JPH085744Y2 - Variable winning device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an improvement of a variable winning device of a pachinko machine, which is provided with a light decoration effect by using an optical fiber.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a ball receiving member that can be changed between a first state in which it is difficult to receive a hit ball and a second state in which it is easy to receive a hit ball is provided. An example of a variable winning device that is applied is disclosed in
The one described in 63-40587 is known.

In this conventional variable winning device, a ball receiving member is formed of a translucent synthetic resin in a hollow shape with an open rear surface, and a tube portion is formed on the back surface of a mounting substrate, and a focusing end portion of an optical fiber is formed in the tube portion. Is inserted so that the light emitting end face is exposed to the inside of the hollow of the ball receiving member.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in a large-sized variable winning device in which a ball receiving member is converted into a first state and a second state by an electric drive source such as a solenoid, Since the moving range is large, it is difficult to provide the optical fiber fixedly on the mounting substrate and always correspond to the ball receiving member.

Therefore, in the case of such a large-sized variable winning device, it is considered that the optical fiber is directly attached to the ball receiving member. However, if the optical fiber is mounted at a position distant from the axis of the ball receiving member, it may be pulled or bent with the movement of the ball receiving member, which may cause twisting or disconnection. I couldn't.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a variable winning device for a pachinko machine, which can prevent the optical fiber from being twisted or broken and which can lighten the ball receiving member with the optical fiber.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a ball receiving member axially mounted on the surface of a mounting substrate, and an electric drive source is connected to the ball receiving member to hit a ball. In a variable winning device for converting a ball into a first state in which it is difficult to receive a ball and a second state in which it is easy to receive a hit ball, a shaft of the ball receiving member is formed into a hollow cylindrical shape having a through hole at its center, and a plurality of optical fibers are formed. Is drawn out from the rear end of the shaft, the plurality of optical fibers are dispersed and disposed on almost the entire ball receiving member, and each light emitting end face is fixed to the ball receiving member.

[Operation] The optical fiber always moves integrally with the ball receiving member around the axis of the ball receiving member. For this reason, the optical fiber is prevented from being pulled or bent and reliably prevents twisting and disconnection.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a variable winning device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a rear view, and FIG. 3 is a side view in a state of being attached to a game board. In the variable winning device a, the ball receiving members 2, 2 are axially mounted so as to oppose each other on the front surface of the mounting substrate 1 mounted on the surface of the game board b, and below the mounting substrate 1 located between the both ball receiving members 2, 2. A plurality of winning holes 3 are formed in the section. The ball receiving members 2 and 2 have shafts 4 and 4 fixed in the middle of their lengths, and are rotatably attached to the front surface of the mounting substrate 1 by the shafts 4 and 4, and project to the rear surface side of the mounting substrate 1. The link members 5, 5 and the connecting member 6 are attached to the shaft ends of the shafts 4, 4.
An electric drive source, for example, a solenoid 7 is connected via. Therefore, when the solenoid 7 is demagnetized, the spring 9 wound around the plunger 8 urges both ball receiving members 2 and 2 upright as shown by the solid line in FIG. Becomes On the other hand, when the solenoid 7 is excited, the plunger 8 is attracted upward, whereby the ball receiving members 2, 2 rotate through the connecting member 6 and the link members 5, 5 as shown by the chain line in FIG. Is converted to a second state that is easy to accept.

Accordingly, in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the shaft 4 of the ball receiving member 2 is formed into a hollow cylindrical shape having a through hole 10 at the center, and a plurality of optical fibers 11 are provided from the rear end thereof. It is inserted into the through hole 10 and pulled out from the front end of the shaft 4. Then, the plurality of optical fibers 11 are distributed and disposed on almost the entire ball receiving member 2. On the other hand, the ball receiving member 2 is formed in a hollow shape with an open rear surface, and the optical fiber 11 is formed on the front surface portion 2a thereof.
A plurality of holes 12 each having a size substantially equal to the diameter of the optical fiber 11 are bored along the pattern drawn on the surface, and the light emitting end face of the optical fiber 11 is inserted into each hole 12. The light receiving end surface of the optical fiber 11 is focused and fixed by using a bush 13, and the focusing portion is exposed to the light source portion 14 attached at an appropriate position such as the back surface of the game board b.
As shown in FIG. 6, the light source portion 14 is composed of a lamp 15, a color disc 16 and a driving source 17 for the same.

Therefore, the lighting of the lamp 15 of the light source portion 14 and the color disc
The rotation of 16 makes it possible to give a beautiful light decoration effect to almost the entire ball receiving member 2 by the change of various lights emitted from the light emitting end surface of the optical fiber 11 exposed on the front surface 2a of the ball receiving member 2. The optical fiber 11 is integrated with the ball receiving member 2 without being bent even when the ball receiving member 2 is converted from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state by driving the solenoid 7. Since it moves by moving it, it is possible to completely eliminate accidents such as twisting and disconnection.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which the ball receiving member 2 is formed in a hollow shape with a synthetic resin having a light transmitting property, and a light emitting end face of each optical fiber 11 is attached to a panel 18 provided inside the hollow. It is arranged so as to be diffused in a pattern. In the case of this embodiment, the light of the optical fiber 11 is embossed in a pattern from the front surface of the ball receiving member 2 so that an unprecedented aesthetic appearance can be exhibited.

[Advantage of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the shaft of the ball receiving member is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape having a through hole at the center, and the optical fiber is inserted from the rear end of the shaft into the through hole. By adopting a configuration in which the light emitting end face is attached to the ball receiving member, the optical fiber can be moved integrally with the ball receiving member, so that twisting and disconnection can be prevented more effectively.

Also, by disposing a plurality of optical fibers in a distributed manner over almost the entire ball receiving member, almost the entire ball receiving member can be made to shine beautifully, and the light decoration effect can be remarkably enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a variable winning device, FIG. 2 is a rear view, FIG. 3 is a side view, and FIG.
2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a ball receiving member, FIG. 6 is a side view showing a light source portion as a partial cross section, and FIG. 7 is another embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the ball receiving member of FIG. 1 ... Mounting board, 2, 2 ... Ball receiving member, 4, 4 ... Shaft, 10 ... Through hole,
11 ... optical fiber.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ball receiving member is axially attached to a surface of a mounting substrate by an axis.
In a variable winning device in which an electric drive source is connected to the ball receiving member to convert the ball into a first state where it is difficult to receive a hit ball and a second state where it is easy to receive a ball, in which the axis of the ball receiving member is centered. The optical fiber is formed into a hollow cylindrical shape having a through hole, and a plurality of optical fibers are inserted from the rear end of the shaft into the through hole and pulled out from the front end, and the plurality of optical fibers are dispersed and disposed almost all over the ball receiving member. In addition, a variable winning device for a pachinko machine, characterized in that each light emitting end face is fixed to a ball receiving member.