JP5508224B2 - Launch operation device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is provided in a gaming machine having a launching device that launches a game ball in a game area, and a launch operation device for performing operations for launching and stopping the game ball and adjusting the launching force of the game ball in the launching device. About.

  In a gaming machine that launches a game ball, such as a pachinko game machine, into the game area, and plays a game based on the game ball flowing down in the game area, the player operates the launch of the game ball at the lower front part A so-called handle for this purpose is provided. The handle is provided with a rotatable handle ring (launch lever). The handle ring is fired by turning the handle ring clockwise, for example, from the origin position where the launch of the game ball is stopped. At the same time, by increasing the turning angle, the firing force of the game ball becomes stronger.

That is, the handle ring of the gaming machine is configured to perform operations for launching and stopping the game ball and adjusting the launch force of the game ball.
Such adjustment of the firing force is performed by adjusting the amount of current supplied to a driving device such as a motor used for launching the game ball with a volume (variable resistor).
For example, the rotation of the handle ring is transmitted to a rotary shaft member of a rotary volume by a gear, whereby the resistance value is changed by rotating the rotary shaft member.

In the gaming machine, a game ball is launched from the left side of the game area. At this time, the player generally adjusts the firing force so that the game ball flows down at the upper left part of the game area or the upper center of the left and right as a normal way of hitting the game ball. .
Basically, the firing force of the game balls is adjusted so that many game balls flow down near the upper part of the winning opening where the game balls are to be won.

  Further, in a general pachinko gaming machine, a preferable flow path of game balls launched into the game area is substantially determined, and it is preferable that the game ball wins when the game balls flow down substantially along the preferable flow path. The game balls pass sequentially in the vicinity of a plurality of winning holes (including through chuckers). Therefore, it is not necessary to change the firing force in order to aim at each of the plurality of winning holes.

In such a gaming machine game, it is common for a player to hold the handle ring with his / her hand so as to be at the same rotational angular position so as to achieve a firing force once determined.
Also, depending on the pachinko gaming machine, only when a specific gaming state such as a big hit gaming state is reached, the firing force is set to the maximum and the right side of the gaming area is not aimed at the upper left part or the central upper part. It is known that a lot of game balls can be won by aiming.

In such a pachinko gaming machine, the normal way to hit is to adjust the launching force of the game ball so that the game ball starts to flow down from the left to the center of the game area, and it becomes a specific game state. In this case, a so-called right-handed strike is performed in which the firing force is substantially maximized and the right side of the game area is aimed.
When the above-mentioned specific gaming state is over, it is necessary to return from the right-handed firing force to the normal firing force, but the position of the handle that the player thought was most optimal was changed to the right-handed position. Therefore, to return to the optimal position, it was necessary to fire a number of game balls and adjust the firing force.

  Therefore, a ball hitting force adjusting wheel (handle ring) that rotates on the handle by the player's operation to adjust the launching force of the game ball as described above, and the hitting force adjusting wheel are provided on the hitting force adjusting wheel. There has been proposed one provided with an operation element that can be added to the adjusted firing force without changing the hitting force adjusting wheel to make a right-handed firing force (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

  In the handle of Patent Document 1, not only the rotation of the hitting force adjusting wheel is transmitted to the rotary shaft member of the volume by the gear and the rotary shaft member rotates, but also by operating the operation element, The rotary shaft member of the volume is rotated.

In other words, the rotation angle of the rotary shaft member by the operation of the operator is added to the rotation angle of the rotary shaft member of the volume by the operation of the hitting force adjusting wheel.
As a result, the player can increase the firing force to the right-handed position by operating the operation element while holding the hitting force adjusting wheel not at the right-handed position but at the rotation angle that seems to be optimal in the normal way of hitting. can do.
Further, by releasing the operation of the operation element, it is possible to return to the optimum firing force for the player.

JP 2007-143949 A

By the way, in Patent Document 1, since the hitting force adjusting wheel is considered to be equivalent to a general handle ring, the rotation shaft member of the volume can be moved from the origin position to the maximum position by rotation of the hitting force adjusting wheel. become.
In such a configuration, the rotation angle of the rotary shaft member is adjusted by operating the operation element after adjusting the rotation angle of the rotary shaft member of the volume so that the hitting force adjusting wheel is operated to obtain a normal hitting method. The following problem arises when it is possible to rotate to a substantially maximum rotation angle that is right-handed.

  For example, with respect to the rotation range of the rotary shaft member of the volume from the minimum to the maximum, the rotation range of the hitting force adjusting wheel that is linked with the rotary shaft member via the gear is minimized when the rotation range of the rotary shaft member is minimum And set so as to be maximum when the rotation range of the rotary shaft member is maximum. In this case, if the rotation of the rotating member is added by the operation element, for example, when the rotation angle of the hitting force adjusting wheel is the maximum of the rotation range, that is, the rotation shaft member of the volume When the operation angle is operated when the rotation angle is the maximum of the set range, the rotation angle of the rotating shaft member is further increased by the operation element.

If the operating element is operated gently at this time, the rotation angle of the rotating shaft member is maximized. Therefore, even if the operating element is operated, the rotating shaft member cannot be rotated and the operating element cannot be operated. It becomes.
However, when the player strongly operates the operating element, the rotating shaft member may rotate beyond the maximum value of the rotation range. In this case, a member such as a stopper that restricts the rotation range of the rotating shaft member is damaged, the inside of the volume is damaged, the rotating shaft member is deformed, a handle mechanism including a manipulator (launching operation device) ) May break. Note that even if the rotation angle of the hitting force adjusting wheel is not maximized, there is a possibility that the rotation angle of the rotating shaft member may exceed the upper limit of the set range by operating the operation element. There is a risk of damage to the child, the rotating shaft member, and the volume.

