JP2573808B2 - Balloon manufacturing device and game machine using the device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a balloon manufacturing apparatus for making balloons from a sheet-like rubber material and a game machine using the apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a bag-shaped rubber material is attached to a distal end of a hose communicating with an air pump, and the base end is held by a hand or the like, or the bag-shaped rubber material is held by a clip-shaped holding member. There is known a balloon manufacturing apparatus configured to drive the air pump in such a state to flow air into the bag-shaped rubber material and inflate the air.

Further, a plurality of balloon manufacturing apparatuses having the above air pumps are installed, and a plurality of players drive the air pumps to inflate the balloons, compete with each other for the speed, and determine a player who ruptures the balloons fastest as a winner. A game machine is considered.

[0004]

In the balloon manufacturing apparatus and the game machine having the above-mentioned construction, it is necessary to attach and detach the bag-like rubber material to and from the tip of the hose every time the balloon is inflated. It is necessary to inflate the balloon while holding it at the end of the hose. Therefore, there is a problem that the operation is complicated and it is difficult to automate this operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and there is provided a balloon manufacturing apparatus capable of easily inflating a balloon without complicated work, and a game machine using the same. It is intended to provide.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is
A substrate having a balloon lead-out hole, a sheet-like rubber material supply means for supplying a sheet-like rubber material along the back surface of the substrate,
A fixing member that is disposed on the back side of the substrate so as to be freely contactable and detachable and fixes the sheet-like rubber material, and a rubber material that forms the balloon by expanding the sheet-like rubber material on the surface side of the balloon outlet hole Swelling means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a substrate having a balloon lead-out hole, sheet-like rubber material supply means for supplying a sheet-like rubber material along the back surface of the substrate, A fixing member that is freely installed to fix the sheet-like rubber material, a covering member that forms a closed space that covers a lower portion of the balloon outlet hole, and a fluid supply source that supplies a working fluid into the closed space Are provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the sheet-like rubber material unwound from the sheet roll in which the sheet-like rubber material is wound into a roll is provided on the back side of the substrate. A guide member for guiding the sheet-like rubber material, a locking member for locking the tip of the sheet-like rubber material in a detachable manner, and a driving means for slidingly displacing the locking member to feed the sheet-like rubber material from the sheet roll. And a means for supplying a sheet-like rubber material having the following.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the fragment removing means for removing fragments of the sheet-like rubber material formed by bursting the balloon is provided. It is provided.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, a cover plate made of an elastic member is provided on the substrate, and the cover plate corresponds to a balloon lead-out hole of the cover plate. Radial slits are formed in the portions where they are formed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein a sheet-like rubber material is provided outside a balloon outlet hole formed in the substrate. The concave portion and the convex portion to be stopped are formed on the back surface of the substrate and the front surface of the fastening member.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game machine using the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein a driving member driven by a player and an operation of the driving member are provided. Air amount adjusting means for adjusting the amount of air supplied into the closed space from the air supply source of the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to the amount.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game machine using the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein a sheet provided along a back surface of a substrate of the balloon manufacturing apparatus. An operation member for rupture of a balloon formed by expanding the rubber-like material from the outlet hole of the substrate toward the surface thereof is provided.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to the seventh or eighth aspect, pressure detecting means for detecting an internal pressure of a closed space formed by a covering member of the balloon manufacturing apparatus, and the pressure detecting means A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the balloon has ruptured in accordance with a detection signal of the means, and a display means for displaying that the balloon has ruptured in accordance with an output signal of the discriminating means are provided.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the game machine according to any one of the seventh to ninth aspects, a plurality of balloon manufacturing devices are installed, and the balloon manufactured by any one of the balloon manufacturing devices bursts. A control means for stopping the operation of the game machine when the operation is confirmed is provided.

