KR101227868B1 - Puck drop game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The puck drop game machine of the present invention, a puck drop plate having a main body having a button for the user to operate, a puck inlet vertically disposed on the upper side of the main body, and a puck discharge port through which the puck is discharged; It is composed of a puck rotating plate rotatably disposed around the drop plate and a plurality of puck seated in the circumferential direction, and a sensing unit for detecting the puck falling through the puck inlet by detecting the rotation position of the puck rotating plate. You can meet the fun of game consoles by offering different rewards for each puck.

Description

Puck drop game machine {PUCK DROP GAME MACHINE}

The present invention relates to a puck drop game machine.

In general, a puck drop game machine (medal game machine) has a built-in medal circulator, in which the puck falls and comes into contact with any one of a plurality of sensors, and scores according to the signal of the contacted sensor. It is configured to proceed with the game method, such as to proceed, the additional game, or receive a prize. Medal circulating device according to the prior art is provided with a medal drop plate having a plurality of collision pins in the center of the body, as described in the application invention (Patent Publication 10-2005-0065467), the mounting groove on the outer circumference of the medal drop plate Is formed. The medal rotation rotating plate is inserted into the mounting groove so as to be rotatable, and the medal circular rotating plate is formed with a continuous semi-circular medal feeding groove.

On the medal circulation rotating plate, a medal circulation path is formed along the passage between the projecting piece and the transfer groove formed around the medal drop plate.

The medal drop plate is discharged through the medal discharge path while the medal is naturally dropped along the medal drop path when the medal is introduced through the medal input path formed on the upper side.

At this time, the medals dropped into the medal discharge path is continuously seated one by one in the medal conveying groove of the rotating medal circulation rotating plate, and the medal inserted into the medal conveying groove is raised along the medal circulation path along with the rotating medal circulation rotating plate. It has a medal circulation structure that is introduced one by one through the medal channel.

However, since the medal game machine according to the prior art as described above only performs the medal circulation function in which the medals introduced through the medal input path fall freely and are discharged into the medal discharge path and recovered and re-introduced into the medal input path. This simplicity has a problem that does not cause interest to the user.

The present invention is to provide a puck drop game machine that can meet the fun of the game machine to make a different compensation according to the falling puck (PUCK).

In addition, the present invention is to provide a puck drop game machine that can form a different number, color or design of the puck can check the compensation degree according to the user's falling puck more fun and add various game functions .

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is not limited to the technical problem mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned above may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. will be.

In one embodiment, the puck drop game machine has a puck drop plate having a main body having a button for the user to operate, a puck inlet vertically disposed on the upper side of the main body and a puck inlet for discharging the puck; It includes a puck rotating plate rotatably disposed around the puck dropping plate and a plurality of puck seated in the circumferential direction, and a sensing unit for detecting the puck falling through the puck inlet by detecting the rotation position of the puck rotating plate.

In one embodiment, the puck is characterized in that at least one of the numbers, colors and designs are formed differently.

In one embodiment, the puck drop game machine is rotatably installed on the puck drop plate, the disc is provided with a straight puck passage through which the puck passes, a drive motor for rotationally driving the disc, and passes through the puck passage It further includes a detector for detecting a puck.

In one embodiment, the puck inlet is provided with an opening and closing unit for opening and closing the puck inlet, the opening and closing unit is mounted to the forward and backward of the puck inlet, the opening and closing plate connected to the opening and closing the puck dropping plate Contains solenoids installed.

In one embodiment, the sensing unit includes a first sensor installed at the edge of the puck rotating plate to detect the starting position of the rotation of the puck rotating plate, and a second sensor installed at the edge of the puck rotating plate to detect the position where the puck rotating plate stopped. do.

The puck drop game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention may cause a fun of the game by adding a game function that does not exist in the existing puck drop game machine by varying the degree of compensation according to the puck falling to the puck drop plate.

In addition, the puck drop game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention to determine the compensation level by visually confirming the puck dropped by the user by displaying different numbers for each puck, different colors of the puck, or different front design of the puck. We can strengthen game fun more.

1 is a perspective view of a puck drop game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a front view of a puck drop game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a front view of a puck circulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the front of the puck circulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the rear of the puck circulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a block diagram showing a control unit for controlling a puck drop game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The sizes and shapes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience. In addition, terms defined in consideration of the configuration and operation of the present invention may be changed according to the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Definitions of these terms should be based on the content of this specification.

