JPH0847578A - Firing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly and continuously fire bullets at high speed by providing an object to be ejected supplying part for a target shooting game machine, the object guiding part for temporarily waiting the object, driving part, air blowing part for pushing out the object and ejecting part for canceling the object guiding part, and ejecting the object. CONSTITUTION:Bullets are stored in a hopper part 18, a bullet supplying part 17 is provided with a sensor 17a, opening/closing part 17b, solenoid 17c and spring 17b, and the sensor 17a detects the supply of bullets to the bullet supplying part 17 and the clogging of bullets in the hopper part. When the opening/ closing part 17b is driven, the bullet falls from a path 18a down to the bullet supplying part 17. The upper edge part of the driven opening/closing part 17b is returned to left again by the energizing force of the spring 17d. Thus, the bullet is sent to a blower 17e. The blower 17e is linked with a firing part 12 by a path 19, pushes out the bullet through the path 19 to the firing part 12 by blowing air out and pushes it out by using two ejection rollers 12h.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a launching device used in a shooting game machine for hitting an object to be ejected to a target placed at a predetermined distance from the target and ejecting the object to be ejected.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been known a shooting game machine in which a player uses a cork, a table tennis ball, or the like as a bullet to aim at a prize, and the player obtains a prize which is hit or fallen or dropped. A launching device for launching a bullet used in a shooting game machine is, for example, a hopper storing the bullet and the vicinity of the launch position of the bullet are connected by a passage, and the bullet is a lightweight ball such as a table tennis ball. When it is a thing, it has the structure which supplies a bullet from the hopper part to the vicinity of the launch position by the wind force.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional launching device, when one bullet is hit, a new bullet is replenished each time, so that about two consecutive shots are made per second. The firing was the limit, and it was not possible to continuously fire the bullets faster than that. Furthermore, when firing bullets continuously, it was difficult to fire the bullets smoothly. Further, it is difficult to keep the interval at which the bullets are sent from the hopper constant, and thus it is difficult to keep the interval at which the bullets are fired constant.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a launching device capable of continuously firing bullets smoothly and at high speed.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 is used in a shooting game machine in which an object to be ejected hits a target installed at a predetermined distance, A launching device for launching a body, which temporarily stands by for an ejected body supply section (18a, 17, 19, etc.) for supplying the ejected body and an ejected body supplied by the ejected body supply section. The ejected body guide portion (12f, 12i, etc.) to be driven, the first drive portion (12e) for supplying a driving force for driving the ejected body guide portion, and the ejected body guide portion from the rear side. A blower part (17e) for pushing out the object to be ejected standing by in the object guide part for ejecting in the direction of ejection of the object and one object to be ejected carried out by releasing the object guide part for object to be ejected. It is characterized by including an injection part (12g, 12h, etc.).

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the launching device according to the first aspect, the ejected body guide portion includes an arm portion (12f) swingably provided in a guide direction of the ejected body. The arms are alternately rotated in a direction opposite to the swinging direction,
And a carry-out body (12i) for supporting one ejected body by the rotation and carrying it out to the ejection portion side.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the launching device according to the first or second aspect, there is provided a detection section (12d) for detecting an ejected body blocked by the ejected body guiding section,
And a control unit (33) for controlling the number of the objects to be ejected blocked by the object-to-be-ejected guide unit based on the detection result of the detection unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the ejecting section has a pair of rollers arranged so as to sandwich the ejected body, and an ejection roller section (12h) for ejecting the ejected body by rotation thereof. A second driving unit (12g) for supplying a driving force for rotating the pair of rollers of the injection roller unit
And characterized in that:

[0009]