[0016]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a state where the sheet-like rubber material provided along the lower surface of the substrate is fixed by the fixing member, the sheet-like rubber material is set by the rubber material swelling means. By supplying a working fluid such as compressed air to the part, or by setting the installation part of the sheet-like rubber material to a vacuum state, the sheet-like rubber material expands from the balloon lead-out hole of the substrate to the surface side and the balloon is Will be formed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the sheet-like rubber material disposed along the lower surface of the substrate is fixed by the fixing member, and the covering member is disposed on the back surface of the substrate. By supplying a working fluid from a working fluid supply source into the enclosed space formed by the covering member, the sheet-like rubber material expands from the balloon lead-out hole of the substrate to the surface side to form a balloon. Will be.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the leading end of the sheet-like rubber material is locked by the locking member,
When the driving member slides the locking member, the sheet-like rubber material is fed out from the sheet roll, and a new sheet-like rubber material is automatically supplied to the back side of the substrate.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the fragments of the sheet rubber material generated when the balloon formed of the sheet rubber material ruptures are removed by the fragment removal means, so that the fragments are removed from the substrate. Alternatively, deposition on a covering member or the like is prevented.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the balloon is formed by swelling the sheet-like rubber material, the notch piece of the covering plate formed by the radial slit is deformed so as to be pushed up. Will do. When the balloon ruptures, the notch piece returns to its original position, so that the balloon lead-out hole formed in the substrate is covered by the cover plate, and a sheet-like shape generated when the balloon ruptures. This prevents fragments of the rubber material from falling from the balloon outlet hole.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the sheet-like rubber material provided along the back surface of the substrate is fitted into the concave portion formed on one of the back surface of the substrate and the surface of the fastening member. In this state, by being locked by the convex portion formed on the other of the back surface of the substrate and the front surface of the fastening member,
The movement of the sheet rubber material is prevented, and a stable fastening state is obtained.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, compressed air is supplied to the closed space in accordance with the operation amount of the driving member by the player, and the balloon is burst according to the operation speed of the driving member. A game for competing for the required time will be executed.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, a game in which the balloon formed by the balloon manufacturing apparatus is ruptured by the operation member operated by the player is executed.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the rupture of the balloon is automatically determined by the determination means, and the display of the rupture of the balloon is displayed on the display means. The degree will be raised.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, a game for bursting balloons formed by a plurality of balloon manufacturing apparatuses is simultaneously performed by a plurality of players, and a game feeling with a high degree of excitement is obtained. When one of the balloons ruptures, the game ends and the game for the next process is prepared.

[0026]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a balloon manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention. The balloon manufacturing apparatus includes a frame 4 having a pair of support shafts 3 rotatably supporting a sheet roll 2 in which a sheet-like rubber material 1 is wound in a roll shape, and a substrate 5 installed above the frame 4. And a covering member 6 installed below the substrate 5 so as to be movable up and down.

The frame 4 has a frame main body 7 made of a pair of C-shaped steels installed facing each other, and an upper plate 8 attached to the upper end of the frame main body 7. The frame body 7 has the support shaft 3 on its inner surface.
Is attached via a bracket 9, and above it is attached a remaining amount detecting means 10 for measuring the diameter of the sheet roll 2 and detecting the remaining amount of the sheet-like rubber material 1. Four guide bars 11 are provided on the upper surface plate 8 to support the covering member 6 so as to be able to move up and down, and the lifting cylinder 1 that drives the covering member 6 to move up and down.
2 are installed.

The substrate 5 is made of a square plate having a pair of front and rear flange portions 5a projecting downward, and is attached to the upper end of the guide bar 11. In the center of the substrate 5, a circular balloon outlet 1 is provided.
3 is formed, and a cushion plate 14 made of an elastic member such as synthetic rubber and having a hole corresponding to the balloon lead-out hole 13 is fixed to the back surface of the substrate 5.

At one end of the flange portion 5a, a sheet-like rubber material 2 fed from a sheet roll 2 is provided with a substrate 5
A first guide roller 15 for guiding to the rear surface side of the printer is rotatably supported by a support bracket 16. A second guide roller 17 that guides a sheet-like rubber material led out laterally from the lower surface of the substrate 5 downward is rotatably supported by a support bracket 16 at the other end of the flange portion 5a. ing.

