JP2564498Y2 - Arm wrestling game machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an arm wrestling game machine installed in a game center or an amusement park.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an arm-wrestling game machine, a player grips an arm-wrestling lever and competes with the lever for strength. However, in general, this type of arm-wrestling game machine uses a spring force from a neutral position to resist the force of the player trying to defeat the arm-wrestling lever. Simply pushed the arm-wrestling lever back to the initial neutral position and did not push the player's arm down further from the neutral position.

For this reason, conventionally, when the player's strength is weak, the player's arm is further extended from the neutral position so that the player's strength can be defeated or defeated beyond the neutral position to compete for a win or a loss. An arm-wrestling lever is provided with a turning force by a motor drive or hydraulic pressure instead of a spring force so as to be pushed down (Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-2855).
0, JP-B-57-33975).

[0004]

However, as described above, in the conventional arm wrestling game machine, since the turning power of the arm wrestling lever is applied by a motor drive or hydraulic pressure, the arm of the player does not have a direct escape to the arm. It was transmitted as power in the direction to lean down the right arm, with the danger of damaging the arm muscles and elbows.

[0005] Further, since the rotating power by the motor or the hydraulic pressure is always applied to the arm of the player as a set constant torque, the game is a one-sided game when the player wins or loses. There was no subtle undulation of the game, and the original fun of arm-wrestling was not obtained.

An object of the present invention is to provide an arm-wrestling game machine which solves such problems.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an arm-wrestling game machine of the present invention has an arm-wrestling lever rotatably mounted on a game machine body, an air tank, and an air tank inside the air tank. Air pump for pumping air, and operates with compressed air pumped by the air pump,
A pneumatic cylinder that applies a turning force to the arm-wrestling lever to rotate the arm-wrestling lever in a direction opposite to the player's arm strength in a range from the one falling position to the other from the neutral position to the other falling position; It is provided with an air pressure adjusting device that can adjust the pressure of the compressed air from the air pump depending on the player's selection, and a solenoid valve that controls the direction of the flow of the compressed air.

[0008]

As described above, in the arm-wrestling game machine of the present invention, the arm-wrestling lever is provided with a turning force against the player's arm strength by the pneumatic cylinder due to the compressed air generated by the air pump.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front of the upper surface of a box-shaped game machine main body 1 is a game table 2, and a display for displaying an image of an opponent of a player is displayed on an upper portion of a cover 3 at the rear. A device 4 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a column having a length reaching the cover 3 is vertically fixed in the main body 1 of the game machine, and a shaft 6 is rotatable at the upper end of the column 5. Mounted on

The shaft 6 projects forward from a hole 3a at the front of the cover 3, and an arm-wrestling lever 7 is fixed to the front end of the shaft 6.

The arm-wrestling lever 7 is projected in the shape of the right arm of the opponent displayed on the display device 4 so as to rise obliquely toward the upper front of the stadium 2 and has a hand 7a at the tip.
Can be held by the player with the right hand.

The arm-wrestling lever 7 and the shaft 6 are rotatable in a left-right direction within a rotation range of about 75 ° C. from A to C by a stopper (not shown) from the standing state of the neutral position B shown in FIG. ing. Arm wrestling lever 7 is shown in FIG.
Is powered by the pneumatic device shown in FIG.

The pneumatic device includes an air tank 10, a motor 11, an air pump 12 of a fixed displacement type, and a relief valve for appropriately adjusting the air pressure discharged from the air pump 12 by means described later. Apparatus 1
3, a solenoid valve 14 for controlling the flow direction of the compressed air adjusted by the air pressure adjusting device 13, a flow control valve 15a connected to the solenoid valve 14,
Two pipes 15, 16 with 16a and management 15, 1
And a double rod type pneumatic cylinder 17 through which compressed air can enter and exit.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the pneumatic cylinder 17 is fixed to a column 5 in the game machine main body 1, and a chain 19 is attached to upper and lower ends of a piston rod 18 projecting up and down. The chain 19 is bridged between sprockets 6a and 20a fixed to shafts 6 and 20 that are rotatably mounted above and below the column 5, respectively. Therefore, as the piston rod 18 moves up and down by the pneumatic cylinder 17, the shafts 6, 20 and the arm wrestling lever 7 rotate.

