JP3247490B2 - Race play equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a racing game machine in which a plurality of mobile models run on a predetermined running path.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A racing game machine in which a plurality of moving models (horses, automobiles, etc.) run on an annular traveling road surface and compete in the order of arrival has become widespread. Derby games, car races, boat races, and the like are examples of this type of racing game machine.

[0003] Conventionally, as a technique in such a field, Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-38881 is known. The prior art described in this document will be described with reference to FIGS. Conventional racing game machine (derby game)
As shown in FIG. 9, on a top surface of a rectangular parallelepiped cabinet 110, a non-magnetic running road surface plate 111 depicting a field course is stretched horizontally. This traveling road surface plate 111
On the field course is a moving model of five racehorses 112
a to 112e are placed.

[0004] In the cabinet 110, a support 113 is extended horizontally as shown in FIG. 10, and two guide rails 11 are inserted into a concave portion 114 at the center of the support 113.
5 are laid in parallel. A traveling board 116 is mounted on the guide rail 115, and the traveling board 116 is moved until the traveling board 116 collides with a stopper 117 at the front and rear ends.
5 can be reciprocated. Further, the traveling board 1
A swivel table 118 is mounted on the rotary shaft 16.
Around the center. Five plackets 120a to 120e are integrally mounted on one end of the swivel stand 118, and two guide rails are laid over each of the plackets 120a to 120e. The movable frames 121a to 121e are slidably fitted to the guide rails, respectively. In addition, the moving frames 121a to 121
Moving pieces 122a to 122e are attached to e. Magnets are mounted on the upper portions of the moving pieces 122a to 122e, and the moving models 112a to
112e is adsorbed across the traveling road surface plate 111.
Then, each of the movable frames 121a to 121a is guided along the guide rail.
1e is moved back and forth, and when the traveling board 116 reaches both ends of the guide rail 115, the turntable 118 is turned by 180 degrees, whereby each of the moving pieces 122a to 122a-1 is moved.
22e orbits an elliptical orbit. For this reason, the moving models 112a to 112e that operate in conjunction with the moving pieces 122a to 122e that make orbital movements look as if the racehorse is racing on the field course.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional racing game machine, the swivel table 118 provided on the reciprocating traveling board 116 is rotated when the traveling board 116 changes direction, so that each The moving models 112a to 112e orbit around the elliptical orbit. As described above, since the two movements of the linear movement and the rotation movement are combined to perform the elliptical movement,
The timing at which the transition from the linear operation to the rotation operation is difficult is difficult, and the mechanism for smoothly transitioning is complicated.
In addition, in order to mount the swivel table 118 on the traveling board 116, the traveling board 116 must be rugged, which causes a problem that the whole apparatus becomes large-scale.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem and to provide a racing game machine having a simple structure.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a racing game apparatus according to the present invention is provided below a running road surface,
A traveling vehicle that self-propelled on the orbit while sucking a plurality of mobile models on the traveling road surface, and was placed almost at the center of the orbit,
A rotating pedestal having a rotation axis perpendicular to a plane including the orbit, and one end fixed to the rotation axis and the other end fixed to the traveling trolley, following the traveling trolley in a straight line while rotating about the rotation axis; Thus, a cable supporter that can bend only along a plane including the rotation axis and a power cable that is covered by the cable supporter and that transmits power supplied to the rotation base from the rotation base to the traveling vehicle are provided. .

[0008]

According to the racing game apparatus of the present invention, the electric power supplied to the rotating pedestal is supplied to the traveling trolley by transmitting the power cable passing through the inside of the cable supporter. By supplying the electric power, the traveling vehicle travels on a desired orbit while sucking a plurality of mobile models on the traveling road surface. The cable supporter fixed to the traveling trolley and the rotating pedestal follows the traveling trolley in a straight line while rotating about the rotation axis of the rotating pedestal.

Further, even when the distance between the traveling vehicle and the rotary pedestal changes due to the running of the elliptical track, the cable supporter bends along a plane including the rotation axis of the rotating pedestal. It can absorb the change in the distance between the pedestal and the rotating pedestal, enabling smooth running on an elliptical orbit.

