JPH08196695A - Drive ball launching device for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a drive ball launching device for a pachinko machine capable of starting the drive ball launching device launching a pachinko ball toward a game board only when a player faces the pachinko machine for playing and the launching force is properly adjusted by the driving handle of the pachinko machine. CONSTITUTION: This pachinko machine is provided with a player detecting means 11a detecting that a player faces a pachinko machine for playing in the noncontact state, handle operation detecting means 57, 58 and a SW1 detecting the operation of the elastic force adjusting handle of the pachinko machine, and a ball launching device starting means capable of starting a ball launching device launching a pachinko ball toward a game board only when the player detecting means and the handle operation detecting means are set to the detection state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hitting ball launching device for a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A hitting ball launching device in a conventional pachinko machine is provided with an electrostatic capacitance type touch sensor on an operation handle for shooting a game ball, and when there is a detection signal from the touch sensor, the pachinko machine is operated. It is assumed that the player is facing the game and starts the hitting ball launching device so that the game ball can be repelled. If there is no detection signal from the touch sensor, the player is not playing the game. As a ban on the activation of the ball striking device to disable the firing of the game ball, the game ball will be shot even though the player is not facing the pachinko machine and playing The act was prevented.

However, when a fraudulent act such as giving an object having a capacitance equivalent to that of a human body to the operation handle to keep the touch sensor in the detected state, the player faces the pachinko machine to play a game. There was a case where an illegal game action such as a game ball being shot was performed even though it was not done.

Further, the hitting ball launching device in the conventional pachinko machine has a turning handle for adjusting the elastic force of the game ball or the firing speed of the game ball, and the player operates the turning amount of the turning handle. By adjusting the elastic force of the game ball by this, when the player touches the operation handle,
Since the hitting ball launching device is configured to be activated,
Before the player sets the appropriate elastic force of the game ball to the extent that the player can reach the game board, the elastic motion of the game ball is started and the player side wastes the game ball. It is annoying, and for the hall side, it is that power is consumed wastefully because the hitting ball launching device is activated in the state where the appropriate elastic force of the game ball is not set. However, there is a problem of saving power consumption.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is only when a player faces a pachinko machine while playing a game, and when the ball hitting handle of the pachinko machine is used to appropriately adjust the resilience. It is an object of the present invention to provide a hitting ball launching device in a pachinko machine capable of activating a hitting ball launching device that shoots a pachinko ball toward a game board.

Another object of the present invention is to be activated when a player faces a pachinko machine while playing a game, and when the ball hitting handle sets and adjusts the elastic force to an appropriate elastic force of the game ball. An object is to provide a hitting ball launching device for a pachinko machine.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a hitting ball launching device in a pachinko machine of the present invention detects a player facing a pachinko machine in a non-contact state. Player detecting means, handle operation detecting means for detecting that the elastic force adjusting handle of the pachinko machine is being operated, and pachinko only when the player detecting means and the handle operation detecting means are in the detection state. It is characterized in that a ball projecting device starting means for shifting the ball projecting device for projecting a ball toward the game board to a startable state is provided.

Further, the handle operation detecting means detects a contact state of the player's operation of the elastic force adjusting handle in a contact state, and the operation rotation amount of the elastic force adjusting handle is predetermined. It is characterized by comprising handle rotation operation detecting means for detecting that a predetermined rotation amount determined corresponding to the ball elastic force has been reached.

