JP5718868B2 - Medal pusher game device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medal pusher game device.

  A case of a known medal pusher game machine is provided with a transparent partition on the front surface thereof, and a game field is provided inside the case, and the game field includes a second half area A and a first half area. The area A is provided with a medal pusher that reciprocates back and forth in the area A. In the area B, medals pushed by the medal pusher are temporarily accumulated, and the area B is sequentially moved by the back and forth movement of the medal pusher. It comes to fall from the front edge.

  In addition, a payout opening for medals pushed out from the game field is provided between the game field and the front partition plate, and a storage section for medals paid out to the player is provided outside the partition plate. A medal discharge path for deriving the dropped medal to the medal storage unit and a medal collection device for collecting the dropped medal other than the medal payout port are provided.

  In addition, the partition plate on the front surface of the housing is provided with a medal entry device that is provided with a medal insertion slot through which a player inserts a medal and that can fire the inserted medal toward the game field.

  Such a medal pusher game machine is widely used, but this type of game machine known in the art has a problem that the movement of the medal moving in the region B when pushed by the medal pusher is monotonous and is not interesting. there were.

  For this reason, proposals have been made to change the shape of the dull pusher in various ways to complicate the movement of medals on the play field, and also make holes in the play field and knock out obstacles of appropriate shapes from the holes. Proposals have been made to increase the interest of the game by making it appear like a game, complicating the movement of medals.

JP 08-052270 A JP 08-019661 JP2007-105219A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to constrain the movement of the medal by causing an obstacle to restrain the movement of the medal to appear and disappear in the area B of the play field (hereinafter simply referred to as the area B) as the game progresses. Then, it is to provide a new medal pusher game device that enhances the interest of the game by increasing or decreasing the number of medals to be paid out.

  An object of the present invention is to make an obstacle of an appropriate shape appear on the surface of the region B, change the movement path of the medal, complicate the movement of the medal, and push the pusher to drop the medal from the play field This is achieved by increasing or decreasing the number or adjusting the number of parental medals to increase the fun of the game.

In order to solve the above problem, in the present invention, the obstacle is configured as a barrier body that appears and disappears from the side wall surfaces provided on the left and right sides of the play field.
In this case, the obstacle moves to the left and right along the surface of the region B and suppresses the movement of the medal.

Retracted position P _A of these obstacles is internal to holes provided in the side wall, the appearance position P _W is external space following the exit of the hole.
The shape of the obstacle can be a simple elongated rectangular parallelepiped shape or an arch bridge.

As a device for moving the obstacle, a rack and pinion, a screw, a solenoid, a crank, a cam, a link, an oil or air cylinder, or the like can be used.
It is also conceivable that the player is involved in the obstacle moving operation by some method.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, in the medal pusher game device according to the present invention, medals that move on the play field by being pushed by the pusher move irregularly and move across the play field. Obstacles prevent movement, lead to a medal payout exit, or lead to losing parenthood, so that the fun of the game is further improved.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall structure of a medal pusher device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are explanatory views showing a configuration example of a known medal pusher device using a cylindrical body as an obstacle. state in which the obstacle is hidden below the surface of the region B, that explanatory view showing a state in the standby position P _W, FIG. 3 is a state in which the obstacle protrudes above the surface of the region B, that the appearance position P _a FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a certain state, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the main part of the obstacle lifting control device used in the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and FIG. 5 is the medal pusher device according to the present invention. it is an explanatory view showing one embodiment is an explanatory view showing a state where the obstacle 40 is in the occurrence position P _a.

The medal pusher game apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is a stand-alone game machine for one person, but the present invention is naturally applicable to a large game apparatus that can be played simultaneously by a large number of people. is there.
In FIG. 1, 100 is a medal pusher game device, 10 is its case, 20 is a game field, and 30 is a medal pusher.

  A partition plate made of a transparent acrylic plate is provided in front of each booth of the housing 10, and a medal entry device operated by a player to inject medals is attached to windows provided on both sides of the partition plate. A play field 20 is provided in the back of the partition plate.

  Since the medal pusher 30 reciprocates back and forth on the play field 20 and pushes the medal that has fallen on the play field 20, the supplied medal is gradually pushed forward, pushed out of the play field, and the parent falls. Other than medals are paid out to the player.

Hereinafter, FIGS. 2 to 4 will be described.
Thus, in this known medal pusher game device, as will be described later, an obstacle is caused to appear and disappear at any time in an area in front of the reciprocating area of the play field pusher.

  2 and 3, 20A is a region of the play field 20 in which the pusher 30 reciprocates back and forth (hereinafter referred to as region 20A), and 20B is a region provided in front of the region 20A (hereinafter referred to as region 20B). 40A is an obstacle, 50 is a side wall having a parent hole 50A, and 60 is a medal.

A medal payout opening leading to the payout opening of the medal 60 is provided between the play field 20 and the partition plate, and the medal 60 that has fallen to the medal payout opening is a medal from an unillustrated medal payout path that opens outward from the partition plate. It is discharged to the storage unit and delivered to the player.
Further, the medal 60 dropped in a place other than the medal payout exit, for example, the parent drop hole 50A, is collected as a parent drop through a guide passage (not shown).
On the rear side of the play field 20, a liquid crystal display, a slit that can receive the medal 60, although not shown in the figure, are provided.

