JP4637416B2 - Pin transfer mechanism for boring gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mechanism for collecting a fallen pin in a gaming apparatus that executes a game that simulates bowling.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a large number of gaming devices simulating bowling have been provided. Of these, even in game devices where the player actually throws the ball, in recent years, the actual pin is not used and the pin is displayed on the display to detect the speed and angle of the ball thrown by the player. A bowling gaming device is also provided that determines the number of pins that fall and displays them on a display.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, there are not so many bowling gaming devices that are designed to be installed in a game arcade and the like so that the player can actually throw the ball and defeat the actual pin. This is because it is difficult to design and manufacture a mechanism for collecting and re-aligning pins that have fallen with the size of such a gaming device.
[0004]
Therefore, the present invention provides a mechanism for collecting a fallen pin in order to realign the fallen pin in a bowling game apparatus that uses actual pins and balls in a size that can be installed in a game hall or the like. Objective.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a boring gaming apparatus 10 that transfers a pin 50 that has been tilted upward by a power transmission mechanism that circulates in one direction in order to reset the pin 50 that has been knocked down in a bowling game. A pin transfer mechanism, wherein the power transmission mechanism circulates along a movement trajectory parallel to the movement trajectory of the power transmission mechanism, picks up the pin 50 at the lowest part of the movement trajectory, and 50 and a lower part of the rising portion of the movement locus of the bucket 40, and outside the movement locus, the lower end is fixed by a hinge 34 and the upper end is caused by gravity. The pin formed so as to be movable to the inside of the movement trajectory is located inside the movement trajectory of the bucket 40 and the bucket 40, and the pin is the uppermost portion of the movement trajectory from above the hitting arm 33. The pin fall prevention plate 35 formed so as to reach the front and the top end portion is in contact with the pin head 51 when the pin 50 drops, and the highest part of the movement locus of the bucket 40 falls. The pin transfer mechanism of the bowling gaming apparatus 10 includes a slope portion 36 where the pin 50 slides down, and the bucket 40 suspends the pin 50 at a position from the pin neck 52 to the pin body 53 of the pin 50 to be used. If held in this way, the held pin 50 does not protrude from the tip edge 42 of the bucket 40, and if the pin 50 is held so as to be lifted at the position from the pin body 53 to the pin bottom 54 of the pin 50, The held pin 50 is formed to have a length in the movement direction so as to protrude the tip edge 42 of the bucket 40, and the pin hitting arm 33 is moved by the tip edge 42 of the bucket 40 moving upward. Outside It is formed to be pushed back.
[0006]
In the present invention, the name of each part of the pin 50 to be used is defined as follows (see FIG. 1).
First, the constricted part of the pin 50 is referred to as a pin neck 52. A portion located above the pin neck 52 when the pin 50 is placed on the lane is referred to as a pin head 51, and a portion located below the pin neck 52 is referred to as a pin body 53. Further, the bottom surface of the pin body 53 is referred to as a pin bottom 54.
[0007]
The “power transmission mechanism” in the present invention refers to a mechanism that converts the rotational motion of a power source such as a motor into a circular motion, such as a chain mechanism or a belt mechanism. This power transmission mechanism moves the “bucket” holding the pin 50 so as to draw a “circulation orbit” that circulates in the vertical direction (for example, a long elliptical orbit that is long in the vertical direction).
[0008]
“Bucket” refers to a portion that directly accommodates the pin 50. The bucket 40 is formed so that the pin head 51 protrudes from the tip edge 42 of the bucket 40 when the pin head 51 is held in the moving direction. Conversely, when the pin bottom 54 is held in the moving direction, the pin bottom 54 is formed so as not to protrude from the leading edge 42 of the bucket 40. For example, if a structure is used in which the pin 50 is suspended at a portion between the pin neck 52 and the pin body 53, the pin bottom 54 is adjusted by adjusting the distance from the tip edge 42 of the bucket 40 to the structure to be suspended. Can be prevented from protruding from the leading edge 42 of the bucket 40 when the first is held.