1 is a perspective view of a puck drop game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a front view of a puck drop game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The puck drop game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10 and a puck circulator 20 fixed to an upper side of the main body 10. Here, the puck circulator 20 is a puck drop plate 30 that the puck 100 of the acetal material falls, and a puck rotating plate rotatably disposed on the circumferential surface of the puck drop plate 30 ( 50).

The front of the main body 10 is provided with a button 12 for the user to operate, and a coin inlet 14 for inserting a coin.

When the button 12 is pressed, the rotation of the puck rotating plate 50 is stopped, and the puck 100 located at the uppermost side of the puck rotating plate 50 freely falls onto the puck falling plate 30.

Then, when the coin is injected into the coin inlet 14, the puck rotating plate 50 is automatically rotated.

The puck drop game machine according to the present embodiment is compensated according to the puck 100 falling to the puck drop plate 30, for this purpose it must be able to grasp the puck falling to the puck drop plate.

For this purpose, the puck 100 is also called a medal, and is arranged in plural on the puck rotating plate 50, each having a different number engraved, different colors, or different designs on the front.

That is, the puck 100 may be formed in all different numbers, colors, and designs (image shapes), and may be formed in different numbers, colors, and designs by a predetermined number. In addition, any configuration can be applied to the puck as long as the structure can be identified for compensation.

As described above, since the puck 100 is formed differently, the puck 100 can visually check the puck falling by the user, thereby predicting the reward level, thereby increasing the fun of the game.

Figure 3 is a front view of the puck circulator according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the front of the puck circulator according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is according to an embodiment of the present invention A perspective view showing the rear of the puck circulator.

The puck dropping plate 30 is in the form of a disc, the upper end of the puck is provided with a puck inlet 32, the puck discharge port 34 is discharged to the puck 100 is injected into the puck inlet 32 It is provided.

And, the edge of the puck falling plate 30 is provided with a plurality of arc-shaped partition wall 36 to prevent the puck 100 from being separated, the upper end of the partition wall 36 is opened to open the puck inlet 32 And the lower end of the partition wall 36 is opened to form the puck outlet 34.

The puck inlet 32 of the puck dropping plate 30 is provided with an opening and closing unit 70 for opening and closing the puck inlet. The opening and closing unit 70 is a unit for opening (operating) the puck inlet 32 when the puck rotating plate 50 stops rotating, and a first opening and closing unit 72 disposed above the puck inlet 32, It may be composed of a second opening and closing unit 74 is disposed below the puck inlet (32).

The first opening and closing unit 72 is operated by the first solenoid 76, and the second opening and closing unit 72 is operated by the second solenoid 78.

In this way, the opening and closing unit is a structure provided with two opening and closing unit, even if only one opening and closing unit can perform the same opening and closing operation. That is, a pair of opening and closing unit may be used according to use, and one opening and closing unit may be used.

At the center of the puck dropping plate 30, a disc 40 having a straight puck passage 42 is rotatably supported to allow the puck 100 to pass therethrough, and a disc (back) of the puck dropping plate 30 at the rear of the puck dropping plate 30. A drive motor 44 for driving the rotation 40 is mounted. The drive motor 44 is fixed to the gear box 46 mounted on the rear of the puck dropping plate 40 and the gear box 46 reduces the rotational force of the drive motor 44 to transmit to the disc 40. It may be provided.

And, the lower side of the disc 40 is provided with a detector 48 for detecting the puck 100 passed through the puck passage 42 of the disc 40 in the vertical direction.

Looking at the operation of the disc 40, when the puck passage 42 formed in the disc 40 is placed in the vertical position when the puck 100 is input through the puck inlet 32 to the puck inlet 32 The injected puck 100 passes through the puck passage 42, and the puck 100 that passes through the puck passage 42 is detected by the detection unit 48 to obtain a score, or to proceed with an additional game, You will receive a prize.

In addition, the puck drop plate 30 is provided with a display unit 52 for displaying the acquired score, or display information necessary for the game to display the next game progress. The front of the puck dropping plate 30 is provided with a transparent window 102 that can visually check the inside of the puck dropping plate 30.