Furthermore, since the power cable passes through the inside of the cable supporter, the power cable does not become entangled even if the distance between the traveling vehicles changes.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the race game device. In this device, a green traveling road surface plate 11 depicting a field course is horizontally stretched on the upper surface of a cabinet 10 in which four corners of a rectangular parallelepiped are cut obliquely.
Race model bodies 12a to 12d imitating race horses are mounted on the running road surface plate 11. Inside the cabinet 10, a guide traveling plate 13 having an open portion inside the field course is stretched horizontally, and a towing vehicle 14 is placed with the guide traveling plate 13 interposed therebetween. A plurality of towing winches 15a to 15d are provided on the upper surface of the towing truck 14.
Are provided, and tow ropes 16a to 16d are drawn out from the respective tow winches 15a to 15d. Sliding shoes 17a to 17d in which magnets are fitted are attached to the tips of these tow ropes 16a to 16d, respectively, and race model bodies 12a to 12 in which magnets are fitted in the lower portions.
d is adsorbed via the traveling road surface plate 11.

The towing truck 14 is configured to go around on a guide rail 18 formed along the field course on the lower surface of the guide traveling plate 13, and the sliding shoes 17a to 17d towed by the towing truck 14 have the same configuration. Performs a circular operation. For this reason, the race model bodies 12a to 12d sucked by the sliding shoes 17a to 17d also perform the same orbital movement, so that the race model bodies 12a to 12d race on the field course from the running road surface plate 11. Looks like they are.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the structure of a racing game apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the rotary power supply device 25 is placed at the center of the bottom surface 10a of the cabinet 10, and the cable supporter guide support groove plate 26 is mounted on the rotary power supply device 25.
Is attached. A hollow cable supporter 27 bent in a U-shape is placed on the cable supporter guide support groove plate 26, and a distal end 27 a of the cable supporter 27 is fixed on the cable supporter guide support groove plate 26. . The towing truck 14 is fixed to the distal end portion 17 b of the cable supporter 27 with a connecting pin 28.

As shown in FIG. 3A, the cable supporter 27 includes a plurality of offset links (metal pieces) 271-2.
73 is connected by connecting pins 271a to 273a. Each of the offset links 271 to 273 has a protrusion 271b to 273b that hinders a rotation operation in one direction.
Is provided, the cable supporter 27 can be bent in only one direction as shown in FIGS.

Therefore, the cable supporter 27 provided on the rotary power supply device 25 shown in FIG. 1 can bend only in a direction (vertical direction) along a plane including the rotation axis of the rotary power supply device 25. Thus, the cable supporter 2
7 can bend only in one direction, so cable supporter 2
The portion above the bent position of 7 has a linear shape.
Further, since the cable supporter 27 does not bend in a direction (left-right direction) along a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of the rotary power supply device 25, the cable supporter 27 follows the orbital movement of the towing vehicle 14 in a linear state. For this reason, the rotation power supply device 25 rotates in conjunction with this circling operation.

Further, since the towing vehicle 14 travels on an elliptical track, the distance between the towing vehicle 14 and the rotary power supply 25 changes depending on the traveling of the towing vehicle 14. Cable supporter 2
7 has the above structure, so that the cable supporters 27
By displacing the bent position of, the change in the distance between the towing vehicle 14 and the rotary power supply device 25 can be easily handled. In this case, since the shape of the cable supporter 27 can be changed smoothly and little load is applied, no energy loss occurs.

A cable 29 is encapsulated in the cable supporter 27, and transmits the electric power supplied from the power supply device 30 to the rotary power supply device 25 to the towing vehicle 14. By this transmission, the drive motors 19a to 19d of the tow winches 15a to 15d of the tow truck 14 and the traveling drive motor 22
Is supplied with power. Further, even if the distance between the towing vehicle 14 and the rotary power supply device 25 changes, the length of the cable supporter 27 does not change.
The cable 29 wrapped in the cable does not loosen.

