JP7367986B2 - Pachinko launcher with rail holder mechanism - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a pachinko firing machine equipped with a rail holder mechanism, and more particularly to a novel improvement that allows balls thrown from a rectifier to come to rest at a standby position on a metal rail part in a short time without moving wildly.

In general, in order to maintain a stable ball flight in a pachinko launcher, in addition to the mallet that hits the ball being stationary during the firing cycle, the ball thrown from the rectifier must also be stationary in the standby position. This is a condition.
Although not shown in the conventional technology adopted in Patent Document 1, a sheet metal rail with an M-shaped cross section is used, and this sheet metal rail is used to control the path of the ball thrown in from the rectifier and the waiting position (resting position of the ball). ).

JP2011-92265A

Since the conventional pachinko firing machine was configured as described above, the following problems existed.
That is, a rail holder made of a glass-reinforced resin and a sheet metal rail having an M-shaped cross section arranged at the firing angle of the ball constitute a path for the ball thrown in from the rectifier and a standby position (resting position of the ball).
The sheet metal rail and the rail holder made of glass-reinforced resin are made of materials that do not absorb the impact of the ball, and the thrown ball passes through the M-shaped portion of the sheet metal rail and is stopped at the standby position.
For this reason, depending on the launch angle (arrangement angle) of the ball, there may not be enough time for the ball to stop, so the rectifier must be placed on the shortest path (horizontal direction) from the ball's standby position and without going wild ( vertical direction), reducing the degree of freedom in design.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in particular, it provides a rail holder mechanism configured so that the balls thrown from the rectifier do not move wildly and come to rest at the standby position of the rail in a short time. To provide a pachinko launcher with the following features.

A hammer provided on the front cover and rotating within a predetermined angle range; a mallet portion and a mass body provided on the hammer; a rail holder provided on the front cover; and an elastic member provided on the inner surface of the rail holder. , a rectifier disposed above the rail holder, a rail provided on the rail holder, an elastic member rail-shaped portion provided on the rail and formed of the elastic member and having a V-shaped cross section; a metal rail part made of a sheet metal located adjacent to the elastic member rail-shaped part, and the ball thrown from the rectifier passes through the elastic member and the elastic member rail-shaped part, and is damped while passing through the metal rail. The elastic member provided on the rail holder is made of two-color molding or two-piece construction.

Since the pachinko firing machine equipped with the rail holder mechanism according to the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained. That is, a hammer provided on the front cover and rotating within a predetermined angle range, a mallet portion and a mass body provided on the hammer, a rail holder provided on the front cover, and an elastic member provided on the inner surface of the rail holder. a rectifier disposed above the rail holder, a rail provided on the rail holder, and an elastic member rail-shaped portion provided on the rail and formed of the elastic member and having a V-shaped cross section. , a metal rail portion made of a sheet metal located adjacent to the elastic member rail-shaped portion, and the ball thrown from the rectifier passes through the elastic member and the elastic member rail-shaped portion, and is damped while passing through the elastic member rail-shaped portion. Due to the configuration in which the ball stops on the metal rail part, the ball thrown from the rectifier comes into contact with the elastic member of the rail holder and falls onto the elastic member rail shape part, so the ball bounces like in the conventional method. It can be made to stand still on the metal rail part in an extremely short time without any vibration.
Further, the elastic member provided on the rail holder is formed by two-color molding or a two-piece configuration, so that the elastic member can be easily and reliably provided on the rail holder.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a front view which shows the pachinko launcher equipped with the rail holder mechanism by embodiment of this invention. 2 is a plan view showing the rail of FIG. 1. FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the rail holder of FIG. 1. FIG. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing the elastic member rail-shaped portion of FIG. 3 as seen from the ball side. FIG. 2 is a front view of the rail of FIG. 1; 6 is a view taken along arrow B in FIG. 5. FIG. 7 is a view taken along arrow C in FIG. 6. FIG. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the rail of FIG. 6 and the elastic member rail shape part of FIG. 2 are combined.

A pachinko firing machine equipped with a rail holder mechanism according to the present invention is configured such that balls thrown from a rectifier do not move wildly and come to rest at a standby position on the rail in a short time.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a pachinko firing machine equipped with a rail holder mechanism according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, the reference numeral 1 indicates a rectifier of the pachinko launcher 2, which is mounted on the back surface 3a of the front cover 3 of the pachinko launcher 2 and can be rotated back and forth by a finite angle θ by a finite angle motor 4. A hammer 5 is provided as shown in FIG.