In this pneumatic device, the solenoid valve 1
When the cylinder 4 is in the neutral position, the air pressure from the air tank 10 is closed to the pneumatic cylinder 17 and the piston rod 18 of the pneumatic cylinder 17 is held at the intermediate position, so that the arm wrestling lever 7 is At a neutral position B shown in FIG.

When the solenoid valve 14 is deflected to the right by turning on one of the solenoids 14a, the air pressure from the air pump 10 passes through the pipe 15, passes through the flow control valve 15a provided in the pipe 15, and the air pressure of the pneumatic cylinder 17 is changed. The upper chamber is entered, whereby the piston rod 18 descends, so that the chain 19 moves in conjunction with the arm wrestling lever 7 via the sprocket 6a from one overturned position A shown in FIG. The player turns in the direction (clockwise in FIG. 3) against the player's arm strength in the range up to the falling position C. The flow control valves 15a and 16a control the flow rate of the compressed air to determine the moving speed of the piston rod 18 of the cylinder 17.

Conversely, when the solenoid valve 14 is deviated to the left by turning on the other solenoid 14b, the air pressure from the air pump 12 passes through the pipe 16 and enters the lower chamber of the pneumatic cylinder 17, so that the piston rod 18 rises and the sprocket 6
The arm wrestling lever 7 is rotated in the direction A shown in FIG.

The adjustment of the air pressure by the air pressure adjusting device 13 is performed by selecting the selection buttons P ₁ to P ₁ provided on the stadium 2 shown in FIG.
Made by P _n, by selecting the rotational speed of the motor 21 shown in FIG. 3 by the selection of the selection button P ₁ to P _n,
As it can strength adjustment the air pressure by transmitting the rotation from an output shaft of the reduction gear 22 is directly connected with the motor shaft to the pressure regulating rod of the relief valve 23 (not shown), by pressing the selection button P ₁ to P _n The pressure is set according to the selection button.

The select buttons P _{1 to} P _n are used to specify the rank of the strength of the opponent, and the opponent corresponding to the selected rank is displayed on the display device 4.

It is also possible to provide a device for detecting the rotation angle of the arm-wrestling lever 7 and control the displayed image so that the expression of the opponent on the display device 4 is changed by the rotation angle of the arm-wrestling lever 7.

The winning or losing is determined by the rotation angle of the arm-wrestling lever 7, and the fact is displayed on the display device 4.

Also, as shown in FIG.
is provided, and an armrest 22 is attached to the upper end of a support rod 21 projecting upward from the inside of the game machine body 1 through the hole 2a. Hold the 7th hand 7a and compete. In addition, elbow rest 2
2 to detect whether or not the support rod 21 is lowered by placing the elbow, and if the elbow floats during the game and separates from the elbow pad 22, this is detected and a warning is issued,
Alternatively, a message of losing or ending the game may be displayed.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 23 denotes a coin slot. In addition, the start and end of the game, the determination of win or loss,
A series of operations such as control of the display device 4 is performed by a control device (not shown).

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

First, when the player inserts a coin into the insertion slot 23, a coin switch (not shown) is turned on and the controller is operated to confirm that the arm-wrestling lever 7 is correctly positioned at the neutral position B. Then, several opponents are displayed on the screen of the display device 4, the motor 11 is turned on, the air pump 12 is operated, and air is supplied to the air tank 10 to prepare for driving. At this time, the solenoid valve 14 remains closed at the neutral position. When the player selects an opponent with the selection buttons P _{1 to} P _n , the opponent selected by the player is displayed on the display device 4, and the motor 21 of the air pressure adjusting device 13 rotates to release the relief valve 23.
Is set to the strength of the selected opponent's rank.

When the player grasps the hand 7a of the arm-wrestling lever 7 and puts the elbow on the elbow pad 22, by detecting this or by pressing the start switch,
The arm wrestling game starts.

