JPH041961Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a medal dropping game device, and particularly to a medal dropping game device to which novel game elements are added.

[Conventional technology]

The medal dropping game device places a large number of medals on a horizontally fixed game board, moves a medal pushing plate back and forth within a predetermined range along the top surface of the game board, and further allows the player to By inserting the medals you have into a predetermined medal slot and allowing the medals to pass through the medal chute and fall onto the game board, any medal on the game board can be placed on the push plate. This game device is designed to compete for the number of medals obtained by returning the fallen medals to the player or collecting them to the owner depending on the position of the fallen medals since they are pushed and fall from the board.

However, the number of medals paid out to the player is determined solely by the placement of the medals on the game board, which changes depending on the new medals inserted by the player. Even if a small number of medals were introduced, there were few significant changes, and as a result, the game lost some of its interest.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to add new game elements to the conventional medal drop game device. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a game device that is rich in interest.

[Means for solving problems]

The above purpose is to provide a game board that is horizontally fixed to the machine frame, a medal pushing plate that is provided parallel to the game board and in contact with its upper surface and that moves back and forth on the game board, and a medal push plate that moves back and forth on the game board. a medal chute, which is provided so as to be in contact with the medal pushing plate, and causes medals inserted through a medal slot provided at the top to drop onto the medal pushing plate;
In the medal dropping game device comprising a payout device that pays out medals pushed out from the game board, a bonus device comprising the components described in items a) to e) below, namely: a. A bucket that swings back and forth and, when a falling medal is captured, transports it to a predetermined position and releases it; b. A medal sensor that detects the medals captured by the bucket; c. A medal hopper provided above the medal chute. and (d) a display device that selects and displays the number of medals to be released, and (e) operates when the medal sensor detects captured medals to take out the number of medals displayed on the display device from the medal hopper. This is achieved by a medal drop game device equipped with a bonus device consisting of a medal dispenser that discharges the medals above the medal chute.

[Effect]

With the above configuration, if the medals inserted by the player are lucky enough to be captured by the bucket, the number of medals displayed on the display device will be released as a bonus from the medal hopper into the medal chute, thereby causing the game board Since the number of medals on the top increases significantly and their arrangement changes greatly, the number of medals that are pushed by the push plate and fall from the game board and are paid out to the player also increases, making the game even more interesting. .

[Example] Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the medal dropping game device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional view of the main part thereof, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the bonus device portion thereof. , FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line - in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a front view showing the operation of the bonus device, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the drive mechanism of the bonus device, and FIG. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a detection mechanism that detects vibrations of a game machine.

In Figures 1 to 6, 1 is the machine frame, 2 is the game board, 3 is the medal chute, 4 is the crank mechanism, and 5
1 is a medal pushing plate, 6 is a medal slot, 7 is a medal distribution path, 8, 8 is a nail, 9 is a transparent plate, 10 is a sliding plate, 11 is an owner side collection chute, 12 is a player side payout chute, 13 is a pendulum, 14 is a decorative plate, 15 is a locking shaft, 16 is a bucket, 17 is a clasp, 18 is a medal blocking plate, 19 is a pin, 20 is a medal sensor, 21-1 to 21-7 are for displaying bonus points lamp, 22 is a link rod, 23 is a crank, 24 is a medal hopper, 25 is a medal dispenser, 26 is a medal distribution path, 27 is a shutter, 2
8 is a solenoid, 29, 29 is a medal.

In the device according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of (three in this example) game sections A1, A2, A3 are provided on the front of the machine frame 1 that houses the entire game device.
is provided.

Since each game part has the same configuration, each of them will be explained with reference to FIGS. A medal pushing plate 5 is slidably provided to reciprocate back and forth, and has a medal slot 6 on the top surface of the pushing plate 5. medal 29
A sliding plate 10 attached to the lower end opening of a medal chute 3 in which a large number of nails 8, 8 are planted perpendicular to the falling direction of the medals so that the medals fall randomly is brought into sliding contact. A transparent plate 9 made of acrylic or the like is attached to the front of the medal chute 3 so that the state of the medals descending inside the medal chute can be observed.

Therefore, when the medal 29 is inserted through the slot 6, the medal is inserted into the nail 8 installed in the medal chute 3.
8, it randomly descends along a zigzag course along the medal chute 3, falls from the opening at its lower end onto the push plate 5, and lands on top of the medals 29, 29 already placed, or on these medals. stop near. Some of these medals accumulated on the pushing plate 5 are removed by the sliding plate 10 provided at the lower end of the medal chute 3 as the pushing plate 5 reciprocates in the front-rear direction (left-right direction in FIG. 2). The medals on the game board 2 are pushed out and moved onto the game board 2, and are further pushed by the pushing plate 5 into the player's payout chute 12 or the owner's collection chute 11 from the front end 2a of the game board 2. Fall. The medals that have fallen into the payout chute 12 on the player side slide into the payout opening 12a and are paid out to the player.

The above is a general form of a conventionally known medal drop game device.