The covering member 6 is formed in a box shape having a lower plate 18 having a size corresponding to the substrate 5, a peripheral wall plate 19 projecting from the upper surface thereof, and an upper plate 20 covering the upper end surface thereof. Have been. The lower plate 18
A slide member 21 that slides along the guide bar 11 is attached to a corner of the lower plate 18.
2 a is fixed by a nut 22.

When the piston rod 12a is driven by the driving air supplied to the elevating cylinder 12, the covering member 6 is slid along the guide bar 11 to move from the lower position shown in FIG. It is configured to be driven up and down to the raised position shown in FIG.
In the raised position of the covering member 6, the upper plate 2
The upper end surface of the rubber sheet 1 is pressed against the back side of the substrate 5 so that the sheet-like rubber material 1 is fixed to the substrate 5 and the installation portion of the balloon lead-out hole 13 formed in the substrate 5. Is formed by the covering member 6.

A pair of air connectors 23 are provided on the peripheral wall plate 19 of the coating member 6. The air connector 23 is connected to one of the air connectors 23 via an air supply pipe 24 from an air supply source 25 such as an air pump. Compressed air is supplied into the closed space formed by the member 6. Further, an opening 26 is formed in the center of the upper plate 20 of the covering member 6 to lead the compressed air supplied into the closed space upward.

Further, on the peripheral wall plate 19 of the covering member 6, a locking member 27 for removably locking the leading end of the sheet-like rubber material 1 fed from the sheet roll 2 is provided on the second guide. It is installed below the roller 17. As shown in FIG. 5, the locking member 27 is attached to the peripheral wall 19 of the covering member 6 and is provided between a pair of front and rear mounting plates 28 protruding laterally. An installed support plate 29, a locking plate 30 made of C-shaped steel installed facing the inner surface of the support plate 29,
A drive cylinder 31 for driving the locking plate 30 is provided. The drive cylinder 31 is mounted on the peripheral wall plate 19.
Is configured to be driven by air supplied from the other of the two connectors 23 provided at the other end.

The locking plate 30 is driven by the driving cylinder 31 to move the locking plate 30 to the support plate 29 as shown by the phantom line in FIG.
5 and a locking position where the locking plate 30 is pressed against the inner surface side of the support plate 29 as shown by a solid line in FIG. . In this locking position, the leading end of the sheet-like rubber material 1 is held between the support plate 29 and the locking plate 30.

The remaining amount detecting means 10 includes a slide plate 33 slidably supported along a guide groove 32 formed in the frame main body 7 of the frame 4, and a detection plate protruding from the slide plate 33. Plate 34
A roller 35 rotatably attached to the lower end of the slide plate 33; and a limit switch 36 for detecting that the detection plate 34 has reached a preset lower limit position.

When the sheet-like rubber material 1 is consumed and the diameter of the sheet roll 2 is reduced, the roller 35 contacting the upper surface of the sheet roll 2 is lowered together with the slide plate 33 and the detection plate 34, and the detection plate 34 is moved to the lower limit. At the time of lowering to the position,
Is turned on, and a detection signal is output to control means (not shown). As a result, the control for stopping the operation of the balloon manufacturing apparatus and performing a display prompting the replacement of the sheet roll 2 on the display means is executed.

It is to be noted that a foot sensor for detecting that the detection plate 34 has reached the lower limit position is provided in place of the limit switch 36, or a photo sensor for directly detecting that the diameter of the sheet roll has become smaller than the limit value is provided. The structure provided in the frame main body 7 may be used.

As shown in FIG. 6, the support shaft 3 of the sheet roll 2 is attached to the bracket 9 so as to be able to swing upward by a connecting pin 37, and a front plate 9a provided on the bracket 9. It is configured to be locked in a horizontal state. When the support roll 3 is pivotally displaced upward by the sheet roll 2 introduced from below when the sheet roll 2 is mounted, the opening 2a formed in the center of the sheet roll 2 is moved to the support shaft 3. At this point, the support shaft 3 swings downward by the weight of the support shaft 3 or the urging force of a spring (not shown), and is fitted into the opening 2a. As a result, the mounting of the sheet roll 2 is automatically performed with one touch.

