JPH07148312A - Operating device for shooting of pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform a game player of the success condition or the like by mechanical vibration without adopting visual and acoustic methods. CONSTITUTION:An operating device for shooting of a pachinko game machine is so constructed that a longitudinal operating shaft 25 is formed in a support case 22 fixed to the front frame side, the front end part of the support case 22 is provided with an operation knob 26 interlocking with the operating shaft 25 and a hand rest 36 which is fixed to the support case 22 and disposed in front of the operation knob 26, and a vibrating device 38 for vibrating the hand rest 36 at least is disposed in the hand rest 36. The vibrating device 38 includes a motor 39 fixed to the hand rest 36 and an eccentric weight 41 fixed to the rotating shaft 40 of the motor 39.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a launching operation device for a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine and an arrange ball machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, in addition to obstacle nails, various game parts such as a ball entrance, a prize winning device, a variable symbol display device, etc. are arranged on the front surface of the game board and used for a launching device. The operation knob of is arranged in the lower part of the front frame 2, and when the operation knob is operated in the game, the launching device is activated and the game ball is shot to the upper part of the game board through the guide rail. Then, the game ball is dropped from the upper part of the game board 5, and if the game ball enters the game parts during the fall, it is detected by the detector and the predetermined game ball is paid as the prize ball by the prize ball payout device. It is supposed to be released.

At that time, if the game ball enters a specific entrance,
The variable symbol display device operates for a certain period of time, each display symbol is changed, and when each stopped symbol after the operation becomes a predetermined combination such as 7/7/7, when another prize winning device is activated. At the same time, the player is informed of the so-called hit state by blinking the prize display lamp or by generating an artificial sound from the speaker.

[0004]

The conventional ball game machine is
Although the player is visually and audibly notified of the hit state, excessive blinking of the prize indicator lamp and occurrence of onomatopoeia may impair the player's sight and hearing, so there is a natural limit. . In addition, the method of visually and audibly notifying the player is not effective when the player has obstacles in these points.

In view of the above conventional problems, the present invention is for launching a ball game machine which can inform the player of a hit state or the like by mechanical vibration without relying on the conventional visual and auditory methods. An operating device is provided.

[0006]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, an operation shaft 25 in the front-rear direction is provided in a support case 22 fixed to the front frame 2 side, and an operation shaft is provided at a front end portion of the support case 22. An operating knob 26 that is interlocked with the shaft 25 and a hand rest 36 that is fixed to the support case 22 and that is arranged in front of the operating knob 26 are provided, and when the operating knob 26 is operated, a launching device is activated to shoot a game ball. The operating device for launching a ball game machine configured as described above is provided with a vibrating device 38 for vibrating at least the handrest 36 in the handrest 36.

The present invention according to claim 2 provides the invention according to claim 1.
In the invention described in (1), the vibration device 38 has a motor 39 fixed to the handrest 36 and an eccentric weight 41 fixed to a rotation shaft 40 of the motor 39.

Further, the present invention according to claim 3 provides the invention according to claim 1.
Alternatively, in the invention described in item 2, the support plate 32 disposed in the vicinity of the front side of the operation knob 26 is fixed to the support case 22, and the handrest 36 is fixed to the support plate 32 to support the support plate 32.
A mounting portion 42 projecting into the hand rest 36 is provided on 32, and a vibration device 38 is mounted on the mounting portion 42.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the vibrating device 38 is activated, at least the handrest 36 vibrates, and the player is informed of the state of the game by vibrating the hand. Since the vibrating device 38 is inside the hand rest 36, the entire vibrating device is compact.

In the present invention according to claim 2, the vibration device 38
When the motor 39 is started, since the eccentric weight 41 is fixed to the tip of the rotating shaft 40, the rotation causes vibration to be transmitted to the hand rest 36. Also motor 39
Since the vibration is generated by the rotation of the hand rest 36, the vibration of the hand rest 36 becomes stable.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the support plate 32 for fixing the hand rest 36 to the support case 22 is provided with the mounting portion 42, and the vibration device 38 is mounted on the mounting portion 42. The mounting state of 38 is stable, and the incorporation of the vibrating device 38 does not damage each part.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 illustrate a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the card type pachinko machine. In FIG. 3, 1 is a machine frame, and 2 is a front frame that is pivotally attached to the front surface of the machine frame 1 so as to be openable and closable. A glass door frame 3 and a front plate 4 are attached to the front frame 2, and a game board 5 is detachably attached to the rear side thereof.

