JP4003983B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine or an arranged ball pachinko machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a game ball launched slightly upward from the horizontal by a launching device is guided by a guide rail that is installed in an arc shape around the periphery of the game board, and is placed on the game board surface. The structure to discharge was mainstream. Most of the launching devices are electric, and the strength of the launching power is adjusted by the amount of rotation of the operation handle operated by the player.
[0003]
By the way, the presence or absence of winning etc. in pachinko games or the like tended to be greatly influenced by which part of the game board surface the game ball was released. That is, it can be said that it depends on the operation of the operation handle by the player.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, for example, it is difficult to release the game ball to a desired position on the game board surface by adjusting the strength of the firing force by the amount of rotation of the operation handle, and a ball game machine that can secure the desired release position more easily. There were not a few voices I wanted. The present invention meets such a need.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the ball game machine according to claim 1 is configured such that when a winning or the like is established by the behavior of the gaming ball released to the game board surface, a number of gaming balls corresponding to the winning or the like are awarded. In the ball game machine that pays out as
An operation handle that can be rotated clockwise and counterclockwise with respect to the neutral position ;
Above the gaming board surface, a guide band disposed along the upper side of the gaming board surface with an inclination that the tip side becomes lower;
Supply means for continuously supplying a game ball to the upper surface of the guide belt by a player touching the operation handle;
By reciprocating the guide band in the right direction or the left direction along the upper side of the game board surface according to the rotation direction when the operation handle is rotated , the tip position of the guide band is determined. Position variation means for varying along the direction of the inclination,
The game ball supplied to the upper surface of the guide band is configured to roll on the upper surface of the guide band and be discharged from the tip of the guide band onto the game board surface,
According to the rotation direction when the operation handle is rotated, the tip position of the guide band varies along the direction of the inclination, so that the game ball rolling on the upper surface of the guide band The discharge position is adjusted.
[0006]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The ball game machine configured as described above is provided with an operation handle that can be rotated clockwise and counterclockwise with respect to the neutral position . When the player touches the operation handle, the supply means is provided with the guide band. A game ball is continuously supplied to the upper surface. The guide band is arranged above the game board surface along the upper side of the game board surface with an inclination that lowers the tip side, and the position changing means guides according to the turning direction when the operation handle is turned. By reciprocating the band along the upper side of the game board surface in the right direction or the left direction, the tip position of the guide band is changed along the direction of inclination. The game ball supplied to the upper surface of the guide band rolls on the upper surface of the guide band and is released from the tip of the guide band onto the game board surface. The rotation when the operation handle is rotated. Depending on the direction, the tip position of the guide band varies along the direction of inclination, so that the release position of the game ball rolling on the upper surface of the guide band is adjusted.
As a supply means, as in the case of a conventional launching device, a game ball is hit with a hammer-like hitting member or plunger and the game ball is made to reach the upper surface of the guide band by that momentum, or by rotation of a screw, sprocket, etc. The thing etc. which convey a game ball are illustrated.
[0007]
As long as the operation handle can be rotated clockwise and counterclockwise with respect to the neutral position, the operation handle may be structurally similar to an operation handle provided in a conventional ball game machine. As the position variation means, for example, the rotation direction and rotation amount of the operation handle are transmitted to the guide band as a mechanical displacement amount and the tip position is varied, and the rotation direction and rotation amount of the operation handle are electrically changed. For example, a configuration in which the tip position of the guide band is changed according to the signal obtained as a simple signal is exemplified.
[0008]
As a player, by operating the operation handle , the game ball can be released to a desired position above the game board surface. Therefore, it is possible to discharge the game ball to a desired position on the game board surface more easily than adjusting the strength of the firing force.
Next, the embodiments of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to specific examples of the present invention.
[0009]
【Concrete example】
( Reference example )
As shown in FIG. 1, the bullet ball game machine 10 of this example includes a game board 12, an upper plate 14, a lower plate 16, an operation handle 18 as an operation means, and the like. The game board 12 is different from a known pachinko machine in that a U-shaped surrounding board 20 is provided around the game board 12, but has a winning opening (not shown) similar to that of the known pachinko machine. An out hole 21 is provided at a position corresponding to the bottom. The structure of the upper plate 14, the lower plate 16, and the operation handle 18 is the same as that of a known pachinko machine. However, the operation handle 18 can be rotated clockwise and counterclockwise with reference to the neutral position.
[0010]
In this ball game machine 10, the game ball supplied from the upper plate 14 is shot out by a launching device 22 (not shown in FIG. 1, see FIG. 2) as supply means, as in a known pachinko machine, The shooting direction is almost vertical.
