JPH0524082U - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Even when the game time is long, the player's fatigue is minimized. A pachinko ball is provided which includes an operation handle 20 which is rotatably provided, and a touch sensor which is provided on the operation handle 20 and detects a touch of a finger. In a pachinko machine configured to stop the launch of
The lock means 37 for holding the turning position of the operation handle 20 is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a pachinko machine configured to strike a pachinko ball and adjust the strength of the strike by rotating an operating handle.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 In this type of pachinko machine, which is an electric pachinko machine, the operating handle adjusts the urging force of the spring that activates the ball launching device by rotating the operation handle. The operation handle is being rotated against.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the above-mentioned conventional configuration, a touch sensor is provided for detecting that a finger touches the operation handle, and when the touch sensor does not detect the contact of the finger, the launch of the pachinko ball is stopped. Therefore, in order to continue to hit the pachinko ball, the player must continue to hold the operation handle by grasping the operation handle with fingers and rotating the operation handle against the spring force. For this reason, when the game time is long, the player continuously uses the muscles to hold the operation handle, which causes considerable fatigue.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine that can reduce fatigue even when a game time is extended.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The pachinko machine of the present invention is provided rotatably and has an operation handle for hitting a pachinko ball according to the turning operation and adjusting the strength of the hitting. In a pachinko machine configured to stop the launch of the pachinko ball when the touch sensor does not detect the contact of a finger, a touch sensor for holding the turning position of the operation handle is provided. The feature is that the locking means is provided.

[0006]

[Action]

 According to the above-mentioned means, the operation handle is grasped by the fingers and rotated, whereby the pachinko ball is hit and the strength of the hit is adjusted. Then, the turning position of the operation handle is held by the lock means. This allows the player to continue to hit the pachinko ball just by touching the operation handle. Therefore, the fatigue of the player is significantly reduced as compared with the conventional configuration.

[0007]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, in FIG. 4 showing the overall configuration of the pachinko machine, a front plate 2 having a rectangular opening 2a is attached to the front surface of the outer frame 1. A glass door 3 and a ball saucer unit 4 are rotatably provided in two stages vertically so as to openably close the opening 2a of the front plate 2. A game board 5 is arranged at the back side of the glass door 3. On the back surface of the game board 5, a prize ball discharging device and the like (not shown) are provided. Further, a ball launching device 7 for launching a pachinko ball 6 (see FIG. 5) to the game board 5 is provided on the lower right portion of the game board 5. Hereinafter, the ball launching device 7 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the main parts of the ball launching device 7 as viewed from the back side. In FIG. 5, the support plate 8 is attached to the back surface on the lower right side of the front plate 2. A ball hammer 10 is pivotally supported on the support plate 8 via a shaft 9. The hitting mallet 10 is pivotably supported in the arrow A direction and the counter arrow A direction. A striking part 10a is provided at the tip of the hitting mallet 10. A shaft portion 10b is provided at an intermediate portion of the hitting mallet 10, and a roller 11 is rotatably attached to the shaft portion 10b. The hitting mallet 10 is connected to a rotating lever 13 via a link 12 slightly below the shaft 10b. The rotation lever 13 is rotatably supported by the support plate 8 via a shaft 14. A coil spring 16 is provided between the lower end of the rotating lever 13 and the locking portion 15. Further, one end of a coil spring 17 for adjusting the urging force is attached to the lower end of the rotating lever 13, and the other end of this coil spring 17 will be described later via a wire 19 wound around pulleys 18, 18. It is attached to the winding body 21 connected to the operation handle 20.

As a result, the hitting mallet 10 is urged in the direction of arrow A by the coil springs 16 and 17, and the rotation limit position thereof is restricted by the stopper 22. When the hitting mallet 10 abuts the stopper 22, the tip of the hitting portion 10a projects from the opening 23b of the ball receiving piece 23a that is bent upward at the lowermost end of the launch rail 23. Is becoming

Further, a cam 24 is arranged in the vicinity of the hitting mallet 10. The cam 24 has an impeller shape having two blades and is rotated at a constant speed in a direction of an arrow B by a motor (not shown). It is supposed to be done. The roller 11 of the batting mallet 10 is positioned on this rotation locus, and when the cam surface 24a comes into contact with the roller 11 in response to the rotation of the cam 24, the batting mallet 10 is moved in the direction opposite to the arrow A, After that, the contact between the cam surface 24a and the roller 11 is released.

