JP2014045987A - Shooting handle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent disconnection of an electric wire for connecting a volume in a shooting handle side to a circuit board in a pinball game machine side in the shooting handle to be mounted on the pinball game machine.SOLUTION: A shooting handle 18 is constituted by including: a handle body 30 including a ring 32 that is rotationally operated by a player for operating a shooting device, and a volume 36, a resistance value of which is changed according to the rotation amount of the ring 32; and a base cylinder 20 that is mounted on a front part of a lower unit 4 of a Pachinko machine 1 and is provided with the handle body 30. The volume 36 is disposed at a rear end side with respect to the ring 32 inside the handle body 30.

Description

  The present invention belongs to the technical field of a launch handle attached to a ball game machine.

In a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a game ball is launched by a launching device and launched into a game area of the game board, and a game is played by the behavior of the game ball in the game area.
Usually, a player controls the strength of the launching force of the launching device, and a launching handle for this purpose is provided in the ball game machine.

  In general, an operation by a player is performed through a ring. In other words, when the human body sensor installed on the launching handle detects a player who touches the launching handle, it is determined that the player's operation on the ring is effective, and if the ring is turned clockwise, the launching power of the launching device is increased. If this rotation is turned counterclockwise, the firing force is weakened.

  For this reason, the firing handle has a volume whose resistance value changes according to the amount of rotation of the ring in the clockwise direction, and the ball game machine detects this change in resistance value as, for example, a change in potential. Based on this, the firing force of the launching device is controlled (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-353270 A (page 3, FIGS. 1 to 4)

  However, in the launching handle disclosed in Patent Document 1, the volume is arranged inside the cap in front of the ring, so that the volume inside the cap and the circuit board on the ball game machine side are connected by an electric wire. In this case, it is necessary to form an opening in the ring and let the above-described electric wire pass therethrough, and this electric wire may be caught by the ring and disconnected.

  In order to avoid such disconnection, it may be possible to provide a protective member for protecting the electric wire. However, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost is increased and the internal structure of the launching handle is complicated. .

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a firing handle mounted on a bullet ball game machine, a volume on the launch handle side, and a circuit board on the bullet ball game machine side. It is in preventing that the electric wire which connects is disconnected.

  The launching handle according to claim 1, which has been made to solve the above problems, includes a ring that is turned by a player to operate the launching device, and a volume whose resistance value changes according to the amount of rotation of the ring. A launcher handle attached to a ball game machine, the handle body including the ring and the volume, and a base tube attached to the front part of the ball game machine and to which the handle body is attached And the volume is arranged on the rear end side of the ring inside the handle body.

  According to the launching handle of the present invention configured as described above, since the volume is arranged on the rear end side of the ring inside the handle body, the volume and the circuit board on the ball game machine side are connected by an electric wire. Even if it does, there is no possibility that an electric wire will be caught in a ring, therefore, there is no possibility that an electric wire will break.

  The launching handle according to claim 2 is the launching handle according to claim 1, wherein the handle body further supports the ring in a rotatable manner, and the volume of the handle body is closer to the rear end than the ring of the handle body. And a support member for supporting.

  According to the launching handle of the present invention thus configured, the ring and the volume are supported by the same member (supporting member), so that the ring and the volume are supported by separate members. The positioning accuracy between the ring and volume is high.

  The launching handle according to claim 3 is the launching handle according to claim 2, wherein the tip of the rotating shaft of the ring and the tip of the input shaft of the volume protrude from the back surface of the support member in the handle body. Furthermore, a transmission mechanism is included that engages the tip of the rotating shaft and the tip of the input shaft to transmit the amount of rotation of the rotating shaft to the input shaft.

  According to the launching handle of the present invention configured as described above, the tip of the rotating shaft of the ring and the tip of the input shaft of the volume protrude from the back surface of the support member and are exposed. The operation of engaging the shaft and the input shaft of the volume is easy to perform.

Front view (a) and side view (b) of the pachinko machine 1 Front view (a) and side view (b) of firing handle 18 A-A cross section BB cross section Rear view of firing handle 18 Rear view of the handle body 30 of the firing handle 18

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to the following embodiment, It is possible to implement in various aspects.
[1. Description of configuration of pachinko machine 1]
A pachinko machine 1 as a ball game machine shown in FIG. 1 launches a game ball paid out from a payout device (not shown) from a launch device (not shown) and rolls it into a game area (not shown). It is a gaming machine that performs a game.

