JP3364005B2 - Game 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 game device for injecting air to inflate it into a bag and competing for the speed at which the amount of air injected into the bag reaches a predetermined amount.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game in which a bag body, for example, a balloon is inflated by operating a manual pump or the like and then the bag is ruptured first, there is an action of breaking the balloon. Anyone can visually and auditorily know that the balloon is broken, so that the win or loss can be immediately known, and anyone can participate in the balloon splitting game.

[0003]

However, when it is attempted to provide the above-mentioned balloon splitting game as a device, it is difficult to process broken balloons, replace balloons, and the like. Therefore,
There has not yet existed a device capable of repeatedly playing a game such as balloon splitting.

In view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a game device capable of repeatedly playing a game in which the speed of the amount of air injected into the bag reaches a predetermined amount.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a game device in which air is inflated to inflate into a bag and the speed of the amount of air injected into the bag reaches a predetermined amount. In, a pump device for injecting air by operating an operating part in the bag body, a detection means for detecting that a predetermined amount of air to be injected into the bag body, and a predetermined amount detection of the detection means Burst display means for displaying a pseudo burst of the bag body by a signal.

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a pump device for injecting air into the bag body by operating an operating portion, and that the amount of air injected into the bag body reaches a predetermined amount. Detecting means for detecting, rupture display means for displaying a pseudo rupture of the bag body by a detection signal of arrival of a predetermined amount of the bag body, and two sets of the bag bodies provided on the game board are provided for one casing. It is characterized by

Furthermore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides that the operating portion of the second set of the pump devices is provided in the vicinity of the first set of bags and the vicinity of the second set of bags. The operating parts of the first set of the pump devices are respectively disposed in the.

Further, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a valve in which the pump device is provided at an air inlet of the bag, a pump which constantly applies air pressure to the air inlet, and the operating portion. And an operation detecting means for opening the valve according to the operation amount.

[0009]

According to the above construction, the pump device for injecting air by operating the actuating portion on the bag body, the detecting means for detecting that the air injected into the bag body reaches a predetermined amount, and the detecting means. Since it has a rupture display means for displaying the pseudo rupture of the bag according to the predetermined amount arrival detection signal, it is possible to display the pseudo rupture without rupturing the bag and provide a game in which the bag that can be played repeatedly is ruptured.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are a perspective view and a cross-sectional explanatory view in which a part of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention is cut away. The game device of this embodiment is a battle-type game device. The members other than the housing 1 are provided in pairs, and in the case of being described in common, the reference numeral is not attached with a, and in the case of being explained separately, only one is denoted with a.

In FIG. 1, the upper surface of the housing 1 of the game apparatus has two game board surfaces 2 and 2a on which the players face each other, and the game board surfaces 2 and 2a are side surfaces of the housing 1 of the game apparatus. Seen from the above, they are provided in a V-shape and inclined in opposite directions. Balloon domes 3 and 3a made of transparent plastic are installed on the game board surfaces 2 and 2a, and balloons 4 and 4a as bags are provided inside the balloon domes 3 and 3a. The balloons 4 and 4a are of different colors such as red and blue.

Balloon dome 3, 3a on the game board surface 2, 2a
The ends facing each other with the pinch in between, that is, the game board surface 2,
Pump models 5, 5 simulating a manual pump on the lower edge of 2a
a is provided, and reference numerals 6 and 6a are operating handles of the pump models 5 and 5a as operating portions. Game device housing 1
The pumps 7 and 7a are mounted on the bottom plate 8 inside, and the air ducts 9 and 9a of the pumps 7 and 7a are balloons 4 and 4 to be described later.
It is connected to the inlet for introducing air into a. in this case,
The balloon 4 that is inflated by the operation of the operation handle 6 on the right side of the drawing is arranged on the left game board surface 2 side, and the balloon 4a that is inflated by the operation of the left operation handle 6a is arranged on the right game board surface 2a side.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the game board surface 2 has a cylindrical mounting cylinder 10 formed inside the balloon dome 3, and the balloon 4 is fitted and mounted so as to surround the mounting cylinder 10. . An inlet 11 and an outlet 12 are formed in the mounting cylinder 10, and the diameter of the outlet 12 is larger than the diameter of the inlet 11. The inlet 11 is connected to the blower duct 9 and the exhaust port 12 is connected to the exhaust duct 13, and the inlet 11 and the exhaust port 12 are opened and closed by solenoids 14 and 15.
6 and 17 are provided respectively. The exhaust duct 13 is formed along the back surface of the game board surface 2 and communicates with the outside through an opening 18 formed near the lower end of the game board surface 2. Inside the exhaust duct 13, a speaker 19 that emits a burst sound is provided.