The cam 24 operates a ball supply mechanism 25 (see FIG. 4) provided on the back surface of the ball tray unit 4. The ball supply mechanism 25 has a ball guide passage 26 and a ball sending member 27, and shoots a pachinko ball 6 in a ball saucer (not shown) provided on the surface side of the ball saucer unit 4 according to the rotation of the cam 24. As shown in FIG. In this case, when the motor is energized and the cam 24 rotates, the batting mallet 10 swings in the direction of the counter arrow A, and during this time, a single pachinko ball 6 is supplied to the firing position C by the ball supply mechanism 25. The hitting mallet 10 is rapidly swung in the direction of arrow A by the urging force of the coil springs 16 and 17, and the striking portion 10a of the hitting hammer 10 strikes the pachinko ball 6 toward the game board 5. ing.

A knob 28, which is also shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, is fixed to the front plate 2 on the lower right side of the front surface of the pachinko machine. The knob 28 is composed of a rear knob 29 fixed to the front plate 2 and a front knob 30 screwed to the rear knob 29. An operation handle 20 is provided between the front knob 30 and the rear knob 29 so as to be rotatable between a launch stop position and a predetermined launch strength upper limit position. In this case, the three support protrusions 29a (see FIG. 3) projecting on the inner surface of the rear knob 29 and the three support protrusions 30a projecting on the inner surface of the front knob 30 (see FIG. 2). (See FIG. 1), a predetermined gap is provided between the opening of the rear knob 29 and the opening of the front knob 30. The support convex portion 29a and the support convex portion 30a are arranged in the three openings 20a formed in the operation handle 20. The supporting convex portion 29a is affixed to the supporting convex portion 30a with screws from the rear knob 29 side.

A shaft 31 is fixed to the central portion of the operation handle 20 so as to extend rearward, and the shaft 31 is inserted into a through hole 29 b formed in the rear knob 29. The winding body 21 is fixed to the rear end of the shaft 31. Therefore, the operation handle 20 is biased in the direction opposite to the arrow D direction by the spring force of the coil spring 17, and is positioned at the launch stop position when not being rotated. When the operation handle 20 is rotated in the direction of the arrow D, the wire 19 is wound around the winding body 21 according to the amount of rotation, and the biasing force of the coil spring 17 with respect to the hammer 10 is changed. It has become so. As a result, the strength with which the pachinko ball 6 is launched by the batting mallet 10 is adjusted according to the amount of rotation of the operating handle 20.

Further, in the rear knob 29, as shown in FIG. 3, a start switch 32 for connecting and disconnecting the motor is provided. The start switch 32 is designed to turn off the motor when the operating handle 20 is driven out and is in the stop position and the operating member 33 is pressed by the convex portion 20b provided on the operating handle 20. .. When the operating handle 20 is rotated in the direction of arrow D, the starting switch 32 releases the pressing of the operating member 33 and energizes the motor. The starting switch 32 also has a function as a hitting ball stop switch, and when the push button 34 provided so that the tip of the start switch 32 projects from the rear knob 29 is pressed, the operation member 33 is operated. The motor is switched off by being pressed.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, a coil spring 35 is provided between the operation handle 20 and the rear knob 29 so as to be inserted into a shaft 31. The operation handle 20 is biased to the left side (front side) in FIG. 1 by the coil spring 35. The operation handle 20 is provided so as to be operated while being slightly pushed rightward (rear side) in FIG. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, a tooth portion 36a is projectingly provided at a predetermined portion on the outer periphery of the ring portion 36 projectingly provided on the peripheral portion on the front surface side of the operation handle 20. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a tooth portion 30b is provided in substantially the upper half portion of the inner peripheral portion of the rear end portion of the front knob 30.

In this case, when the operating handle 20 is in the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, the tooth portion 36a of the operating handle 20 meshes with the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30. 1 is in the position where it is pushed rightward in FIG. 1, the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30 and the tooth portion 36a of the operating handle 20 are disengaged from each other. The tooth portion 36a of the operation handle 20 and the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30 constitute a locking means 37.