  If the rotation angle of the rotary shaft member of the volume does not become the maximum of the range set in the volume even if the hitting force adjustment wheel is rotated to the maximum angle of the rotation range, for example, the hitting force adjustment wheel When the operating element is operated in a state where the rotation angle is maximum in the rotation range, that is, in a state where the resistance value is minimum within the operation range by the hitting force adjusting wheel of the volume, the rotary shaft member is further It rotates and the resistance value of the volume is further reduced. As a result, the value of the current flowing through the driving device of the ball striking device becomes larger than the set maximum value. In this case, there is a possibility that the launching force of the game ball becomes too large, causing a problem, or a case where a load more than the setting is applied to the hitting ball launching device including the driving device increases and may cause a failure.

It is also possible to provide a stopper that restricts the rotation range on the gear that transmits rotation from the hitting force adjustment wheel to the rotary shaft member of the volume, but it is possible for the player to operate the operator and hitting force adjustment wheel with force Therefore, there is a possibility that the stopper, the gear, the hitting force adjusting wheel and the operation element may be damaged.
In order to prevent breakage of these members, for example, if a high-strength member is used, the cost increases.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in addition to adjusting the launching force of a game ball by a handle operation (main launch lever), other operation members ( It is possible to change the firing force to the right-handed firing force by operating the secondary firing lever), and the operation amount that combines the operation amount of the handle operation and the operation amount of other operation members is the operation amount of the handle operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a launching operation device that does not cause damage or failure of a member even when the maximum amount is exceeded.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the launch operation device according to claim 1, the game ball is launched with a maximum firing force that is maximum within a predetermined firing force range from a state in which the launching of the game ball is stopped. In the launch operation device for operating the launch force adjusting means for adjusting the launch force of the game ball in the game ball launching device of the gaming machine until the state,
A fixing member fixed to the gaming machine;
The operator can control the firing force by rotating from the origin position where the launch of the game ball is stopped to the position where the launch force of the game ball reaches the maximum firing force, which is supported rotatably on the fixed member. The main firing lever
By being rotatably supported by the main launch lever, the main launch lever revolves integrally with the main launch lever around the rotation center of the main launch lever, and rotates with respect to the main launch lever. A sub-launch lever that enables operation by the operator to increase the firing force with respect to the firing force by operation;
A sub-firing gear portion provided on the sub-firing lever so as to be rotatable integrally with the sub-firing lever and having teeth arranged around the rotation center of the sub-firing lever;
An operation gear that is rotatably supported by the main firing lever with the rotation center of the main firing lever as a rotation center, and meshes with the sub-firing gear portion,
A transmission rotating body coupled to the operation gear so as to be rotatable about the rotation center of the operation gear, and transmitting the rotation of the operation gear to the firing force adjusting means;
Operation gear urging means for urging the operation gear to rotate toward the side that reduces the firing force of the game ball with respect to the transmission rotating body;
The operation gear and the transmission rotating body are provided so as to be engaged with each other, and in a state of being engaged with each other, the operation gear rotates to the side that reduces the launch force of the game ball with respect to the transmission rotating body. Engaging means for restricting the rotation and allowing the operation gear to rotate toward the side that increases the firing force of the game ball with respect to the transmission rotating body;
Transmission rotator restriction means for restricting the rotation range of the transmission rotator from the origin position in a state where the launch of the game ball is stopped to a position where the launch force of the game ball becomes the maximum launch force. .

In the first aspect of the invention, when the main firing lever that rotates relative to the fixed member is rotated, the secondary firing lever including the secondary firing gear portion that meshes with the operation gear revolves integrally with the primary firing lever. .
In addition, the secondary firing lever does not rotate because the secondary firing gear of the secondary firing lever that revolves as described above meshes with the operation gear that is rotatable relative to the primary firing lever with the rotation center of the primary firing lever as the rotational center. Then, when the main firing lever is rotated, the operation gear meshed with the secondary firing gear portion that revolves accordingly is rotated. That is, in a state where the secondary firing lever revolves and does not rotate, the main firing lever and the operation gear rotate together.

The rotation center of the secondary firing lever is arranged at a position shifted from the rotation center of the main firing lever. For example, the rotation center of the secondary firing lever is a distance from the rotational center of the primary firing lever that is 1/2 the reference circle diameter (reference circle radius) of the operation gear, and 1/2 the reference circle diameter of the secondary firing gear portion ( It is arranged at a position separated by a distance obtained by adding a distance that is a reference circle radius).
Further, the transmission rotating body and the operation gear which are rotatable with respect to the main firing lever with the rotation center of the main firing lever as the rotation center are engaged by the engaging means.

  Engagement of the engaging means restricts the operation gear from rotating to the side that reduces the launching force of the game ball with respect to the transmission rotator, and the operation gear is Allow rotation to increase firing force.

  In this state, even if the operating gear rotates together with the main firing lever as described above by rotating the main firing lever toward the side where the firing force is increased, the transmission rotating body does not rotate. However, since the operation gear urging means is provided to urge the operation gear to rotate toward the side that reduces the firing force of the game ball with respect to the transmission rotating body, the operation gear strengthens the launch force of the game ball. When rotating to the side, the transmission rotating body also rotates to the side of increasing the firing force by the biasing force of the biasing means.

  For example, the transmission rotator is configured such that the operation gear urging means restricts the rotation of the operation gear to the side that reduces the firing force of the game ball with respect to the transmission rotator when the engagement means is engaged. And an operation gear are arranged. An external force (relative to the operation gear) that rotates the operation gear toward the side that increases the firing force of the game ball against the transmission rotation body against the urging force of the operation gear urging means on at least one of the transmission rotator and the operation gear. If the operating gear rotates to the side to increase the launching force of the game ball if the external force that rotates the transmission rotor to the side to weaken the launching force of the game ball does not act, Will rotate.