When the balloon is to be inflated by using the balloon manufacturing apparatus having the above structure, the sheet-like rubber material 1 fed upward from the sheet roll 2 is used for the first guide roller 1.
5 and is supplied to the back side of the substrate 5, and the leading end thereof is led out through the second guide roller 17. Thereafter, the covering member 6 is raised by the elevating cylinder 12, and the upper end thereof is pressed against the back surface of the substrate 5, whereby the cushion plate 14 attached to the back surface of the substrate 5 and the upper plate 20 Thus, the sheet-like rubber material 1 is sandwiched and fixed.

Then, compressed air is supplied from the air supply source 25 into the closed space formed on the back side of the substrate 5 by the covering member 6. As a result, the internal pressure of the closed space rises, and the sheet-like rubber material 1 installed along the back surface of the substrate 5 expands, thereby protruding upward from the balloon outlet hole 13 as shown in FIG. Balloon 38
Is formed.

If a large amount of compressed air is supplied into the closed space and the internal pressure rises excessively, the balloon 38 will burst. At this point, the driving cylinder 31 of the locking member 27 is operated to advance the locking plate 30, whereby the locking plate 30 and the support plate 29 engage the leading end of the sheet-like rubber material 1. After stopping, the covering member 6 and the locking means 27 are slid downward by the lifting cylinder 12.

As described above, the leading end of the sheet-like rubber material 1 is driven downward, is unwound from the sheet-like rubber material 1 from the above-mentioned sheet roll 2, and a new sheet-like rubber material is formed along the back surface of the above-mentioned substrate 1. 1 will be supplied.

The substrate 5 having the balloon outlet 13 as described above
A sheet-like rubber material 1 is supplied along the back surface of the cover member 6, and the sheet-like rubber material 1 is fastened by a fastening member formed of the upper plate 20 of the covering member 6, and a sealed space formed by the covering member 6 is provided. By supplying compressed air from the air supply source 25 to the inside, the sheet-like rubber material 1 is expanded to form the balloon 38, so that the bag-like rubber material is attached and detached, and this is complicated. The balloon 38 can be formed continuously by a simple operation without any operation.

A guide member comprising first and second guide rollers 15 and 17 for guiding the sheet-like rubber material 1 fed from the sheet roll 2 to the back side of the substrate 5, and a second guide A locking member 27 for detachably locking the leading end of the sheet-like rubber material 1 drawn downward from the roller 17
Supply means for feeding the sheet-like rubber material 1 having a driving means comprising the elevating cylinder 12 for slidingly displacing the locking member 27 downward. Since the sheet-like rubber material 1 is configured to be continuously supplied to the side, the supply operation of the sheet-like rubber material 1 can be easily performed.

Instead of the above structure, a structure may be provided in which a supply means for intermittently supplying a sheet-like rubber material cut in advance to a predetermined length to the back surface side of the substrate 5 is provided. Also,
In the above embodiment, the locking member 27 is moved up and down using the lifting cylinder 12 that moves the covering member 6 up and down. However, a separate lifting and lowering device that moves the locking member 27 up and down is used. A structure provided with a cylinder, a lifting drive motor, or the like may be used.

Further, a pressure sensor for detecting the internal pressure of the enclosed space formed by the covering member 6 is provided, and it is determined whether or not the balloon 38 has ruptured according to a detection signal of the pressure sensor, and the balloon 38 has ruptured. By operating the supply means of the sheet-like rubber material 1 at the time when it is confirmed that
The supply operation of the sheet-like rubber material 1 may be configured to be automated.

In the above-described embodiment, the example has been described in which the sheet-like rubber material 1 is expanded by supplying compressed air into the closed space formed by the covering member 6. Instead of air, a working fluid composed of a liquid such as water may be supplied into the closed space. When a liquid such as water is used as a working fluid for swelling the sheet-like rubber material 1, the covering member 6 is provided above the substrate 5 in order to swell the balloon 38 into an appropriate shape. It is desirable that the sheet-like rubber material 1 be protruded downward from the balloon lead-out hole 13 of the substrate 5.