[0009]

The player detecting means detects the presence or absence of a player facing the pachinko machine in a non-contact state. The handle operation detecting means detects an operated state and a non-operated state of the elastic force adjusting handle of the pachinko machine. The ball ejection device activation means shifts to a state in which the ball ejection device that ejects a pachinko ball toward the game board can be activated only when the player detection means and the handle operation detection means are in the detection state. Further, the contact state detecting means provided in the handle operation detecting means detects the operating state and the non-operating state of the elastic force adjusting handle based on the contact state of the elastic force adjusting handle by the player. The handle rotation operation detection means provided in the handle operation detection means elastically releases the operating state and the non-operating state of the elastic force adjusting handle to a predetermined rotation amount that is determined in advance corresponding to a predetermined ball elastic force. It is detected based on whether the amount of operation of the force adjusting handle is reached or not. The handle operation detection means is in the detection state when both the contact state detection means and the handle rotation operation detection means are in the detection state.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1 according to the embodiment. The pachinko machine 1 has a game board 3 on the front frame 2 thereof.
A metal frame 4 provided with a glass for seeing through is openably and closably attached, and a mounting plate 5 is openably and closably attached below the metal frame 4,
An upper plate 7 having a ball payout opening 6 is attached to the mounting plate 5. Further, a hitting ball handle 8 is provided at the lower right corner of the front frame 2, and a grip portion 8a of the hitting ball handle 8 is made of a conductive resin and functions as a touch terminal 9 forming a part of the handle operation detecting means. The lower plate 10 is attached to the lower center of the front frame 2, and the lower left center of the front frame 2 has a focus for detecting that the player is facing the pachinko machine 1 in a non-contact state. A player detection means 11 including an electric infrared sensor 11a is provided. The pyroelectric infrared sensor 11a outputs an infrared data value corresponding to the heat distribution on the front side of the pachinko machine 1.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an essential part of the hit ball launching device 12, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing an essential part of the hit ball launching device 12. As shown in FIG. 2, the ball hitting handle 8 has a turning handle 13 fixed to one end of an operating shaft 14 pivotally supported at the lower right corner of the front frame 2, and the operating shaft 14 of the hitting ball launching device 12 is provided. Case 1 mounted on one side of the board 15
6 is inserted into a through hole 17 formed in 6 and the operation shaft 1
A cam plate 18 is fixedly attached to the other end of 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, an operating piece 19 rotatably supported by the case 16 is disposed on one side of the cam plate 18. The operating piece 19 faces the operating piece 19 and serves as a handle operation detecting means. A handle rotation operation detection switch SW1 as a handle rotation operation detection means forming a part is arranged.

A ball striking shaft 20 is provided at the center of the substrate 15, and a lower part of a ball striking rod 21 is rotatably supported on the ball striking shaft 20. The ball striking rod 21 extends forward toward one side near the lower portion thereof, and a driven lever portion 22 extending forward toward the front of the case 16 on one side is integrally formed. A cam follower 23 is attached to the tip of the portion 22. Further, a hooking portion 24 is provided on the other side of the lower part of the ball striking rod 21, and one end side of an elastic spring 25 is hooked on the hooking portion 24.
Further, the stoppers 26 and 27 are fixed to the substrate 15 so as to face the other side edge near the upper part of the hitting rod 21 and the one side edge of the lower end. Therefore, the ball striking rod 21 is attached to the ball striking shaft 20.
It is possible to reciprocally rotate between the stoppers 26 and 27 centering around.

A base 28 is mounted on the other side of the substrate 15, and a slide plate 29 is provided on the base 28 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. The connecting pin 3 is provided at one end of the sliding plate 29.
0 is inserted and fixed, and at the other end of the sliding plate 29, a hooking portion 31 is formed toward the front. The other end of the elastic spring 25 is hooked on the hook 31 of the sliding plate 29. Therefore, the ball striking rod 21 has a spring 2 for ejection.
5, the ball is constantly urged toward the other side, and one edge of the lower end of the ball striking rod 21 is in contact with the stopper 27 on the lower side.

A ball striking motor M1 for reciprocating the ball striking rod 21 is arranged in front of a case 16 mounted on one side of the substrate 15. Columnar projections 32, 32, 32 for mounting the ball striking motor M1 are provided at three positions on the substrate on the side of the case 16 toward the front.
1 is a columnar projection 3 via the mounting flange plate 33.
It is attached to 2, 32, 32. A cam 35 is fixed to the front end of the motor shaft 34 of the ball hitting motor M1,
The cam 35 is capable of colliding with a cam follower 23 provided on the driven lever portion 22 of the ball striking rod 21, and by reciprocating the driven lever portion 22 against the urging force of the elastic spring 25, The ball striking rod 21 is configured to elastically move.

