JP2018099394A - Ball striking force adjustment handle for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball striking force adjustment handle for a game machine capable of reliably rotating a ball striking force adjustment volume, even if a rotation operation part or an operation button is pried with a coin and the like.SOLUTION: A ball striking force adjustment handle is provided in which a center shaft 3 of a ball striking force adjustment volume is disposed at the central position of a rotation operation part 1 to be rotationally operated by a player, and in which a driven side gear 13 fixed to the center shaft 3 is engaged with a drive side gear 21 provided at the end part of an operation lever 2 attached to the inside of the rotation operation part 1. The operation lever 2 is pivotally attached at the center part onto the rotation operation part and can be swayed by pressing an operation button 11 provided on the outer circumferential part of the rotation operation part 1. The drive side gear 21 is attached to the end part of the operation lever 2 in a state constantly repulsive toward the driven side gear 13.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine incorporated in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine.

  The hitting force adjustment handle for gaming machines incorporated in pachinko machines, etc. has a rotation operation part that is rotated by the player, and the rotation of the rotation operation part can be transmitted to the hitting force adjustment volume to adjust the hitting force. ing. The player can arbitrarily control the position of the hit ball by operating the rotary operation unit.

  The center axis of the hitting force adjusting volume is normally arranged at the center of the rotation operation unit. In Patent Document 1, the hitting force adjusting volume has the same center axis as the hitting force adjusting volume. A hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine having an axis is described. However, in the hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine having this structure, the load from the rotary operation portion directly acts on the hitting force adjusting volume, so that the volume may be damaged.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine in which the center axis of the hitting force adjusting volume is shifted from the center position of the rotation operation unit and the gears respectively attached to both shafts are engaged with each other. Has been. However, with this structure, when a coin is pinched in the rotation operation unit or the other hand, the distance between the two gears changes. When this interval is increased, the backlash increases and the error is increased. Conversely, when the interval is decreased, the gears are pressed against each other, and there is a possibility that the hitting force adjusting volume cannot be rotated.

  In addition, Patent Document 3 describes a hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine provided with a right-handed operation button. If the handle is operated to the right while operating the operation button while keeping the rotational operation portion in the same position, the volume for adjusting the hitting force is excessively rotated, and the right hand can be made. However, since this structure also connects the operation button and the central axis of the hitting force adjusting volume via a gear, if the operation button is fixed with a coin or the like, the distance between the gears changes and the operation button can be operated. There was a possibility that it was impossible to hit the target position.

JP 2003-210704 A JP 2009-153669 A Japanese Patent No. 4810200

  Therefore, the object of the present invention is to solve the above-described conventional problems, and the load from the rotation operation unit does not directly act on the hitting force adjusting volume, and the rotation operation unit and the operation buttons are squeezed by a coin or the like. Even in such a case, it is an object to provide a hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine that can reliably rotate the hitting force adjusting volume.

  The present invention, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, has a center side of a volume control for ball hitting force arranged at the center position of a rotation operation section that is rotated by a player, and is driven by a driven side fixed to the center axis. A hitting force adjusting handle in which a gear meshes with a driving gear provided at an end of an operation lever attached to the inside of the rotation operation unit, the operation lever having a central portion pivoted on the rotation operation unit. It can be swung by pressing an operation button provided on the outer peripheral portion of the rotary operation unit, and the drive side gear is always elastic toward the driven side gear at the end of the operation lever. It is attached in the state where it was made.

  The operation button may have a central portion pivoted on the rotation operation portion and an inner tip portion connected to an end portion of the operation lever. Further, the operation button can be pressed when it is right-handed.

  The hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine according to the present invention is such that the drive side gear to be rotated is attached in a state where it is always ejected toward the driven side gear at the end of the operation lever. Even when the operation button is twisted, the driving side gear can always be meshed with the driven side gear, and the hitting force adjusting volume can be reliably rotated. Further, the load from the rotation operation unit does not directly act on the hitting force adjusting volume.

It is the whole perspective view which looked at the batting force adjustment handle for gaming machines from the back side. It is a disassembled perspective view of the hitting force adjustment handle for gaming machines. It is a rear view of the hitting force adjustment handle for gaming machines. It is a rear view of an operation button. It is a perspective view of an operation button.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a batting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine as seen from the back side, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view thereof. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this ball hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine includes a rotation operation unit 1, an operation lever 2, and a central axis 3 of a hitting force adjusting volume. . These drawings are all shown as viewed from the back side as viewed from the player, that is, from the board side of the gaming machine.

  The rotation operation unit 1 includes a concave main body 4 and a substantially ring-shaped pressing plate 6 attached to the inner peripheral portion of the main body 4 by a plurality of screws 5. The main body 4 has a shape in which a plurality of finger-hanging portions 7 are provided on the outer peripheral portion so that the player can easily perform the rotation operation by grasping the rotation operation portion 1. Needless to say, the rotation operation unit 1 is rotatably attached to a handle base unit (not shown) as in the conventional product.

  An opening 8 and an opening 9 are formed in a substantially diagonal position on the outer peripheral portion of the main body 4, and a known stop button 10 for temporarily stopping the hit ball during the game is formed in the lower opening 8. Is provided. The upper opening 9 is provided with an operation button 11 that is operated when right-handed. The operation button 11 will be described later.