The rotation of the transmission rotating body is transmitted to the firing force adjusting means to adjust the firing force. That is, the firing force is adjusted by rotating the main firing lever.
In such a system, when the auxiliary firing lever is operated to rotate the auxiliary firing lever, the rotation is transmitted to the operation gear, and the operation gear rotates. At this time, the operation gear has a rotation angle corresponding to the rotation of the main firing lever before the sub-launching lever rotates.

  In this state, when the secondary firing lever is rotated (rotated) from the origin position to the side where the launching force of the game ball is strengthened, the secondary launch gear portion that meshes with the operation gear of the secondary launch lever rotates, and the operation gear is moved to the game ball. It will be rotated to the side to increase the firing force. Thus, for example, by operating the secondary firing lever while the rotation angle of the main firing lever is considered to be optimal for the player to hit the normal game ball, the firing force of the game ball is right-handed. For example, the strongest firing force in a set range can be obtained.

  At this time, if it is possible to adjust from the minimum position (launch stop) of adjustment of the firing force by the firing adjustment means to the maximum position by the rotation of the main firing lever, for example, the main firing lever to the position where the maximum firing force is reached When the secondary firing lever is operated in the rotated state from the origin position to the side where the firing force is increased, the rotation angle of the operation gear becomes larger than the rotation angle where the firing force by the firing adjustment means is the maximum position.

  However, since there is a transmission rotator restricting means that restricts the rotation range of the transmission rotator from the origin position where the launch of the game ball is stopped to the position where the launch force of the game ball is the maximum launch force, The transmission rotation restricting means stops at a rotation angle that maximizes the launching force of the game ball.

In this state, a force is applied to the operation gear so as to further rotate by an operation that combines the operation of the main firing lever and the operation of the sub firing lever as described above.
At this time, as described above, the operation gear and the transmission rotator are integrally rotated by the operation gear urging means, but only the operation gear is operated by stopping the rotation of the transmission rotator. It will rotate against the gear biasing force.

  In this case, even if the rotation of the transmission rotating body is restricted by the transmission rotation restricting means, both the main firing lever and the secondary firing lever can be rotated to a rotation angle that maximizes the launch force of the game ball. Is possible.

  From the above, when the rotation of the transmission rotator is transmitted to the firing force adjustment means, the maximum rotation angle from the origin position of the transmission rotator is regulated by the transmission rotation regulation means. Even if the rotation of the operating gear that rotates in accordance with the total of the amount and the amount of operation of the auxiliary firing lever is transmitted to the firing force adjusting means via the transmission rotating body, it exceeds the set maximum firing force. The launch rate cannot be increased. Further, even if the operation amount of the main firing lever and the sub-launching lever transmitted to the firing force adjusting means exceeds the amount that can be input to the firing force adjusting means, it is possible to prevent the firing force adjusting means from being damaged.

  Further, when the rotation of the transmission rotating body is restricted by the transmission rotation restricting means, the rotation of the main firing lever and the secondary firing lever is not restricted, and the main firing lever is against the urging force of the operation gear urging means. Since the lever and the secondary firing lever are further rotatable, the operation gear biasing means functions as a shock absorber, and even if the main firing lever and the secondary firing lever are operated strongly, the rotation of the transmission rotor is transmitted and rotated. When restricted by the body regulating means, it is possible to prevent the main firing lever, the secondary firing lever, the secondary firing gear section, the operation gear, the transmission rotating body, and the transmission rotation regulating means from being damaged.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the firing operation device according to the first aspect, wherein the secondary firing gear portion is rotated when the secondary firing lever is operated in a state where the primary firing lever is at the origin position. The transmission rotator is rotated via the operation gear from the origin position in a state where the launch of the game ball is stopped to a position where the launch force of the game ball reaches the maximum launch force.

In the invention of claim 2, the player does not operate the main firing lever, and the firing force of the game ball is set only by operating the secondary firing lever while the main firing lever is at the origin position. It is possible to achieve the maximum firing force. Therefore, when the player is resting from the main launch lever and the gaming state in the gaming machine requires a right-handed, either the main launch lever or the secondary launch lever Even if only one of them is operated, it is possible to make a right strike.
In other words, regardless of the amount of operation of the main firing lever, if the sub-launch lever is operated with the maximum amount of operation, it is always possible to make a right strike.

  In addition, in such a configuration, the maximum rotation angle of the operation gear is twice that when the main firing lever is operated to the maximum, and when the main firing lever and the secondary firing lever are operated strongly In addition, there is a concern that any member of the launching operation device may be damaged, but the operation gear can be rotated even if the rotation of the transmission rotating body is restricted as described above, and the operation gear biasing means is buffered. By functioning as a device, it is possible to prevent damage to each member of the firing operation device.

  According to the present invention, in a launch operation device that operates a change in the launch force of a game ball in a gaming machine, the right-hand side is operated by operating the sub-release lever without changing the operation position of the main launch lever that is mainly operated. Even if the main firing lever and the sub-launching lever are operated strongly when the hitting is possible, it is possible to prevent damage to each member of the launching device and the volume as the firing force adjusting means.