Next, the elastic force adjusting mechanism 36 in the hitting ball launching device 12 will be described. The elastic force adjustment mechanism 36
As shown in FIG. 3, the cam plate 18 fixed to the operation shaft 14 disposed near the one side of the substrate 15, the operation piece 19 rotatably supported on one side of the cam plate 18, the substrate 15, a driven link 37 rotatably supported on the other side, and an operating piece 19
Connecting rod 38 connected between the upper end of the driven link 37 and the lower end of the driven link 37, and the sliding plate 29 connected to the upper end of the driven link 37.
And an elastic spring 25.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cam plate 18 has an extending portion 18a extending toward one side in the radial direction, and an extending portion 1a.
An arcuate peripheral portion 18b having a substantially arcuate shape is formed on one side of 8a, and the operating shaft 14 is fixed to an eccentric position of the cam plate 18.

The operating piece 19 has its lower end rotatably supported on the case 15 by a supporting shaft pin 39, abuts on a cam plate 18 in the middle to support a driven roller 40, and has an upper end connecting pin. 41 is fixed, and one end of the connecting rod 38 is connected to the connecting pin 41.

On the substrate 15 below one end of the sliding plate 29,
The driven link 37 is rotatably supported by a support shaft pin 42 near its lower end. At the lower end of the driven link 37,
The connecting pin 43 is inserted and fixed, and the other end of the connecting rod 38 is connected to the connecting pin 43. Also, follower link 3
A long hole 44 is formed near the upper end of the link 37 in the longitudinal direction of the link 37, and the connection pin 30 provided at one end of the sliding plate 29 is inserted into the long hole 44 of the driven link 37 to drive the driven link 37. The upper end side of the link 37 and one end of the sliding plate 29 are connected.

Further, a handle rotation operation detection switch for detecting that the operation rotation amount of the ball hitting handle 8 on the operation shaft 14 has reached a predetermined rotation amount which is predetermined corresponding to a predetermined ball elastic force. SW1 is composed of a microswitch. Handle rotation operation detection switch SW
1 is arranged at a position where the actuator 45 faces one upper edge of the operating piece 19.

Next, the operation of the elastic force adjusting mechanism 36 of the hitting ball launching device 12 will be described. In FIG. 2, when the player turns the turning handle 13 of the hitting ball handle 8 in the direction of arrow A, the operation shaft 14 of the hitting ball handle 8 is turned in the direction of arrow A, and the cam is accompanied by the turning of the operation shaft 14. The plate 18 is rotated in the direction of arrow A in FIG. When the cam plate 18 is rotated in the direction of arrow A, the cam plate 18 and the driven roller pivotally supported by the actuating piece 19 come into contact with each other in the radial direction of the cam plate 18, and the cam plate 18 has its arcuate shape. The peripheral portion 18b is rotated in the direction of increasing the diameter, and the driven roller 40 is rotated with the rotation of the cam plate 18 and is pressed toward one side, so that the operating piece 19 moves the support shaft pin 39. Is rotated in the direction of the arrow B around the center of the arrow and the upper end of the operating piece 19 is moved toward one side of the substrate 15.

By moving the upper end of the operating piece 19 toward one side of the substrate 15, the actuator 45 of the handle rotation operation detection switch SW1 is pressed by the upper one side edge of the operating piece 19 and pushed in. To go.

Further, the upper end of the operating piece 19 is moved toward one side of the substrate 15, so that the connecting rod 38 is moved to the substrate 1.
5 is moved to one side of the driven link 3
By pulling the lower end of 7 toward one side of the substrate 15, the driven link 37 is rotated about the spindle pin 42 in the clockwise direction indicated by an arrow C. The driven link 37 is the spindle pin 4
When the sliding plate 29 is rotated in the clockwise direction shown by the arrow C about the connecting pin 30 through the connecting pin 30 inserted into the long hole 44 on the upper end side of the driven link 37, It is moved toward the other side of the base plate 15 against the bias, and as a result, the bullets interposed between the hooking portion 24 of the hitting rod 21 and the hooking portion 31 of the sliding plate 29. Utilization spring 2
5 is stretched, and the urging force against the batting rod 21, that is,
Elasticity increases.