A mass body 6A is provided at one end of the hammer 5, and a mallet portion 6 is provided at the other end.
A vibration damping rubber holder 7 provided on the front lid 3 via a fixing screw 8 is provided with a first vibration damping rubber 9 and a second vibration damping rubber 10 at positions 90 degrees apart from each other.

A stopper 5A is provided at a position 180 degrees different from the mallet part 6 of the hammer 5, and when the hammer 5 is rotated by a finite angle to the right, the mallet part 6 fires the ball 11 and the stopper 5A 5A comes into contact with the first damping rubber 9, and the finite angle Θ of the hammer 5 and the ball 11 of the finite angle motor 4 at the time of firing becomes clear.

After the hammer 5 finishes firing the ball 11, the mass body 6A rotates to the right and temporarily stops. However, due to the weight of the mass body 6A, the hammer 5 rotates to the left, and the hammer 5 rotates to the left. The stopper portion 12 of the hammer 5 comes into contact with the second vibration damping rubber 10, and the hammer 5 is ready for the next ball launch.

A rail holder 20 molded from a hard resin such as glass resin is fixed to the left side of the back surface 3a of the front lid 3 with a fixing screw 21, and the rail holder 20 has a ball guide section 22 formed of an R section. and rails 23 are provided.

The rail 23 is positioned and fixed at a predetermined position on the rail holder 20 by a fixing screw 24 and a pair of positioning pins 25.
At the center of the inner surface 20a of the rail holder 20, there is provided an elastic member 26 having a damping effect, such as rubber, which is either integrally molded during molding or added later as a separate member.
The elastic member 26 not only damps vibrations but also absorbs vibrations and shocks when hit by a ball.

Between the upper end 27 of the rail 23 and the outer periphery 22a of the ball guide section 22 is a range A in which balls can be dropped from the rectifier 1 disposed above the front lid 3 and supplied to the rail 23. is set as .

Said rail 23 is shown in FIGS. 2 to 8.
That is, the elastic member 26 located within the ball-throwing range A of the rail 23 is inclinedly provided at the upper part of the rail 23, and the elastic member rail-shaped portion 30 formed on the ball-throwing side of the rail 23 is formed. The elastic member rail-shaped portion 30 may be a well-known two-color molded product or may have a well-known two-piece configuration.

The rail 23 is made of sheet metal, and has an M-shaped cross section as shown in FIGS. An elastic member rail shape portion 30 formed by the elastic member 26 is formed.
A connector 50 is provided on the right side of the back surface 3a of the front cover 3 as viewed in FIG. Furthermore, when the ball 11 is launched, when the ball 11 that is stationary on the metal rail portion 40 is hit with the hammer 5, the ball 11 moves upward at a predetermined distance without contacting the elastic member rail-shaped portion 30. It is configured to fly on a trajectory.

In the pachinko firing machine equipped with the rail holder mechanism according to the present invention, the ball thrown from the rectifier first comes into contact with the elastic member such as rubber provided on the rail holder to suppress vibration, and then, Vibration is further suppressed by the elastic member rail shape part, and the ball comes to rest on the adjacent metal rail part, and the ball is fired, making it easy to understand the time it takes for the ball to come to rest, making it possible to obtain a highly reliable pachinko firing machine. can.

1 Rectifier 2 Pachinko launcher 3 Front cover 3a Back side 5 Hammer 6 Hammer portion 6A Mass body 7 Vibration damping rubber holder 9 First vibration damping rubber 10 Second vibration damping rubber 11 Ball 12 Stopper portion 20 Rail holder 20a Inner surface 21 Fixing screw 22a Outer circumference 23 Rail 25 Positioning pin 26 Elastic member 27 Upper end 30 Elastic member rail shape part 40 Metal rail part 50 Connector A Ball insertion range Θ Finite angle

Claims (2)

A hammer (5) provided on the front lid (3) and rotating within a predetermined angle range, a mallet portion (6) and a mass body (6A) provided on the hammer (5), and a hammer (5) provided on the front lid (3). a rail holder (20), an elastic member (26) provided on the inner surface (20a) of the rail holder (20), and a rectifier (1) disposed above the rail holder (20); a rail (23) provided on the rail holder (20); an elastic member rail-shaped portion (30) provided on the rail (23) and formed by the elastic member (26) and having a V-shaped cross section; a metal rail part (40) made of a sheet metal located adjacent to the elastic member rail-shaped part (30),
The ball (11) introduced from the rectifier (1) is damped through the elastic member (26) and the elastic member rail-shaped portion (30) so as to come to rest on the metal rail portion (40). A pachinko firing machine equipped with a rail holder mechanism characterized by having a configuration in which: The pachinko firing machine equipped with a rail holder mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member (26) provided on the rail holder (20) is made of two-color molding or a two-piece construction.

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