The cable supporter 27 itself is a technology that has already been realized in the field of industrial robots, and is used for, for example, a telescopic arm. In this embodiment,
This is an application of this technology. Examples of use of the cable supporter in the field of industrial robots include Mitsubishi Electric's MELFA RC-321 type.

The rotary power supply 25 has a structure as shown in the sectional view of FIG.
5b is provided. The cable supporter guide support groove plate 26 is mounted on the upper surface plate 25b, and the cable supporter 27 is connected to the cable supporter guide support groove plate 26.
Fixed on top. Also, at one end of the upper surface plate 25b,
Sliding conductive brushes 31a to 31d are attached,
A cable 29 for supplying electric power to the towing truck 14 is connected to the sliding conductive brushes 31a to 31d. The sliding conductive brushes 31a to 31d are disk-shaped induction electrode plates 32a.
To 32d, which are always in contact with the induction electrode plates 32a to 32d.
A power cable 33 extending from the power supply device 30 is connected to the power supply device 30. Therefore, when the cable supporter 27 rotates due to the traveling of the towing truck 14, the sliding conductive brushes 31a to 31d are constantly in contact with each other and the disc-shaped induction pole plates 32a to 3d
Move around 2d. Therefore, the electric power from the power supply device 30 is constantly supplied to the towing vehicle 14.

FIG. 5 shows a modification of the power supply mechanism shown in FIG. In this example, a chain structure cable supporter 2
Instead of 7, a cable supporter 34 having a telescopic telescopic structure is used. The cable 29 led out from the cable supporter 34 is wound with spring members 35a to 35d so that the cable is not loosened even when the cable supporter 34 contracts.

Next, the towing truck 14 and the sliding shoe 17
Structures a to 17d will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view (FIG. 2, II ′ section) showing the structure of the towing truck 14 cut perpendicular to the running direction. As shown in the figure, the towing vehicle 14 has a U-shape and is placed with the guide traveling plate 13 interposed therebetween. Wheels are provided on the upper face plate 14 a of the towing truck 14, and can move on the guide traveling plate 13. On the upper face plate 14a, towing winches 15a to 15d are provided at equal intervals, and sliding shoes 17a to 17d are towed. Each of the towing winches 15a to 15d is provided with a drive motor 19a to 19d for winding and rewinding the towing ropes 16a to 16d, respectively.
The traveling drive roller 2 is provided on the lower face plate 14b of the traction truck 14.
0, a traveling drive motor 22 for driving the guide roller 21 and the traveling drive roller 20;
The guide rail 18 is sandwiched between the guide roller 21 and the guide roller 21. The traveling drive motor 22 is a power supply unit (not shown)
And supplies the desired electric power from the controller to rotate the traveling drive roller 20. By the rotation of the traveling drive roller 20, the towing vehicle 14 travels at a constant speed along the guide rail 18.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the structure of the sliding shoes 17a to 17d cut perpendicular to the running direction (FIG.
FIG. As shown in the figure, the sliding shoes 17a to 17d
Magnets 23a to 23d are fitted from above in the central portion. Race model bodies 12a, 12 on running road surface plate 11
The magnets are also fitted into the carts 24a to 24d of b,..., and the sliding shoes 17a to 17d and the carts 24a to 24d are attracted to each other. In addition, the race model body 12
Since the carts 24a to 24d of a, 12b,... are provided with wheels, respectively, the race model bodies 12a, 12b,.
Can travel in accordance with the movement of the sliding shoes 17a to 17d.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view (cross section taken along the line C-C ') of the racing game apparatus according to the present embodiment cut along the traveling direction of the field course drawn on the traveling road surface plate 11. As shown in the figure, the tow ropes 1 are provided from the tow winches 15a to 15d provided on the upper face plate 14a of the tow truck 14.
6a, 16b,... Are pulled out to pull sliding shoes 17a, 17b,.

Each of the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,... Moves in accordance with the traveling of the towing truck 14, but each of the towing winches 1
By driving each of 5a to 15d independently,
The moving speed of each of the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,... Can be changed. That is, by operating the towing winch 15a and winding the towing rope 16a, the sliding shoe 17a connected to the tip of the towing rope 16a can be moved faster than the towing truck 14. By operating the towing winch 15a to rewind the towing rope 16a, the sliding shoe 17a connected to the tip of the towing rope 16a can be moved later than the towing truck 14. Thus, each of the sliding shoes 17a, 17
are moved at a unique speed, so that the race model body 12 sucked by the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,.
a run at their own speeds.

