JPH0737281U - Crane game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] If you successfully win a prize, you will be provided with a crane game machine with a special display. A crane game machine in which a large number of prizes are placed in a housing surrounded by transparent side walls, and a player operates a crane with holding claws to grab the prizes. The prize throwing unit 7 formed of a transparent cylindrical body having an opening, an opening / closing valve 23 that is openably and closably provided in the way of the prize throwing unit 7, and a prize throwing detection unit 36 for detecting the throwing of the prize into the prize throwing unit 7. , 37, the light emitting means 35 for emitting light from the prize throwing part 7, and the prize throwing detecting means 36, 37 detect the throwing in of the prize, the prize thrown with the open / close valve 23 closed is placed in the way of the prize throwing part 7. A crane game machine provided with a control means for supporting and driving the light emitting means 35 to cause the prize insertion portion 7 to emit light, and then opening and closing the open / close valve 23 to drop and discharge the prize.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a crane game machine in which a player operates a crane to grab a prize put in a housing with a grip claw.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In this type of crane game machine, as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-27984, etc., the player operates the operating means arranged outside the housing to move the crane inside the housing, The suspended gripping claw is positioned just above the prize, and the gripping claw is lowered to grab the prize. The prize grasped by the grasping claw is carried to the prize inlet and dropped, and is guided to the prize outlet and taken out by the player.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved]

 Conventionally, even if a prize was thrown into the prize slot, the prize simply passed through the prize inlet and succeeded in taking out the prize, but there was something that made the player feel unsatisfactory without displaying anything. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a crane game machine that is specially displayed when a prize is successfully obtained.

[0005]

[Means and Actions for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a crane game in which a large number of prizes are put in a casing surrounded by transparent side walls, and a player operates a crane with holding claws to grab the prizes. In the machine, a prize input section formed of a transparent cylindrical body that is provided in the housing and opens upward, an opening / closing valve that is openably and closably provided in the middle of the prize input section, and a prize input to the prize input section. And a light emitting means for emitting light from the prize charging section, and when the prize charging detecting section detects the charging of a prize, the prize charged with the opening / closing valve closed is detected by the prize charging section. The crane game machine is provided with a control means which is supported on the way and controls the light emitting means to drive the light emitting section to emit light and then to open and close the on-off valve to drop and discharge the prize.

[0006] When the gripping claw hung on the crane grips the prize and is carried to the upper part of the prize throwing part and the prize is thrown in, the prize is supported by the on-off valve in the middle of the prize throwing part and illuminated by the light emitting means. After it is displayed and it is displayed that the prize has been obtained successfully, the on-off valve opens and can be taken out. Players will be given a special indication that they have successfully won the prize, and will be able to receive the prize.

[0007]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described below. FIG. 1 is an overall external view of a crane game machine 1 of this embodiment.

A housing 3 is installed on a base 2. The housing 3 has side plates on the front and side formed by transparent plates 4 so that the inside can be seen, and an end plate 5 is stretched on the back. There is. The bottom plate of the housing 3 serves as a prize mounting table 6, and a prize input cylindrical portion 7 is formed at the rear center of the end plate 5 so as to penetrate through the prize mounting table 6 and project upward. The top portion of the prize-giving cylinder 7 is transparent, so that the prizes can be seen through.

An arm 9 of the crane hangs from the ceiling of the housing 3, and a grip claw 10 is provided at the lower end of the arm 9. The arm 9 can be moved back and forth and left and right, and can be extended and retracted to lower the grip claw 10 to a desired position. The gripping claw 10 is composed of a pair of left and right claws and can be closed to grab a prize.

An operation console 11 is installed on the front side surface of the base 2, and an operation switch 12 such as an operation button and a coin slot 13 are arranged on an upper panel of the operation console 11. By operating the operation switch 12, the arm 9 can be freely moved, expanded and contracted, and the gripping claw 10 can be opened and closed.

A prize outlet 14 is provided on the front side of the console 11. A lot of prizes 15 such as stuffed animals are stacked on the prize mounting table 6 in the housing 3.

The structure of the prize input cylindrical portion 7 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5. The upper half portion of the prize throwing cylindrical portion 7 is a transparent cylindrical portion 8, and the lower half portion 7a is a double wall having an inner cylindrical portion 20 having a slightly reduced diameter inside thereof. A tapered conical wall 21 is formed between the upper edge of 20 and the lower edge of the transparent cylindrical portion 8.

An open / close valve 23 having a regular hexagonal shape is provided on a disc 22 provided so as to close the upper end opening of the inner cylindrical portion 20. The on-off valve 23 is composed of six oscillating plates 24 divided into equilateral triangles, each side of which is a regular hexagon, and each oscillating plate 24 is in a horizontal state by a hinge 25 on each side of the regular hexagon. It is swingably supported to a vertical state in which it is hung downward from and is biased so as to maintain a horizontal state by a torsion spring 26 interposed in a hinge 25 (see FIGS. 2 and 4).