It is a figure which shows the discharge operation apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a front view, (b) is a top view, (c) is a side view. It is sectional drawing which shows the said firing operation apparatus, Comprising: (a) is the AA end view of FIG. 1 (a), (b) is the BB end view of FIG. 1 (a). It is a top view which shows the said firing operation apparatus. It is the CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. FIG. 4 is an end view taken along line DD in FIG. 3. It is the EE line | wire end view of FIG. FIG. 4 is an end view taken along line FF in FIG. 3. It is CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the EE sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the FF sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the said firing operation apparatus.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 12, the launch operation device of this embodiment is provided in a pachinko gaming machine as a gaming machine that launches a game ball in a game area.
This firing operation device is a volume (variable resistor: firing force adjusting means) arranged on the firing operation device side for a current value to be supplied to a drive source such as a motor of a game ball launching device built in a pachinko gaming machine By adjusting at 1, the game ball is fired and stopped, and the operation for adjusting the firing force when the game ball is launched is performed.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the firing operation device includes a fixing member 2 fixed to the gaming machine, a cover 3 attached to the tip of the fixing member 2, a tip of the fixing member 2, and a cover 3. And a main firing lever (handle ring) 4 disposed between the two.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 12, the firing operation device includes a main spring 5 that biases the main firing lever 4 at a portion that substantially corresponds to the cover 3, and a spring holding member 6 that is disposed inside the main spring 5. And a touch sensor 7 for detecting contact of the player's hand with the main firing lever 4.

  The firing operation device includes a secondary firing lever 9 provided with a secondary firing gear portion 8 at a portion substantially corresponding to the primary firing lever 4, a secondary spring 10 that urges the secondary firing lever 9 toward the origin position, and secondary firing. An operation gear member 12 including an operation gear portion 11 that meshes with the gear portion 8 is provided.

  Further, the firing operation device includes a firing stop switch 13 and a firing stop button 14 for stopping the launch of the game ball at a portion substantially corresponding to the fixed member 2, and a transmission gear portion for transmitting the rotation of the operation gear member 12 to the volume 1 side. A transmission rotator 16 including 15, and an operation gear spring (operation gear urging means) 17 that urges the operation gear member 12 toward the transmission rotator 16 toward the side where the game ball is stopped (origin position side). The rotary shaft member 18 of the rotary type volume 1 fixed to the base end portion of the fixed member 2 is provided with a volume gear member 19 provided so as to rotate integrally with the rotary shaft member 18.

  The fixing member 2 is provided with a cylindrical base portion 21 fixed to the gaming machine main body and a diameter that increases from the base portion 21 side toward the distal end side, and accommodates many members of the firing operation device. Part 22. Further, the cover 3 is formed in a dome shape whose diameter decreases from the base end side toward the front end side, and covers the front end side opening of the accommodating portion 22 of the fixing member 2.

The accommodating portion 22 of the fixing member 2 is provided with a plurality of cylindrical bosses 23 extending from the proximal end toward the distal end side, and the cover 3 is provided with the boss 23 as shown in FIG. A fitting shaft portion 24 is formed in the corresponding portion from the distal end side that is the back surface of the dome-shaped portion of the cover 3 toward the proximal end side, and the distal end portion of the fitting shaft portion 24 is the cylindrical boss 23. The cover 3 is attached to the distal end portion of the fixing member 2 by being inserted into and fitted into the distal end portion.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the cover 3 has a cylindrical cover-side bearing portion extending from the approximate center on the back surface side of the dome-shaped portion toward the base end side. 25 is formed.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 12, the main firing lever 4 is provided with a substantially disk-shaped bottom plate 28 (shown in FIG. 2) inside a substantially cylindrical cylindrical portion 27 having a short axial length. An operated portion 29 is provided on the outside of the cylindrical portion 27 for a player to hold and operate with a plurality of fingers.

  The main firing lever 4 is formed with two arc-shaped long holes 31 through which the boss 23 fitted with the cover 3 and the fixing member 2 and the fitting shaft portion 24 pass. The long hole 31 is formed in an arc shape centering on the rotation center of the main firing lever 4 (the center line of the cover side bearing portion 25 and a main rotation shaft 32 described later). The rotation range of the lever 4 is restricted from the origin position to the maximum firing force position that maximizes the launching force of the game ball. That is, the boss 23 functions as a stopper that restricts the rotation range of the main firing lever 4 with respect to the long hole 31 of the main firing lever 4.

  Note that when the main firing lever 4 is in the vicinity of the origin position, the launch of the game ball is stopped. Further, even if the rotation angle of the main firing lever 4 does not reach the maximum firing force position, the firing force of the game ball can be maximized by operating the secondary firing lever 9.

  Further, at the center of the bottom plate 28 of the main firing lever 4, a cylindrical main rotating shaft 32 extends from the front surface of the bottom plate 28 facing the distal end side of the game ball launching device toward the distal end side. The main firing lever 4 is rotatably held with respect to the fixing member 2 and the cover 3 by the tip end portion of the main rotating shaft 32 being rotatably inserted into the cover side bearing portion 25.

  Further, the spring holding member 6 is disposed around the base end side from the tip end portion inserted into the cover side bearing portion 25 of the main rotating shaft 32. The spring holding member 6 has a cylindrical shape with a flange on the rear end side, and is inserted in a state in which the main rotary shaft 32 penetrates inside. The spring holding member 6 is inserted into the main spring 5 that is a torsion coil spring, and restricts movement of the main spring 5 toward the proximal end side by a flange.

  The main spring 5 has one end side locked to the cover 3 and the other end side locked to the main firing lever 4 so that the main firing lever 4 operated from the origin position to the maximum firing force position is attached to the origin position side. When the player releases his hand from the main firing lever 4, the main firing lever 4 is returned to the origin position side.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 4, 8, and 12, the secondary firing lever 9 is rotatably provided on the outer peripheral portion of the bottom plate 28 of the main firing lever 4.
The secondary firing lever 9 is provided with a secondary firing gear portion 8, a secondary operation portion 34, and a bearing hole 35 in the secondary firing lever main body. The secondary firing lever 9 can be rotated with respect to the primary firing lever 4 by inserting the secondary rotating shaft 36 formed on the bottom plate 28 of the primary firing lever 4 into the bearing hole 35 of the secondary firing lever 9. It has become.