[0009]
The “pin knocking arm” is a structure in which, of the pins 50 held by the bucket 40, those protruding from the tip edge 42 of the bucket 40 with the pin head 51 first are scraped downward. With this structure, it is possible to always keep the direction of the pin 50 transferred upward constant.
The “pin fall prevention plate” refers to a thin plate provided along the movement trajectory of the bucket 40 in order to prevent the pins 50 held by the bucket 40 from dropping. That is, since the front surface of the bucket 40 is open, there is a possibility that the pin 50 that has passed through the hitting arm 33 may fall, and this is a structure for preventing this. Further, the pin 50 held by the bucket 40 falls at the highest part of the movement locus, but the pin 50 transferred to the position by the above-described structure of the bucket 40 and the pin hitting arm 33 is 54 comes first. When the pin falls, the pin head 51 comes into contact with the uppermost end portion of the pin drop prevention plate 35, so that the pin bottom 54 falls first.
[0010]
The “slope portion” refers to a member that slides the transferred pin 50 to a mechanism such as a so-called pin setter for aligning the pins 50. As described above, since the pin bottom 54 of the pin 50 falls first, the slope portion 36 slides down with the pin bottom 54 facing down. Therefore, the direction of the pin 50 transferred to a mechanism such as a pin setter can always be kept constant.
[0011]
With the above structure, the pin 50 is transferred as follows.
First, the pin 50 that is knocked down by the ball thrown by the player is swept backward (opposite the player) by a so-called sweeper or the like. Then, the bucket 40 is picked up by the bucket 40 at the lowest part of the movement trajectory of the bucket 40. However, as described above, when the pin 50 is picked up with the pin bottom 54 first, the pin 50 protrudes from the leading edge 42 of the bucket 40. It will be held in a state that is not. At this time, when the bucket 40 holding the pin 50 is raised, the pin 33 that has fallen to the inside of the movement locus at the tip edge 42 is pushed away. In this way, the pin 50 is moved upward without touching the arm 33.
[0012]
On the other hand, when the pin head 51 is picked up by the bucket 40 with the pin head 51 first, the pin 50 is held with the pin head 51 protruding from the tip edge 42 of the bucket 40. At this time, when the bucket 40 holding the pin 50 rises, the pin head 51 that protrudes into the movement trajectory comes into contact with the pin head 51 protruding from the arm 33, and the pin 50 falls again downward. It has become. Note that the bucket 40 from which the pin 50 has been knocked down moves upward while remaining empty, circulates again, and picks up the pin 50 at the lowest part of the movement locus.
[0013]
That is, the pin 50 that has previously held the pin head 51 is knocked off by the arm 33, and only the pin 50 that has previously held the pin bottom 54 is transferred upward. The direction of the pin 50 to be transferred can be maintained in a fixed direction, and the alignment of the pin 50 is facilitated.
Further, in the present invention, the bucket 40 has a pin holding plate 41 directly attached to the power transmission mechanism and a maximum diameter of the pin head 51 of the pin 50 to be used, n, and the maximum of the pin body 53 of the pin 50 When the diameter is w,
n <x <w
A pin pinching portion 43 having a gap of a distance x satisfying the relationship, and a pin from a position where the distance x is a vertical sectional diameter between the pin neck 52 of the pin 50 and the maximum diameter portion of the pin body 53. The distance to the bottom 54 is b, and the distance from the position where the distance x is the vertical sectional diameter between the maximum diameter portion of the pin body 53 of the pin 50 to the pin bottom 54 and the tip of the pin head 51 is t. Sometimes, the distance y from the tip edge 42 of the pin holding plate 41 in the bucket 40 to the position where the pin pinching portion 43 is provided is:
b <y <t
It is also possible to form so as to satisfy the following relationship.