As can be understood from the above configuration and operation, in this type of game device, the number of medals paid out to the player changes depending on the number of medals newly inserted by the player. Although it depends only on the arrangement of medals and the timing of movement of the push plate 5, the arrangement of medals does not change much depending on the small number of medals inserted by the player, and therefore the number of medals paid out also varies. There were many cases where there was only a small amount or none at all, and the game often lacked interest.

Therefore, in the present invention, a bonus device described below is added to the above game device, thereby making the conventional medal drop game device even more interesting.

That is, in the medal dropping game device according to the present invention, a pendulum 13 that swings back and forth in front of the medal chute 3 is provided, and a bucket 16 is attached to the lower end of the pendulum 13 for catching medals falling inside the medal chute. and a medal sensor 20 for detecting medals captured by the bucket.
a display device comprising a plurality of lamps 21-1 to 21-7 with numbers for displaying bonus points; a medal hopper 24 provided above the medal chute; A medal dispenser 25 is provided for taking out the medals from the medal hopper and discharging them above the medal chute, and when the medals inserted by the player are luckily caught in the bucket 16, a predetermined number of medals displayed on the display device are given as a bonus. The medals are automatically dropped from the medal hopper into the medal chute, and as a result, more medals than the medals inserted by the player are dropped onto the push plate 5 and the game board 2, and the number of medals paid out to the player also increases. It's becoming like that.

The upper end of the pendulum 13 is fixed to a rotating shaft 13a that passes through the medal chute 3 and the transparent plate 9, and a hole provided at the lower end of the pendulum 13 has a hole in front of the pendulum 13, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. A locking shaft 15 fixed to a decorative plate 14 provided is rotatably inserted, and a bucket 16 is attached to the other end of the locking shaft 15 that passes through a hole 9a formed in the transparent plate 9 on the back side of the transparent plate 9. is rotatably supported by a stopper 17.

A notch 16a is formed in the upper part of the bucket bag 16 to receive falling medals, and the center of gravity of the bucket bag as a whole is set at a position sufficiently lower than the hole through which the locking shaft 15 is inserted. Even if a medal is received in the notch 16a, the bucket cart is designed to prevent the medal from falling.

Further, on the surface of the medal chute 3, there are a plurality of lamps 21-1 to 21-2 for displaying bonus points.
1-7 flash in sequence, and furthermore, on the surface of the medal chute 3, there is a through hole 8 formed in the transparent plate 9 along the locus of the locking shaft 15.
Close to one end of a (left side in Figure 3),
A pin 19 and a medal sensor 20 are attached.

The pendulum 13 is constantly swinging around the rotation axis 13a during the game period, and if a medal inserted by a player falling along the medal chute 3 is accidentally caught by the bucket 16, ,
The medals remain received in the bucket and swing along the front surface of the medal chute together with the pendulum.
As the pendulum 13 swings, the bucket 16 approaches the pin 19, and as the pendulum moves further to the left in the figure, the lower left side of the bucket 16 gets caught on the pin 19, as shown in FIG. , the bucket 16 was overturned and the medal 2 was received in the notch 16a.
9 falls off the bucket, is released and falls. At this time, the presence or absence of medals in the bucket is detected by the medal sensor 20.

As the medal sensor 20, a magnetic type, a capacitance type, a photocoupler type, and other known sensors can be used.

Among the bonus point display lamps 21-1 to 21-7, the number of the lamp that was lit when the medal sensor 20 detected a medal (in the case of FIG. 5, the number of the lamp 21-3 is 20 points) ) A number of medals corresponding to be dropped to.

As a result, a large number of bonus medals (20 in the state shown in FIG. 5) fall and accumulate on the push plate 5, and the number of medals paid out to the player increases accordingly.

A medal blocking plate 3a is attached to the medal chute 3 somewhat above the position where the medal sensor 20 is provided, and medals other than the medals received in the bucket 16, that is, medals falling along the medal chute 3, are blocked in front of the sensor. The medal sensor 20 is prevented from being activated by passing through.

As the medal dispenser 25 for dropping a predetermined number of bonus medals into the medal chute, for example, a coin dispensing device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-48634 may be used.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, since three game sections A1, A2, and A3 are provided, the mechanism for simultaneously swinging these pendulums 13 and 13 is the first one. This is shown in Figure 6.

That is, the rotation shafts 13a, 1 of each pendulum 13, 13
Connecting plates 13b, 13b are fixed to the ends of the medal chute 3a extending to the back side, respectively (see also FIG. 4), and these connecting plates are connected to the crank 23 via one link rod 22. connected,
As a result, the pendulum 1 is swung by the operation of the crank 23.
3 and 13 are designed to swing in the same direction at the same time.

Some players may become so absorbed in the game that they try to shake the machine frame 1 to cause the medals on the game board to fall. It is recommended that the detection device be configured to operate and stop the payout of medals.

FIG. 7 shows an example of such a vibration detection mechanism, and in the figure, 31 is made of an insulating material and is fixed at an appropriate location inside the machine frame 1 of the game device. The mounting plates 32 and 33 are conductive plates fixed to the mounting plate 31 so as to face each other;
34 is suspended from the conductive plate 32 by a conductive wire 35, and under normal conditions, a conductive wire 34 is inserted into the hole 33a formed in the conductive plate 33 with a slight gap between the conductive plate 33 and the conductive plate 33 to maintain a non-contact state. Pyramid, 3
6 is connected to the conductive plates 32 and 3 via a detection circuit 37.
This is a DC power supply connected between 3 and 3.