  Since the rotation center of the secondary firing lever 9 is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the bottom plate 28 outside the rotational center of the primary firing lever 4, the secondary firing lever 9 revolves in response to the rotation of the primary firing lever 4 and the secondary rotation described above. It rotates around the shaft 36. The sub-rotation shaft 36 and the main rotation shaft 32 are parallel to each other.

  The sub-operated portion 34 is provided to protrude outward from the cutout portion of the cylindrical portion 27 of the main firing lever 4 at the origin position. By pressing the sub-operated portion 34 at the origin position toward the inside of the cylindrical portion 27 of the main firing lever 4, the sub firing lever 9 can be rotated from the origin position to the maximum firing force position.

  Further, the periphery of the bearing hole 35 of the secondary firing lever 9 is formed in a cylindrical shape protruding toward the tip side, and the secondary spring 10 that is a torsion coil spring is disposed around the cylindrical portion, and one end of the secondary spring 10 is Locked to the main firing lever 4, the other end is locked to the secondary firing lever 9. The secondary firing lever 9 is biased toward the origin position by the secondary spring 10. Further, the secondary firing lever 9 is configured such that the base of the secondary firing gear portion 8 is in contact with a boss 23 disposed in the vicinity of the secondary firing lever 9 at the rotation angle of the origin position. One is a stopper on the origin position side of the auxiliary firing lever 9.

  The secondary firing lever 9 does not have a clear stopper on the maximum firing force position side, but the state where the secondary firing lever 9 is pushed into the cylindrical portion 27 until the secondary operation portion 34 of the secondary firing lever 9 can be normally pushed with a finger. 9 maximum launch positions. When the sub-operated portion 34 of the secondary firing lever 9 is forcibly pushed into the cylindrical portion 27 from the maximum firing force position, the sub-operated portion 34 comes into contact with the boss 23 and the sub-operated portion 34 is moved. The state in which the sub-operated portion 34 is in contact with the boss 23 is the limit of the rotation range on the maximum firing position side. A stopper may be provided so that the rotation of the secondary firing lever 9 stops at the maximum firing position.

  The secondary firing gear portion 8 is a substantially sector-shaped sector gear corresponding to the rotatable range of the secondary firing lever 9 described above, and meshes with the operation gear portion 11 that is the same sector gear as the secondary firing gear portion 8. It is in the state.

The attachment position of the secondary firing lever 9 is a position adjacent to the counterclockwise direction side (left side) when viewed from the operated portion 29 formed on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion 27 of the main firing lever 4, that is, the position to be covered. This is a position adjacent to the most outwardly extending portion for placing the thumb of the operation unit 29. More specifically, the position of the sub-operating portion 34 of the sub-firing lever 9 is a position that is on the inner peripheral side of the position of the thumb of the right hand of the player applied to the operated portion 29. Therefore, when the player bends the thumb applied to the operated portion 29 of the main firing lever 4 inward, the secondary operated portion 34 can be pushed and the secondary firing lever 9 can be operated from the origin position to the maximum firing force side. Yes.
A touch sensor 7 is fixed to the main firing lever 4.

  The firing stop button 14 is rotatably supported around a button shaft 37 provided in the housing portion 22 at a position of a notch portion formed on the left side toward the distal end portion of the housing portion 22 of the fixing member 2. It is possible to operate from a firing permission position where a part of the firing stop button 14 protrudes outward from the cutout part to a firing stop position where the part of the firing stop button 14 is pushed inside the housing part 22. . A firing stop switch 13 is disposed inside the firing stop button 14 of the housing portion 22, and the firing stop of the launch stop switch 13 and the launch permission can be switched by the above-described operation of the launch stop button 14.

  The operation gear member 12 includes a substantially cylindrical main body, an operation gear portion 11 provided on a part of the outer periphery of the main body along the circumferential direction, a flange 38 for regulating the position of the operation gear spring 17, and the flange. 38 and an operation side engaging portion 40 that engages with the transmission side engaging portion 39 of the transmission rotating body 16.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the distal end portion of the cylindrical main body of the operation gear member 12 is a bearing that extends from the surface facing the base end side of the firing operation device of the bottom plate 28 of the main firing lever 4 toward the base end side. It is rotatably inserted into the cylinder part 41. The bearing cylinder part 41 of the main firing lever 4 is arranged so that the center of rotation of the main firing lever 4 is a center line, and the operation gear member 12 is rotatable around the center of rotation of the main firing lever 4. Supported by the firing lever 4.

Further, the proximal end portion of the cylindrical main body of the operation gear member 12 is rotatably inserted into the distal end portion of the substantially cylindrical transmission rotating body 16.
As described above, the operation gear unit 11 is in mesh with the auxiliary firing gear unit 8, and an operation gear is configured by the cylindrical main body of the operation gear member 12 and the operation gear unit 11. Further, the main firing lever 4 on which the operation gear member 12 is rotatably supported has a counterclockwise distal end side (origin point) of the operation gear portion 11 that is a sector gear when viewed from the distal end side toward the proximal end side. The origin-side regulating portion 43 that abuts on the distal end side in the circumferential direction toward the position direction and the maximum-side regulation that abuts on the clockwise distal end side (the distal end side in the circumferential direction toward the maximum firing force position direction) of the operation gear portion 11. An operation gear restricting portion 45 having a portion 44 is provided.