Further, instead of the rubber material swelling means having a fluid supply source such as an air supply source 25 for supplying the working fluid and the covering member 6 forming the closed space, the substrate 5
A structure may be provided in which rubber material swelling means such as a suction pump for sucking air in a closed space formed by covering the surface side of the device with a glass container or the like is provided. Then, the air in the sealed space is led out to the outside by the rubber material swelling means, and the surface side of the substrate 5 is brought into a vacuum state.
The balloon 38 may be formed by swelling the sheet-like rubber material 1 installed on the back side of the substrate 5 toward the front side of the balloon lead-out hole 13.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show an embodiment of a game machine using the above-mentioned balloon manufacturing apparatus. This game machine includes a pair of dolls 41 in which the above-mentioned balloon manufacturing apparatus is respectively disposed, a driving member 42 including an air pump driven by a player, and an operation amount of the driving member 42, that is, an operation unit 42a. Actuating amount detecting means 43 for detecting a driving stroke and a driving speed, pressure detecting means 44 comprising a pressure sensor for detecting an internal pressure of a closed space formed by the covering member 6 of the balloon manufacturing apparatus, and controlling means for the game machine 45 and display means 46 such as a monitor for displaying a game result.

The control means 45 includes an operation amount detecting means 4
3 from the air supply source 25 of the balloon manufacturing apparatus provided in the opponent's doll 41, that is, the doll 41 located on the opposite side of the installation part of the driving member 42 driven by the player. An air amount adjusting means for adjusting the amount of compressed air supplied into the space; and a judging means for judging whether or not the balloon has burst according to a detection signal of the pressure detecting means. I have.

The discriminating means 48 judges that the balloon 38 has ruptured when it is confirmed that the internal pressure has dropped sharply, and displays the player who ruptured the balloon 38 as a winner. A display signal is output to the display means 46, and after the operation of each drive unit is stopped, a command signal for performing a game preparation operation in the next step is output to the supply means of the sheet rubber material 1. It is configured.

According to the game machine having the above structure, the game preparation operation can be automatically performed without the complicated operation of attaching and detaching the balloon to and from the balloon installation section of the balloon manufacturing apparatus. The time required for the balloons 38 to expand at the head or the like of the doll 41 by operating the balloon manufacturing devices provided in the doll 41 on the other side by the two players, and to explode the balloon 38. You can run a game to compete.

If the display means 46 for displaying the winner is provided at the time when the determination means 48 confirms that the balloon 38 has burst, the visibility of the game is effectively improved. be able to. Moreover, the balloon 38
When the discriminating means 48 confirms that the game has exploded, it is necessary to operate the game machine if the command signal for terminating the game and performing the preparatory work for the game in the next step is output. The work can be further simplified.

Instead of the above configuration, the operator may confirm that the balloon 38 has ruptured, and perform the preparation operation in accordance with the button operation by this operation. In the above embodiment, the game machine provided with a pair of dolls 41 has been described. However, three or more dolls 41 are provided, and each is configured to compete for the time required to burst the balloon of its own doll 41. Alternatively, a single doll 41 may be provided to measure the time required to burst the balloon 38.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the balloon 38 is ruptured by a working fluid such as compressed air supplied from the air supply source 25, as shown above.
An operating member 49 such as a sword or a spear operated by a player
Each of the dolls 41 may be provided with a shield 50 for preventing the operation member 49 from being attacked, and the balloon 38 on the other side may be ruptured by the operation member 49. In this case, by providing a traveling drive unit for traveling each of the dolls 41, the game performance can be further improved.

Further, the balloon 38 inflated by the balloon manufacturing apparatus is used as a target, so that the player can directly rupture the balloon 38 with an operating member such as a gun, and the time required to rupture the balloon 38. Compete for
Alternatively, it may be configured to compete for the number of balloons 38 that can be burst by a predetermined number of bullets.

FIGS. 10 to 12 show another embodiment of the balloon manufacturing apparatus used in the game machine for bursting the balloon 38. FIG. In this balloon manufacturing apparatus, a cover plate 51 for covering the substrate 5 and its surface is attached to the upper portion of the guide bar 11 so as to be able to move up and down, and the cover plate 5
An air blowing device 52 that blows compressed air along the surface of the game machine 1 is attached to an outer shell plate 54 of the game machine via a mounting bracket 53.

