JP3294720B2 - Launcher - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shooting device for use in a shooting game machine for hitting a target to be set at a predetermined distance from a target, and firing the target.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been known a shooting game machine in which a prize is aimed at using a cork, a table tennis ball, or the like as a bullet, and a player obtains a prize that has fallen or dropped by hitting the bullet. A firing device for firing a bullet used in a shooting game machine is, for example, a hopper in which bullets are stored and a vicinity of the firing position of the bullet are connected by a passage, and the bullet is a light weight such as a table tennis ball. When it is the case, it has a structure in which bullets are supplied from the hopper to the vicinity of the firing position by wind power.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional launching apparatus, when one bullet is hit, a new bullet is resupplied each time, so that about two continuous shots per second are required. The launch was limited and it was not possible to fire more bullets continuously. Furthermore, when firing bullets continuously, it was difficult to fire bullets smoothly. Also, it is difficult to keep the interval at which bullets are sent from the hopper constant, so that it is difficult to keep the firing interval of bullets constant.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and has as its object to provide a launching apparatus capable of smoothly and continuously firing bullets at a high speed.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is used in a shooting game machine for hitting an object to be shot at a target installed at a predetermined distance, and A launching device for launching a body, comprising: a subject supply unit (18a, 17, 19, etc.) for supplying the subject; and a subject temporarily supplied to the subject supplied by the subject supply unit. An object guide section (12f, 12i, etc.) to be driven, a first driving section (12e) for supplying a driving force for driving the object guide section, and an object guide section from behind the object guide section. An air blowing unit (17e) for pushing out the target to be projected in the guide for the projectile toward the projecting direction of the projectile, and one projectile to be carried out by releasing the guide for the projectile is fired. An injection unit (12g, 12h, etc.) and the
Detects the projectile that is blocked by the exit guide
A detection unit (12d) based on a detection result of the detection unit.
The object blocked by the object guide unit
And a control unit (33) for controlling the number of births to a certain number .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the launching apparatus according to the first aspect, the projecting object guide portion includes an arm portion (12f) provided swingably in a guiding direction of the projecting object. The arm is rotated alternately in a direction opposite to the swing direction of the arm,
And an unloading body (12i) for supporting one unloading object by the rotation and unloading the unloading unit to the injection unit.

[0007]

[0008] The invention of claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
In the launching apparatus of (1), the emission section has a pair of rollers arranged so as to be able to sandwich the object to be ejected, and an ejection roller section (12h) for emitting the object by rotation of the roller.
And a second driving section (12g) for supplying a driving force for rotating a pair of rollers of the injection roller section.

[0009]

In the present invention, the object supply section supplies the object to the object guide section. The projecting object guide unit keeps the projecting object on standby, and the projecting unit emits the projecting objects waiting on the projecting object guide unit one by one. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the object to be ejected is guided by the arm and the unloading member. Further, in the invention of claim 3,
The control unit keeps the number of the objects blocked by the object guide unit constant. Furthermore, in the invention according to claim 4, the object to be ejected is fired by the ejection roller unit and the second drive unit. Therefore, the object is continuously and smoothly fired.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of an embodiment of a shooting game machine according to the present invention. The shooting game machine 10 includes a target unit 11, a firing unit 12 that fires a bullet toward the target unit 11, and the like. Target part 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a portion having a plurality of premiums 11a placed as targets. The firing unit 12 is provided at a position separated from the target unit 11 by a predetermined distance. The player has the launch unit 12
Is operated such that a bullet is fired from and the prize 11a is hit.

The prize transport section 13 transfers the prize 11a, which has been hit by a bullet and falls, to the prize take-out port 1 located at the position of the player.
4 is transported. The display unit 15 displays, for example, the remaining number of bullets in the game, the remaining play time, the completion of preparation for firing bullets, the game over, and the like. The speaker unit 16 outputs a predetermined sound during a game, when a bullet is fired from the firing unit 12, when the prize 11a falls, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing in detail one embodiment of the appearance of the firing section 12. As shown in FIG. The firing unit 12 is shaped like a barrel, and has an operation lever unit 12a, a tube unit 12b, and a firing button 12c. The operation lever portion 12a is for a player to hold. Tube part 1
2b is a portion from which the bullet is fired, and extends in the direction of the target portion 11. The firing button 12c is provided at an end of the operation lever portion 12a, and when turned on, a bullet is fired from the cylindrical portion 12b. The firing unit 12 is a cylindrical unit 1
It is provided so that the direction of 2b can be moved up and down, forward and backward, and left and right directions by a predetermined amount with respect to the target unit 11.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an embodiment of the internal configuration of the firing unit 12, the bullet supply unit 17 and the hopper unit 18 connected to the firing unit 12. As shown in FIG. In this embodiment, a table tennis ball is used as a bullet. The hopper 18 is a portion where bullets are stored. The fired bullets are collected and supplied to the hopper 18 again. The passage 18a extends from the hopper 18 to the bullet feeder 1
7 to supply bullets.

