JPS63296781A - Crane game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to improvements in crane play equipment.

[Conventional technology]

A crane movably provided within the housing is operated to grab the prizes scattered inside a case having a transparent wall portion, and while the prizes are being grabbed, the crane is moved and the prizes are dropped into the prize payout port. 2. Description of the Related Art Crane game devices that take out prizes from outside the housing are well known and are installed in various places including game centers and the like.

Also, it is known that a single amusement machine is equipped with a plurality of crane devices, but the conventional one is simply a wide amusement machine with a plurality of crane devices arranged side by side. Even if a large number of players can play the game at the same time, they will need to line up in front of the game equipment, which requires a large floor space for installation, and the game There were also major restrictions on the layout of the venue.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The present invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to suspend each crane in a crane play device in which a plurality of cranes are installed in the housing. To provide a crane game device with extremely high operating efficiency that allows a plurality of players to play at the same time without the wires connecting the cranes and the cords connecting each crane and a control device getting entangled with each other during the game.

[Means for solving problems]

The purpose of the above is to provide a play platform equipped with a canopy, a tower-shaped protrusion in the center, rotatably installed in the center of the play platform, and prizes placed around the protrusion. a prize stand which is movable along a path that traverses the movement path of the prizes on the prize stand, and which is capable of stopping at a desired position on the path, and is also movable up and down; a plurality of crane devices that are suspended from the canopy and that, when they come into contact with a prize placed on the prize stand, can grasp the prize, hang it, transport it to a desired position, and release it, and each of the above crane devices; A plurality of sets of fee input slots provided correspondingly, a control command signal generation device operated by the player, a prize payout port provided corresponding to the prize discharging position of the crane device, and the control command device according to a predetermined program. This is achieved by a crane play device comprising devices that control the movement, elevation, and opening/closing of the corresponding cranes in response to control command signals sent from the cranes.

[For production]

By configuring as described above, in a crane play device with multiple cranes installed inside the housing, the wires suspending each crane and the cords connecting each crane and the control device can be connected to each other during play. Because it doesn't get tangled,
A plurality of players can play at the same time, and the operating efficiency of the crane amusement device can be greatly improved.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, details of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is an explanatory external view showing one embodiment of the crane play device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a top view showing the configuration of the catcher movement control mechanism provided on the canopy, and Fig. 3 is the above-mentioned FIGS. 4 and 5 are side views showing the structure of the catcher movement control mechanism, and FIGS. FIG. 7 is a top view showing the configuration of the prize stand.

First, the explanation will be given with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a crane play device, 2 is a canopy, 3 is a play table, 3a is a board, 4.5.6 and 7 are catchers, 8.
9.10 and 11 are pipes that support the catchers 4.5.6 and 7; 12 is a rotatably supported prize stand;
13 is a transparent plate forming the outer peripheral wall surface on the prize stand 12;
14. 14 is a prize, 15 is a tower-shaped protrusion, 16 and 17 are pillars, 18 is a prize outlet, 19 is a charge slot, 20 is a charge display plate, and 21 is a coin canceller.

Thus, in the crane play device 1, four supports 16 and 17 (however, the other two supports are hidden and cannot be seen in the drawing) stand up on the base plate 3a of the play table 3, and A canopy 2 is mounted, and a glass or transparent plastic plate is fitted between the four pillars, so that the prize stand 12 can be seen from the outside.

A hole for rotatably accommodating the prize stand 12 is formed approximately at the center of the substrate 3a, and the prize stand 12 is accommodated in the hole.

A tower-shaped projection 15 is provided at the center of the prize stand 12, and the outer periphery of the prize stand 12 is covered with a thin transparent plastic plate 13 having a constant height.

The prize stand 12 is formed into a cylindrical shape with an open top and a transparent outer circumferential surface, and various prizes 14, 14 are housed inside.

A plurality of catchers 4.5.6 and 7 are supported by wires from the canopy 2 via pipes 8.9.10 and 11, respectively, so as to be able to rise and fall.

