JPH0532148Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention] (Field of industrial application) This invention is an electric type that can interrupt the firing of a batted ball without changing the operating strength of the hammer by sliding the operating lever of the handle with the handshake. This invention relates to a handle for operating a ball firing operation of a pachinko machine.

(Prior Art) The handle for operating the batted ball of a conventional electric pachinko machine is provided with a rotatable operating lever, and the rotating operation of this operating lever operates a hammer that strikes a pachinko ball. It is known that the strength of the hammer is adjusted and that a push button is provided on the outer periphery of the grip of the handle, which is separate from the operating lever, to open the drive circuit of the motor that operates the hammer (in practice). Publication No. 56-48306).

However, in this case, the push button is fixed at a specific position on the handle, so as the operating lever rotates, the position of the fingers of the handshake and the position of the push button change, so when you want to press the push button, press it. In such cases, the position of the operating lever moves in order to press the push button, causing a problem in that the force with which the hammer is operated changes.

It is also known that the operating lever is provided with a pressing piece on the peripheral finger grip portion of the lever to actuate a switch that opens the motor drive circuit. However, this device is designed to prevent a single player from monopolizing multiple pachinko machines; in other words, even if the operating lever is fixed in a rotated state, if the finger is removed from the pressing piece, The motor is designed to stop driving, so if you want to interrupt the game while the hammer is running, you have to remove your finger from the finger rest, which is difficult to operate. There was a problem.

There is also known a handle for operating a batted ball that can open a motor drive circuit by tilting the grip together with the operating lever (Japanese Patent Publication No. 13750/1982). However, this device is difficult to operate because the operations to activate the hammer and adjust its activation strength and the operations to interrupt the ball launch are performed using the same part of the wrist. Moreover, it was difficult to interrupt the firing of the ball without changing the force with which the hammer operated, and the handle was extremely difficult to operate.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) The present invention was developed in view of the above circumstances, and it opens the drive circuit of the motor that operates the hammer by sliding the operation lever, thereby increasing the force required to operate the hammer. To provide a handle for operating a batted ball in an electric pachinko machine, which can interrupt the firing of a batted ball without changing its height.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In other words, the handle for operating the batted ball according to the present invention has a front part that is brought into contact with the palm of the hand, and a grip that is fixedly attached to the frame of a pachinko machine. and an operation lever located on the rear coaxial line of the front part of the grip and rotatably provided to operate the hammer for hitting the pachinko ball and adjust its strength, and to operate the hammer. The present invention is characterized in that the control lever is slidable in the direction of the rotation axis of the control lever in order to open the drive circuit of the motor.

(Function) As a result, when the operation lever is in the rotated state, the drive circuit of the motor that operates the hammer by sliding the operation lever is opened, without changing the operating strength of the hammer. It is possible to interrupt the ball launch.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the position of the wrist is fixed by touching the front part of the fixed grip with the palm of the hand, and the batting speed can be adjusted by twisting the wrist and rotating the operating lever.
In addition, the operation to interrupt the firing of a batted ball is performed by sliding the control lever with the palm of the hand in contact with the front part of the fixed grip, thereby ensuring stable operation. It's summery.

(Embodiment) The present invention will be explained below according to the embodiment shown in the drawings. Figs. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the handle for operating the batted ball according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, this handle 40 is attached to the lower right position of the frame 10 of the pachinko machine.

In this embodiment, the handle for operating the batted ball is a screw 6 that is inserted between the grip 1 and the screw insertion hole 5 provided on the periphery of the grip 7 and the screw hole 2 provided inside the grip 1. , is fixed to a grip 7, and the grip 7 is fitted into a bush 8 which is fixed with a screw 11 inside a frame 10 of the Pachinko machine, and fixed with a screw 13 to be fixed to the frame 10 of the Pachinko machine.