The cover plate 51 is made of an elastic member made of chloroprene rubber or the like. A radial slit 55 is formed at the center of the cover plate 51, that is, at a portion corresponding to the balloon outlet 13 formed in the substrate 5. I have. A locking piece 56 for regulating the upper limit position of the coating plate 51 is fixed to the upper end of the guide bar 11, and a stopper 57 for regulating the lowering of the substrate 5 is fixed below the locking piece 56. Within the installation range of the locking piece 56 and the stopper 57, the substrate 5 and the cover plate 51
Are configured to be displaced vertically.

In the above configuration, after the sheet-like rubber material 1 is placed along the back surface of the substrate 5, the covering member 6 is pushed up by the lifting cylinder 12, and the upper end thereof is pressed against the back surface of the substrate 5. The covering member 6 pushes up the substrate 5 and the covering plate 51 integrally, and raises and locks the covering plate 51 to a position corresponding to the lower end of the outer shell plate 54.

Then, by supplying a working fluid such as compressed air from one of the air connectors 23 into the sealed space formed on the back surface side of the substrate 5 by the covering member 6, the internal pressure of the sealed space is increased. The sheet-like rubber material 1 is expanded. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the balloon 38 is formed while the triangular notch 58 formed by the slit 55 of the covering plate 51 is elastically deformed and pushed up.

When the balloon 38 ruptures and the pushing-up force disappears, the notch 58 of the cover plate 51 returns to the original position, and the balloon outlet 13 is covered. For this reason, fragments of the sheet-like rubber material 1 formed by the rupture of the balloon 38
And remains on the coating plate 51 without falling from the cover plate 51.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12, the covering member 6 is slid downward by the lifting cylinder 12 to lower the substrate 5 and the covering plate 51 to the position where the stopper 57 is provided. By blowing out compressed air from 52, the fragments on the coating plate 51 are blown off and removed.

Since the debris removing means including the air blowing device 52 for blowing and removing the debris of the sheet-like rubber material 1 formed by the rupture of the balloon 38 is provided, the conveying portion of the sheet-like rubber material 1 is provided. The above-mentioned debris can be prevented from accumulating on the surface. Therefore, the operator does not need to frequently check the game machine and remove the fragments of the sheet-like rubber material 1, and the work of transporting the sheet-like rubber material 1 due to the accumulation of the fragments is not required. Can be effectively prevented from occurring.

In place of the air blowing device 51, a brush slidably provided along the surface of the cover plate 51, and a driving unit for sliding the brush to remove fragments of the sheet-like rubber material 1. And a structure provided with debris removal means comprising:

Further, as described above, the covering plate 51 made of an elastic member is installed so as to cover the surface of the substrate 5, and a radial slit 55 is formed in a portion of the covering plate 51 corresponding to the balloon lead-out hole 13. In this case, when the sheet-shaped rubber material 1 is expanded to form the balloon 38, the notch 58 of the covering plate 51 formed by the slit 55 is elastically deformed.
Due to the presence of the covering plate 51, the sheet-like rubber material 1
Can be prevented from being hindered.

When the balloon 38 ruptures, the notch 58 returns to its original position to cover the balloon lead-out hole 13, and fragments of the sheet-like rubber material 1 fall from the balloon lead-out hole 13. Therefore, the work of removing the debris can be easily performed.

In order to facilitate the work of removing fragments by the above-mentioned fragment removing means, it is desirable to install the covering plate 51 on the front surface side of the substrate 5. A structure provided on the back side of the substrate 5 may be used. Further, the cushion plate 14 provided on the back surface of the substrate 5 may be provided with a covering portion for covering the installation portion of the balloon lead-out hole 13, and a structure in which a radial slit is formed in the covering portion.

In order to facilitate the work of installing the sheet-like rubber material 1 along the back surface of the substrate 5, a support for supporting the first and second guide rollers 15, 17 is provided. The bracket 16 is installed so as to be swingably displaceable between an upper use position and a lower retreat position, and the sheet-like rubber material is retracted with the first and second guide rollers 15 and 17 retracted downward. 1 is desirably configured to be installed.

