JPH0884852A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To increase the interest of a game by dropping a premium caught up with a crane on a movable carriage, introducing it from the movable carriage to a premium take-out part and supplying a chance to acquire the premium not being introduced to the take-up part by introducing it to the movable carriage again. CONSTITUTION: A player operates the crane 21, aiming a favorite premium 53 on a premium board 14 moving rotatably, then, catches it. After the operation to catch the premium 53 is completed, the crane 21 is moved to the movable carriage 18. and the premium 53 drops on the movable carriage 18 at the timing of the player. The movable carriage 18 is reciprocated in a direction of arrowhead, and extrudes a dropped premium 53 to a partition 20, and drops it on the premium take-out part via a thrust down part 18c and an entry opening part 15. While, the premium 53 dropping in the direction of stranding part 18b is held between a stranding part 18b moving sideways and a wall part 19, then, it is stranded on the movable carriage 18 again. In this way, the chance to acquire the premium can be provided again.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine which can be easily installed in a game center or a supermarket store, and which picks up a prize placed on a prize stand with a crane and takes it out from a prize outlet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, conventional game machines of this type are
It was a form that grabs a favorite prize with a crane from a prize stand on which a lot of prizes are placed, guides it to the prize outlet, and takes it out from here.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned game machine, whether or not a prize can be won is determined only by the skill of operating a simple crane, which is not interesting as a game. was there.

In view of such drawbacks of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to drop a prize that has been picked up by a crane onto a moving table, guide it further from the moving table to a prize taking-out part, and give a prize that cannot be led to the taking-out part. It is to provide a game machine that is more interesting as a game by guiding it again on the moving table and giving another chance.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the gist of the present invention is to provide a donut-shaped prize stand on which a prize is placed and rotated, and an entrance opening located at the center of the prize stand. With a prize takeout part that is lined up to the lower front,
A lid member that closes the entrance opening of the prize take-out portion, a movable table that is arranged at an upper part separated from the prize table by a predetermined distance and reciprocates in the left-right direction, and a front surface orthogonal to the moving direction of the movable table In a direction, a partition plate provided at a position allowing a movement of the movable table and facing the wall portion, and a prize from the prize table on the movable table. The crane comprises a crane for picking up and lifting, and the tip of the moving table has a riding portion inclined in a wedge shape and a protruding portion inclined in a wedge shape and curved. Further, a film member is attached to the end of the horizontal moving table.

Further, a prize take-out portion which is continuously provided from an entrance opening located at the center of the prize stand to a lower part of the front, a lid member which closes the entrance opening of the prize take-out portion, and a predetermined distance from the prize stand. A movable table which is disposed on the upper part and is reciprocated in the left-right direction, and a wall portion which is disposed at a predetermined interval in the front direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the movable table,
The crane for picking up the prize from the prize stand on the moving stand is arranged substantially symmetrically on the left and right sides of the partition plate.

[0007]

In the game machine according to the present invention, the prize that has been picked up by the crane is dropped onto the moving table, and further guided from the moving table to the prize taking-out section, and the prize that could not be led to the taking-out section is again guided to the moving table. You can give a chance to win a prize.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of a game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the game machine, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of essential parts of the game machine.
The game machine includes an operation unit 11 arranged in front of the main body 10.
It is composed of a prize outlet 12 arranged under the operation portion 11, a transparent cover 13 attached to the upper part of the main body 10, and respective operating mechanisms arranged inside the transparent cover 13.

The operating mechanism is a donut-shaped prize stand 14 on which prizes are placed and rotated, and a prize take-out section 1 continuously provided from an entrance opening 15 located at the center of the prize stand 14 to a lower front portion.
6, a lid member 17 that closes the entrance opening 15 of the prize take-out portion 16, and a moving table 18 that is disposed above the prize table 14 by a predetermined distance and reciprocates in the left-right direction.
The wall portion 19 arranged at a predetermined interval in the front direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving table 18, the partition plate 20 arranged on the rear surface of the moving table 18 in the moving direction, and the prize stand 14
And a crane 21 for picking up a prize on a moving table.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the prize stand 14 has a donut shape having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is rotatably supported by a flange 14a vertically provided at the bottom. Further, the flange 14a is rotationally driven by a drive roller 24 driven by a gear device 23 connected to the drive motor 22.
Further, the flange 14a has a tension roller 25 as shown in FIG. 7 urged by a spring 26 force to smooth the rotation of the prize stand 14.

In the above description, the prize stand 14 is driven by the drive roller 24, but other drive transmission mechanisms such as belt drive and gear drive may be used.

The prize take-out part 16 is continuously provided from the entrance opening 15 located at the center of the donut-shaped prize stand 14 to the prize take-out port 12 at the lower front portion.
A lid member 17 is attached to the member 5 so as to be openable and closable. The lid member 17 is controlled to open when a coin is inserted into the operation unit 11 and the game starts, and to close when the game ends. The lid member 17 is opened and closed by, for example, a solenoid 27 or the like.