At the start of the game, one solenoid 14a of the solenoid valve 14 is turned right by being turned on,
Compressed air from the air tank 10 flows into the upper chamber of the pneumatic cylinder 17 through the flow control valve 15a provided in the conduit 15, and the piston rod 18 descends, so that the arm-wrestling lever 7 has the strength of the player. And a force that pushes back against it.

When the arm of the player is pushed down to a certain angle in the direction C, this is detected by the rotation angle detection, and the control device determines that the player has lost, and displays the loss on the screen of the display device 4 to display the game. End.

Conversely, when the arm strength of the player pushes down the arm-wrestling lever 7 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3 against the rotational force of the arm-wrestling lever 7, the player wins, and the display device displays that effect. The game is over. At this time, when the arm-wrestling lever 7 is pushed down by the player and rotated in the direction of arrow A, the piston lot 18 is moved through the sprocket 6a and the chain 19.
Is pushed upward against the air pressure, so that the pushed back air flows out of the relief valve 13 to the atmosphere.

If the arm sumo wrestling lever 7 has not been turned to the predetermined turning position to the right or left for a certain period of time, a draw is displayed and the game is over.

When the game is over, the solenoid valve 14 returns to the neutral position by turning off one of the solenoids 14a and stops the flow of air. Then, the set pressure of the relief valve 13 is increased to a few seconds and the state is increased. The solenoid valve 1 according to the turning position of the arm-wrestling lever 7
4, one solenoid 14a or the other solenoid 14
b turns ON, and the arm-wrestling lever 7 returns to the neutral position B. When the arm wrestling lever 7 returns to the neutral position B, the solenoid 14a or 14b is turned off by the operation of a switch (not shown) that detects the return, and the solenoid valve 14 returns to the neutral position B to flow air. Close.

[0034]

As described above, the arm-wrestling game machine of the present invention has an arm-wrestling lever rotatably mounted on the game machine body, an air tank, and an air pump for pumping the air in the air tank. Operated by compressed air pumped by the air pump, rotating the arm-wrestling lever in a direction from the one overturning position to the other overturning position from the neutral position to the direction against the arm strength of the player. Because it was provided with a pneumatic cylinder that gives power to the arm-wrestling lever, an air pressure adjusting device that can adjust the pressure of the compressed air from the air pump by the player's selection, and a solenoid valve that controls the direction of the flow of the compressed air. When the arm wrestling lever 7 and a player who challenges it wrestle with each other over the neutral position, competing with each other for strength, the air-specific By buffering, because there is not to apply a sudden load on the arm of the player, it is possible to eliminate the accident a player hurt the arm or elbow, it is possible to enjoy a safe game. In addition, the rotating force of the motor or hydraulic pressure is applied to the player's arm as a fixed torque that is always set, so it is a one-sided game when the player wins or loses, but in the present invention, the cushioning of air is Therefore, there is a slight undulation in the game of pushing back or pushing back, and there is also an effect that the original fun of arm wrestling can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view in which a part of a main part of the embodiment is cut away.

FIG. 3 is a front view in which a part of a main part of the embodiment is cut away.

FIG. 4 is a pneumatic circuit diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine main body 2 Athletic table 3 Cover 4 Display device 5 Prop 6 Axle 6a Sprocket 7 Arm wrestling lever 10 Air tank 11 Motor 12 Air pump 13 Air pressure regulator 14 Solenoid valve 15, 16 Pipe line 15a, 16a Flow control valve 17 Air pressure Cylinder 18 Piston rod 19 Chain 20 Shaft 20a Sprocket 21 Support rod 22 Elbow rest 23 Input port

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] An arm wrestling lever rotatably attached to a game machine body, an air tank, an air pump for pumping air in the air tank, and a compressed air pumped by the air pump. A pneumatic cylinder that applies a turning force to the arm-wrestling lever to rotate the arm-wrestling lever in a direction that opposes the player's arm strength in a range from one overturning position to the other overturning position from the neutral position, An arm-wrestling game machine comprising an air pressure adjusting device capable of adjusting the pressure of the compressed air from the air pump according to a player's selection, and a solenoid valve for controlling a direction of the flow of the compressed air.