Further, each of the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,.
Are pulled by the flexible pulling ropes 16a, 16b,...
It can be moved freely. Therefore, the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,... Move in parallel in the straight portion of the field course, but all the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,. . This is because the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,... Try to move in the shortest distance. Therefore, the racing model body 1 sucked by the sliding shoes 17a, 17b,.
2a, 12b,... Perform the same movement, so that a movement very close to an actual derby race, such as running in parallel on a straight course and running in a row in a corner at a corner, is realized.

In this embodiment, the guide rail 18 is used for guiding the towing vehicle 14, but a chain may be used instead of the rail. In this case, the guide rail 18
(A position may be near the center or near the outer periphery), and the tow truck 14 is swept by the chain. The use of the chain facilitates control of the current position of the towing vehicle 14, position detection, and the like.

In this embodiment, the race model bodies 12a to 12a
Although 12d is towed by the towing truck 14, the method is not limited to the method in which the towing and running of the race model bodies 12a to 12d are performed, and the race model body 12 is pulled as shown in the conventional example of FIG.
It is also possible to use a system in which a to 12d are directly adsorbed on a carriage and run.

Further, the power supplied to the rotary power supply 25 is not limited to the power supplied from the power supply 30 incorporated in the device, and may be the power supplied from an external power supply.

The racing game machine to which the present invention is applied is not limited to a derby race, but can be applied to a car race, a boat race, and the like.

[0031]

According to the present invention, since the cable supporter bends along a plane including the rotation axis of the rotary pedestal, the distance between the traveling trolley and the rotary pedestal changes due to the running of the elliptical track. However, the cable supporter can follow the traveling bogie due to the smooth rotation. For this reason, traveling power is constantly supplied to the traveling vehicle by the power cable passing through the inside of the cable supporter.

Further, since the power cable passes through the inside of the cable supporter, the power cable does not become entangled even if the distance between the rotating base and the traveling vehicle changes.

As described above, with the racing game machine of the present invention, it is possible to run a plurality of moving models with an extremely simple mechanism, and it is possible to provide a racing game machine with less failure at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a race game device.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a drive mechanism of the race game device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a structure of a cable supporter.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the structure of the rotary power supply device.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a power supply mechanism to the towing truck.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the towing vehicle cut perpendicularly to the traveling direction.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the structure of the sliding shoe cut perpendicularly to the running direction.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the racing game device cut along the traveling direction of the field course.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a conventional racing game machine.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the internal structure of a conventional racing game machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Cabinet, 11 ... Running road surface board, 12 ... Race model body, 13 ... Guide running board, 14 ... Towing truck, 15 ... Towing winch, 16 ... Towing rope, 17 ... Sliding shoe, 18
... guide rail, 19 ... drive motor, 20 ... travel drive roller, 21 ... guide roller, 22 ... travel drive motor, 2
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Magnet, 24 ... Dolly, 25 ... Rotary power supply device, 26 ... Cable supporter guide support groove plate, 27, 34 ... Cable supporter, 28 ... Connecting pin, 29 ... Cable, 30 ... Power supply device, 31 ... Sliding conductive brush , 32 ... induction plate, 33 ...
Power cable, 35 ... spring material.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A traveling vehicle provided below a traveling road surface and self-propelled on an orbit while sucking a plurality of mobile models on the traveling road surface, and disposed substantially at the center of the orbit, and including the orbit. A rotating pedestal having a rotation axis perpendicular to a plane; one end fixed to the rotation axis and the other end fixed to the traveling carriage, following the traveling carriage in a straight line while rotating about the rotation axis; As described above, a cable supporter that can be bent only along a plane including the rotation axis, and for covering the cable supporter and transmitting power supplied to the rotation pedestal from the rotation pedestal to the traveling vehicle. A racing game device comprising a power cable.