A space 16 is provided between the grips 1, 7 and the operating lever 3. A covering piece 3a that protrudes toward the grips 1 and 7 is provided on the peripheral edge of the operation lever 3, and the space 1 is
6 and prevents dust from entering into the handle.

A rotation shaft 9 is fitted into the center of the operating lever 3, as shown in FIG. For this example,
The tip of the rotation shaft 9 is formed to have a semicircular cross section. The operating lever 3 also has a shaft hole 3 having an inner shape that is the same as the tip of the semicircular rotation shaft 9.
3 is formed. Therefore, the operating lever 3
By rotating as shown by the arrow 34 in FIG. It is now possible to do so. Further, on the back surface of the operating lever 3, one end of a coil spring 15 is fixedly fixed to a mounting plate 14 provided on the rotation shaft 9, and the other end of a coil spring 15 is fixedly fixed thereto. Therefore, the operating lever 3 that has been slid in the direction of arrow A is returned to its original position by the contraction of the coil spring 15.

Note that a portion through which the screw 6 passes is formed in the elongated hole 4 so that the rotation of the operating lever 3 is not blocked.

In front of the operating lever 3, there is a micro switch 1.
8 is provided, and by sliding the operation lever 3, the push button 17 of the micro switch 18 can be pushed back to turn the micro switch 18 on and off. This micro switch 18 is connected to a drive circuit 20 of a motor 31 attached to the inside of the frame 10 of the pachinko machine, and when the push button 17 is pressed, the drive circuit 20 opens, and when the push button 17 is returned, the drive circuit 20 opens. The drive circuit 20 is designed to close when .

The rotation shaft 9 is supported by a boss portion 19 provided inside the grip 1 and a bush 8 fixed to a frame 10 of the pachinko machine. One end of the rotation shaft 9 extends to the inside of the frame 10, and a pulley 12 is fitted onto this. The pulley 12 is the rotation axis 9
It is designed to rotate with the rotation of the.

This pulley 12 includes, as shown in FIG.
One end of the wire 21 is fixed. The other end of the wire 21 is connected via pulleys 22 and 23 to one end of an adjustment spring 24 that acts to pull the hammer 25 back in the direction of arrow 35 in FIG. 4. The other end of the adjustment spring 24 is hooked to approximately the center of the hammer 25. The hammer 25 is designed to be able to reciprocate in the directions of arrows 35 and 36 around the base shaft 26.
It has a receiving shaft 28 that contacts a cam 30 provided on a rotating shaft 29 of a motor 31 that operates the hammer 25 . Therefore, when the motor 31 is driving, the cam 30 rotates, and when the bearing shaft 28 is in contact with the cam 30, the hammer 25 is moved in the direction of the arrow 36 against the pull of the adjustment spring 24. When the shaft 28 is moved and then the receiving shaft 28 is disengaged from the cam 30, the hammer 25 is instantly pulled back in the direction of the arrow 35 by the pull of the adjustment spring 24. As a result, the pachinko ball held at the base end of the launch rail 32 is hit by the hammer 2.
It is designed to strike with the tip striking portion 27 of No. 5.

The strength with which this hammer 25 operates is adjusted by rotating the operating lever 3. In other words, when the operating lever 3 is rotated, the rotation shaft 9 and the pulley 12 are rotated, and the wire 21 pulls the adjustment spring 24.
By pulling 4, the strength of the return of the hammer 25 can be adjusted by making it stronger or weaker.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the handle is not operated. In this state, the push button 17 of the micro switch 18 is pressed by the protrusion 37 provided on the front surface of the operating lever 3. state, the drive circuit 20 is opened and the motor 3
1 is in a stopped state.

To play pachinko using such a handle for firing a ball, first grasp and rotate the operating lever 3 of the handle in the state shown in FIG. 5 by hand. Then, the convex portion 37 provided on the front surface of the operating lever 3 moves as the operating lever 3 rotates, and is removed from the push button 17 of the micro switch 18. This closes the drive circuit 20, drives the motor 31, and operates the hammer to reciprocate in the direction of the arrow. This allows pachinko balls to be launched onto the game surface. If the distance that the operating lever 3 rotates is increased, the pull of the adjustment spring 24 will be strengthened,
Increase the strength with which the hammer 25 operates.