On the front of the game board 5, the game board B has been launched.
In addition to the guide rail 6 that guides
The variable symbol display device 8, the winning device 9, the specific winning device 10, the outlet 11, etc. are arranged respectively. The variable symbol display device 8 has, for example, three symbol display portions, and each of the symbol display portions is adapted to display 10 different types of symbols, for example, numerical symbols from 0 to 9 in segments.

The specific winning device 10 is for so-called hitting, and the stop symbol after the change of each symbol display part of the symbol display device 8 displays the preset winning symbol when the gate 12 is opened for the required time. Is ready to operate. The prize winning device 9 activates the variable symbol display device 8 and activates the specific prize device 10 when the stop symbol after the variation of the variable symbol display device 8 is a preset winning symbol.

The upper plate 13 is attached to the front plate 4 and
A card balance display unit 14, a ball lending switch 15, and a return switch 16 are provided at the front edge of 13. A lower plate 17 is provided in the lower part of the front frame 2, and a firing operation device 18 is provided on the right side of the lower plate 17, and when the firing operation device 18 is operated, the lower side of the front frame 2 is A launching device (not shown) is activated to launch the game balls supplied from the upper plate 13 one by one onto the upper part of the game board 5 along the guide rails 6.

Reference numeral 19 is an automatic ball lending machine, which is attached to one side of the machine frame 1 in a vertically long shape on a fixed frame. The automatic ball lending machine 19 has a card insertion slot 20 and a display lamp 21. When a card is inserted into the card insertion slot 20, the display lamp 21 is turned on and the card balance display portion at the front edge of the upper plate 13 is displayed. The balance is displayed on 14,
If you press the ball lending switch 15 after inserting the card, the upper plate 13
When a predetermined number of balls are paid out to the player and the return switch 16 is pressed after the game is over, the card with the remaining balance recorded is returned from the card insertion slot 20.

The firing operation device 18 is constructed as shown in FIGS. That is, in FIG. 1 and FIG.
22 is a support case 22 in the front-rear direction, which is inserted into the hole 23 of the game board 5 and whose rear end is fixed to the mounting base of the launcher. This support case 22 has a tubular shape, and at its front end,
A large-diameter portion 24 is provided that extends in a trumpet shape toward the front.

Reference numeral 25 is an operating shaft, and this operating shaft 25 is a support case.
It is inserted in the front-rear direction inside 22 and the operation knob at the front end 26
Is fixed. The operation knob 26 includes a disc portion 27, and a small-diameter tubular portion 28 and a large-diameter tubular portion 29 provided in front of and behind the disc portion 27.
And a plurality of finger-holding portions 30 for rotating operation formed on the outer circumference of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 29, and the large-diameter cylindrical portion 29 is rotated around the large-diameter portion 24 of the support case 22. It is fitted freely. The circular plate portion 27 is provided with two arc-shaped elongated holes 31 in the circumferential direction.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a support plate disposed in front of the operation knob 26, and a metal back plate 33 is attached to the operation knob 26 side of the support plate 32, and a small diameter cylindrical portion of the operation knob 26. 28
It is rotatably fitted over. The support plate 32 has a pair of boss portions 34 protruding rearward, and each boss portion 34 is fixed to each boss portion 35 on the support case 22 side by a screw 36a.

The bosses 34 and 35 are provided with the long holes 31 of the operation knob 26.
Therefore, the operating knob 26 is rotatable around the axis of the operating shaft 25 within the elongated hole 31. In addition, it is linked to the launcher of the operating shaft 25,
When the operating knob (25) is turned by the operating knob (26), the firing motor of the launcher operates to drive the hammer, and the hammering force of the hammer changes according to the rotation angle.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a cap-shaped hand rest on which a hand is applied when the operation knob 26 is operated. The hand rest 36 is fitted into a groove on the front surface side of the support plate 32 and is supported by screws 37 to support the support plate.
It is fixed at 32. Reference numeral 38 denotes a vibrating device for vibrating at least the hand rest 36. The vibrating device 38 is composed of a motor 39 and an eccentric weight 41 fixed to the tip of a rotary shaft 40 of the motor 39.