When the machine frame 1 is shaken and vibrated by the player, the outer periphery of the weight body 34 inserted into the hole 33a of the conductive plate 33 comes into contact with the conductive plate 33, and at this time, the current from the DC power source 36 Conductive plate 32 conductor wire 3
It flows to the five-pyramid body 34, conductive plate 33, and detection circuit 37. Therefore, if the detection circuit 37 detects this current using a known means, the vibration of the machine frame 1 can be detected.

When the vibration of the game device is detected as described above, the shutter 27 that separates the player-side payout chute 12 and the owner-side collection chute 11 shown in FIG. 1 is activated via a desired control circuit.
is switched so that the medals that have fallen into the player side payout chute 12 slide down to the owner side collection chute 11 side without falling to the payout port 12a.

That is, the shutter 27 closes the game section A by the action of a spring mechanism (not shown) at night, when the game device is not in use, or in the event of a power outage.
2, it rotates to the right in the figure to connect the player side payout chute 12 and the owner side collection chute 11, and the medals that have fallen into the player side payout chute 12 are collected into the owner side collection chute 11. It's becoming like that.

When a player inserts medals from the medal slot 6 or pays a predetermined game fee and presses a game start button to start the game, the solenoid 28 is activated to pull the shutter 27 to the left in the figure, and the game starts. As shown in parts A1 and A3, the player side payout chute 12 and the owner side collection chute 11 are separated, and the medals dropped into the player side payout chute 12 are switched so as to slide into the payout port 12a.

When the game device vibrates and a detection signal is emitted from the detection circuit 37 of the vibration detection mechanism, or when an accident such as a power outage occurs, the current to the solenoid 28 is cut off, and the shutter 27 is restarted by the spring mechanism. It rotates to the right to connect the player side payout chute 12 and the owner side collection chute 11, and operates to collect medals that have fallen into the player side payout chute 12 into the owner side collection chute 11.

[Effect of idea]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, when the medals inserted by the player are lucky enough to be captured by the bucket, the display consisting of the bonus point display lamps 21-1 to 21-7 is displayed. The number of medals displayed on the device will be released as a bonus from the medal hopper into the medal chute, which will greatly increase the number of medals on the game board and change their arrangement greatly.
The number of medals paid out to the player also increases, and an interesting medal drop game device is provided.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. That is, for example, the drive mechanism of the pendulum 13, the bucket 16 provided at the lower end of the pendulum 13,
configuration, configuration of the display device that displays bonus points, medal dispenser 25 and shutter 27
The structure of the drive mechanism and the like can be freely modified within the scope of the purpose of the present invention, and the present invention encompasses all such modified embodiments.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the medal dropping game device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of the main part thereof, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the bonus device portion thereof. , FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line - in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a front view showing the operation of the bonus device, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the drive mechanism of the bonus device, and FIG. 7 FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a detection mechanism that detects vibrations of a game machine. A1, A2, A3...Game section, 1...Machine frame,
2... Game board, 3... Medal shoot, 4...
Crank mechanism, 5... medal pushing plate, 6... medal slot, 7... medal distribution path, 8, 8... nail,
9... Transparent plate, 9a... Through hole, 10... Sliding plate, 11... Owner side collection chute, 12... Player side payout chute, 13... Pendulum, 14
... Decorative plate, 15 ... Locking shaft, 16 ... Bucket, 16a ... Notch, 17 ... Clasp, 18 ...
... Medal blocking plate, 19... Pin, 20... Medal sensor, 21-1 to 21-7... Bonus point display lamp, 22... Link rod, 23... Crank, 24... Medal hopper, 25... Medal dispenser, 26... Medal distribution path, 27... Shutter, 28... Solenoid, 29, 29... Medal, 31... Mounting plate, 32, 33... Conductive plate, 3
4... Weight body, 35... Conductor wire, 36... DC power supply,
37...Detection circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A game board fixed horizontally to the machine frame, a medal pushing plate that is provided parallel to and in contact with the top surface of the game board and reciprocates back and forth on the game board, and the lower end of the board is a medal chute that is provided in contact with the medal pushing plate and drops medals inserted from a medal slot provided at the top onto the medal pushing plate;
A medal dropping game device comprising a payout device for paying out medals pushed out from the game board, characterized by comprising a bonus device consisting of the components described in the following items a) to e). Drop game device. a. A bucket that constantly swings back and forth from side to side in front of the medal chute, and when it catches falling medals, transports them to a predetermined position and releases them. b. A medal sensor that detects medals captured by the bucket. c. Medal hopper provided above the medal chute. d. A display device that selects and displays the number of medals to be released. (e) A medal dispenser that is activated when the medal sensor detects captured medals to take out the number of medals displayed on the display device from the medal hopper and discharge them above the medal chute.