The balloon dome 3 has a bent portion 2 at the bottom.
0 is formed, and the game board surface 2 is a balloon dome 3
At this position, a circular step is formed which is slightly larger than the diameter of the balloon dome 3, and the mounting cylinder 10 and the like are arranged in the lower part of the step. The balloon dome 3 is also placed on the lower part of the step, and a donut plate 21 having an inner diameter substantially the same as the main body of the balloon dome 3 is attached to the step upper side of the game board surface 2 with a screw or the like. . Therefore, the balloon dome 3 is attached to the game board surface 2 so as to rattle within the width of the gap L between the steps of the game board surface 2 shown in FIG. A solenoid 22 for rocking the balloon dome 3 is provided on the back surface of the game board surface 2.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the operating handle 6 has its shaft 23 supported by a bracket 24 so as to be capable of reciprocating in the axial direction, and the bracket 24 is fixed to the housing 1 with screws or the like. . A fixing plate 25 is fixed in the bracket 24 to the shaft 23 of the operation handle 6, and a rubber damper 32 is fixed to the lower portion of the fixing plate 25 as shown in FIG. The stroke width of the operation handle 6 is from the position where the fixed plate 25 contacts the upper part of the bracket 24 to the position where the damper 32 contacts the lower part. At this time, the bracket 24 acts as a cylinder and the fixing plate 25 acts as a piston. Therefore, the fixing plate 25 is attached to the bracket 24.
The opening 33 is formed above the uppermost position of the
An air escape hole 34 is formed in the damper 32. With this configuration, when the actuation handle 6 is raised upward, the load is small, and when the actuation handle 6 is lowered, the load is large, and a feeling similar to that of an actual pump is obtained.

A support plate 26 is provided below the bracket 24, and an encoder 27 is attached to the support plate 26. Then, the roller 28 attached to the shaft of the encoder 27 comes into contact with the shaft 23 of the operation handle 6, and the movement amount of the operation handle 6 can be detected by the rotation of the roller 28. In this case, the support plate 26 is rotatably provided on the bracket 24 via the pin 29, and the spring 3
With 0, the roller 28 urges the mounting plate 29 in a direction in which the roller 28 contacts the shaft 23 of the operation handle 6. With this configuration, the contact of the roller 28 with the shaft 23 is maintained.

The mode of operation of the thus-configured competitive game machine will be described.

A coin slot (not shown) provided in the housing 1
When coins are inserted from the
4a is in a deflated starting state, and pumps 7 and 7 operate to apply air pressure to inlets 11 and 11a. After that, the game device gives a signal to start the game by voice synthesis or the like, and when the signal is given, the player operates the operation handle 6,
The game is started by competing to move 6a quickly.

When the game is started, the operating handle 6,
It is determined by a control unit (not shown) whether 6a has been actuated, and when actuated, the movement amount is determined by the encoders 27, 27a.
Detected by, and counted up by the control unit. At this time, the solenoids 14 and 14a are turned on according to the amount of movement detected by the encoders 27 and 27a, whereby the valves 16 and 16a of the inlets 11 and 11a are opened and the air corresponding to the amount of movement is supplied to the balloons 4 and 4a. It is injected and the balloons 4 and 4a start to inflate. The balloons 4 and 4a may be displayed in a bulging state by sequentially lighting the lamp groups 31 provided side by side on the game board surfaces 2 and 2a. It is determined whether or not the movement amount of the operation handles 6 and 6a has reached a predetermined amount, and the burst display means of the set which has reached the predetermined amount is turned on.

The burst display means of this embodiment is the solenoid 1
It has valves 17 and 17a that are actuated by valves 5 and 15a, a solenoid 22 that rocks the balloon domes 3 and 3a, and a speaker 19 that emits a burst sound.
Air discharged by the operation of a passes through the exhaust ducts 13 and 13a and is discharged from the openings 18 and 18a. Therefore, if the movement amount of the actuation handle 6 reaches a predetermined amount first, a balloon burst signal is issued to the losing player side, the solenoid 15 which is the game board surface 2 thereof is turned on, and the valve 17 is opened widely. Then, the balloon is deflated for a moment, the solenoid 22 is turned on, and the balloon dome 3 is shaken. Furthermore, the air filled in the balloons 4 passes through the exhaust duct 13 and is discharged from the opening 18, and is applied to the losing player who is moving the operating handle 6a, and the speaker 19 disposed in the exhaust duct 13 is also present.
Emits a plosive sound, and the plosive sound is emitted to the side of the player who lost the air riding the discharged air.