As shown in FIG. 13, a plurality of recesses 59 are formed at predetermined intervals on the back surface of the cushion plate 14 provided on the back surface of the substrate 5 along the outer periphery of the balloon lead-out hole 13. Upper plate 2 of covering member 6
A convex portion 61 corresponding to the concave portion 59 is formed on the upper surface of the fastening member made of zero (see FIG. 10). When the covering member 6 is raised, the convex portion 61 is formed in the concave portion 59 as shown in FIG. The sheet-like rubber material 1 may be configured to be locked by being fitted.

With this configuration, when the sheet-shaped rubber material 1 is expanded to form the balloon 38, it is possible to reliably prevent the sheet-shaped rubber material 1 from shifting and moving.
Note that a structure may be employed in which a concave portion is formed on the upper surface of the fastening member formed of the upper plate 20 and a convex portion corresponding to the concave portion is formed on the back surface of the cushion plate 14.

[0071]

As described above, claim 1 or claim 2
According to the invention, a sheet-like rubber material is supplied along a back surface of a substrate having a balloon lead-out hole, and the sheet-like rubber material is fixed to a mounting portion of the sheet-like rubber material in a state of being fixed by a fixing member. By supplying a working fluid such as compressed air into the enclosed space, or by evacuating the enclosed space to expand the sheet-like rubber material, a bag-like rubber material as in the related art is used. There is an advantage that balloons can be easily formed continuously without the need for a complicated operation of attaching and detaching and holding the same, and this operation can be easily automated.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a guide member for guiding the sheet-like rubber material fed from the sheet roll to the back side of the substrate, and the front end of the sheet-like rubber material is detachably engaged. A sheet rubber supply means having a locking member to be engaged and a driving means for slidingly displacing the locking member is provided. The supply means continuously supplies the sheet rubber material to the back side of the substrate. This makes it easy to supply the sheet-like rubber material along the back surface of the substrate.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the debris removing means for removing the debris of the sheet-like rubber material formed by the rupture of the balloon is provided, the debris accumulates on the sheet rubber transport portion. This can prevent the occurrence of a situation in which the work of transporting the sheet-like rubber material is hindered by the fragments.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a covering plate made of an elastic member is provided so as to cover the surface of the substrate, and a radial slit is formed in a portion of the covering plate corresponding to the balloon lead-out hole. When the balloon is formed by expanding the sheet-like rubber material to form a balloon, the cover plate prevents the balloon-like material from being hindered by the cover plate, and is formed by rupture of the balloon. There is an advantage that the fragments can be prevented from falling from the balloon outlet hole.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, corresponding concave and convex portions are formed on the back surface of the substrate and the surface of the fastening member, and the concave and convex portions are formed on the outer peripheral portion of the balloon outlet hole. Because it was configured to lock the sheet-like rubber by, when the sheet-like rubber material is expanded to form a balloon,
The sheet-like rubber material can be reliably prevented from moving.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a driving member driven by a player and the operation amount of the driving member are supplied into the closed space formed by the covering member of the balloon manufacturing apparatus. Since the air amount adjusting means for adjusting the amount of compressed air is provided, the operation for preparing the game for inflating the balloon is automatically performed without the need for the complicated operation of attaching and detaching the balloon to and from the balloon installation portion of the balloon manufacturing apparatus. be able to. By supplying compressed air according to the amount of actuation of the drive member by the player to the closed space, it is possible to easily and effectively execute a game such as competing for the time required to inflate and rupture balloons. it can.

Further, the invention according to claim 8 has an advantage that a game feeling with a high degree of excitement can be obtained by bursting the balloon formed by the balloon manufacturing apparatus with an operation member operated by a player. .

Further, the invention according to claim 9 is characterized in that the pressure detecting means for detecting the internal pressure of the enclosed space and the determining means for determining whether or not the balloon has ruptured according to the change state of the internal pressure. With this arrangement, the end point of the game is automatically determined according to the determination result of the determination means, and after the operation of each drive unit is stopped, the game preparation operation in the next step can be automatically performed. Further, since the display means displays the end of the game, the time required for ending the game, and the like in accordance with the output signal of the determination means, the game characteristics can be effectively improved. .