In the medal pusher game device 100, at least one obstacle 40A is provided in a portion of the region 20B so as to be able to appear and disappear.
As shown in FIG. 4, the top of the obstacle 40A is a columnar obstacle 40a loosely fitting into a circular guide hole provided in the region 20B. rack 40b is provided, and is supported so as to be moved up and down between the occurrence position P _a of the upper and the standby position P _W of the downward along the guide (not shown).

The rack 40b is supported so as to be movable up and down along a guide (not shown), and is lifted and lowered by an obstacle lifting device 400 including a motor (not shown) and a pinion 410 that is rotationally controlled by the motor.
The pinion 410 meshes with the rack 40b, and the motor rotates forward or backward in response to a command from the game control device. The obstacle 40A is moved to the standby position P _W (minimum position) shown on the left side of FIG. It moves up and down between the appearance position P _A (the highest position) shown on the right side.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the obstacle 40A sinks to the lowest standby position _PW , and the top surface of the obstacle 40A coincides with the surface of the area 20B of the play field 20, and FIG. objects 40A rises up to the occurrence position P _a, the cylindrical failure portion 40a is protruded from the surface of the region 20B of the playfield 20 upward, the state capable of suppressing the movement of the medal 60 is shown.

A motor (not shown) rotates forward or backward in accordance with a game program stored in the central controller of the game machine, and moves up and down the obstacle 40A.
The obstacle 40A moves up and down periodically or randomly, for example, and moves up and down when some event occurs.

When the top of the obstacle 40A protrudes from the upper surface of the area 20B, the movement of the medal 60 that is pushed and moved by the pusher 30 is restricted, and the number of medals temporarily staying in the area 20B of the play field 20 increases. When descending, the number of medals falling from the play field increases rapidly.
Further, depending on the position of the protruding obstacle 40A, the medal 60 may be guided to the parent drop hole 50A, or conversely, the medal 60 may not enter the parent drop hole.
For these reasons, the interest of the game is greatly improved.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the main part of one embodiment of the medal pusher game machine according to the present invention.
Figure 5 shows a state in which the obstacle 40D is in the occurrence position P _A.
The standby position _PW is a position where the obstacle 40D is drawn into the side wall 50.
In the above, an example of a simple rectangular parallelepiped is shown as the obstacle 40D, but this may be an appropriate shape such as an arch bridge shape or with an extruded bar, or may be appropriately engraved or decorated, or provided with a plurality of appearance positions. The overhanging direction can also be set arbitrarily.

Also in this embodiment, when the obstacle 40 is extruded over the game field in the appearance position P _A is the area 20B of the movement is constrained temporarily playing field 20 Medals 60 that moves by being pushed by the pusher 30 The number of medals staying in the area increases, the obstacle 40 is pulled in, and the number of medals falling from the area 20B increases rapidly when returning to the standby position _PW .

It will be understood from FIG. 5 that, according to the present invention, no device is provided below the board constituting the game field 20 for moving the obstacle 40 up and down or moving back and forth.

  The configuration of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the shape and number of obstacles, the arrangement, the movement method, and the effects accompanying movement can be freely changed in design. The invention encompasses all of these variations.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, according to the present invention, a medal pusher game device that is more interesting than the conventional one can be provided, and if implemented, can greatly increase the profit in the field of the game industry.

It is a perspective view which shows the whole structure of a well-known medal pusher game device. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which has 40A of obstacles in the standby position _PW in the well-known example which raises / lowers a well-known cylindrical obstacle. Obstacle 40A from the state shown in FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a state that has moved to the appearance position P _A. It is explanatory drawing which shows the principal part of the obstacle raising / lowering control apparatus used by the well-known example shown in FIG.2 and FIG.3. In medal pusher game machine according to the present invention, it is an explanatory diagram showing a state where the obstacle 40D is in the occurrence position P _A.

100 Medal Pusher Game Device 10 Case 20 Game Field 20A Area A
20B area B
30 medal pusher,
40 Obstacle (Example of the present invention)
40A obstacle (known example)
50 side wall 50A parent hole 60 medal

Claims (1)

Inside, a game field (20) is provided which is divided into a region A (20A) provided in the second half and a region B (20B) provided in the first half. 10) and
A medal pusher (30) that reciprocates back and forth in the area A (20A) on the game field (20) and pushes the medals (60) accumulated in the area B (20B) toward the medal payout exit;
A medal entry device having a medal insertion slot through which a player inserts medals, and capable of firing the inserted medal toward the game field;
A game control device that controls the operation of the entire game machine in accordance with a pre-installed game program;
Supports reciprocating movement between the appearance position (P _A ) on the surface of the area B (20B) of the game field (20) and the standby position (P _W ) different from the appearance position (P _A ). In response to a command signal from the game control device, the obstacle control device reciprocally moves these obstacles between the standby position (P _W ) and the appearance position (P _A ). In the medal pusher game device (100) comprising:
The obstacle (40) is an elongated rectangular parallelepiped barrier body (40), and its standby position (P _W ) is inside the square hole provided on the barrier (50) surface provided on the left and right of the play field, and the appearance position ( The medal pusher game device (100) described above, wherein P _A ) is a space connected to the square hole, and the obstacle control device (400) is an obstacle entry / exit device.

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