There are prize payout ports 1 on each of the four sides of the outer periphery of the game machine 3.
8. Fee insertion hole 19, fee display plate 20, and coin cancellation port 21 (However, the fee insertion hole, prize payout port, fee display plate 20, and coin cancellation port 21 provided on the other three sides are hidden in the drawing. ), and push buttons 53 and 54 are provided at four locations on the outer periphery of the board 3a.
(However, the push buttons provided at the other three locations are hidden and cannot be seen in the drawing.) One of the push buttons provided on the outer periphery of the board 3a (in this case, the push button 53)
When you press , you can move the catcher corresponding to that pushbutton a certain distance within the plane, and when you press the other pushbutton 54, you can pull down the catcher that has been moved a predetermined distance within the plane. It is configured to be able to grasp the prizes 14.14 on the prize stand 12 rotating at a constant speed.

Therefore, catchers 4, 5, 6 and 7 are prizes 14, 14
When the catcher touches and grasps the prize 14.14, the catcher is pulled up and returned to the position at the start of the game, and the catcher is released and the prize 14.1 is grasped.
4 is inserted into one of the prize slots formed at the four corners of the board 3a and discharged to the prize payout slot.

Next, the configurations of the catcher movement control mechanism and the catcher elevating mechanism will be described based on FIGS. 2 to 5. Although the following explanation will be based on the catcher 4, the other catchers 5, 6 and 7 are also configured in the same manner as the catcher 4.

In Figures 2 to 5, 2a is a groove formed in the canopy 2;
2 is a column, 26 is a micro switch, 27 is a motor for raising and lowering the catcher, 29 is a self-propelling motor, 30 is a caster, 31 is a roller, 32 is a support plate, and wings are arm holders, 34 35 is a cam, 36 and 39 are pulleys, 3B and 39 are microswitches, 40 is a wire, 41 is a flexible cord, and 42 is a pressing plate.

One end of the arm 23 is rotatably supported by the support 22 fixed on the canopy 2 via an arm holder 33, etc., and a motor 2 for raising and lowering the catcher is attached to the free end of the arm.
7. The support plate 32 to which the self-propelled motor 29 and others are attached is fixed.

The press plate 42 is swingably supported, one end presses the contact of the microswitch 39, and the other end supports the tip of the pipe 8.

When the self-propelled motor 29 rotates in both forward and reverse directions, the roller 31 rotates accordingly, and the support plate 32 supported by the arm arm moves over the canopy 2, the pipe 8 It moves along the groove 28 formed in the canopy 2.

The movement angle of the arm 23 within a certain angular range within a plane is configured to be detected and controlled by microswitches 24.5 and 26.
detects the start position of the arm 23, and the microswitch 5 detects the final end of the movement position of the arm 23. Furthermore, when the push button 53 that moves the catcher 4 in the horizontal direction is momentarily pressed and released, the micro switch 24 moves the arm n to a position where the catcher 4 can aim at the prize 14.14 on the prize table. It is for moving. Therefore, even if the player accidentally touches the push button 20 and immediately releases the button after inserting a predetermined fee into the fee slot and is ready to play the game, the game can be started. It is designed so that you can enjoy it.

The catcher 4 is supported by a wire 40 via a pipe 8, and after the player presses a push button 53 to move the catcher 4 a certain distance within a plane, the player presses another push button 54 to rotate the wire drum 34. When the catcher 4 is moved, the wire 40 wound around the wire drum 34 is pulled out, and the catcher 4 is pulled down toward the prize stand 12 as shown in FIG.

Then, the wire 40 is pulled out from the wire drum 34, and the catcher 4 picks up the prize 14.14 on the prize stand 12.
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When the position is reached, the cam 35 is accordingly rotated clockwise, the cam 35 turns on the micro switch 38, and the micro switch notch 38 stops drawing out the wire 40 from the wire drum.

After that, the catcher 4 picks up the prize 14.14 on the prize stand 12.
When the prize 14.14 is grasped, the wire drum 34 is rotated in the opposite direction, and the wire 4
Winding up of 0 is started and prize 14.14 is hoisted up.

When the wire drum 34 starts winding the wire 40, the pulleys 36, 37 and the cam 35 are rotated in the opposite direction, and the catcher 4 comes into contact with the pipe 8, as shown in FIG. Both of them are pulled upwards as a unit, and the pipe 8 is pressed f! 42, the pressing plate 42 turns on the micro switch 39, and the micro switch 39 causes the wire drum 34 to turn on the wire 4.
0 is stopped, and hoisting of the prize by the catcher 4 is stopped.