Therefore, although the rotation range of the operation gear member 12 with respect to the main firing lever 4 is restricted, the operation gear portion 11 is basically within the rotation range of the secondary firing gear portion 8 which is the normal operation range of the secondary firing lever 9. For example, the operation gear restriction unit 45 is used for positioning the rotation angle of the operation gear member 12 during assembly of the firing operation device.
Further, as shown in FIG. 2a and the like, the operation gear member 12 and the bearing cylinder portion 41 of the main firing lever 4 are provided with a touch sensor 7 inside the substantially cylindrical operation gear member 12 and the substantially cylindrical transmission rotating body 16. In order to pull the wiring of the touch sensor 7 through the wiring of the touch sensor 7, notches 47 and 48 are provided.

The flange 38 is provided on a part of the entire circumference of the operation gear member 12.
The operation side engaging portion 40 is provided so as to extend from the outer peripheral portion of the flange 38 toward the base end portion side, and has an arc plate shape centering on the rotation center of the operation gear member 12. The left side edge of the operation gear member 12, that is, the front side edge in the rotational direction toward the origin side is in contact with and engaged with the transmission side engaging portion 39. Therefore, when the operation gear member 12 rotates to the side (origin position side) that weakens the firing force relative to the transmission rotator 16, the operation side engagement portion 40 and the transmission side engagement portion 39 are engaged, When the operation gear member 12 and the transmission rotator 16 rotate integrally, and the operation gear member 12 rotates to the side that increases the firing force relative to the transmission rotator 16 (the maximum firing force position side), the operation side engagement The engagement between the portion 40 and the transmission side engagement portion 39 is released, and the operation gear member 12 rotates relative to the transmission rotating body 16.
In this embodiment, the operation side engaging portion 40 and the transmission side engaging portion 39 constitute engaging means for engaging the operation gear member 12 and the transmission rotating body 16.

  However, the operation gear member 12 is biased to the transmission rotating body 16 by the operation gear spring 17 so as to weaken the firing force. In other words, the transmission rotor 16 is ejected from the operation gear member 12. Therefore, the operation gear member 12 and the transmission rotating body 16 are basically in a state in which the operation side engagement portion 40 and the transmission side engagement portion 39 are engaged, Rotates together. At this time, the operation gear member 12 and the transmission rotating body 16 rotate integrally in both the rotation direction on the side that weakens the firing force and the rotation direction on the side that strengthens the firing force.

  The transmission rotator 16 includes a cylindrical main body, a flange 51 that regulates the position of the operation gear spring 17, and a transmission side engagement that is provided on the flange 51 and engages with the operation side engagement portion 40 of the operation gear member 12. The joint 39, the transmission gear portion 15 that meshes with the volume gear portion 52 of the volume gear member 19, and a rotating body regulating member (transmission rotating body regulating means) 53 formed at the bottom of the accommodating portion 22 of the fixing member 2 described later. And a pair of regulated parts (transmission rotating body regulating means) 54 to be engaged.

  With the proximal end of the cylindrical body of the operation gear member 12 being rotatably inserted into the distal end of the cylindrical body of the transmission rotator 16, the rotation centers of the operation gear member 12 and the transmission rotator 16 coincide. In such a state, they can rotate with each other.

  Further, in a state where the operation gear member 12 is inserted into the transmission rotator 16, the flange 38 of the operation gear member 12 and the flange 51 of the transmission rotator 16 face each other. The operation gear spring 17 arranged on the outer periphery of the distal end portion of the cylindrical main body of the transmission rotating body 16 is restricted from moving in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction by the main body of the transmission rotating body 16. Axial movement is restricted.

The operation gear spring 17 biases the operation gear member 12 relative to the transmission rotating body 16 as described above.
In the transmission side engaging portion 39, the radial distance from the rotation center of the transmission rotating body 16 is the same as the radial distance from the rotation center of the operation gear member 12 of the operation side engaging portion 40.

Therefore, the transmission side engaging portion 39 comes into contact with the operation side engaging portion 40 when the operation gear member 12 rotates relative to the transmission rotating body 16.
As described above, the operation gear member 12 and the transmission rotating body 16 are always integrated with each other by the engagement with the operation side engagement portion 40 and the transmission side engagement portion 39 and the urging force of the operation gear spring 17. It is designed to rotate.

The transmission gear portion 15 is provided on the base end side from the flange 51 of the transmission rotating body 16. The transmission gear portion 15 is fixed to the base end side of the bottom portion of the accommodating portion 22, and the rotating shaft member 18 of the volume 1 in which the rotating shaft member 18 penetrates the bottom portion of the accommodating portion 22 and protrudes to the distal end side of the bottom portion. Is engaged with the volume gear portion 52 of the volume gear member 19 fixed to.
The transmission gear unit 15 and the volume gear unit 52 are sector gears having an angle range corresponding to each rotation range.

As shown in FIG. 2, the base end portion of the cylindrical main body of the transmission rotating body 16 is inserted into a cylindrical bearing portion 56 formed at the bottom of the accommodating portion 22 of the fixing member 2 and is rotatably supported. Yes.
Therefore, the main rotating shaft 32 of the main firing lever 4 is rotatably inserted into the cylindrical cover side bearing portion 25 of the cover 3, and the cylindrical main body of the operation gear member 12 is inserted into the bearing tube portion 41 of the main firing lever 4. The base end of the main body of the operation gear member 12 is rotatably inserted into the front end of the cylindrical main body of the transmission rotating body 16, and the cylindrical main body of the transmission rotating body 16 is inserted. Is inserted into the cylindrical bearing portion 56 of the fixed member 2 in a rotatable manner.

