JPH0529754Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a windmill provided on the game board surface of a pachinko machine.

[Conventional technology] Conventionally, windmills installed on the game board of pachinko machines are equipped with an impeller that can rotate freely around an axis that is upright with respect to the game board surface. When the ball hits a car, it rotates and the hit ball is bounced in an arbitrary direction to enhance the decorative effect and playability.
Windmills have also been provided with further improved decorative effects by adding light emitting bodies such as lamps.

An example of such a recent windmill for pachinko machines is the one described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 187879/1983. In this windmill, a light emitting body is placed behind the impeller, and the light is made to blink at a period synchronized with or proportional to the rotational speed of the impeller.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in the case of a wind turbine equipped with a light emitter as described above, the rotation speed of the impeller is detected and the light emitter is controlled to blink in accordance with the detection signal. The problem was that it required a specific detector and a complicated electric circuit.

The present invention was created in view of these problems, and has a simple structure that does not use a rotational speed detector or a complicated electric circuit, and allows the impeller to blink in proportion to its rotational speed. To provide a windmill for a pachinko machine that can appear as if it were a real windmill.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The windmill for a pachinko machine of the present invention includes a slit plate having slits attached to the back side of a light-transmitting impeller rotatably installed on the game board surface of the pachinko machine. It is characterized in that it is attached so as to rotate integrally with the car, and that a light emitting body is provided on the side of the slit plate opposite to the impeller.

[Function] According to the present invention, the slit plate provided on the back side of the impeller, which is transparent to light, rotates together with the impeller. Therefore, the light emitting body provided behind the slit plate appears to blink in proportion to the rotational speed of the slit plate, that is, the rotational speed of the impeller. This provides the same visual effect as actually detecting the rotational speed of the impeller and controlling the light emitter to blink.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows the front part of a pachinko machine equipped with a windmill according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, a front frame 2 is attached to the front side of the base frame 1 so as to be openable and closable, and a game board 4 is attached to the back side of the front frame 2 so as to face the window 3.
On the front side of the game board 4, a variable winning device 5 like a lottery ticket, a winning hole 6, etc. are arranged, and an electric winning device 7 is provided in the center of the board surface, and an electric winning device 7 is provided on the left and right upper sides thereof. The example windmill 8 is arranged.

This windmill 8 is connected to the game board 4 as shown in FIG.
an oblong hexagonal base 9 fixed to the base with screws etc.;
A substantially cylindrical impeller 11 is provided on the base 9 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 10. The base 9 and the impeller 11 are made of colored transparent or light-transmissive plastic members.
The surface is shaped like a windmill. Impeller 11
A circular slit plate 12 is fixed to a rotating shaft 10 extending toward the back side of the rotary shaft 10 so as to rotate together with the impeller 11. The slit plate 12 is made of a disc having approximately the same diameter as the impeller 11 and blocks light, and has a plurality of V-shaped slits 13 formed at equal angular intervals along its circumference. Further, behind the slit plate 12, a substrate 15 is arranged on which a pair of left and right lamps 14a and 14b are installed. An impeller 11 equipped with a slit plate 12 is mounted in the center of the substrate 15.
A circular hole 16 is bored through which the rotating shaft 10 passes.

The windmill 8 configured as described above is attached to the game board 4 by screwing the base 9 to a suitable location on the game board 4, as shown in FIG. In this case, the game board 4 has a through hole larger than the slit plate 12 and smaller than the base 9 in a portion facing the impeller 11, and the slit plate 12 is located in the through hole, and a pair of lamps 14a are located behind it. , 14b
A substrate 15 supporting the is disposed.

In addition, in FIG. 1, two guide rails 21 and 22 are installed on the front left side of the game board 4, inside and outside, and an out ball collection hole 23 is provided in the lower part of the guide rails 21 and 22. In addition, a ball hitting handle 24 is provided at the lower front of the base frame 1, and when the player operates this, a pachinko ball is fired between the guide rails 21 and 22 on the game board surface via a ball launching device 25. It can be done. Further, an upper tray 26 and an outlet 27 for discharging pachinko balls are provided at the lower part of the front frame 2, and the pachinko balls discharged to the upper tray 26 are sent one by one from a passage 28 to the balls on the back side. The ball is supplied to the ball launching device 25 via the feeding device 29. A lower tray 30 and an outlet 31 for discharging pachinko balls are provided at the lower end of the base frame 1.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

In the pachinko machine in which the windmill 8 of the embodiment is mounted on the game board 4 as shown in FIG. It passes through the slit 13 and hits the impeller 11, and the impeller 1
1 appears partially bright. In this state, when the pachinko ball that pops out from the upper ends of the guide rails 21 and 22 hits the impeller 11 of the windmill 8, the impeller 11 hits the impeller 11 of the windmill 8.
As it rotates, the pachinko ball that hits it is bounced in any direction. At this time, the slit plate 12 provided on the back side of the impeller 11 rotates together with the impeller 11. Therefore, the impeller 11 appears to be blinking in proportion to its rotational speed, and a visual effect similar to actually controlling the lamps 14a and 14b to blink can be obtained.

Although the illustrated embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the shape of the impeller and slit plate, the number of slits, etc.
It can be determined arbitrarily.

[Effects of the invention] As described above, according to the invention, a slit plate having slits is integrated with the impeller on the back side of the light-transmitting impeller that is rotatably installed on the game board surface of a pachinko machine. Since the slit plate was attached to rotate and a light emitting body was provided on the opposite side of the slit plate to the impeller, the light emitting body behind the slit plate could be seen through the impeller in proportion to the rotation speed of the slit plate, that is, the rotation speed of the impeller. It appears to be blinking. This visual effect can be achieved with a simple structure without the need for conventional rotation speed detectors or complicated electrical circuits, thereby further improving the decorativeness of the pachinko machine's game board. Effects can also be obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine equipped with a windmill according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Base frame of the pachinko machine, 2... Front frame, 3...
...Window, 4...Game board, 5...Variable winning machine, 6...
Prize opening, 7... Electric prize winning device, 8... Windmill, 9...
... Base, 10 ... Rotating shaft, 11 ... Impeller, 12
...Slit plate, 13...Slit, 14a, 1
4b... Lamp, 15... Board.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A slit plate having slits is attached to the back side of a light-transmitting impeller rotatably installed on the game board surface of the pachinko machine so as to rotate together with the impeller, and the impeller of the slit plate A windmill for a pachinko machine characterized by having a light emitting body provided on the opposite side.