Further, the invention according to claim 10 is configured such that a plurality of balloon manufacturing apparatuses are installed, and the operation of the game machine is stopped when it is confirmed that the balloon formed by any one of them has burst. Therefore, by operating the balloon manufacturing apparatus by each of the plurality of players, there is an advantage that a game with a high degree of excitement, such as competing for the time required to expand the balloon and burst the balloon, can be executed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view showing an embodiment of a balloon manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the balloon manufacturing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the balloon manufacturing device.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a balloon formed state.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting process of a sheet roll.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of the game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control unit of the game machine.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing a balloon formed state.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which pieces of sheet rubber are removed.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing a locked state of a sheet-like rubber material.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sheet-like rubber material 2 Sheet roll 5 Substrate 6 Covering member 12 Lifting cylinder (drive means) 13 Balloon lead-out hole 15, 17 Guide roller (guide member) 20 Upper plate (fixing member) 25 Air supply source (fluid supply source) 27 locking member 38 balloon 42 driving member 44 pressure detecting means 45 control means 46 display means 47 air amount detecting means 48 discriminating means 51 covering plate 52 air blowing device (debris removing means) 55 slit 59 concave part 60 convex part

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(57) [Claims] A substrate having a balloon lead-out hole, a sheet-like rubber material supply means for supplying a sheet-like rubber material along a back surface of the substrate, and A balloon manufacturing device comprising: a fastening member for fastening a sheet-shaped rubber material; and rubber material swelling means for expanding the sheet-shaped rubber material to form a balloon on the surface side of the balloon outlet hole. apparatus. 2. A substrate having a balloon lead-out hole, a sheet-like rubber material supply means for supplying a sheet-like rubber material along a back surface of the substrate, and A fastening member for fastening the sheet-like rubber material, and a covering member that forms a closed space that covers a lower portion of the balloon outlet hole,
A balloon supply device for supplying a working fluid to the closed space; 3. A guide member for guiding a sheet-like rubber material unwound from a sheet roll in which a sheet-like rubber material is wound into a roll, to a back surface side of a substrate, and a front end portion of the sheet-like rubber material is detachable. A sheet-like rubber material supply means having a locking member for locking the sheet member and a driving means for slidingly displacing the locking member to feed out the sheet-like rubber material from the sheet roll. 3. The balloon manufacturing device according to 1 or 2. 4. The balloon manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a fragment removing means for removing fragments of the sheet-like rubber material formed by bursting the balloon. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a coating plate made of an elastic member is provided on the substrate, and a radial slit is formed in a portion of the coating plate corresponding to the balloon lead-out hole. The balloon manufacturing apparatus according to the above. 6. A concave portion and a convex portion for locking a sheet-like rubber material outside a balloon outlet hole formed in a substrate,
The balloon manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the balloon manufacturing apparatus is formed on the back surface of the substrate and the front surface of the fastening member. 7. A game machine using the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the balloon manufacturing is performed according to a driving member driven by a player and an operation amount of the driving member. A game machine using a balloon manufacturing device, comprising: a fluid amount adjusting means for adjusting an amount of a working fluid supplied from a fluid supply source of the device into the closed space. 8. A game machine using the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a sheet-like rubber material provided along a back surface of the substrate of the balloon manufacturing apparatus is provided on the substrate. A game machine using a balloon manufacturing apparatus, comprising an operation member for rupture of a balloon formed by bulging out from the outlet hole to the surface side. 9. A pressure detecting means for detecting an internal pressure of a closed space formed by a covering member of a balloon manufacturing apparatus, and a determining means for determining whether or not the balloon has burst according to a detection signal of the pressure detecting means. 9. A game machine using a balloon manufacturing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a display unit for displaying that the balloon has exploded in accordance with an output signal of said determination unit. 10. A control device for disposing a plurality of balloon manufacturing devices and stopping operation of the game machine when it is confirmed that a balloon manufactured by any one of the balloon manufacturing devices has exploded. 10. The method according to claim 7, wherein:
A game machine using the balloon manufacturing device according to any one of the above.