In the present invention, the ejected body supply section supplies the ejected body to the ejected body guide section. The object-to-be-injected guide makes the objects to be ejected stand by, and the ejecting part fires the objects to be ejected waiting in the object-to-be-injected guide one by one. Further, in the invention of claim 2, the ejected body is guided by the arm portion and the carry-out body. Further, in the invention of claim 3,
The control unit keeps the number of ejected objects blocked by the ejected member guide unit at a constant number. Furthermore, in the invention of claim 4, the object to be ejected is ejected by the ejection roller portion and the second drive portion. Therefore, the object to be ejected is continuously and smoothly fired.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of an embodiment of a shooting game machine according to the present invention. The shooting game machine 10 includes a target section 11 and a launching section 12 that launches a bullet toward the target section 11. Target part 1
Reference numeral 1 is a portion having a plurality of target placed prizes 11a. The firing unit 12 is provided at a position separated from the target unit 11 by a predetermined distance. The player is the launcher 12
Operate so as to shoot a bullet from and hit the prize 11a.

The prize transfer section 13 receives the prize 11a which is hit by a bullet and drops, and the prize outlet 1 located at the position of the player.
4 is to be transported. The display unit 15 displays, for example, the number of remaining bullets in the game, the remaining playing time, the fact that the bullets are ready to be fired, and the game is over. The speaker unit 16 outputs a predetermined sound during a game, when a bullet is fired from the firing unit 12, when the prize 11a falls, or the like.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing in detail one embodiment of the appearance of the firing section 12. The firing portion 12 has a shape like a barrel, and has an operation lever portion 12a, a tubular portion 12b, and a firing button 12c. The operation lever portion 12a is for the player to hold. Tube 1
2b is a portion from which a bullet is fired, and extends in the direction of the target portion 11. The firing button 12c is provided at the end of the operation lever portion 12a, and when it is turned on, a bullet is fired from the tubular portion 12b. The firing unit 12 is the tubular unit 1.
It is provided so that the direction of 2b can be moved up and down, forward and backward, and left and right with respect to the target portion 11 by a predetermined amount.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an embodiment of the internal construction of the projecting section 12, the bullet supplying section 17 and the hopper section 18 connected to the projecting section 12. In this embodiment, a table tennis ball is used as the bullet. The hopper portion 18 is a portion in which bullets are stored. The fired bullets are collected and supplied to the hopper section 18 again. The passage 18a extends from the hopper 18 to the bullet feeder 1
It is for supplying bullets to 7.

The bullet supply unit 17 is the sensor 1 in this case.
7a, opening / closing part 17b, solenoid 17c, spring 1
7d and. The sensor 17a is used to detect that a bullet has been supplied to the bullet supply unit 17, and
It is for detecting the clogging of 8 bullets. The solenoid 17c is for driving the opening / closing part 17b. The opening / closing part 17b has its upper end first driven rightward in the drawing. As a result, the bullet drops from the passage 18a to the bullet supply unit 17. The upper end of the driven opening / closing part 17b is returned to the left again again by the urging force of the spring 17d. Thereby, the bullet is sent to the blower 17e.
The blower 17e is connected to the launching section 12 through the passage 19, and ejects the wind to push the bullet through the passage 19 to the launching section 12.