  With this configuration, the main firing lever 4, the operation gear member 12, and the transmission rotating body 16 can rotate independently around the same rotation center. However, the main firing lever 4, the operation gear member 12, and the transmission rotating body 16 are restricted from rotating with respect to each other as described above. Then, the operation gear member 12 and the transmission rotating body 16 are rotated together.

  7, 10, and 11, a rotating body regulating member 53 is provided at the bottom of the housing portion 22 so as to protrude toward the distal end side at a position around the cylindrical bearing portion 56 into which the transmission rotating body 16 is inserted. It has been. On the other hand, a pair of regulated portions 54 are provided at the proximal end portion of the transmission rotator 16 so as to protrude from the outer peripheral surface of the main body of the transmission rotator 16 on the distal end side from the portion inserted into the cylindrical bearing portion 56. ing. When the transmission rotator 16 rotates, the restricted portion 54 of the transmission rotator 16 contacts the rotator restricting member 53, and the rotation range of the transmission rotator 16 is restricted. The restricted range of rotation of the transmission rotating body 16 is from the origin position where the launch of the game ball is stopped to the maximum launch position where the launch force of the game ball is maximum.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 10, the volume gear member 19 regulates the rotation range of the through hole 61 into which the rotary shaft member 18 of the volume 1 is inserted, the volume gear portion 52, and the volume gear member 19. And a volume regulated portion 62 for this purpose. The volume gear portion 52 is a sector gear corresponding to the rotation range of the volume gear member 19 and meshes with the transmission gear portion 15 of the transmission rotating body 16 to transmit the rotation of the transmission rotating body 16.

The volume restricted portion 62 extends outward from the main body of the volume gear member 19 along the radial direction from the rotation center of the volume gear member 19.
When the volume gear member 19 comes into contact with any one of the volume regulating members 63 formed at two locations on the bottom of the housing portion 22, the rotation of the volume gear member 19 is regulated. The rotation range of the volume gear member 19 is regulated between the origin position and the maximum firing force position by the pair of volume regulating members 63, but in reality, the volume gear member 19 is regulated within a range slightly wider than the above range. As described above, in a state where the rotation range of the transmission rotating body 16 including the transmission gear portion 15 is regulated, the volume regulated portion 62 is in a state of being in contact with the volume regulating member 63 or not.

  The volume regulated portion 62 and the volume regulating member 63 are used, for example, to determine the rotation angle of the volume gear member 19 when the volume gear member 19 is engaged with the transmission gear portion 15 when assembling the firing operation device.

  In such a firing scanning device, when the player operates only the main firing lever 4, the secondary firing lever 9 is not operated, and the secondary firing gear portion 8 of the secondary firing lever 9 does not rotate (spin). , Revolves together with the main firing lever 4. In this case, since the secondary firing gear portion 8 of the secondary firing lever 9 is engaged with the operating gear portion 11 of the operating gear member 12, the operation gear member 12 having the rotation center of the main firing lever 4 as the rotation center is the main gear. It rotates integrally with the firing lever 4.

The operation gear member 12 and the transmission rotating body 16 are integrated by engaging the transmission side engagement portion 39 and the operation side engagement portion 40 as described above and applying the urging force of the operation gear spring 17. Therefore, when the operation gear member 12 is rotated, the transmission rotating body 16 is also rotated.
As the transmission gear portion 15 of the transmission rotating body 16 rotates, the volume gear portion 52 of the volume gear member 19 meshing with the transmission gear portion 15 rotates, and the rotary shaft member 18 of the volume 1 is integrated with the volume gear portion 52. By rotating, the current value supplied to the game ball launching device by the volume 1 is adjusted. Thereby, it becomes possible to adjust the firing force of the game ball from the state where the firing is stopped to the set maximum firing force.

  As described above, the rotation range of the main firing lever 4 is such that the arc of the main firing lever 4 and the boss 23 of the fixing member 2 stop the game ball from the origin position in a state where the launch of the game ball is stopped. Since the firing force is regulated up to the maximum firing force position that is the maximum firing force, within the rotation range of the main firing lever 4, the rotation range of the transmission rotor 16 is also the maximum firing force position from the origin position, The rotational force is not transmitted so as to exceed the position where the pair of regulated portions 54 of the transmission rotator 16 abuts against the rotator regulation member 53 disposed therebetween.

  Further, when the player operates only the secondary firing lever 9, the primary firing lever 4 is not operated, and the secondary firing gear portion 8 of the secondary firing lever 9 rotates without revolving. In this case, since the secondary firing gear portion 8 of the secondary firing lever 9 is engaged with the operation gear portion 11 of the operation gear member 12, the rotational angle and gear ratio of the secondary firing gear portion 8 with respect to the main firing lever 4. In response to this, the operation gear member 12 rotates.

Since the operation gear member 12 and the transmission rotator 16 rotate integrally as described above, the transmission rotator 16 also rotates when the operation gear member 12 rotates as described above.
By rotating the transmission rotating body 16, as described above, the firing force of the game ball can be adjusted from the state where the firing is stopped to the set maximum firing force.

  As described above, the rotation range of the secondary firing lever 9 is basically from the origin position in a state where the launch of the game ball is stopped to the maximum launch force position where the launch force of the game ball is set as the maximum firing force. Within the normal rotation range of the secondary firing lever 9, the rotation range of the transmission rotator 16 is also the maximum firing force position from the origin position, and the pair of regulated portions 54 of the transmission rotator 16 are arranged between them. The rotational force is not transmitted beyond the position where the body regulating member 53 abuts.