[0014]
FIG. 2 illustrates the above relationship. In FIG. 2, the upward direction is the moving direction of the bucket 40. That is, in the pin 50 used for boring, the distance t from the tip of the pin head 51 to a position having the diameter x below the maximum diameter portion of the pin body 53 is from the pin bottom 54 to the pin body 53. Is formed so as to be longer than the distance b up to the position where the distance x is the diameter above the maximum diameter portion. Therefore, if the distance y is set as described above, the pin 50 does not protrude from the tip edge 42 of the bucket 40 when the pin bottom 54 is held first (FIG. 2A), but the pin 50 is held when the pin head 51 is held first. 50 protrudes from the front end edge 42 of the bucket 40 (FIG. 2B).
[0015]
Further, in the present invention, on the player side of the lowest part of the movement trajectory of the bucket 40, a reverse rotation mechanism that is a power transmission mechanism that circulates in the direction opposite to the circulation direction of the power transmission mechanism in proximity to the movement trajectory. It is good also as providing.
As the power transmission mechanism related to the reverse rotation mechanism, a chain mechanism or a belt mechanism can be adopted as in the case of the moving mechanism of the bucket 40.
[0016]
By this reverse rotation mechanism, it is possible to prevent the pin 50 from being concentrated in one place by stirring the pin 50 that has fallen, and to make it easier to hold the pin 50 in the bucket 40. Further, by moving the fallen pin 50 in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the bucket 40, the direction of the pin 50 is matched with the moving direction of the bucket 40, so that the pin 50 can be easily accommodated in the bucket 40.
[0017]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The bowling gaming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment has an appearance as shown in FIG.
First, as in normal boring, the casing 11 is provided with a lane 12, gutters 13 on both sides thereof, and a ball return 14. In addition, a display 15 that displays a score or the like is provided on the upper back side of the housing 11. Further, a coin slot 16 and a start button 17 are provided on the front side of the housing 11.
[0018]
FIG. 4 is a rear view of the pin transfer mechanism of the bowling gaming apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. As the power transmission mechanism, there is provided a chain 20 that circulates in an elliptical orbit in the vertical direction. The chain 20 uses a motor 21 installed in the upper part of the housing 11 as a power source, and circulates in the vertical direction by a gear 22 that rotates thereby. Buckets 40 that hold pins 50 are attached to several places of the chain 20. The bucket 40 is attached to a position where the held pin 50 moves on the near side of the chain 20 via the attachment piece 44.
[0019]
A reverse rotation belt 30 that circulates in the direction opposite to the circulation direction of the chain 20 is provided on the near side of the lowest part of the movement locus of the bucket 40. Further, a bucket guide 32 that guides the movement of the bucket 40 is provided along the outer side of the lowest part of the movement locus of the bucket 40.
In the vicinity of the lower part of the rising portion of the movement trajectory of the bucket 40, a pin-plashing arm 33 attached to the casing 11 via a hinge 34 is installed. The pin hitting arm 33 is formed so as to block the movement trajectory of the bucket 40 and to fall into the movement trajectory by its own weight. Further, a pin drop prevention plate 35 is provided along the inner side of the movement trajectory of the bucket 40 from slightly above the pin hitting arm 33. This pin fall prevention plate 35 extends to the front of the highest part of the movement trajectory of the bucket 40. Furthermore, a slope portion 36 inclined toward the front side is provided at the highest portion of the movement locus of the bucket 40.
[0020]
FIG. 5 is a left side view of the pin transfer mechanism of FIG. In this figure, it is shown that the reverse rotation belt 30 is located on the near side of the movement locus of the bucket 40. Further, on the front side of the reverse rotation belt 30, a swing plate 31 that swings in the vertical direction by a cam is provided. The reverse rotation belt 30 and the swing plate 31 are for agitating the pin 50 to prevent the tilted pin 50 from concentrating on one place and making it easy to be held by the bucket 40. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the pin 50 tilted by the reverse rotation belt 30 and the swing plate 31 is agitated. At the same time, movement in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the bucket 40 is given to the pin 50 by the reverse rotation belt 30, so that the pin 50 is easily held by the bucket 40.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 5, a guide conveyor 37 is provided on the front side of the slope portion 36 to transfer the pins 50 to a pinsetter (not shown) by a belt conveyor.