Next, the configuration of the prize stand will be explained based on FIGS. 6 and 7.

In FIG. 6, the same numbers as those in FIGS. 1 to 5 indicate the same components, and 3b,
3c, 3d and 3e are formed at the four corners of the substrate 3a,
43 is a prize table drive motor, 44 is a drive roller, 45 and 46 are rollers, 47 is a support stand, 4B is a column, 49.50.51 and 52 are casters.

A hole is formed in the center of the prize stand 12 into which a post 48 provided on the support stand 47 is inserted.
2, a support 48 is inserted into the hole, and a driving roller 44 and a roller 4 connected to a motor 43 for driving a prize stand.
It is rotatably supported by 5.46.

When the prize stand driving motor 43 rotates and the drive roller 44 is rotated, the prize stand 12 rotates around the support 48 accordingly.

Therefore, the crane game device 1 according to the present invention is configured so that up to four players can play at the same time.
When the player inserts a predetermined fee into the fee insertion hole, the prize table 12 on which various prizes 14, 14 are placed is rotated. Therefore, each player presses one pushbutton to move the catcher to a desired position, and when the catcher reaches the desired position, returns the pushbutton to stop the catcher, and then presses the other pushbutton. Press the button to pull down the catcher, and the prize 14.14 is placed on the prize stand 12.
is held by the catcher.

In the conventionally known crane play device, the tower-shaped protrusion 15 as in the present invention was not provided in the center of the prize stand 12, so the prize stand 12 on which a plurality of catchers were rotating was not provided. If the catcher is pulled down at the same time, the wire supporting the catcher and the flexible cord connecting the catcher to the control device will rotate as the prize stand 12 rotates, and there is nothing to restrict this movement. As a result, the wires and flexible cords of adjacent catchers became entangled with each other, causing play to be interrupted and the staff having to untangle the wires each time.

However, in the present invention, since the tower-shaped protrusion 15 is provided in the center of the prize stand 12, even when a plurality of catchers are pulled down to the rotating prize stand 12, wires etc. Since the rotational movement of the flexible cord is largely restricted by the tower-shaped protrusion 15, the wires and the flexible cord are prevented from becoming entangled with each other.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, in a crane play device in which a plurality of cranes are provided in a housing, the wires suspending each crane and the control device are connected to each other. Since the connected cords are prevented from getting tangled with each other during the game, multiple players can play smoothly, and the crane M
This greatly improves the operating efficiency of the play equipment.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. That is, for example, in this embodiment, a tower-like projection is provided at the center of the prize stand 12, but the shape of the projection can be of various shapes as long as it can prevent the wire tower from becoming entangled. It is something. Further, although the number of catchers is four, the number can be increased or decreased as appropriate depending on the size of the device. In addition, the method of opening/closing the catcher, the method of moving it, the method of rotating the prize table, etc. encompasses all modifications that can be easily conceived by a person skilled in the art from the above description within the scope of the purpose of the present invention. It is something.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory external view showing one embodiment of the crane play device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a top view showing the configuration of the catcher movement control mechanism provided on the canopy, and Fig. 3 is the above-mentioned FIGS. 4 and 5 are side views showing the structure of the catcher movement control mechanism, and FIGS. FIG. 7 is a top view showing the configuration of the prize stand.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A play stand equipped with a canopy, and a prize stand that is provided with a tower-shaped projection in the center, is rotatably provided at the center of the play stand, and prizes are placed around the projection. and, suspended from the canopy of the play table so as to be movable along a path that crosses the movement path of the prizes on the prize stand, to be able to stop at a desired position on the path, and to be able to be raised and lowered. a plurality of crane devices capable of grasping and suspending a prize placed on the prize stand and transporting it to a desired position and releasing it when it comes into contact with the prize placed on the prize stand; A plurality of sets of fee input slots provided, a control command signal generation device operated by the player, a prize payout port provided corresponding to the prize discharging position of the crane device, and a prize sent from the control command signal according to a predetermined program. A crane play device comprising devices that control the movement, elevation, and opening/closing of corresponding cranes in response to control command signals.