On the front part of the pachinko machine 1, a window frame 2, an upper plate door 3, and a lower unit 4 are arranged in order from the top.
The window frame 2 is connected to the middle frame 7 by a hinge and can be opened and closed like a door. A circular window 8 is provided in the window frame 2, and the window 8 is closed by a glass plate attached to the back surface of the window frame 2. On the other hand, the middle frame 7 holds a known game board (not shown), and the game board can be visually recognized through the window 8 (glass plate) of the window frame 2.

Similarly to the window frame 2, the upper plate door 3 is connected to the middle frame 7 by a hinge and can be opened and closed in a door shape. An upper plate 10 that is a spherical plate is attached to the front surface of the upper plate door 3.
The lower unit 4 is fixed to the front part of the middle frame 7, and an ashtray 16, a lower dish 17 that is a ball dish, and a firing handle 18 are attached to the front face.

Thus, the middle frame 7 supports the window frame 2, the upper plate door 3, and the lower unit 4, but it is also connected to the outer frame 19 by a hinge and can be opened and closed like a door.
[2. Description of configuration of firing handle 18]
Next, the configuration of the firing handle 18 to which the present invention is applied will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the firing handle 18 is configured to be separated into a base tube 20 and a handle body 30.
[2.1. Description of the structure of the base tube 20]
The base tube 20 is a molded product of a synthetic resin (for example, ABS), and has a configuration in which a cylindrical rear portion 21 and a cylindrical front portion 22 having a larger diameter than the rear portion 21 are connected. The base cylinder 20 has a rear portion 21 attached to the front portion of the lower unit 4 of the pachinko machine 1, and a handle body 30 is attached to the front portion 22 using screws 23 (see FIG. 3).

[2.2. Description of the configuration of the handle body 30]
The handle main body 30 includes a cap 31, a ring 32, a support member 33, a stop switch 35, and a volume 36.

The cap 31 is a molded product of an opaque synthetic resin (for example, ABS), and is attached to the head of the ring 32 to form the top of the handle body 30.
The ring 32 is a molded product of a light-transmitting synthetic resin (for example, polycarbonate), and forms a part other than the top of the handle body 30.

  Further, a finger hook 32 a that is undulated in a wave shape is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the ring 32. The finger hook 32a is a portion where a player's finger holding the ring 30 is hooked. In the present embodiment, the finger hook 32a is formed at three positions of the ring 32. Further, a transparent conductive film 32c is affixed to the outer periphery including the finger hook 32a of the ring 32, and this conductive film 32c causes the ring 32 to function as a detection contact of a human body sensor for detecting a human body. In the present embodiment, an ITO transparent conductive film is used as the conductive film 32c.

  The ring 32 is rotatably supported by the support member 33. Specifically, a cylindrical rotary shaft 32b is provided inside the ring 32, and the rotary shaft 32b is inserted into the cylindrical cylindrical portion 33a of the support member 33 via a bearing 32d. . With such a configuration, the ring 32 is rotated by the player to operate the launching device.

  Further, in the ring 32, the tip of the rotating shaft 32b protrudes from the back surface of the support member 33, and the ring side gear 34 is screwed to the tip of the rotating shaft 32b to form a flange shape. It does not come off the member 33. Note that the gear teeth 34a are provided in the ring side gear 34 in a range that covers approximately half of the outer periphery of the ring side gear 34 (see FIGS. 5 and 6).

  The volume 36 is a known variable resistor whose resistance value changes in accordance with the amount of rotation of the input shaft 36a. The volume 36 is supported by the support member 33, and is disposed at a position on the rear end side with respect to the ring 32 of the handle body 30. The volume 36 is electrically connected to a circuit board (not shown) on the pachinko machine 1 side by an electric wire (not shown). The tip of the input shaft 36a protrudes from the back surface of the support member 33, and a volume side gear 36b is attached to the tip of the input shaft 36a.

  The rotating shaft 32b of the ring 32 and the input shaft 36a of the volume 36 are parallel to each other. The ring side gear 34 on the ring 32 side and the volume side gear 36b on the volume unit 36 side are engaged with each other. The ring side gear 34 and the volume side gear 36b constitute a transmission mechanism.