FIG. 7 shows the shape of the bucket 40 in a left side view (A) and a front view (B). The overall length of the bucket 40 is slightly longer than the length of the pin 50. The bucket 40 includes a pin holding plate 41 having a U-shaped cross section that accommodates the pin 50, a pin holding portion 43 having a narrow gap near the middle of the pin holding plate 41, and an attachment for screwing to the chain 20. It comprises a piece 44 and a caster 45 provided on the back surface of the pin holding plate 41 and rotating in contact with the bucket guide 32.
[0022]
The width of the pin holding plate 41 is formed to be slightly wider than the maximum diameter (see FIGS. 1 and 2) of the pin body 53 of the pin 50 used. Further, the gap between the pin sandwiching portions 43 is formed to be wider than the maximum diameter of the pin head 51 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) and narrower than the maximum diameter of the pin body 53.
Furthermore, the distance from the tip edge 42 of the bucket 40 to the pin pinching portion 43 is y, and the pin 50 is used from the position where the diameter of the pin pinching portion 43 is the same as that between the pin neck 52 and the pin barrel 53 of the pin 50 used. When the distance to the bottom 54 is b, and t is the distance from the pin cylinder 53 to the pin bottom 54 to the tip of the pin head 51 from the position having the same gap and diameter as the pin pin 53,
b <y <t
This relationship is established (see FIG. 2). Therefore, when the pin 50 is held on the bucket 40 with the pin head 51 first, the pin head 51 protrudes from the tip edge 42 of the bucket 40 as shown in FIG. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, as the bucket 40 rises, the protruding pin head 51 comes into contact with the hitting arm 33 that has fallen on the movement trajectory of the bucket 40, and the pin 50 is knocked off and dropped. It is supposed to be.
[0023]
On the other hand, according to the above relationship, when the pin 50 is held on the bucket 40 with the pin bottom 54 first, the pin bottom 54 does not protrude from the leading edge 42 of the bucket 40 as shown in FIG. Yes. In this case, as shown in FIG. 11, since the bucket 40 is lifted by pushing the pin knocking arm 33, the pin 50 held in this state is not knocked off by the pin knocking arm 33.
[0024]
The pin 50 held by the bucket 40 and passing through the position of the pin hitting arm 33 is prevented from falling by the pin drop prevention plate 35 (see FIG. 4). And it will fall at the highest part of a movement locus. At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, the pin head 51 comes into contact with the uppermost end portion of the pin drop prevention plate 35, so that the pin bottom 54 first falls to the slope portion 36. Then, the dropped pin 50 slides down the slope portion 36 as shown in FIG. 13 and reaches the induction conveyor 37 (see FIG. 5). Then, the pin 50 is transferred by the induction conveyor 37 with the pin bottom 54 first, reaches a pin setter (not shown), and is again placed on the lane 12 in an aligned state.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
Since this invention is comprised as mentioned above, there exists an effect described below.
That is, it is possible to provide a mechanism for collecting the fallen pins in order to realign the fallen pins in a bowling game apparatus that uses actual pins and balls in a size that can be installed in a game hall or the like.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pin to be used.
FIGS. 2A and 2B schematically show how a pin is held by a bucket, in which A shows a state with the pin bottom first, and B shows a state with the pin head first.