The vibrating device 38 includes a support plate 32, a hand rest 36, and a hand rest 36.
A rotation shaft 40 is detachably mounted via a holder 43 in a mounting portion 42 formed so as to project to the side so that the rotation shaft 40 is substantially orthogonal to the operation shaft 25. The mounting portion 42 is configured in a bottomed cylindrical shape protruding toward the handrest 36 at an eccentric position of the support plate 32, and a mounting tubular portion 44 is provided on the bottom portion thereof.

The holder 43 has an inner holder 45 which is removably fitted in the mounting cylinder portion 44 of the mounting portion 42, and an outer holder 46 which is removably fitted in the mounting cylinder portion 44 and the inner holder 45. The motor 39 is inserted into the recess 47 formed in the holder 45, and is fixed by the pressing plate 48 and the screw 49.

The hand rest 36 is provided with a window portion 51 in which a transparent plate 50 is fitted, and an outer holder 46 corresponds to the window portion 51. The outer holder 46 can be seen from the window portion 51 side. The display for decoration is attached.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
During the game, hold the hand rest 36 so that the palm touches the front side, and operate the fingers with the finger hooks 30 of the operation knob 26.
Then, turn the operating knob 26 around the axis of the operating shaft 25. Then, the launching motor of the launcher operates and the upper plate
The game balls supplied from 13 are shot one by one to the upper side of the game board 5 via the guide rails 6.

This game ball falls along the front surface of the game board 5 and enters the ball entrance 7, the winning device 9 or the like during the fall, or falls as it is and is collected from the out opening 11 to the back side of the game board 5. To be done. When the game ball enters the winning device 9, the variable symbol display device 8 operates to change the display symbol. Then, if the stop symbol after the variation process of the variable symbol display device 8 is a predetermined so-called hit symbol, for example, a combination of 7/7 and 7, the gate 12 of the specific winning device 10 is opened for the required time. . Therefore, the game ball falling from above is the gate 12
After that, it becomes easy to enter the specific winning device 10.

On the other hand, when the winning state is achieved, the specific winning device 10
The motor 39 of the vibrating device 38 is activated at the same time as the operation starts, and the rotating shaft 40 rotates. Since the eccentric weight 41 is fixed to the tip of the rotating shaft 40, the rotation thereof causes vibration in the front-rear direction, which is transmitted to the hand rest 36 via the holder 43 and the like. Therefore, the player can perceive the vibration of the hand rest 36 with his / her hand and know that it is in a hit state at present.

The vibrating device 38 vibrates the handrest 36 for a certain period of time during which the specific winning device 10 is activated, and
At the same time as the gate 12 of 10 is closed, the motor 39 stops and the vibration stops.

In this way, since the hand rest 36 is vibrated by the vibrating device 38 to make the hit state the player, it is possible to solve the problem of relying on conventional visual and auditory means. In addition, the vibration device 38 is attached to the hand rest 36.
Since the space is provided inside, the space inside the hand rest 36 can be effectively used, so that the entire structure can be compacted without increasing the size.

Moreover, since the vibrating device 38 is composed of the motor 39 and the eccentric weight 41 fixed to the rotary shaft 40 thereof, the vibrating device 38 itself can be downsized and stable vibration can be obtained. A comfortable vibration can be transmitted to the player via the hand rest 36. Furthermore,
Since the mounting portion 42 is provided on the support plate 32 for fixing the handrest 36 to the support case 22, and the vibrating device 38 is mounted on the mounting portion 42, the mounting state of the vibrating device 38 is stable, and the vibrating device 38 is stable.
By incorporating 38, it is possible to prevent the deterioration of the overall durability without damaging each part.

4 and 5 illustrate a second embodiment of the present invention. The motor 39 has a thin disk shape, and is fitted into the mounting portion 42 of the support plate 32 via a holder 43 so that its rotation shaft 40 projects forward in parallel with the operation shaft 25. A thin disc-shaped eccentric weight 41 is fixed to the front end of the motor 39. The holder 43 has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and has a cutout portion 53 corresponding to the boss portion 52 for the screw 37 formed on the mounting portion 42 on the support plate 32 side on the outer peripheral side, and is prevented from rotating by this cutout portion 53. ing.