As described above, as the rotation amount of the cam plate 18 is increased by the rotation operation of the rotation handle 13 of the hitting ball handle 8 in the direction of arrow A, the cam plate 18 operates by pressing the driven roller 40. The amount of rotation of the piece 19 in the direction of arrow B also increases.

When the turning amount of the turning handle 13 in the direction of arrow A reaches a predetermined turning amount, as shown in FIG. 4, the driven roller 40 axially supported by the operating piece 19 of the cam plate 18 is supported. The contact position shifts from the circular arc peripheral portion 18b of the cam plate 18 to the extending portion 18a. At this point, the pushing amount of the actuator 45 of the handle rotation operation detection switch SW1 by pressing the upper one side edge of the operation piece 19 reaches the ON position of the handle rotation operation detection switch SW1. That is, the handle rotation operation detection switch SW1 is turned on.

Further, the expansion amount L of the elastic spring 25 set by the movement amount of the sliding plate 29 corresponding to the rotation movement amount of the upper end of the actuating piece 19 at this time reaches the game board. It will be set to the appropriate amount of elastic force of the game ball.

3 and 4, reference numeral 46
Is a projecting part provided on the other side of the upper part of the batting rod, reference numeral 47 is a launching rail, and reference numeral 48 is a ball stopping member for making the game ball P stand by at the launching position on the launching rail 47. is there. Further, reference numeral 49 is a hooking rod fixed to the ball striking rod 21, reference numeral 50 is an interlocking member for swinging a ball which is pivotally supported by a support plate (not shown), and is fixed to the ball striking rod 21. The linking piece 51 of the interlocking member 50 is engaged with the hooking rod 49 thus formed, and when the striking bar 21 is pulled against the spring 25 for ejection, the linking piece 51 is hooked on the hooking rod 49 and interlocked. The member 50 is swung, and a ball feeding mechanism (not shown) is caused to perform a ball feeding operation.

When the ball hitting motor M1 is actuated, the cam 35 fixed to the motor shaft 34 thereof rotates, and this cam 35
The driven lever portion 22 of the batting rod 21 pivots via the cam follower 23 in association with the rotation of the batting rod 21, and the batting rod 21 moves the batting rod 13
When the cam 35 and the cam follower 23 are disengaged from each other by pulling and pivoting around the center of the elastic spring 25, the ball striking rod 21 is returned to its original position by the elastic spring 25, and the ball striking operation is performed. Is performed.

When the hitting ball handle 8 of FIG. 2 is further rotated in the direction of arrow A, the cam plate 1 fixed to the operation shaft 14 is attached.
The extension portion 18a of 8 further presses the driven roller 40 to increase the amount of rotation of the operating piece 19, and the sliding plate 29 is further moved to the other side of the substrate 15 via the connecting rod 38 and the driven link 37. By doing so, the other end of the elastic spring 25 can be pulled in a direction that increases the elastic force of the elastic spring 25, and can be adjusted in a direction that increases the elastic strength at the time of hitting a ball.

FIG. 5 is a principal block diagram showing the control system of the hitting ball launching device 12. The hitting ball launching device 12 is a CPU as a process executing means for performing a starting process of the hitting ball launching device 12.
52, a ROM 53 in which a control program to be executed by the CPU 52 is stored, a RAM 54 that can be read and written at any time, and an input / output unit for inputting detection signals and detection values of each sensor and outputting control signals 55 is provided, and in addition, a ball hitting motor M1 and a power supply unit 56 that supplies power for substantially driving the ball hitting motor M1 are provided.