A guide rod 24 is connected to the launching device 22, and the fired game ball is configured to move up and down in the guide rod 24. The guide rod 24 is disposed along the outer periphery of the game board 12 and changes its direction by approximately 90 degrees at the upper right corner of the game board 12 to reach the upper center of the game board.
[0011]
The tip of the guide rod 24 is connected to a discharge nozzle 26 as a discharge means disposed at the upper center of the game board 12, and the game ball passing through the guide rod 24 reaches the discharge nozzle 26, and from the tip thereof. This structure is released toward the game board 12. The discharge nozzle 26 can swing about 80 degrees clockwise and counterclockwise (in the directions of arrows A and B) with reference to a neutral position whose mouth is substantially vertically downward.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 2, the launching device 22 is connected to the operation handle 18, and a touch signal output when the player touches the operation handle 18 is input to the launching device 22. And the launching device 22 is a structure which operates continuously while there is a touch signal and shoots game balls one by one.
[0013]
A motor control circuit 28 is also connected to the operation handle 18. A rotation signal from the operation handle 18 is input to the motor control circuit 28. This rotation signal is a signal representing the rotation direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) of the operation handle 18 and the rotation amount (rotation angle).
[0014]
A motor 30 is connected to the motor control circuit 28. The motor control circuit 28 moves the motor 30 in either the forward or reverse direction according to the turning direction of the operation handle 18 indicated by the turning signal, and the turning signal. Is rotated by the number of rotations corresponding to the amount of rotation of the operation handle 18 indicated by. The rotational force of the motor 30 acts as a force that causes the discharge nozzle 26 to swing.
[0015]
Accordingly, the swinging direction and angle of the discharge nozzle 26 can be adjusted by rotating the operation handle 18. That is, the motor control circuit 28 and the motor 30 constitute position variation means.
Next, a case where a ball game is executed in the ball game machine 10 will be described.
[0016]
First, the game balls are placed in the upper plate 14 and when the player touches the operation handle 18, the launching device 22 fires the game balls supplied from the upper plate 14 one after another. The player adjusts the swing angle of the discharge nozzle 26 by rotating the operation handle 18 while watching the trajectory of the game ball supplied from the discharge device 22 and discharged from the discharge nozzle 26 to the game board 12, for example. The game ball is released to a desired position. When the game ball wins the winning opening, a predetermined prize ball is paid out, and the game ball flowing into the out hole 21 is confiscated. This is no different from the known pachinko game.
[0017]
The player can release the game ball to a desired position above the game board 12 by rotating the operation handle 18 to adjust the swing angle of the discharge nozzle 26. Therefore, the game ball can be released to a desired position on the game board 12 more easily than adjusting the strength of the firing force.
( Specific example )
In this example, a screw conveyor is used as the supply means.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 3, the ball game machine 50 of this specific example includes a game board 12, an upper plate 14, a lower plate 16, an operation handle 18, an enclosure plate 20, and the like similar to those shown in the reference example. Yes. Although these are slightly different in shape and the like from the reference example but are functionally the same, the same part numbers as those in FIG.
[0019]
In the bullet ball gaming machine 50, a slightly inclined guide band 52 is disposed along the upper side of the game board 12. This guide band 52 is bent near the upper right corner of the game board 12 and descends along the side surface of the ball game machine 50.
As shown in FIG. 4, the game board 12 is provided with a substantially inverted L-shaped moving groove 13. The moving groove 13 is composed of a vertical portion 13a substantially along the vertical direction and an inclined portion 13b that descends toward the left side. On the other hand, the guide band 52 is provided with a plurality of convex portions 15 projecting toward the game board 12, and the convex portions 15 are inserted into the movement grooves 13. For this reason, the guide band 52 is movable along the movement groove 13. Further, the guide band 52 can maintain the inclined state as shown in FIG. 3 by supporting the convex portion 15 by the inclined portion 13b.
[0020]
As shown in FIG. 5, a rack groove 54 is provided on the lower surface of the guide band 52, and the bent portion is sandwiched between a pair of large and small guide rollers 56 and 58. Below that, the gear 62 connected to the motor 60 meshes with the rack groove 54, and the guide band 52 is sandwiched between the roller 64 and the gear 62 disposed on the opposite side of the gear 62. It has become. With such a configuration, if the motor 60 is rotated, the guide band 52 can be reciprocated along the arrow direction shown in FIG.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 3, a flight screw 66 is installed along the right side of the game board 12, and a driving mechanism 68 (not shown in FIG. 3) that drives this flight screw 66 inside the ball game machine 50. 6).