The moving table 18 is driven by an eccentric cam 29 and a crank 30 so as to move in parallel to the prize outlet 12 on the base 28 in the left-right direction as shown in FIGS. In addition, the shaft 31 that drives the eccentric cam 29 is driven by the drive motor 22 that rotationally drives the prize stand 14 described above to the gear 3
It is driven by a shaft 33 branched via 2. Therefore, the prize stand 14 and the moving stand 18 are combined into one drive motor 2
2 driven simultaneously.

The drive of the movable table 18 is not limited to the crank type, but may be reciprocated by a cam type or another drive type.

Further, the wedge-shaped tip 1 of the movable table 18
A film member 34 is attached to 8a, folded back at an opening 28a formed in a part of the base 28, and tensioned by a spring 35 under the base 28 (see FIG. 8). Therefore, the film member 34 does not wrinkle due to the movement of the movable base 18, and the movable base 1
Follow the move of 8.

The tip of the movable table 18 has a riding portion 18b inclined in a wedge shape and a pushing-out portion 1 inclined in a wedge shape and curved.
8c. The riding portion 18b is formed in parallel with a wall portion 19 provided on the front surface at a predetermined interval. Further, the protruding portion 18c is curved from the end of the riding portion 18b toward the inlet opening 15 as shown in FIG.

Here, the base 28 that supports the movable table 18 is
As shown in FIG. 2, it is fixedly supported by a column 35 extending from the main body 10. Further, the partition plate 20 is arranged at a predetermined interval on the movable table 18 by a member (not shown) fixed to the base 28 (see FIG. 8).

The crane 21 is disposed above the movable table 18 and is supported by a drive motor 36 by a gear 37 and arms 38, 39 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the crane 21 automatically sets the position at which the prize is picked up from the prize base 14 and the position at which the crane 21 is dropped onto the moving base 18 by the arms 38 and 39, as shown in FIG.

As for the opening / closing operation of the crane 21, as shown in FIG. 5, a columnar cam 55 is rotationally driven by a drive motor (not shown) so that a link mechanism consisting of a pair of short links 56 and long links 57 is attached to a spring 58. It is compressed against the biasing force, and the long bar 5
The claws 59 fixed to the tips of 7 are opened and closed. Figure 5
(A) shows the case where the columnar cam 55 is in the closed position, and the claw 59 is automatically closed by the urging force of the spring 58. Further, FIG. 5B shows a case where the columnar cam 55 is at the open position, and the claw 59 opens against the biasing force of the spring 58 according to the compressed link mechanism.

9 and 10 show another embodiment of the opening / closing mechanism of the crane 21. Here, the opening / closing mechanism 40 is
Crankshaft 42 fixed to the rotation shaft of geared motor 41
And a bell crank 44 connected via a connecting rod 43 and a pantograph mechanism 45.

The pantograph mechanism 45 includes a roller 4 at the upper end.
6 and a pair of short links 47, 47 and long links 48, 48, and claws 49 are attached to the tips of the long links 48, respectively. The opening / closing mechanism 40 configured in this way rotates the geared motor 41 to rotate the crankshaft 4
2 is rotated and the bell crank 44 is rotated. When the bell crank 44 rotates, the pantograph mechanism 45 moves to the position shown in FIG.
As shown in 0, the claw 49 fixed by the long bar 48 is compressed and opened against the spring 48a.

Further, the geared motor 41 is connected to the crankshaft 42.
When the pantograph mechanism 45 is in the extended position by rotating, the claw 49 is automatically closed by the biasing force of the spring 48a. Therefore, when the prize is grabbed, only the spring force is required, so that the geared motor 41 will not be overloaded even if it is used for a long time.

The operation section 11 includes a coin insertion slot 50a, a return lever 50b, a coin return slot 51, and a crane operation button 52.
The prize take-out port 12 is arranged below the operation unit 11.

The operation of the game machine configured as above will be described. First, when the main switch is turned on, the drive motor 22 starts to rotate, the prize table 14 rotates, and the movable table 18 reciprocates laterally. Next, the player inserts a coin into the coin insertion slot 50a. Then, the lid member 17 is opened and the crane 21 can be operated. The player operates the crane 21 as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 3 to grab a desired prize on the rotating and moving prize stand 14 and grabs the prize.

When the crane 21 finishes the operation of grasping the prize, the crane 21 returns to the position shown by the solid line in FIG.
The prize is dropped on the moving table 18. The operator can freely select the timing of the fall. At this time, the moving table 18
Reciprocates in the directions indicated by the arrows in FIGS. 3 and 8.
The prize dropped on the movable table 18 is pushed out by the partition plate 20 as the movable table 18 moves, and falls in the direction of the thrusting portion 18c. The prize which has fallen in the direction of the pushing-down portion 18c further drops into the entrance opening 15 and the prize taking-out portion 1
It can be taken out from the prize outlet 12 via 6.