The firing unit 12 includes a sensor 12d, a trigger unit 12A as an ejected member guide unit, and an injection roller 12
It has an injection part consisting of h and a drive motor 12g. The sensor 12d is for detecting the reserved bullets supplied to the trigger unit 12A. The trigger unit 12A is
It is composed of a solenoid 12e, an arm portion 12f, a bullet support portion (carrying body) 12i, and the like, and is for carrying out the bullet sent through the passage 19 to the ejection roller 12h side. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an embodiment of the drive motor 12g and the injection roller 12h. Two injection rollers 12h are installed at intervals so that a bullet can be held therebetween. Each injection roller 12h has a drive motor 12a.
g is directly connected. By the rotational drive of the drive motor 12g, each injection roller 12h is rotated in the opposite direction, and the bullet is pushed out by its rotational force.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing in detail the operation of the trigger section 12A of the firing section 12. Further, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation following FIG. The trigger portion 12A has a solenoid 12e, and an arm portion 12f and a bullet support portion 12i driven by the solenoid 12e. Arm 12f
Is swingably supported with the fixed shaft 12f-1 as a fulcrum, and is connected to the drive shaft of the solenoid 12e. The bullet support portion 12i is rotatably supported with the fixed shaft 12i-1 as a fulcrum portion. The lower end portion of the arm portion 12f is formed in a substantially U shape, and this portion and the bullet support portion 12i
Is engaged with a shaft 12i-2 provided on the. With this configuration, the bullet support portion 12i is alternately rotated in a direction opposite to the swinging direction of the arm portion 12f. A spring 12j is provided on the drive shaft of the solenoid 12e to urge the arm 12f. Fire button 12 of the firing unit 12
When c (FIG. 2) is off, that is, when the solenoid 12e is off, the arm 12f and the bullet support 12i are
It is positioned as shown in FIG. 5A, and the bullet support portion 12i and the bullet 1a are in contact with each other. Therefore, although the wind is constantly discharged from the blower 17e (FIG. 3), the bullets 1a, 1b, ... Are blocked by the bullet support portion 12i against the wind force. As a result, the bullet is temporarily held.

When the solenoid 12e is turned on from the state shown in FIG. 5 (a), its drive shaft is driven in the direction in which the spring 12j contracts (leftward in the figure). Thereby, the arm 12
f and the bullet support portion 12i are fixed shafts 12f-1,
12i-1 is used as a fulcrum to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise in the figure, respectively. As a result, as shown in (b) in the figure, the bullet supporting portion 12i supports the bullet 1a and abuts on the bullet 1b.

When the arm portion 12f and the bullet support portion 12i are further rotated from this state, as shown in FIG. 6 (a),
The part on the right side of the bullet 1a of the bullet support portion 12i is
It is arranged outside the passage 19. As a result, the bullet 1a becomes movable in the right direction in the figure, and the driving force generated by the series of operations of the bullet support portion 12i causes the bullet 1a to move in the right direction (the ejection roller
2h side) and is fired from the firing unit 12. After that, when the solenoid 12e is turned off, the spring 1
Due to the urging force of 2j, the drive shaft of the solenoid 12e extends,
The arm portion 12f and the bullet support portion 12i are respectively rotated in the opposite directions to those described above (FIG. 6 (b)), and then returned to the position shown in FIG. 5 (a) again. At this time, the bullet 1a in FIG. 5A is the bullet 1b.

From the state shown in FIG. 5B, the state shown in FIG.
(A), and further, when moving to the state of FIG. 6 (b), the bullet support portion 12i and the bullet 1b are in contact with each other,
The contact surface of the bullet support portion 12i with the bullet 1b is formed in a substantially spherical shape, and the frictional force generated on the contact surface between them is very small. In addition, the bullet support 1 does not move the bullet 1b.
2i can be rotated. Therefore, the bullet support 12
i can rotate smoothly without load in the series of operations described above.

Next, the flow of operations in the game will be described. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of the game of the components shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the control device of the shooting game machine 10. In FIG. 8, the control device includes a CPU 31, and a control unit 33 and a storage unit 32 that are electrically connected to the CPU 31. The control unit 33 includes the sensor 12 described above.
d, sensor 17a, blower 17e, drive motor 12
g, the solenoid 12e, and the solenoid 17c are electrically connected. The CPU 31 controls the entire operation of the shooting game machine 10. Further, various controls of the shooting game machine 10 are executed by programs stored in the ROM in the storage unit 32.

In FIG. 7, first, when a coin is inserted in step 101, in the next step 102, wind is ejected from the blower 17e, and a bullet is supplied to the firing section 12. In the next step 103, the sensor 12d detects the held bullet, and when there is a shortage, step 104
A reserve bullet is added at, and the process proceeds to the next step 105 to start the game. When the game starts, the control unit 33
Is the number of times the bullet has been fired (ie solenoid 12e
When the number of times (for example, 5 shots) preset in the storage unit 32 is reached, the process proceeds to step 106 to end the game. Or, before that, the storage unit 3
Even when the time set to 2 (for example, 1 minute) has elapsed, the game is similarly ended. When the game ends in step 106, the sensor 1 is again detected in step 107.
The reserved bullet is detected by 2d, and when it is insufficient, the reserved bullet is added in step 108. Then, in step 109, the blower 17e is turned off.