  A central axis 3 of a hitting force adjusting volume is disposed at the center position of the main body 4. The center shaft 3 is provided with a driven gear 13. By rotating the center shaft 3, the output of the ball striking device is changed, and the ball striking force can be adjusted. In any of the drawings, the hitting force adjusting volume is not shown.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the operation lever 2 is provided between the main body 4 and the pressing plate 6 of the rotation operation unit 1. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the operation lever 2 has a circular hole 14 at the center, and is pivotally supported by a shaft 16 in a mounting hole 15 formed in the upper side of the main body 4 of the rotation operation unit 1. ing.

  A long hole 17 is formed in the upper part of the operation lever 2. A shaft 18 protruding from the inner end of the operation button 11 is fitted into the long hole 17. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation button 11 is pivotally supported by a shaft 19 between the main body 4 and the pressing plate 6 of the rotation operation unit 1. Therefore, when the player pushes the operation button 11 in the center direction of the handle, the operation button 11 swings around the shaft 19 in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing, whereby the operation lever 2 moves clockwise around the shaft 16. Swing. As described above, the operation button 11 is pressed when right-handed.

  A C-shaped gear mounting portion 20 is provided at the lower end portion of the operation lever 2, and a driving side gear 21 having a shape obtained by cutting out a part of the gear is directed toward the center of the driven side gear 13. It is slidably arranged. The drive side gear 21 meshes with the driven side gear 13 described above, but is always repelled by the spring 22 in the direction of the driven side gear 13. Although a small coil spring is used in this embodiment, it is only necessary that the drive side gear 21 can be repelled in the direction of the driven side gear 13 and is not limited to the coil spring. The retracted position of the drive side gear 21 is regulated by the gear mounting portion 20.

Next, a method of using the hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine of the present invention will be described.
In the normal gaming state, the operation button 11 is not pressed, and the operation lever 2 does not rotate relative to the rotation operation unit 1 and is fixed to the rotation operation unit 1. Therefore, when the player operates the rotation operation unit 1, the operation lever 2 is also rotated at the same time, the driving gear 21 at the tip thereof rotates the driven gear 13, and the center shaft 3 of the hitting force adjusting volume is rotated to hit the ball. The force is adjusted. If the stop button 10 is pressed during the game, the hit ball can be temporarily stopped.

  In this way, when the game is played and it is necessary to make a right hit due to the big hit state, the player pushes the operation button 11 with the fingertip while holding the rotary operation unit 1 in the same position. As a result, the operation lever 2 is swung by a predetermined angle, and the driving gear 21 rotates the driven gear 13 by a predetermined angle necessary for right-handing. As a result, the hitting force is increased without rotating the rotation operation unit 1, and a right strike can be performed. Further, if the pressing of the operation button 11 is stopped, the operation lever 2 returns to the original position, so that the central axis 3 of the hitting force adjusting volume also returns to the original angle, and returns to the hitting force immediately before the operation button 11 is pushed. Can do. For this reason, when the big hit state is completed and the right-handed state is returned to the normal left-handed state, the occurrence of a waste ball is suppressed.

  As described above, the hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine according to the present invention moves the drive side gear 12 at the inner end of the operation lever 2 toward the driven side gear 13 fixed to the central shaft 3 of the hitting force adjusting volume. It is attached in a state where it is always bulleted. For this reason, even when a force such as a coin is applied to the rotary operation unit 1 or the operation button 11, the meshing state between the drive side gear 12 and the driven side gear 13 can be maintained constant. Therefore, even in such a case, there is an advantage that the hitting force adjusting volume can be reliably rotated.

  Further, the hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine according to the present invention has a structure in which the central axis 3 of the hitting force adjusting volume is made independent, so that the load from the rotary operation unit 1 can directly act on the hitting force adjusting volume. There is also an advantage that the volume is not damaged.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rotation operation part 2 Operation lever 3 Center axis of hitting force adjustment volume 4 Rotation operation part main body 5 Screw 6 Holding plate 7 Finger hook part 8 Notch 9 Notch 10 Stop button 11 Operation button 13 Drive side gear 14 Circular 15 Mounting hole 16 Shaft 17 Long hole 18 Shaft 19 Shaft 20 Gear mounting portion 21 Drive side gear 22 Spring

Claims (3)

The center axis of the ball hitting force adjusting volume is arranged at the center position of the rotation operation section rotated by the player, and the driven gear fixed to this center axis is attached to the inside of the rotation operation section. A hitting force adjusting handle meshed with a drive side gear provided at an end,
The operation lever has a central portion pivotally mounted on the rotation operation portion, and can be swung by pressing an operation button provided on the outer peripheral portion of the rotation operation portion.
The driving-side gear is attached to an end of an operation lever in a state in which the driving-side gear is always ejected toward the driven-side gear.   2. The ball hitting force for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the operation button has a central portion pivotally mounted on the rotation operation portion and an inner front end portion connected to an end portion of the operation lever. Adjustment handle.   The hitting force adjusting handle for a gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the operation button is pressed when hitting right.

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