The puck rotating plate 50 is rotatably disposed on the outermost side of the puck dropping plate 30, and the puck seating portion 60 in which the puck 100 is seated is formed at equal intervals.

Here, since the puck 100 is seated on all the plurality of puck seating parts 60, the puck 100 that is detached from the puck seating part 60 and passes through the puck dropping plate 30 must be seated in the original puck. It is seated only in the part 60.

That is, when the puck 100 is discharged to the puck outlet 34, the puck discharged from the puck outlet 34 cannot be seated because the puck is already seated in the other puck seating portion, and the original puck seating portion is empty. Only the puck is seated.

The puck dropping plate 30 is provided with a plurality of acetal supporting rollers 62 for rotatably supporting the puck rotating plate 50. That is, the support roller 62 is rotatably supported by the support portion 66 protruding from the outer surface of the puck dropping plate 30, and the outer surface of the puck rotating plate 50 contacts and rotates with the support roller 62. The support roller 62 is composed of four in the drawings, various numbers can be applied as long as the number that can rotatably support the puck rotating plate (50).

And, one side of the puck dropping plate 30 is provided with a driving unit for driving the puck rotating plate (50). The drive unit is fixed to the drive motor 80 mounted on the puck dropping plate 30 (rear of the puck dropping plate 30) and the drive shaft of the drive motor 80 and is in close contact with the outer surface of the puck rotating plate 50. And a drive pulley 82.

Here, the driving pulley 82 is preferably formed of a urethane material so as to be in close contact with the outer surface of the puck rotating plate 50 of acetal material.

6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a control unit for controlling a puck game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

On one side of the puck dropping plate 30 is installed sensing units (90,92) for detecting the stopped position after the rotation of the puck rotating plate (50).

The sensing units 90 and 92 include a first sensor 90 for detecting a rotation start position of the puck rotating plate 50 and a second sensor 92 for detecting a rotation stop position of the puck rotating plate 50.

The first sensor 90 is an encoder sensor for detecting the rotation start position of the puck rotating plate 50 by sensing the detection hole 55 formed at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction on the puck rotating plate 50, the second sensor ( 92 uses a hall sensor for sensing the detection hole 55 to detect the rotation stop position of the puck rotating plate (50).

As such, when the first sensor 90 detects the rotation start position of the puck rotation plate 50 and the second sensor 92 detects the rotation stop position of the puck rotation plate 50 and applies it to the controller 150, the controller ( 150 detects the puck falling from the puck rotating plate 50 and displays the degree of compensation given to the puck on the display unit 52.

Thus, the operation of the puck game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below.

In order to use a game, when a user inputs a coin into the coin inlet 14, a coin detector 16 installed in the coin injector 14 detects this and applies the signal to the controller 150.

Then, the controller 150 drives the drive motor 80 to rotate the puck rotating plate 50. At this time, the drive motor 44 is also driven to rotate the disc 40.

As such, when the user pushes the button 12 in the state in which the puck rotating plate 50 is rotated, the controller 150 stops the driving motor 80 to stop the rotation of the puck rotating plate 50 and opens / closes the valve (opening / closing). Unit) 70 to open the puck inlet 32.

Then, the puck disposed on the uppermost side of the plurality of puck seated on the puck rotating plate 50 freely falls through the puck inlet 32, and is discharged through the puck dropping plate 30 to the puck outlet 34. At this time, if the position of the puck passage 42 provided in the disc 40 is vertical when the puck 100 falls, the puck 100 passes through the puck passage 42 and is detected by the detector 48. The score goes up.

The puck discharged to the puck discharge port 34 is seated at its original position among the puck seating portions 60 formed on the puck rotating plate 50. That is, the puck is seated on the plurality of puck seating parts, and the puck is seated back to the puck seating part where the puck is seated.

In addition, when the puck 100 is inserted into the puck inlet 32, the user can visually check the number displayed on the puck, the color of the puck, and the design of the puck to determine the compensation level of the falling puck. I can feel it.

Here, the control unit 150 checks the puck injected into the puck inlet 32 and displays it on the display unit 52 or informs the degree of compensation. Although this can be applied, in the present embodiment, the puck is checked by detecting the rotation start position and the rotation stop position of the puck rotating plate 50.