The operation handle 20 is made of plastic, and the detection electrode of the touch sensor is provided on the surface of the operation handle 20 by plating, for example, chrome. When a finger touches the detection electrode, that is, when the operating handle 20 is grasped by the finger, the detection circuit connected to the detection electrode detects the contact of the finger. The detection circuit stops the launch of the pachinko ball 6 when it does not detect the contact of the finger.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. In order to hit the pachinko ball 6, the operating handle 20 is grasped by fingers and the operating handle 20 is pushed backward. As a result, the engagement between the tooth portion 36a of the operation handle 20 and the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30 is released, so that the operation handle 20 becomes rotatable. In this state, when the operation handle 20 is rotated clockwise, the pressing of the operation member 33 is released and the start switch 32 energizes the motor. Then, the biasing force of the coil spring 17 with respect to the ball striking mallet 10 is changed according to the amount of rotation of the operation handle 20, and the striking strength of the pachinko ball 6 by the ball striking mallet 10 is adjusted.

Then, when the player has adjusted the launching strength to a desired level, when pushing back of the operating handle 20 is stopped, the coil spring 35 causes the operating handle 20 to move to the left side (front side in FIG. 1). ), The tooth portion 36a of the operation handle 20 meshes with the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30. As a result, the rotation position of the operation handle 20 is held. Therefore, the player can continue to launch the pachinko ball 6 in a state where the pachinko ball 6 is adjusted to a desired launching strength by merely touching the operation handle 20. Therefore, the fatigue of the player can be significantly reduced as compared with the conventional configuration.

When the pachinko ball 6 is continuously ejected, that is, when the operating handle 20 is held in the rotating position, when the finger is released from the operating handle 20, the detection circuit detects the contact of the finger. Since it is not done, the launch of the pachinko ball 6 is stopped.

On the other hand, in order to return the operation handle 20 to the hammering stop position, the operation handle 20 is pushed backward, and the engagement between the tooth portion 36a of the operation handle 20 and the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30 is released. Then, the operation handle 20 can be rotated, and in this state, the operation handle 20 is rotated counterclockwise to return to the launch stop position. As a result, the operation member 33 is pressed by the convex portion 20b of the operation handle 20, the motor is cut off by the start switch 32, and the launch of the pachinko ball 6 is stopped.

6 to 8 show a second embodiment of the present invention, and the difference from the first embodiment will be described. In FIG. 6, a cutout 40 is formed in a portion of the operation handle 38 and the ring portion 39 protruding from the peripheral portion on the front surface side corresponding to the tooth portion 36 a of the operation handle 20. A leaf spring 41 is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the ring portion 39 such that the tip of the leaf spring 41 projects into the notch 40. As shown in FIG. 8, an engaging piece portion 41a is bent upward at the tip of the leaf spring 41. The engagement piece portion 41a extends rearward.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 (FIG. 7 is a view showing the configuration of FIG. 6 viewed from the rear side), the operation handle 38 corresponds to the notch 40 in the peripheral edge. A support hole 42 is formed in the portion to be operated, and a rod-shaped push button 43 is inserted into the support hole 42 and supported so as to be pushed in and operated. The lower end portion of the push button 43 is in contact with the engaging piece portion 41a, whereby the push button 43 is biased upward in FIG. 6 by the spring force of the leaf spring 41. The push button 43 is prevented from coming off by a collar portion 43a formed in the middle portion of the push button 43.

When the push button 43 is in the position shown in FIG. 6, the engaging piece portion 41 a is engaged with the tooth portion 30 b of the front knob 30. In this meshed state, when the operation handle is rotated clockwise, the engaging piece portion 41a is deformed and rides over the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30, so that the operation handle is rotated clockwise. Is acceptable. However, when the operation handle is rotated counterclockwise in the above meshed state, the engaging piece 41a is deformed and further engages with the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30, so that the operation handle is left. Rotation in the rotating direction is restricted.

According to the second embodiment having such a configuration, in order to hit the pachinko ball 6, the operating handle 38 is rotated clockwise by the fingers, and the motor is activated by the start switch 32. It is energized and the pachinko ball 6 is launched. The strength with which the pachinko ball 6 is launched by the ball hammer 10 is adjusted according to the amount of rotation of the operating handle 38. In this case, since the engaging piece portion 41a meshes with the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30, the rotational position of the operation handle 38 is held.