FIG. 3 is a front perspective view showing the appearance of a bowling gaming apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a rear view of the pin transfer mechanism of the bowling gaming apparatus according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a left side view of a pin transfer mechanism of a bowling gaming apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a front perspective view schematically showing pin agitation in the pin transfer mechanism of the bowling gaming machine according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a left side view (A) and a front view (B) showing the shape of the bucket used in the pin transfer mechanism of the bowling gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 schematically shows an aspect in which the pin head is held first in the pin transfer mechanism of the bowling gaming machine according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 schematically shows an aspect in which the pin head is held first in the pin transfer mechanism of the bowling gaming machine according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 schematically shows an aspect in which the pin bottom is held first in the pin transfer mechanism of the bowling gaming machine according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 schematically shows an aspect in which the pin bottom is held first in the pin transfer mechanism of the bowling gaming machine according to the one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing how pins are dropped in a pin transfer mechanism of a bowling gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 schematically shows a slope portion in a pin transfer mechanism of a bowling gaming apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Bowling game machine 11 Housing
12 Lane 13 Gutter
14 ball return 15 display
16 Coin slot 17 Start button
20 chain 21 motor
22 Gear
30 Reverse rotation belt 31 Oscillating plate
32 Bucket guide 33 Pin flapping arm
34 Hinge 35 Pin fall prevention plate
36 Slope section 37 Induction conveyor
40 bucket 41 pin holding plate
42 Tip edge 43 Pin clamp
44 Mounting piece 45 Caster
50 pin 51 pin head
52 pin neck 53 pin body
54 pin bottom

Claims (3)

A pin transfer mechanism for a boring gaming apparatus in which a pin that has been knocked down in a bowling game is moved upward by a power transmission mechanism that circulates in one direction in order to set again.
The power transmission mechanism is formed to circulate while drawing a movement trajectory parallel to the movement trajectory of the power transmission mechanism, and to pick up the pin at the lowest part of the movement trajectory and hold the pin at the rising part. Bucket and
A pin striking arm formed at the lower part of the rising part of the moving locus of the bucket and outside the moving locus, the lower end being fixed by a hinge and the upper end being movable to the inside of the moving locus by gravity When,
Located inside the movement trajectory of the bucket, the pin extends from above the hitting arm to the front of the highest part of the movement trajectory, and the uppermost end part is in a position where it comes into contact with the pin head when the pin falls. A pin fall prevention plate formed as follows:
A pin transfer mechanism of a bowling gaming device comprising a slope portion where a pin that falls at the highest part of the movement trajectory of the bucket slides down,
If the bucket is held so that the pin is suspended at a position from the pin neck to the pin body of the pin to be used, the held pin does not protrude from the tip edge of the bucket and the pin from the pin body of the pin If the pin is lifted and held at the position to the bottom, the held pin is formed in a length in the moving direction so as to protrude the tip edge of the bucket,
A pin transfer mechanism of a boring gaming machine, wherein the pin hitting arm is formed so as to be pushed back to the outside of a movement trajectory of the bucket by a tip edge of the bucket moving upward. The bucket is
A pin holding plate directly attached to the power transmission mechanism;
When the maximum diameter of the pin head of the pin to be used is n and the maximum diameter of the pin body of the pin is w,
n <x <w
A pin sandwiching portion having a gap of a distance x that satisfies the relationship
The distance from the position where the distance x is the vertical sectional diameter between the pin neck of the pin and the maximum diameter portion of the pin cylinder to the pin bottom is b, and the distance from the maximum diameter part of the pin cylinder to the pin bottom is b. When the distance from the position where the distance x is the vertical cross-sectional diameter to the tip of the pin head is t, the distance y from the tip edge of the pin holding plate to the position where the pin pinching portion is provided in the bucket is ,
b <y <t
The pin transfer mechanism of the boring gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the following relationship is satisfied. The player side of the lowest part of the movement trajectory of the bucket is provided with a reverse rotation mechanism that is a power transmission mechanism that circulates in the direction opposite to the circulation direction of the power transmission mechanism in the vicinity of the movement trajectory. The pin transfer mechanism of the boring gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2.

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