A motor 39 is fixed to the bottom of the holder 43. The transparent plate 50 integrally has a tubular portion 54 and has a window hole 51.
Is fitted into. With this configuration, the motor 39 has a thin disk shape, and the rotation shaft 40 thereof is mounted so as to project forward in parallel with the operation shaft 25, so that the entire size can be further reduced. . Further, the vibration device 38 can vibrate the handrest 36 in the radial direction.

Although the respective embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. For example, the vibration device 38 may use a solenoid or the like instead of using the motor 39. Further, the vibrating device 38 may be installed in the handrest 36 itself, in short, as long as it can vibrate at least the handrest 36 side.

Furthermore, in the embodiment, the motor 39 is mounted on the mounting portion 42 of the support plate 32 via the holder 43. However, the holder 43 is formed integrally with the mounting portion 42 and the mounting portion The motor 39 may be attached directly to the 42.

[0035]

According to the present invention described in claim 1, the front frame
The operation shaft 25 in the front-back direction is placed in the support case 22 fixed to the 2 side.
Is provided at the front end of the support case 22, and an operation knob that is interlocked with the operation shaft 25 and an operation knob that is fixed to the support case 22.
With a hand rest 36 arranged on the front side of 26, in a launching operation device of a ball game machine, the launching device is activated to launch a game ball when the operating knob 26 is operated,
Since the vibrating device 38 for vibrating at least the hand rest 36 is provided in the hand rest 36, the player can be informed of the game state during the game by vibrating, and the conventional visual and auditory senses can be used. You can solve the problem of relying on other means. Further, since the vibrating device 38 is provided in the hand rest 36, the space in the hand rest 36 can be effectively used, and the whole structure can be compacted without increasing the size.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the invention, the vibration device 38 includes the hand rest 36.
The motor 39 fixed to and the rotating shaft 40 of this motor 39
Since it has an eccentric weight 41 fixed to the
38 can be miniaturized, stable vibration can be obtained without unevenness, and comfortable vibration can be transmitted to the player through the hand rest 36.

Further, according to the present invention as set forth in claim 3,
In the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the support plate 32 disposed in the vicinity of the front side of the operation knob 26 is fixed to the support case 22, and the hand rest 36 is fixed to the support plate 32, and the support plate 32 is fixed. And the mounting portion 42 protruding into the hand rest 36.
Since the vibrating device 38 is mounted on the mounting portion 42, the mounting state of the vibrating device 38 is stable, each part is not damaged by the incorporation of the vibrating device 38, and the overall durability is reduced. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a firing operation device showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the firing operation device showing the first embodiment of the present invention on the support plate side.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the pachinko machine showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a firing operating device showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of a firing operation device showing a second embodiment of the present invention on a support plate side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Front frame 5 Game board 18 Control device for launching 22 Support case 25 Control shaft 26 Control knob 32 Support plate 36 Hand rest 38 Vibration device 43 Holder 39 Motor 40 Rotation shaft 41 Eccentric weight 42 Mounting part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A support case (22) fixed to the front frame (2) side.
An operation shaft (25) in the front-rear direction is provided inside, and an operation knob (26) interlocking with the operation shaft (25) is provided at the front end of the support case (22) and an operation knob fixed to the support case (22). With a hand rest (36) arranged on the front side of (26), when the operating knob (26) is operated, the launching device operates to launch a game ball. An operating device for firing a ball-and-ball game machine, characterized in that a vibration device (38) for vibrating at least the handrest (36) is provided in the handrest (36). 2. A motor (39) having a vibrating device (38) fixed to a handrest (36), and a rotary shaft (40) of the motor (39).
The launching operation device for a ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising an eccentric weight (41) fixed to the. 3. A support plate (32) arranged in front of the operating knob (26) is fixed to the support case (22), and a hand rest (36) is fixed to the support plate (32). , Support plates (32)
, The mounting part (42) protruding into the hand rest (36) is provided,
The vibrating device (38) is attached to the mounting portion (42), and the launching operation device for a ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that.