Six strings 27, one end of which is fixed to the lower surface of the free end of each rocking plate 24, project on the inner peripheral surface of the inner cylindrical portion 20 and are hooked by corresponding hooks 28, respectively. It is gathered at one place along the inner peripheral surface via another hook 28, and is wound around a drum 29 arranged downward and facing downward. The drum 29 is rotated by the drive of the motor 30, and the six strings 27 can be wound around the drum 29.

Therefore, the six rocking plates 24, which are normally in the horizontal state by the torsion spring 26 of the hinge 25 and close the on-off valve 23, are driven downward by the motor 30 driving the six strings 27 at the same time. The open / close valve 23 can be opened by swinging to (see FIGS. 3 and 5). When the drive of the motor 30 is released, the oscillating plate 24 is returned to the original horizontal state by the restoring force of the torsion spring 26, and the on-off valve 23 is closed. The torsion spring 26 has an elastic force so that the swing plate 24 can maintain the horizontal state even when the prize 15 is placed on the open / close valve 23 in the closed state.

On the other hand, a light emitting diode 35 is arranged in a plurality of circumferential directions on the annular conical wall 21. An optical sensor consisting of a light transmitter 36 and a light receiver 37 is provided at opposite positions of the conical wall 21, and an object is normally placed on the on-off valve 23 from the state where the light receiver 37 receives the light from the light projector 36. Since the light is blocked and the light receiver 37 stops receiving light, it is possible to detect that the prize 15 is thrown into the prize throwing cylindrical portion 7.

The motor 30 and the light emitting diode 35 are controlled by a microcomputer, and the computer also controls the movement of the arm 9. The crane game machine 1 of the present embodiment is configured as described above, and the operation procedure will be described below.

The player first inserts a coin into the coin slot 13 to start the game. The operation switch 12 is operated to move and extend the arm 9 directly above the target prize, so that the grip claw 10 is opened and lowered onto the prize 15 to be grabbed. If you fail to grab it here, the game will end with failure, but if you grab it well, it will rise and carry it to just above the prize throwing cylinder part 7 and open the gripping claw 10 to drop the prize 15 into the prize throwing cylinder part 7. .

The prize 15 that has fallen into the prize throwing cylinder portion 7 is placed on the on-off valve 23 in the closed state, and this is detected by the optical sensor consisting of the projector 36 and the light receiver 37. The microcomputer inputs the signal, causes the light emitting diode 35 to emit light, turns off the illumination that illuminates the entire housing 3, and further drives the speaker to produce a fanfare. Therefore, the free gift 15 in the transparent cylindrical portion 8 emerges brightly by the light emission of the light emitting diode 35, and together with the fanfare, an effective presentation is made to indicate that the free gift has been successfully acquired.

After that, the illumination of the housing 3 is restored and the light emitting diode 35 is turned off. At the same time, the motor 30 is driven to open the opening / closing valve 23 and the prize 15 drops downward and is guided to the prize outlet 14 along the passage. , The player can take out the prize 15 from the prize outlet 14.

When the prize acquisition is successful as described above, the player can be greatly satisfied because there is an effective effect.

[0022]

[Effect of device]

 According to the present invention, the gripping claws hung on the crane grab the prize and carry it to a position above the prize throwing part. Since it is illuminated and it is displayed that the prize has been successfully acquired, the player can receive the prize and can be satisfied with the play by the special display.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall external view of a crane game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a closed state of an opening / closing valve of a prize throwing cylindrical portion.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an open / close valve in an open state.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a closed state of the on-off valve of the prize throwing cylindrical portion.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the open / close valve in an open state.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Crane game machine, 2 ... Base, 3 ... Housing, 4 ... Transparent plate, 5 ... End plate, 6 ... Prize mounting table, 7 ... Prize throwing cylinder part,
8 ... Transparent cylindrical part, 9 ... Arm, 10 ... Gripping claw, 11 ... Console, 12 ... Operation switch, 13 ... Coin slot, 14 ... Gift outlet, 15 ... Prize, 20 ... Inner cylindrical part, 21 ... Cone wall, 22 ... Disc, 23 ... Open / close valve, 24 ... Oscillating plate, 25 ... Hinge, 26 ... Torsion spring, 27 ... String, 28 ... Hook, 29 ... Drum, 30
... Motor, 35 ... Light emitting diode, 36 ... Emitter, 37 ... Receiver.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A crane game machine in which a large number of prizes are placed in a housing surrounded by transparent side walls, and a player operates a crane with holding claws to grab the prizes. The crane game machine is provided in the housing. And a free-opening valve which is provided in the middle of the free-goods opening part and which can be opened and closed, and a free-goods detection means for detecting the free-goods injection into the free-goods insertion part. A light emitting means for emitting light from the prize throwing part; and, when the prize throwing detecting means detects throwing in of a prize, the prize thrown with the on-off valve closed is supported in the middle of the prize throwing part, and the light emitting means is provided. A crane game machine comprising: a control unit that drives the light emitting section to emit light and then controls the opening / closing valve to open to drop and discharge the prize.