The CPU 52 has a sensor detection circuit 57 connected to the pyroelectric infrared sensor 11a as the player detection means 11 via the input / output unit 55, and a touch detection unit 58 connected to the touch terminal 9. The steering wheel rotation operation detection switch SW1 is connected to each other, the detection signals of the respective detection sensors are individually input to the CPU 52, the relay operation circuit 59 is connected via the input / output unit 55, and C
The relay operating circuit 59 is output by the control signal output from the PU 52.
Is turned on and off, and the relay 60 connected to the relay actuation circuit 59 is switched on and off.

Further, the relay contact 61 of the relay 60 has a power supply line 62 between the ball striking motor M1 and the power supply unit 56.
The relay contact 61 provided on the upper side is closed when the relay 60 is on, and supplies the DC driving power from the power supply unit 56 to the ball striking motor M1 to drive the ball striking motor M1. .

The sensor detection circuit 57 digitizes the infrared data value sent from the pyroelectric infrared sensor 11a and outputs it to the input / output unit 55. In addition, the touch detection unit 58 includes an oscillation unit (not shown) that oscillates a pulse and a detection signal output unit (not shown) that outputs a detection signal based on a change in the pulse, and the hit ball handle 8 as the touch terminal 9 is provided. When the human body touches, the phase of the pulse supplied to the detection signal output unit is inverted in response to the change in capacitance, and the touch detection signal is output from the detection signal output unit in response to this. Has been done.

In this embodiment, the player detecting means 11
Although the pyroelectric infrared sensor 11a is used as the above, any device capable of detecting the presence of a player facing the pachinko machine 1 in a non-contact state may be used, for example, as shown in FIG. The transmitting side 11ba of the ultrasonic sensor 11b or the light projecting side 11ca of the photosensor 11c is arranged on the side of the top plate 63 of the island on which the pachinko machine 1 is installed in the lower part or the lower part of the pachinko machine 1. On the back of the seat 64 facing the reception side 11 of the ultrasonic sensor 11b.
bb or the light receiving side 11cb of the photo sensor 11c is provided, and the ultrasonic sensor 11b or the photo sensor 11c is provided.
The detection signal of 1 may be input to the CPU 52 via the input / output unit 55. When the pyroelectric infrared sensor 11a is used as the player detection means 11, it is not necessary to provide a receiving side or a light receiving side, and therefore it is sufficient to provide it on the pachinko machine 1 side, and the sensor is provided on the game hall side. The trouble can be omitted.

Referring to the flow chart showing the outline of the control program stored in the ROM shown in FIG. 7, the hitting ball launching device 1 by the CPU 52 in the hitting ball launching device 12 will be described below.
The startup processing operation of No. 2 will be described. The CPU 52 repeatedly executes the processing from step a1 to step a7.

When the power is turned on, the CPU 52 performs input processing via the input / output unit 55 (step a1). By the input processing of step a1, the pyroelectric infrared sensor 11a
Of the infrared data detected by the touch detecting unit 58, the detection signal from the touch detecting unit 58 indicating whether the touch terminal 9 is in contact with the human body or not, and the operation turning amount of the ball hitting handle 8 are determined in advance in correspondence with a predetermined ball resilience. The ON / OFF signal from the handle rotation operation detection switch SW1 indicating whether or not the predetermined rotation amount has been reached is input.

After performing the processing of step a1, the CPU 5
Step 2 shifts to step a2, the value of the relay output flag that sets the control output to the relay actuation circuit 59 is offset (step a2), and shifts to step a3.

The CPU 52 determines whether or not to supply the DC driving power from the power source unit 56 to the ball hitting motor M1 by performing the determination processes of steps a3 to a5. First, in step a3, it is determined whether or not there is a detection signal from the touch detection unit 9 (step a3). When the player is touching the hitting ball handle 8 as the touch terminal 9, the detection signal from the touch detection unit 9 is input to the CPU 52, whereby step a3.
The determination result of is true, and the CPU 52 proceeds to step a4.