Also, during the game, the sensor 12
In d, the reserved bullet is always detected. The number of reserved bullets in the embodiment is three. When a bullet is fired by the firing unit 12, the sensor 12d detects that the reserve bullet is insufficient. When the sensor 12d detects that the reserved bullets are insufficient, the control unit 33 immediately drives the solenoid 17c,
As described in FIG. 3, the bullet supply unit 17 supplies the bullet to the firing unit 12. Since this operation is performed in an instant, three bullets are always held in the firing unit 12. By controlling in this way, the bullets can be smoothly and continuously fired.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
Various modifications are possible without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, although the table tennis ball is used as the bullet in the embodiment, the bullet is not limited to this and may be another plastic hollow body (outer shape is not necessarily substantially spherical) that can be transferred by the blower 17e. Further, although the number of held bullets in the launching section 12 is set to three in the embodiment, it may be set to any number depending on the content of the game and the like. Furthermore, a bullet supply unit 17 is provided in the upper rear part of the trigger unit 12A so that the bullet is supplied to the trigger unit 12A.
The blower 17e may be made to flow down to A. In this case, the blower 17e is arranged from the rear of the trigger portion 12A toward the firing direction.

[0024]

According to the present invention, it is possible to keep the firing intervals of the objects to be ejected constant. Further, the object to be ejected can be continuously fired. Further, the object to be ejected can be smoothly fired.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of an embodiment of a shooting game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing in detail one embodiment of the appearance of a launching section 12. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a projecting section 12 and a bullet supplying section 1 connected to the projecting section 12.
It is a figure which shows one Example of the internal structure of 7 and the hopper part 18.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an embodiment of a drive motor 12g and an injection roller 12h.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing in detail the operation of the trigger unit 12A of the firing unit 12.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation following FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a game flow of the components shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a control device of the shooting game machine 10.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Launching Part 12A Trigger Part 12d Sensor 12e Solenoid 12f Arm Part 12i Bullet Support Part 12h Injection Roller 12g Drive Motor 17 Bullet Supply Part 17a Sensor 17b Opening / Closing Part 17c Solenoid 17d Spring 17e Blower 18 Hopper 18a, 19 Passage

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A launching device, which is used in a shooting game machine for hitting an object to be ejected to a target installed at a predetermined distance, for ejecting the object to be ejected, the object to be ejected supplying the object to be ejected. A body supply part, an ejected body guide part for temporarily waiting the ejected body supplied by the ejected body supply part, and a first driving force for driving the ejected body guide part. A drive unit, a blower unit that pushes out the object to be ejected that is on standby in the object guide unit from the rear of the object guide unit toward the firing direction of the object, and by releasing the object guide unit. An ejecting unit for ejecting one ejected object to be carried out. 2. The launching device according to claim 1, wherein the ejected body guide portion includes an arm portion swingably provided in a guide direction of the ejected body, and a swinging direction of the arm portion. Is carried out alternately in opposite directions, and the carrying-out body which carries out one carrying-out target object and carries it out to the ejection part side by the turning is provided. 3. The launching device according to claim 1, wherein a detection unit that detects the object to be ejected blocked by the object-to-be-ejected guide unit, and the detection unit based on the detection result of the detection unit. A launching device, comprising: a control unit that controls a fixed number of the objects to be ejected that are blocked by the object-to-be-ejected guide. 4. The firing device according to claim 1, wherein the ejection unit has a pair of rollers arranged so as to sandwich the ejection target, and the rotation of the pair causes the ejection target to be fired. A launching device comprising: an injection roller unit; and a second drive unit that supplies a driving force for rotating a pair of rollers of the injection roller unit.