Here, the bullet supply unit 17 includes the sensor 1
7a, an opening / closing portion 17b, a solenoid 17c, and a spring 1
7d. The sensor 17a detects that a bullet has been supplied to the bullet supply unit 17 and the hopper unit 1
This is for detecting the clogging of the 8 bullets. The solenoid 17c is for driving the opening / closing section 17b. The opening / closing section 17b is driven at the upper end first in the right direction in the drawing. As a result, the bullet drops from the passage 18a to the bullet supply unit 17. The driven opening / closing portion 17b has its upper end returned to the left again by the urging force of the spring 17d. Thus, the bullet is sent to the blower 17e.
The blower 17 e is connected to the firing unit 12 by a passage 19, and pushes a bullet to the firing unit 12 through the passage 19 by discharging wind.

The firing section 12 includes a sensor 12d, a trigger section 12A as a guide section for an object to be ejected, an injection roller 12
h and an emission unit composed of a drive motor 12g. The sensor 12d is for detecting a retained bullet supplied to the trigger portion 12A. The trigger unit 12A
It is composed of a solenoid 12e, an arm 12f, a bullet supporting portion (unloading body) 12i, and the like, and is for unloading the bullet sent through the passage 19 to the ejection roller 12h side. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of one embodiment of the drive motor 12g and the injection roller 12h. Two injection rollers 12h are installed at an interval capable of holding a bullet, and each of the injection rollers 12h has a drive motor 12h.
g is directly connected. By the rotational drive of the drive motor 12g, each of the injection rollers 12h is rotated in the opposite direction, and the bullet is pushed out by its rotational force.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the operation of the trigger unit 12A of the firing unit 12 in detail. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation subsequent to FIG. The trigger part 12A has a solenoid 12e, an arm part 12f and a bullet support part 12i driven by the solenoid 12e. Arm 12f
Is swingably supported by the fixed shaft 12f-1 as a fulcrum, and is connected to the drive shaft of the solenoid 12e. The bullet support portion 12i is rotatably supported with the fixed shaft 12i-1 as a fulcrum. The lower end of the arm portion 12f is formed in a substantially U shape, and this portion and the bullet support portion 12i are formed.
Is engaged with the shaft 12i-2. With this configuration, the bullet support portions 12i are alternately rotated in the direction opposite to the swing direction of the arm portion 12f. A spring 12j is provided on the drive shaft of the solenoid 12e to bias the arm 12f. The firing button 12 of the firing unit 12
When c (FIG. 2) is off, that is, when the solenoid 12e is off, the arm 12f and the bullet support 12i
It is located as shown in FIG. 5A, and the bullet support portion 12i is in contact with the bullet 1a. Therefore, although the wind is constantly discharged from the blower 17e (FIG. 3), the bullets 1a, 1b,... Thereby, the bullet is temporarily suspended.

When the solenoid 12e is turned on from the state shown in FIG. 5A, the drive shaft is driven in the direction in which the spring 12j contracts (leftward in the figure). Thereby, the arm 12
f and the bullet support portion 12i are fixed shafts 12f-1, respectively.
It is rotated clockwise and counterclockwise in FIG. As a result, as shown in (b) in the drawing, the bullet support portion 12i supports the bullet 1a and abuts on the bullet 1b.

When the arm 12f and the bullet support 12i are further rotated from this state, as shown in FIG.
The portion of the bullet support portion 12i on the right side of the bullet 1a in the drawing is:
It is arranged outside the passage 19. As a result, the bullet 1a can move rightward in the drawing, and is driven rightward (injection roller 1
2h) and fired from the firing unit 12. Thereafter, when the solenoid 12e is turned off, the spring 1
The drive shaft of the solenoid 12e is extended by the urging force of 2j,
The arm 12f and the bullet support 12i are respectively rotated in the opposite directions to the above (FIG. 6B), and return to the position shown in FIG. 5A again. At this time, the bullet 1a in FIG. 5A is the bullet 1b.

Note that the state shown in FIG.
(A) Further, when shifting to the state of FIG. 6 (b), the bullet support portion 12i and the bullet 1b are in contact with each other.
The contact surface of the bullet support portion 12i with the bullet 1b is formed in a substantially spherical shape, and the frictional force generated on the contact surface between the two is small. Also, the bullet support 1 can be moved without moving the bullet 1b.
2i can be rotated. Therefore, the bullet support 12
i can rotate smoothly without a load in the above-described series of operations.