In step a4, it is judged whether or not the infrared data detected by the pyroelectric infrared sensor 11a is a human body (step a4). Since the wavelength of infrared rays emitted from the human body is in the range of 9 to 10 μm, the CPU 52 causes the detected infrared data to have the lower limit setting value α and the upper limit setting value β which are preset and stored corresponding to these wavelengths. It is determined whether it is within the range. When the infrared ray detected by the pyroelectric infrared sensor 11a is a human body, the determination result of step a4 becomes true, and C
The PU 52 moves to step a5.

In step a5, it is determined whether or not the handle rotation operation detection switch SW1 is on (step a5). When the operation rotation amount of the hitting handle reaches a predetermined rotation amount that is determined in advance corresponding to a predetermined ball resilience, as described above, the handle rotation operation detection switch S
Since W1 is turned on, the CPU 52 determines that the determination process of step a5 is true, and proceeds to step a6.

As described above, the player touches the hitting ball handle 8, the player faces the pachinko machine 1, and the hitting ball handle 8 is rotated by the player, and the operation turning amount of the hitting ball handle 8 is increased. Has reached a predetermined amount of rotation determined in advance corresponding to a predetermined ball resilience, the CPU 52 proceeds to step a6, and the CPU 52 sets the value of the relay output flag to on (step a6), Step a7
Move to

On the other hand, if the player has not touched the ball hitting handle 8 as a touch terminal, the detection signal from the touch detection section is OFF input, and the determination result of step a3 is false. In addition, if the human body does not face the pachinko machine 1, or even if the player places an object other than the human body on the seat as a substitute for the human body, the infrared data detected by the pyroelectric infrared sensor 11a is detected. Is difficult to be within the range of the lower limit setting value α and the upper limit setting value β which are preset and stored corresponding to the wavelength of infrared rays emitted from the human body. In such a case, the determination result of step a4 is Be false. Further, if the operation turning amount of the hitting ball handle 8 has not reached the predetermined turning amount predetermined corresponding to the predetermined ball resilience, the handle turning operation detection switch SW.
Since 1 is off, the determination result of step a5 is false. If any one of the determination results of step a3, step a4, and step a5 is false, the CPU
52 does not go through the process of step a6
As described in the flow chart, the value of the relay output flag remains offset in these cases.

When the CPU 52 proceeds to step a7, it outputs the value of the relay output flag to the relay operating circuit 59 (step a7), and ends the processing of this cycle.

When the value of the relay output flag is set to ON, the relay 60 is turned ON, the relay contact 61 is closed, the power supply line 62 is closed, and the DC drive power from the power supply unit 56 is hit. It is supplied to the driving motor M1 and the hitting motor M1 is rotationally driven, and the ball striking rod 21 is repulsed.

When the value of the relay output flag is offset, the relay 60 is switched off, the relay contact 61 is opened, the power supply line 62 is opened, and the DC drive power from the power supply unit 56 is cut off. Therefore, the ball striking motor M1 is not rotationally driven, and therefore the ball striking rod 21 is not repulsed.

As described above, the hitting ball launching device 12
Is a player touching the ball hitting handle 8, the player is facing the pachinko machine 1, and the ball hitting handle 8 is rotated by the player, and the operation turning amount of the ball hitting handle 8 is a predetermined ball bullet. Only when the predetermined amount of rotation determined corresponding to the force has been reached, that is, only when the appropriate elastic force of the game ball that can reach the game board 3 is set The driving motor M1 is rotationally driven to enable the ball striking the ball, and if any of the above three conditions is not satisfied, the DC drive power from the power supply unit 56 is shut off and the ball striking rod 21 is moved. It is the one that makes the repulsive movement impossible.