As shown in FIG. 6, the drive mechanism 68 is connected to the operation handle 18, and a touch signal output when the player contacts the operation handle 18 is input to the drive mechanism 68. The drive mechanism 68 has a structure for continuously driving and driving the flight screw 66 while the touch signal is present, thereby ascending and transporting the game ball.
[0022]
The operation handle 18 is also connected with a motor control circuit 28 similar to the reference example . A rotation signal from the operation handle 18 is input to the motor control circuit 28. This rotation signal is a signal representing the rotation direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) of the operation handle 18 and the rotation amount (rotation angle).
[0023]
A motor 60 is connected to the motor control circuit 28. The motor control circuit 28 turns the motor 60 in either the forward or reverse direction according to the turning direction of the operation handle 18 indicated by the turning signal, and the turning signal. Is rotated by the number of rotations corresponding to the amount of rotation of the operation handle 18 indicated by. The rotational force of the motor 60 acts as a force for reciprocating the guide band 52 via the gear 62.
[0024]
Therefore, the tip position of the guide band 52 can be changed along the board surface of the game board 12 by rotating the operation handle 18.
As shown in FIG. 3, the game ball transported by the flight screw 66 flows down along the upper surface of the guide band 52 and drops from the tip of the game ball onto the board surface of the game board 12. That is, the guide band 52 corresponds to the discharge means, and the position control means is configured by the motor control circuit 28 and the motor 60 for changing the position of the tip of the guide band 52.
[0025]
Next, a case where a ball game is executed in the ball game machine 50 will be described.
First, a game ball is placed in the upper plate 14 and when the player touches the operation handle 18, the drive mechanism 68 rotates the flight screw 66 to convey the game balls supplied from the upper plate 14 one after another. The game ball conveyed by the flight screw 66 rolls on the guide band 52 and falls from the tip. The player adjusts the tip position of the guide band 52 by turning the operation handle 18 while watching the trajectory of the game ball released from the guide band 52 to the game board 12, for example, and places the game ball at a desired position. Release. When the game ball wins the winning opening, a predetermined prize ball is paid out, and the game ball flowing into the out hole 21 is confiscated. This is no different from the known pachinko game.
[0026]
The player can release the game ball to a desired position above the game board 12 by rotating the operation handle 18 to adjust the position of the tip of the guide band 52. Therefore, the game ball can be released to a desired position on the game board 12 more easily than adjusting the strength of the firing force.
[0027]
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described according to the reference example and the specific example , this invention is not limited to these examples, and it cannot be overemphasized that it can implement variously in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. .
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the bullet ball game machine of the first aspect, the release position of the game ball to the game board surface can be adjusted more easily than the conventional ball game machine.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a reference ball game machine.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration related to the release of a game ball in a bullet ball game machine of a reference example .
FIG. 3 is a front view of a specific example of a ball game machine.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of holding a guide band by a game board in a specific example of a ball game machine.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration relating to driving of a guide band in a specific example of a ball game machine.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration related to the release of a game ball in a specific example of a ball game machine.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Ball game machine, 12 ... Game board, 14 ... Upper plate, 16 ... Lower plate, 18 ... Operation handle (operation means), 20 ... Enclosure board, 21. ..Out hole, 22 ... Launching device (supplying means), 24 ... Guiding rod (supplying means), 26 ... Discharge nozzle (discharge means), 28 ... Motor control circuit (position variation means) , 30 ... Motor (position variation means), 50 ... Ball game machine, 52 ... Guide band (release means), 54 ... Rack groove, 56 ... Guide roller, 60 ... Motor (position fluctuation means), 62 ... gear (position fluctuation means), 64 ... rollers, 66 ... flight screw (supply means), 68 ... drive mechanism (supply means).

Claims (1)

In a ball game machine that pays out a number of game balls as prize balls when a prize is established by the behavior of game balls released on the game board surface,
An operation handle that can be rotated clockwise and counterclockwise with respect to the neutral position ;
Above the gaming board surface, a guide band disposed along the upper side of the gaming board surface with an inclination that the tip side becomes lower;
Supply means for continuously supplying a game ball to the upper surface of the guide belt by a player touching the operation handle;
By reciprocating the guide band in the right direction or the left direction along the upper side of the game board surface according to the rotation direction when the operation handle is rotated , the tip position of the guide band is determined. Position variation means for varying along the direction of the inclination,
The game ball supplied to the upper surface of the guide band is configured to roll on the upper surface of the guide band and be discharged from the tip of the guide band onto the game board surface,
According to the rotation direction when the operation handle is rotated, the tip position of the guide band varies along the direction of the inclination, so that the game ball rolling on the upper surface of the guide band A bullet ball game machine characterized in that a discharge position is adjusted.

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