The prize dropped toward the riding portion 18b of the moving table 18 moves laterally to the riding portion 18b.
It is sandwiched between the wall portion 19 and the wall portion 19, and rides on the moving table 18 again. In this way, even a prize that has once dropped in the direction of the riding portion 18b can get another chance by riding on the moving table 18 again. Therefore, the enjoyment of the game can be increased.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but various modifications can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention.

[0028]

As described above, in the game machine according to the present invention, a donut-shaped prize stand on which a prize is placed and rotated, and an entrance opening located at the center of the prize stand to a lower part of the front face are continuously provided. The prize take-out section, a lid member that closes the entrance opening of the prize take-out section, a movable table that is arranged on the upper part separated from the prize table by a predetermined distance and reciprocates in the left-right direction, and a movement of the movable table. A wall portion arranged at a predetermined interval in the front direction orthogonal to the direction, a partition plate arranged at a position permitting the movement of the movable table and facing the wall portion, and from the prize stand It is composed of a crane that picks up a prize on a moving table, and the tip of the moving table has a riding portion inclined in a wedge shape and a protruding portion curved in a wedge shape and curved, which makes the game more interesting. , Move the prize grabbed with a crane Dropped on, guides the moving base addition to the prize take-out section, the prize that was not Michibike to the take-out unit again, it is possible to provide a re-chance guided on the moving platform.

Further, when the film member is attached to the tip of the horizontal moving table, the prize can be surely pushed down without being crushed by being caught between the riding portion and the base. Further, a prize taking-out portion continuously provided from an entrance opening located at the center of the prize stand to a lower part of the front surface, a lid member closing the entrance opening of the prize taking-out part, and a predetermined distance from the prize stand. And a wall part disposed on the upper part and reciprocating in the left-right direction, a wall part provided at a predetermined interval in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the moving table, and a prize on the moving table on the moving table. What is a crane that can be picked up in
Since the partitions are arranged symmetrically on the left and right sides, two people can play side by side even in a relatively small installation space.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of a game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the game machine.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an essential part of the game machine.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a crane mechanism used in the game machine.

FIG. 5A is an explanatory diagram showing a crane mechanism used in the game machine, and FIG. 5B is an explanatory diagram showing an opened state of the crane mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a position movement mechanism of a crane mechanism used in the game machine.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a tension roller portion of a prize stand used in the game machine.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a movable table used in the same gaming machine.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment showing the crane mechanism used in the game machine.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment showing a crane mechanism used in the same gaming machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 main body 11 operation part 12 prize take-out port 13 transparent cover 14 prize stand 14a flange 15 entrance opening 16 prize take-out part 17 lid member 18 moving table 18a tip 18b riding part 18c thrust part 19 wall part 20 partition plate 21 crane 22 drive Motor 23 Gear device 24 Drive roller 25 Tension roller 26 Spring 27 Solenoid 28 Base 29 Eccentric cam 30 Crank 31 Shaft 32 Gear 33 Shaft 34 Film member 35 Strut 36 Drive motor 37 Gear 38, 39 Arm 40 Opening / closing mechanism 41 Geared motor 42 Crankshaft 43 Connecting rod 44 Bell crank 45 Pantograph mechanism 46 Roller 47 Short section 48 Long section 49 Claw 50a Coin slot 50b Return lever 51 Coin return slot 52 Crane operation button 53 Article 55 cylindrical cam 56 short clause 57 long-pitch 58 spring 59 claw 60 axis

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A donut-shaped prize stand on which a prize is placed and rotated, a prize taking-out section continuously provided from an entrance opening located at the center of the prize stand to a lower front portion, and an entrance opening of the prize taking-out section. A lid member to be closed, a movable table arranged at an upper part separated from the prize table by a predetermined distance and reciprocating in the left-right direction, and arranged at a predetermined interval in a front direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the movable table. And a partition plate disposed at a position permitting the movement of the moving table and facing the wall section, and a crane for picking up a prize from the prize table on the moving table, A game machine characterized in that a tip of the movable table has a riding portion inclined in a wedge shape and a protruding portion inclined in a wedge shape and curved. 2. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein a film member is attached to the tip of the horizontal movable table. 3. A prize take-out portion that is continuously provided from an entrance opening located at the center of the prize stand to a lower part of the front surface, a lid member that closes the entrance opening of the prize take-out portion, and a predetermined portion from the prize stand. A movable table which is arranged at an upper part separated by a distance and reciprocates in the left-right direction, a wall portion which is arranged at a predetermined interval in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the movable table, and a prize is provided from the prize table. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the crane picked up on the moving table is disposed substantially symmetrically on the left and right sides of the partition plate.