That is, immediately before the puck rotating plate 50 is rotated, the first sensor 90 detects the starting position of the puck rotating plate 50, and when the rotation of the puck rotating plate 50 stops, the rotation stop position is changed to the second sensor ( When 92 is detected and applied to the control unit 150, the control unit 150 determines the puck input to the puck inlet 32 by signals applied from the first sensor 90 and the second sensor 92.

Although embodiments according to the present invention have been described above, these are merely exemplary, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent embodiments of the present invention are possible therefrom. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

10: body 12: button
14: coin inlet 16: coin detector
20: Puck Circulator 30: Puck Drop Board
32: Puck Inlet 34: Puck Outlet
36: partition 40: disc
42: puck aisle 44: drive motor
48: detection unit 50: puck rotating plate
52: display unit 60: puck seating section
62: support roller 70: opening and closing unit
72: first opening and closing unit 74: second opening and closing unit
76: first solenoid 78: second solenoid
80: drive motor 82: drive pulley
90: first sensor 92: second sensor
100: Puck

Claims (13)

delete delete delete delete A main body provided with a button operated by a user;
A puck drop plate disposed vertically on the upper side of the main body and having a puck inlet through which the puck is inserted and a puck discharge port through which the puck is discharged;
A puck rotating plate rotatably disposed around the puck drop plate and having a plurality of puck seated in a circumferential direction;
A plurality of support rollers installed on an outer surface of the puck dropping plate to rotatably support the puck rotating plate; And
And a sensing unit detecting a puck falling through the puck inlet by sensing a rotation position of the puck rotating plate.
A main body provided with a button operated by a user;
A puck drop plate disposed vertically on the upper side of the main body and having a puck inlet through which the puck is inserted and a puck discharge port through which the puck is discharged;
A puck rotating plate rotatably disposed around the puck drop plate and having a plurality of puck seated in a circumferential direction;
A driving unit for rotating the puck rotating plate; And
A sensing unit for detecting a puck falling through the puck inlet by sensing a rotation position of the puck rotating plate; / RTI >
Here, the drive unit is a puck drop game machine comprising a drive motor fixed to the rear of the puck dropping plate, and a drive pulley fixed to the drive shaft of the drive motor and in close contact with the outer surface of the puck dropping plate.
The method according to claim 6,
The drive pulley is a puck drop game machine is formed of a urethane material to be in close contact with the outer surface of the puck rotating plate. A main body provided with a button operated by a user;
A puck inlet disposed vertically above the main body and into which the puck is inserted;
An opening and closing unit provided in the puck inlet to open and close the puck inlet;
A puck dropping plate having a puck outlet through which the puck is discharged;
A puck rotating plate rotatably disposed around the puck drop plate and having a plurality of puck seated in a circumferential direction; And
It includes a sensing unit for detecting the puck falling through the puck inlet by detecting the rotation position of the puck rotating plate,
Here, the opening and closing unit is a puck drop game machine, characterized in that the puck rotating plate is operated when the rotation stops
9. The method of claim 8,
The opening and closing unit is
The opening and closing unit is a puck drop game machine including a first opening and closing unit installed on the upper side of the puck inlet, and a second opening and closing unit installed on the lower side of the puck inlet. 10. The method of claim 9,
And the first opening and closing unit is connected to a first solenoid, and the second opening and closing unit is connected to a second solenoid. delete A main body provided with a button operated by a user;
A puck drop plate disposed vertically on the upper side of the main body and having a puck inlet through which the puck is inserted and a puck discharge port through which the puck is discharged;
A puck rotating plate rotatably disposed around the puck drop plate and having a plurality of puck seated in a circumferential direction; And
A sensing unit for detecting a puck falling through the puck inlet by sensing a rotation position of the puck rotating plate; / RTI >
Here, the sensing unit
And a first sensor installed at an edge of the puck rotating plate and detecting a rotation start position of the puck rotating plate, and a second sensor installed at an edge of the puck rotating plate to detect a rotation stop position of the puck rotating plate. Puck Drop Game Machine.
The method of claim 12,
The first sensor is an encoder sensor for detecting the starting position of the rotation of the puck by sensing the detection holes formed at equal intervals on the edge of the puck rotating plate, the second sensor senses the detection hole of the puck rotating plate A puck drop game machine that uses a hall sensor to detect the rotation stop position.

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