Now, if you want to interrupt the ball firing of the pachinko machine, which is constantly in the state of ball hitting, without returning the rotational position of the operating lever 3, tighten your grip on the operating lever 3 and move the operating lever. Pull 3 towards you. Then, the user presses the push button 17 of the micro switch 18 located in front of the operating lever 3, thereby opening the drive circuit 20, stopping the drive of the motor 31, and interrupting the game. Also, if you want to resume playing, loosen your grip. Then, the operating lever 3 is returned by pulling the coil spring 15 whose one end is fixed to the operating lever 3, the push button of the micro switch 18 is returned, the drive circuit 20 is closed, and the motor 31 is turned on again.
You can start the game and resume playing. still,
By tightening, loosening, and repeating the grip on the operating lever 3, it is also possible to shoot out pachinko balls one by one.

The handle shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which a recess 38 is provided on the outside of the periphery of the operation lever 3 against which the fingers of the handle are pressed, and the handle is used for the slide operation described above. can be controlled with the power of your fingertips.
This makes it easier to perform slide operations.

In the embodiment, one micro switch 18 is used to open and close the drive circuit 20 of the motor 31 by rotating the control lever 3 and to open and close the drive circuit 20 of the motor 31 by sliding the control lever 3. However, the drive circuit 20 of the motor 31 may be opened and closed by a separate microswitch by rotating and sliding the operating lever 3. In addition, in the case of the embodiment, the micro switch 18 is provided in the grip 1 of the handle, but the location where the micro switch is provided is not limited to this. For example, it is also possible to provide a structure in which a micro switch is provided inside the frame base 10 of a pachinko machine.

(Effects of the invention) As described above, according to the invention, by sliding the operating lever, the drive of the motor that operates the hammer can be stopped, and the ball can be fired without returning the rotated operating lever. can be interrupted. Also, unlike conventional methods in which the motor drive is stopped by reaching the handshake finger of the control lever to the push button, the motor drive can be stopped by operating the control lever itself. The operating strength of the hammer does not change due to the position of the operating lever being moved in order to push the hammer, and the opening/closing operation of the drive circuit of the motor that operates the hammer is very easy to perform. Furthermore, adjusting the batting speed can be done by rotating the operating lever by twisting the wrist, and interrupting batted ball launch can be done by sliding the operating lever by adjusting the force of the fingers. Because they are performed in different parts, one operation does not affect the other, and in addition, the position of the wrist is properly fixed by touching the front of the grip fixed to the frame with the palm of the hand. Therefore, the operability of the handle and the stability and reliability of the operating condition are excellent.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention; a cross-sectional view of the motor being driven by rotating the control lever, and Figure 2 being a cross-sectional view of the motor being stopped by sliding the control lever. 3 is a cutaway perspective view of the main parts of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a front view for explaining the relationship between the handle and the operation of the hammer, and FIG. 5 is a state in which the handle is not operated. Sectional view, No. 6
The figure is a front view of the entire pachinko machine, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are perspective views and sectional views of other embodiments of the present invention. In the figure, 1 and 7 are grips, 3 is an operating lever, and 9
1 is a rotating shaft, 18 is a micro switch, 25 is a hammer, and 31 is a motor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A grip that has a front part that the palm of the hand touches and is fixedly attached to the frame of the pachinko machine, and a hammer that is located on the rear coaxial line of the front part of this grip and that launches the pachinko ball. and an operating lever rotatably provided to operate the hammer and adjust its strength, and the operating lever is provided so as to be slidable in the direction of the rotation axis of the operating lever in order to open the drive circuit of the motor that operates the hammer. A handle for operating the batted ball of an electric pachinko machine.