To rotate the operation handle 38 counterclockwise, the push button 43 is pushed. Then, the engagement piece portion 41a is deformed downward in FIG. 8 and the engagement with the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30 is released. As a result, since the operation handle 38 becomes rotatable, the operation handle 38 can be rotated counterclockwise. Therefore, also in the second embodiment, it is possible to obtain substantially the same operational effects as those of the first embodiment.

9 and 10 show a third embodiment of the present invention, and the differences from the first embodiment will be described. 9 and 10, a notch portion 46 is formed in a portion of the operation handle 44 and a ring portion 45 protruding from the peripheral portion on the front surface side thereof, which corresponds to the tooth portion 36a of the operation handle 20. .. A support hole 44a is formed in a portion of the peripheral portion of the operation handle 44 corresponding to the cutout portion 46, and a push button 47 is inserted into the support hole 44a and is supported so as to be pushed in and operated. The lower end of the push button 47 projects into the notch 46, and a convex part 47a is formed at the lower end of the push button 47 so as to project forward. A tooth portion 47b is provided on the upper surface of the convex portion 47a.

The push button 47 is biased upward by the coil spring 48 provided on the push button 47. The push button 47 is prevented from coming off by a collar portion 47c formed on the upper end portion of the push button 47. When the push button 47 is at the position shown in FIG. 9 which is the position moved upward, the tooth portion 47b of the push button 47 meshes with the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30.

According to the third embodiment having such a configuration, in order to hit the pachinko ball 6, the push button 47 of the operation handle 44 is pushed in, and the tooth portion 47 b of the push button 47 and the front knob 30 are pushed. The meshing with the tooth portion 30b of is released. As a result, the operation handle 44 becomes rotatable, and in this state, when the operation handle 44 is rotated in the clockwise direction, the start switch 32 energizes the motor to hit the pachinko ball 6. Then, the strength with which the pachinko ball 6 is launched by the ball hammer 10 is adjusted according to the amount of rotation of the operating handle 44. In this state, when pushing of the push button 47 is stopped, the tooth portion 47b of the push button 47 meshes with the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30, and the turning position of the operation handle 44 is held.

To turn the operation handle 44 counterclockwise to return it to its original position, the push button 47 is pushed. Then, the engagement between the tooth portion 47b of the push button 47 and the tooth portion 30b of the front knob 30 is released. As a result, the operation handle 44 becomes rotatable, so that the operation handle 44 can be rotated counterclockwise and returned to the original position. Therefore, also in the third embodiment, it is possible to obtain substantially the same operational effects as those of the first embodiment.

Although the locking means has been described in the respective embodiments as the same tooth portion or the engagement between the tooth portion and the engaging piece portion, instead of this, the friction piece may be connected and disconnected.

[0032]

[Effect of the device]

 As is apparent from the above description, the present invention has the structure for providing the lock means for holding the rotating position of the operation handle, so that the operation handle can be rotated even when the game time is long. The position can be held by the lock means, and therefore, the player can continue to hit the pachinko ball just by touching the operation handle, which has an excellent effect of reducing fatigue.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view of an operation handle and a knob showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 Rear view of front knob

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view showing an operation handle and a rear knob.

FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view

FIG. 5 is a rear view showing the ball launching device.

FIG. 6 is a partial front view of an operating handle showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a partial rear view of the operation handle.

FIG. 8 is a partial perspective view of an operation handle.

FIG. 9 is a partial front view of an operating handle showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line xx in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is an outer frame, 2 is a front plate, 2a is a rectangular opening, 6 is a pachinko ball, 7 is a ball launching device, 20, 38 and 44 are operation handles, 28 is a knob, 29 is a rear knob, and 30 is a front part. Knob,
Reference numeral 37 indicates a locking means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An operation handle is provided which is rotatably provided and which strikes a pachinko ball according to a turning operation and adjusts the strength of the hit, and which is provided on the operation handle and is touched by a finger. A pachinko machine configured to stop the launch of the pachinko ball when the touch sensor detects a touch of a finger and the touch sensor does not detect a touch of a finger, and a lock means for holding the turning position of the operation handle is provided. A pachinko machine characterized by that.