As a result, when a fraudulent act is performed such that an object having a capacitance equivalent to that of a human body is applied to the ball hitting handle 8 to keep the touch terminal 9 in the detected state, the player faces the pachinko machine 1. Before setting an appropriate repulsive force of the game ball that can prevent an illegal game action such that the game ball is repelled even though it is not playing and the player can reach the game board 3. In addition, since the game ball does not start to be repulsed, the troublesomeness of the game ball is eliminated for the player, and the proper repulsion of the game ball is made for the hall side. Since the hitting ball launching device is not activated in the state where the force is not set, the power is consumed wastefully, and the power consumption can be saved.

As shown by the broken line in FIG. 5, for example, a hit ball detecting means 65 for detecting a game ball at a launch standby position on the launch rail is provided, and a detection signal by the hit ball detecting means 65 is input to the input / output section 55. In addition to the above three conditions, when the presence of a game ball at the launch standby position is detected by the hitting ball detection means 65, the hitting motor M1 is rotationally driven. It is also possible to configure so that the ball striking rod 21 can be repulsed. In this case, when there is no game ball at the launch standby position on the launch rail, the hitting motor M1 is not rotationally driven, and therefore, for example, in a state where the player does not throw the game ball into the pachinko machine 1 at all. , Mischievous hitting handle 8
Since the hitting ball launching device 12 is not activated even in the case of rotating the ball, power may be wasted on the hole side, and power consumption can be saved. .

Further, FIGS. 8A to 8E and FIG.
(A)-(b) is a block diagram which shows the other Example of the relay contact 61 in the power supply line 62 of the hitting motor M1 of the hitting ball launching device 12 in FIG. 5, and is a sensor detection circuit 57 and a pyroelectric type. A relay contact 61a that is turned on in response to the non-contact state detecting means constituted by the infrared sensor 11a, a relay contact 61c that is turned on in response to the handle rotation device detection switch SW1, and a touch detection unit 5.
Of the relay contact 61b which is turned on in response to the contact state detecting means constituted by 8 and the touch terminal 9 and the relay contact 61d which is turned on in response to the hitting ball detecting means 65, the relay contact 61a and the remaining three Relay contact 6
One or a plurality of relay contacts selected from 1b to 61d are connected in series to the power supply line 62 of the ball striking motor M1.

According to the configuration of FIG. 8A, all of the non-contact state detecting means (57, 11a), the handle rotation device detecting switch SW1, the contact state detecting means (58, 9) and the hitting ball detecting means 65 are provided. It is possible to turn on the power to the ball hitting motor M1 only when the detection operation is performed.

The configuration of FIG. 8 (b) relates to the invention described in the claims, and is a non-contact state detecting means (57) on the power supply line 62 of the hitting motor M1 for performing the determination control based on the CPU 52. , 11a) and relay contacts 61a and 61c driven by the steering wheel turning device detection switch SW1 are connected in series.

According to the configuration shown in FIG. 8C, the non-contact state detecting means (57, 11a), the handle turning device detection switch SW1 and the contact state detecting means (58, 9) respectively perform the detecting operation. Only in this case, the power for the ball hitting motor M1 can be turned on.

According to the configuration shown in FIG. 8D, the non-contact state detecting means (57, 11a) and the contact state detecting means (5).
It is possible to turn on the power to the ball hitting motor M1 when each of the detecting operations is performed by each of 8, 9).

According to the structure shown in FIG. 8E, the hit ball is hit only when the non-contact state detecting means (57, 11a), the handle turning device detecting switch SW1 and the hitting detecting means 65 respectively perform the detecting operation. The power supply for the motor M1 can be turned on.

According to the configuration shown in FIG. 9A, the non-contact state detecting means (57, 11a) and the contact state detecting means (5)
8 and 9) and the hitting ball detection means 65 respectively perform the detection operation, the power for the ball hitting motor M1 can be turned on.

According to the structure shown in FIG. 9B, the hitting motor M1 is powered on only when both the non-contact state detecting means (57, 11a) and the hitting detecting means 65 perform the detecting operation. Can be done.