Thus, the game device having the above-described structure can artificially represent the burst of the balloons 4 and 4a by the burst display means, and the burst display means of this embodiment causes the balloon to instantly deflate and the balloon dome 3 to appear. Rocking, the sound of the speaker 19 exploding when hitting the balloon dome 3 and the sound of tapping when the balloon dome 3 rocks, and the sense of touch that air is expelled from the opening 18. Such an expression actually breaks the balloon. It is close to the situation. Therefore, the win or loss of the game can be immediately known, and the motivation to participate in the game can be motivated.

By the way, the winning game board surface 2, 2a
The inflated balloons 4 and 4a turn on the solenoids 15 and 15a several times so that the valves 17 and 17a are opened to a small degree, and return to the initial state.

9 to 11 show another embodiment of the burst display means for rocking the balloon dome 3.
When the balloon 4 is lifted by being inflated, the balloon dome 3 is configured to be pressed by a stopper 35 provided below the donut plate 21 and a plunger 37 of a solenoid 36. That is, while the balloon dome 3 is being lifted by the bulge of the balloon 4, the bent portion 20 of the balloon dome 3
Is temporarily caught by the stopper plate 35 and the plunger 37 of the solenoid 36. When a balloon burst signal is issued, the solenoid 36 is turned on, the plunger 37 is pulled, and the balloon dome 3 is flipped up by the force of the balloon 4.

Even with such a structure, an expression of swinging the balloon dome 3 can be obtained.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments but can be modified in various ways.

For example, although the present invention is a battle-type game in the above embodiment, the present invention can be applied to a game in which a player competes for a balloon in a predetermined time.

Further, in the above embodiment, the solenoid is used to swing the balloon dome, but the balloon dome may be swung up by inflating the balloon and lifting it up in a moment.

[0029]

According to the above structure, a pump device for injecting air by operating the actuating portion on the bag body, a detecting means for detecting that the air injected into the bag body reaches a predetermined amount, and Since it has a rupture display means for displaying a pseudo rupture of the bag according to the detection signal of arrival of the predetermined amount of the detecting means, it is possible to display the pseudo rupture without rupturing the bag and provide a game in which the bag that can be repeatedly played is ruptured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a game board surface.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a game board surface.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the game board surface.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an operating handle portion.

FIG. 7 is a side view of an operating handle portion.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the fixing plate of the actuation handle as seen from below.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the burst display means.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of FIG. 9.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of FIG. 9.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 case 2,2a Game board surface 3,3a Balloon dome 4,4a balloons 6,6a actuation handle 7,7a pump 11,11a inlet 12, 12 exhaust port 14,14 solenoid 15,15 solenoid 16, 16 valves 17,17 valve 22 solenoid 27 encoder

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Koji Suyama 2-8-5 Tamagawa, Ota-ku, Tokyo Inside Namco Co., Ltd. (56) References: Kaihei 2-14597 (JP, U): Shokai 63 -174889 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 9/00-13/12 A63H 1/00-37/00

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. In a game device in which air is injected to inflate the bag and the speed of the air injected into the bag reaches a predetermined amount, the bag provided on a game board, A pump device for injecting air into the bag body by a player operating an actuating unit, detection means for detecting that a predetermined amount of air injected into the bag body is reached, and a predetermined amount of the detection means is reached. A game device comprising a burst display means for displaying a pseudo burst of the bag according to a detection signal. 2. A game device for injecting air to inflate it into a bag and competing for the speed at which the amount of air injected into the bag reaches a predetermined amount, the bag provided on a game board, and a game. A pump device for injecting air into the bag body by a person operating the operating unit, a detection means for detecting that the air injected into the bag body reaches a predetermined amount, and a predetermined amount arrival detection signal of the detection means. A game machine, characterized in that two sets of burst display means for displaying the pseudo burst of the bag are provided for one housing. 3. The game device according to claim 2,
An operating portion of the pump device of the second set is arranged near the bag body of the first set, and an operating portion of the pump device of the first set is arranged near the bag body of the second set. A game device characterized by the above. 4. The game device according to claim 1, wherein the pump device is a valve provided at an air inlet of the bag, and a pump that constantly applies air pressure to the air inlet. A game machine comprising: an operation detecting means for detecting an operation amount of the operation portion and opening the valve according to the operation amount.