  Therefore, when the ring 32 is turned, the ring side gear 34 is rotated together with the rotating shaft 32b, and the volume side gear 36b is rotated accordingly. Therefore, when the ring 32 is turned, the resistance value of the volume 36 is changed. If a circuit in which this change appears as a change in voltage, for example, the amount of rotation of the ring 32 can be converted into an electrical signal. Then, an electrical signal indicating the amount of rotation of the ring 32 is output to the circuit board on the volume 36 pachinko machine 1 side via an electric wire.

  At this time, if the above-described human body sensor detects a human body, a game ball is launched from the launch device with a launch force corresponding to the voltage of the electrical signal. Note that if the stop switch 35 is operated while the game ball is being launched, the launch of the game ball from the launch device is stopped. Further, when the human body sensor does not detect the human body, the game ball is not fired from the launching device regardless of the rotation angle of the ring 32.

  Further, the rotational position of the ring 32 is determined by the limit in the counterclockwise direction of the rotation range defined as described above (hereinafter referred to as “the counterclockwise direction”) by the biasing force of the torsion coil spring 37 when an external force for rotating the ring 32 is not exerted. Also called “origin”). Therefore, the ring 32 can be rotated clockwise and counterclockwise between the origin and the limit in the clockwise direction (hereinafter also referred to as “rotation limit”) of the rotation range defined as described above. . The engagement between the ring side gear 34 and the volume side gear 36b is maintained as long as the ring 32 is within the range from the origin to the rotation limit. When the ring 32 is rotated to the rotation limit, the ring 32 is locked to the swinging claw 28 so that the rotation angle can be maintained.

[3. Effects of the embodiment]
(1) As described above, according to the firing handle 18 of the present embodiment, the handle body 30 that constitutes the firing handle together with the base cylinder 20 includes the ring 32, the support member 33, and the volume 36, and the volume 36 is the handle. Since it is arranged on the rear end side of the ring 32 inside the main body 30, even when the volume 36 and the circuit board on the pachinko machine 1 side are connected by an electric wire, there is no possibility that the electric wire will be caught by the ring 32. There is no risk of breakage.

  (2) Also, according to the firing handle 18 of the present embodiment, the ring 32 and the volume 36 are supported by the same member (support member 33) in the handle body 30. The positioning accuracy of the ring 32 and the volume 36 is higher than the configuration in which the volume 36 is supported by separate members.

  (3) Further, according to the firing handle 18 of the present embodiment, the tip of the rotating shaft 32a of the ring 32 and the tip of the input shaft 36a of the volume 36 protrude from the back surface of the support member 33 and are exposed. The ring side gear 34 and the volume side gear 36b as described above are easily engaged with the rotating shaft 32b of the ring 32 and the input shaft 36a of the volume 36.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine, 2 ... Window frame, 3 ... Upper plate door, 4 ... Lower unit, 7 ... Middle frame, 8 ... Window, 10 ... Upper plate, 16 ... Ashtray, 17 ... Lower plate, 18 ... Launch handle, 19 ... outer frame, 20 ... base tube, 21 ... rear part of base tube, 22 ... front part of base tube, 23 ... screw, 28 ... swinging claw, 30 ... handle body, 31 ... cap, 32 ... ring, 32a ... finger hook 32b ... Rotating shaft, 32c ... conductive film, 32d ... bearing, 33 ... support member, 33a ... cylindrical part, 34 ... ring side gear, 34a ... gear teeth, 35 ... stop switch, 36 ... volume, 36a ... input shaft 36b ... Volume side gear, 37 ... Coil spring

Claims (3)

In a launching handle attached to a ball game machine comprising a ring that is turned by a player to operate a launching device, and a volume whose resistance value changes according to the amount of rotation of the ring,
A handle body including the ring and the volume;
A base tube attached to the front portion of the ball game machine and to which the handle body is attached;
Is configured separately.
The firing handle, wherein the volume is arranged on the rear end side of the ring inside the handle body. The firing handle of claim 1, wherein
The handle body further includes:
A launching handle comprising: a supporting member that rotatably supports the ring and that supports the volume on the rear end side of the handle body from the ring. The firing handle of claim 2,
In the handle body,
The tip of the rotating shaft of the ring and the tip of the input shaft of the volume protrude from the back surface of the support member;
The launching handle further includes a transmission mechanism that engages with the tip of the rotating shaft and the tip of the input shaft to transmit the rotation amount of the rotating shaft to the input shaft.

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