  In contrast to these cases, when both the main firing lever 4 and the secondary firing lever 9 are operated, it corresponds to the revolution of the secondary firing gear portion 8 of the secondary firing lever 9 by the rotation operation of the primary firing lever 4. Then, while rotating by the rotation angle of the main firing lever 4, the operation gear portion 11 is further rotated by being added by an angle corresponding to the rotation of the secondary firing gear portion 8 of the secondary firing lever 9. At this time, basically, the secondary firing lever 9 is highly likely to be operated from the origin position to the maximum firing position when pressed by the player's finger. When the auxiliary firing lever 9 is operated to the maximum firing force position, the operation gear member 12 including the operation gear portion 11 that rotates by both the operation amount of the main firing lever 4 and the operation amount of the secondary firing lever 9 is It will rotate beyond the launch position.

  In this case, the regulated portion 54 on the side that regulates the maximum firing position of the regulated portion 54 of the transmission rotating body 16 that rotates integrally with the operation gear member 12 as described above becomes the rotating body regulating member 53. Even if they come into contact with each other, the operation gear member 12 further rotates.

  At this time, while the operation gear member 12 rotates, the transmission rotator 16 becomes unable to rotate when the restricted portion 54 comes into contact with the rotator restricting member 53. In this state, when the operating force of the auxiliary firing lever 9 exceeds the urging force of the operating gear spring 17, the operating gear spring 17 is in a state where the rotation of the transmission rotating body 16 is restricted by the rotating body restricting member 53 as described above. Only the operation gear member 12 is rotated with respect to the transmission rotating body 16 against the urging force.

In this case, the force acting on the transmission rotating member becomes the urging force of the operation gear spring 17 even if the player pushes the auxiliary firing lever 9 strongly, so that an unreasonable force does not act on the transmission rotating member.
That is, when an operation that exceeds the maximum firing force position is performed, if the movement beyond the maximum firing force position is restricted by a stopper or the like, an unreasonable force acts on any member of the firing operation device, and each member However, in this embodiment, the operation gear spring 17 acts as a shock absorber to prevent damage to each member, and the firing operation device. It is possible to improve the durability.

  In addition, even if the operation amount of the main firing lever 4 and the secondary firing lever 9 is increased as described above, each member of the firing operation device can be prevented from being damaged. Even if it is possible to perform an operation to maximize the firing force of the game ball from the state where the firing is stopped, no excessive force is applied to each member.

  Since it is possible to make a right-hand strike only by operating the sub-launch lever 9, when the player releases his hand from the main launch lever 4, when the game machine needs to be right-handed, the main launch lever Rather than operating 4 largely to the right, or operating the primary firing lever 4 and the secondary firing lever 9 simultaneously, it is quicker to make a right strike by simply pressing the secondary firing lever 9 It is possible to quickly respond to the situation that requires a right-handed strike and advance the game without any problem.

Note that it is not possible to set the launching force of the game ball to the maximum launching force only by operating the secondary firing lever 9, and by combining the firing operation of the primary launching lever 4, It is good also as a structure which can be launched.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment which applied the invention made by this inventor was described, this invention is not limited by the description and drawing which make a part of indication of this invention by this embodiment. That is, it should be added that other embodiments, examples, operation techniques, and the like made by those skilled in the art based on this embodiment are all included in the scope of the present invention.

1 Volume (Mechanism adjustment means)
2 Fixing member 4 Main firing lever 8 Sub firing gear section 9 Sub firing lever 11 Operation gear section (operation gear)
12 Operation gear member (operation gear)
16 Transmission rotation 17 Operation gear spring (operation gear biasing means)
39 Transmission side engaging portion (engaging means)
40 Operation side engagement part (engagement means)
53 Rotating body regulating member (Transmission rotating body regulating means)
54 Controlled part (transmission rotating body regulating means)

Claims (2)

Adjusting the launching force of the game ball in the game ball launching device of the gaming machine from the state where the launching of the game ball is stopped to the state where the game ball is launched with the maximum launching force that is the maximum within a predetermined firing force range In the firing operation device for operating the firing force adjusting means,
A fixing member fixed to the gaming machine;
The operator can control the firing force by rotating from the origin position where the launch of the game ball is stopped to the position where the launch force of the game ball reaches the maximum firing force, which is supported rotatably on the fixed member. The main firing lever
By being rotatably supported by the main launch lever, the main launch lever revolves integrally with the main launch lever around the rotation center of the main launch lever, and rotates with respect to the main launch lever. A sub-launch lever that enables operation by the operator to increase the firing force with respect to the firing force by operation;
A sub-firing gear portion provided on the sub-firing lever so as to be rotatable integrally with the sub-firing lever and having teeth arranged around the rotation center of the sub-firing lever;
An operation gear that is rotatably supported by the main firing lever with the rotation center of the main firing lever as a rotation center, and meshes with the sub-firing gear portion,
A transmission rotating body coupled to the operation gear so as to be rotatable about the rotation center of the operation gear, and transmitting the rotation of the operation gear to the firing force adjusting means;
Operation gear urging means for urging the operation gear to rotate toward the side that reduces the firing force of the game ball with respect to the transmission rotating body;
The operation gear and the transmission rotating body are provided so as to be engaged with each other, and in a state of being engaged with each other, the operation gear rotates to the side that reduces the launch force of the game ball with respect to the transmission rotating body. Engaging means for restricting the rotation and allowing the operation gear to rotate toward the side that increases the firing force of the game ball with respect to the transmission rotating body;
Transmission rotator restriction means for restricting the rotation range of the transmission rotator from the origin position in a state where the launch of the game ball is stopped to a position where the launch force of the game ball becomes the maximum launch force. Launch operation device.   When the main firing lever is at the origin position, the rotation of the secondary firing gear portion when the secondary firing lever is operated causes the game ball to stop firing the transmission rotating body via the operation gear. The firing operation device according to claim 1, wherein the firing operation device is rotated from the origin position to a position where the launching force of the game ball reaches the maximum firing force.

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