sensor 29 has a function of guiding air from the pump actuator P to the connection member 26 and blowing the air to the handle surface side. The function of fixing (electronic component) can also be used.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the electronic component is the touch sensor 29 that detects that the player has gripped the handle 8, and therefore, air from the pump actuator P is guided to the connection member 26 and the electronic component is The function of blowing air to the surface side of the handle 8 and the function of fixing the touch sensor 29 can be combined. In the present embodiment, the touch sensor 29 is fixed to the connection member 26, but other electronic components to be incorporated in the handle 8 may be fixed to the connection member 26.

  Furthermore, since the air blowing means that blows air from the handle 8 includes the pump actuator P that can continuously generate instantaneous wind, it is possible to generate strong wind instantaneously at an arbitrary timing, and a sensory performance effect by air blowing. Can be further improved. The pump actuator P has a sealed space S formed inside the casing 34, and an operating portion (a disk-shaped member 36 and a pin-shaped member 37) that can reciprocate in the sealed space S to generate wind. And a deriving member (derivation pipe 33) for deriving the wind generated by the operating portion to the guide member, it is possible to generate a strong wind instantaneously at an arbitrary timing with a relatively simple configuration.

  Although the present embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the air blowing means that can generate wind can continuously generate instantaneous wind (in other words, instantaneously strong wind It is preferable that the pump actuator is a pump actuator), but instead of the pump actuator P, other air blowing means (including a fan or the like) that can arbitrarily generate wind may be used. In the present embodiment, the pump actuator P is driven in conjunction with the symbol variation display or effect display performed by the symbol display means 5, but other timings in the game process of the pachinko gaming machine 1 are also included. The pump actuator P (including other air blowing means) may be driven in accordance with the above.

  Blowing means that can generate wind arbitrarily, a guide member that is formed in the handle, guides air from the blower means and blows air to the handle surface side, and is formed on the handle, and blows air from the guide member to the outside If it is a pachinko gaming machine that has a discharge hole that can be discharged and a connecting member that can fix an electronic component while constituting a part of the guide member, it has various forms such as appearance and function Can be applied to.

Front view showing a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention A right side view and a front view showing a handle in the pachinko gaming machine An exploded perspective view showing a handle in the pachinko gaming machine An exploded perspective view showing a handle in the pachinko gaming machine A longitudinal sectional view showing a handle in the pachinko machine Side view and rear view showing connection member in the pachinko gaming machine External view showing pump actuator as blowing means in the pachinko gaming machine A longitudinal sectional view showing a pump actuator as a blowing means in the pachinko gaming machine

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Glass plate 3 Front frame 4 Game board 5 Symbol display means 6 Start opening 7 Big prize opening 8 Handle 9 Upper plate 10 Lower plate 11 Stop button 12 First cover part 13 Lever 14 Second cover part 15 Connector cover DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 16 Cap 16a Ejection hole 17 Mesh sheet 18 End member 19 Pipe connection member 20 Pipe-shaped member 21 Torsion spring 22 Volume interlock 23 Torsion spring 24 Lever interlock 25 Launch strength volume 26 Connection member 27 Connection cover 28 Bush 29 Touch sensor 30 Printed Circuit Board 31 Connecting Member 32 Stay 33 Deriving Pipe 34 Housing 35 Coil 36 Disc Member 37 Pin Member P Pump Actuator (Blower Unit)
S Sealed space L Center of rotation

Claims (3)

A handle that can be used to launch a game ball on the game board by turning the lever while the player holds it, and a rotation operation angle of the lever are detected, and a game is performed with a launch intensity corresponding to the rotation angle. It has a firing intensity volume that can be used to launch a ball to the game board, and the game ball that has been launched wins a winning opening on the game board, so that the prize ball corresponding to the prize can be paid out. In pachinko machines,
A blowing means that can optionally generate wind;
A guide member that is formed in the handle and guides air from the blowing means to blow to the handle surface side;
A discharge hole formed in the handle and capable of discharging the air from the guide member to the outside;
And a pachinko gaming machine characterized in that it comprises a connection member that can fix an electronic component while constituting a part of the guide member.   The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the electronic component is a touch sensor that detects that the player has grasped the handle.   A printed circuit board that is electrically connected to the electronic component to form a predetermined electric circuit is disposed at a position close to the connection member, and a through hole is formed in the approximate center of the printed circuit board. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a part of the connecting member constituting the guide member is inserted through the pachinko gaming machine.

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