[0057]

According to the hitting ball launching device of the present invention, only when the player is facing the pachinko machine and playing the game, and the ball hitting handle of the pachinko machine is appropriately operating the elastic force adjustment, Since a hitting ball launching device that launches a pachinko ball toward the game board is activated, an illegal act such as giving an object having an electrostatic capacity equivalent to that of the human body to the hitting ball handle and keeping the touch terminal in the detection state is performed. In this case, even if the hit ball handle is maintained in the operated state, an illegal game action or an abnormal game state in which the game ball is ejected even if the player is not facing the pachinko machine and playing Can be prevented.

Further, the handle operation detecting means is a contact state detecting means for detecting the operation of the player on the elastic force adjusting handle in a contact state, and the operation rotation amount of the elastic force adjusting handle is a predetermined ball elastic force. By setting the handle rotation operation detecting means for detecting that the predetermined rotation amount determined corresponding to the force is reached, an appropriate elastic force of the game ball that can reach the game board is set. Before, the ball blasting action of the game ball does not start, so the annoyance that the game ball is wasteful for the player is eliminated,
For the hall side, the batting ball launcher will not be activated in the state where the appropriate elastic force of the game ball is not set, so that power will not be wastefully consumed and the power consumption will be saved. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main part of a hit ball launching device.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a main part of a hit ball launching device.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an elastic force adjusting mechanism of the hitting ball launching device when a steering wheel turning operation is detected.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a main part showing a control system of a hit ball launching device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an essential part of an island showing another embodiment of the player detecting means.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a main part of processing by a CPU provided in the hitting ball launching device.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the relay contact in the power supply unit of the hitting motor of the hitting ball launching device.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing still another embodiment of the relay contact in the power supply unit of the ball striking motor of the ball striking device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 2 Front frame 3 Game board 4 Gold frame 5 Mounting plate 6 Ball dispensing port 7 Upper plate 8 Hitting ball handle 9 Touch terminal 10 Lower plate 11 Player detection means 11a Pyroelectric infrared sensor 11b Ultrasonic sensor 11c Photo sensor 12 Ball striking device 13 Rotating handle 14 Operation shaft 15 Substrate 16 Case 17 Through hole 18 Cam plate 18a Extending portion 18b Circular arc peripheral portion 19 Actuating piece 20 Ball striking rod 21 Driven lever portion 23 Driven lever portion 23 Cam follower 24 Locking portion 25 Spring for spring 26 Stopper 27 Stopper 28 Base 29 Sliding plate 30 Connecting pin 31 Locking part 32 Columnar protrusion 33 Mounting flange plate 34 Motor shaft 35 Cam 36 Elastic force adjusting mechanism 37 Driven link 38 Connecting rod 39 Support shaft Pin 40 Driven roller 41 Coupling pin 42 Spindle pin 43 Coupling pin 44 Long hole 5 Actuator 46 Firing Part 47 Launching Rail 48 Ball Stopping Member 49 Hooking Rod 50 Interlocking Member 51 Linking Piece 52 CPU 53 ROM 54 RAM 55 Input / Output Section 56 Power Supply Section 57 Sensor Detection Circuit 58 Touch Detection Section 59 Relay Operation Circuit 60 Relay 61 Relay contact 62 Power supply line 63 Top plate 64 Seat 65 Hitting ball detection means SW1 Handle rotation operation detection switch P Game ball

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A player detecting means for detecting, in a non-contact state, that a player is facing a pachinko machine and playing a game, and detecting that a resilience adjusting handle of the pachinko machine is being operated. Only when the steering wheel operation detecting means and the player detecting means and the steering wheel operating detecting means are in the detecting state, the ball bullet that shifts the ball projecting device that repels the pachinko ball toward the game board to the startable state A hitting ball launching device in a pachinko machine, which is provided with a launching device starting means. 2. The handle operation detecting means detects a contact state of the player's operation of the elastic force adjusting handle in a contact state, and the operation rotation amount of the elastic force adjusting handle is predetermined. The hitting ball launching device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, further comprising a handle turning operation detecting means for detecting that a predetermined turning amount determined corresponding to a ball elastic force has been reached.