Next, an operation flow in the game will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the game flow of the components shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the control device of the shooting game machine 10. As shown in FIG. 8, the control device includes a CPU 31, a control unit 33 and a storage unit 32 electrically connected to the CPU 31. The control unit 33 includes the sensor 12 described above.
d, sensor 17a, blower 17e, drive motor 12
g, the solenoid 12e, and the solenoid 17c are electrically connected. The CPU 31 controls the entire operation of the shooting game machine 10. Various controls of the shooting game machine 10 are executed by a program stored in a ROM in the storage unit 32.

In FIG. 7, first, when a coin is inserted in step 101, in the next step 102, wind is discharged from the blower 17e, and bullets are supplied to the firing unit 12. In the next step 103, a pending bullet is detected by the sensor 12 d.
, A pending bullet is added, and the process proceeds to the next step 105 to start the game. When the game is started, the control unit 33
Is the number of times the bullet has been fired (ie, the solenoid 12e
Is counted, and when the number of times (for example, five shots) is set in the storage unit 32 in advance, the process proceeds to step 106 to end the game. Or, before that, the storage unit 3
When the time set to 2 (for example, 1 minute) elapses, the game ends similarly. When the game is finished in step 106, the next step 107 is to restart the sensor 1
A reserved bullet is detected by 2d, and if it is insufficient, a reserved bullet is added in step 108. Then, the process proceeds to a step 109, wherein the blower 17e is turned off.

During the game, the sensor 12
“d” always detects a retained bullet. In the embodiment, the number of the retained bullets is three. When a bullet is fired by the firing unit 12, the sensor 12d detects that the reserve bullet is insufficient. When it is detected by the sensor 12d that the number of retained bullets is insufficient, the control unit 33 immediately drives the solenoid 17c,
As described with reference to FIG. 3, bullets are supplied from the bullet supply unit 17 to the firing unit 12. Since this operation is performed in an instant, three bullets are always held in the firing unit 12. By controlling in this manner, it is possible to fire bullets smoothly and continuously.

As described above, one embodiment of the present invention has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.
Various modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the invention. For example, although the table tennis ball is used as the bullet in the embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and another plastic hollow body (the outer shape is not necessarily limited to a substantially spherical shape) that can be transferred by the blower 17e may be used. Further, the number of shots held by the firing unit 12 is set to three in the embodiment, but may be set to any number according to the content of the game or the like. Further, a bullet supply unit 17 is provided at the rear upper part of the trigger unit 12A, and the bullet is supplied to the trigger unit 12A.
A may be caused to flow down, and in this case, the blower 17e is disposed from the rear of the trigger portion 12A in the firing direction.

[0024]

According to the present invention, the firing interval of the object can be kept constant. In addition, the object can be fired continuously. Further, the object can be fired smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of an embodiment of a shooting game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing in detail one embodiment of the appearance of the launch unit 12. FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a launch unit 12 and a bullet supply unit 1 connected thereto.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of a hopper section 7 and a hopper section 18.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an embodiment of a drive motor 12g and an ejection roller 12h.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation of a trigger unit 12A of the firing unit 12 in detail.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation subsequent to FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a game flow of the components shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a control device of the shooting game machine 10.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 12 launch unit 12A trigger unit 12d sensor 12e solenoid 12f arm unit 12i bullet support unit 12h injection roller 12g drive motor 17 bullet supply unit 17a sensor 17b opening / closing unit 17c solenoid 17d spring 17e blower 18 hopper 18a, 19 passage

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 9/00-11/00 A63F 7/24 A63H 33/18

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A launching device for projecting an object to be shot, which is used in a shooting game machine for projecting an object against a target placed at a predetermined distance, wherein the device supplies the object. A body supply unit; an object guide unit for temporarily suspending the object supplied by the object supply unit; and a first unit for supplying a driving force for driving the object guide unit. A driving unit, a blowing unit that pushes out the subject to be projected on standby in the subject guide unit from the rear of the subject guide unit toward the firing direction of the subject body, and by releasing the subject guide unit. an injection unit for emitting one of the projectile to be carried out, the injection bodies the has been blocked by the projectile guide portion
And a detection unit for detecting the detected object, based on the detection result of the detection unit,
A system that controls the number of blocked objects to a certain number
And a control unit . 2. The launching device according to claim 1, wherein the object guide section includes an arm provided to be swingable in a guide direction of the object, and a swing direction of the arm. And a discharge object which is rotated alternately in the opposite direction, and which supports one object by the rotation and discharges the object to the emission unit side. 3. The launching device according to claim 1, wherein the emitting section has a pair of rollers arranged so as to be able to clamp the object to be ejected.
And an injection row for firing the object by its rotation.
Drive for rotating and La portions, a pair of rollers of the exit roller unit
A second drive unit for supplying power .