JP2005296038A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To continue a game in the same state as that before the stop, even if a game is once stopped in the middle of the game without being damaged by a player. <P>SOLUTION: This game machine is provided with a game board having a game object, a shooting device shooting a game ball to the game board and a shooting handle 41 controlling the force of the shooting device shooting the game ball based on a rotating angle. The shooting handle 41 is provided with a rotating member 45 controlling the force of the shooting device shooting the game ball based on the rotating angle, and a pair of regulating members 43 and 44 regulating the movement of the rotating member 45 in a thrust direction from the both sides in the thrust direction of the rotating member 45; and clearance filling members 51 and 52 are provided in clearances between at least one regulating member 43 or 44 of the pair of regulating members 43 and 44 and the rotating member 45 to retain the rotating member 45 in the position where the rotating member 45 is rotated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a gaming machine capable of continuing a game in the same state as before the game even if the game is temporarily stopped in the middle.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine has a firing handle for operating a launching device that launches a game ball onto a game board provided with a game member. The firing handle mainly restricts the rotating member that can control the momentum at which the launching device launches the game ball based on the rotation angle, and restricts the rotational member from moving on both sides of the rotating member in the thrust direction. It consists of a pair of restricting members or the like (see Patent Document 1). In order to allow the rotating member to rotate smoothly, a slight gap is provided between the regulating member and the rotating member so that a coin such as 10 yen or 100 yen can be inserted.

  In addition, when the rotating member is rotated against the return spring by the player, the launching handle changes the firing force of the launching device in accordance with the rotation angle. The return spring is configured to return and rotate the rotating member to the rotation start position.

  For this reason, the player finds the optimum rotation position of the launching handle having the largest percentage of game balls to be won in the prize opening of the gaming member shortly after starting the game, and then determines the optimum rotation position. The game is often continued by holding the launch handle while making fine adjustments.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-22865

  By the way, during a game, a player may leave the gaming machine and purchase cigarettes or take a break. In such a case, since the player releases his hand from the firing handle, the rotating member is rotated back to the rotation start position by the return spring. Therefore, depending on the player, when returning to the gaming machine, for the purpose of saving the trouble of finding the optimum rotation position again, the insertion member such as a coin is forcibly pushed into the gap between the rotation member and the regulating member. May be temporarily fixed at the optimal rotational position before leaving the game machine.

  Note that the gaming machine is configured to automatically stop the launching device when the player releases his hand from the launching handle. In other words, the launching device of the gaming machine does not operate unless a part of the human body touches the launching handle and the launching handle is grounded.

  As described above, the conventional gaming machine may be forcibly inserted by inserting an insert between the rotating member and the regulating member, and there is a problem that the launch handle is damaged.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can continue a game in the same state as before the stop even if the game is temporarily stopped in the middle.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a game board (16) having a game object, a launching device (31) for launching a game ball onto the game board (16), and the launching device (31) launches a game ball. In a gaming machine (11) comprising a firing handle (41) capable of controlling momentum based on a rotation angle, the firing handle (41) rotates the momentum at which the launching device (31) launches a game ball. A rotating member (45) that can be controlled based on an angle, and a pair of regulating members (43) that regulate the movement of the rotating member (45) in the thrust direction from both sides in the thrust direction of the rotating member (45). , 44), and a gap filling member (52) filling the gap between at least one of the pair of regulating members (43, 44) and the rotating member (45). 51), the gap filling member 52, 51) is the rotating member (45) is a game machine, characterized by having a surface for holding the rotating member in a position rotated (45) (11).

  The invention according to claim 2 includes an urging means (46) for returning and rotating the rotating member (45) to the rotation start position, wherein the gap filling member (52, 51) is rotated by the rotating member (45). The gaming machine (11) according to claim 1, further comprising a surface for holding the rotating member (45) against the urging force of the urging means (46) at a moved position. It is.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the gaming machine (11) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gap filling member (52, 51) is formed of a rubber material.

  Note that the reference numerals in the parentheses are for comparison with the drawings, but are for the convenience of facilitating the understanding of the invention by facilitating correspondence with the embodiments. It will not affect anything.

  In the invention according to claim 1, since the gap between the regulating member and the rotating member is filled with a gap filling member having a friction coefficient for regulating the rotation of the rotating member, even if the player releases the hand from the rotating member, The optimum rotational position can be maintained, the insert is not forced into the gap and the firing handle is not damaged.

  The invention according to claim 2 holds the rotating member at the optimum rotating position even if the biasing means for returning the rotating member to the rotation start position is provided or the player releases the hand from the rotating member. be able to.

  In the invention according to claim 3, since the gap filling member is formed of a rubber material, the gap filling member is inexpensive, and by providing the gap member, the cost of the launch handle can be prevented from increasing. .

  Hereinafter, a pachinko machine as a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine as a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG. FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the saucer unit as seen from a diagonally upper side of the saucer unit provided with the launching device and the launching handle. FIG. 4 is a side view of the firing handle. FIG. 5 is an exploded side view of the firing handle.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 11 as a gaming machine includes a frame-shaped housing 12, a game board holding frame 13, a front panel 14, and the like. The game board holding frame 13 includes a game board 16 and is rotatably provided on the housing 12. The front panel 14 is rotatably provided in the housing 12 so that the game board holding frame 13 can be opened and closed. The front panel 14 includes a glass frame 18 that has a glass covering the game board 16 and opens and closes the game board 16, a launcher 31 that launches a pachinko ball as a game ball, and a launch handle 41 that operates the launcher 31. And a plate unit 19 provided.

  On the front surface of the game board 16, an escutcheon 20 having a special symbol display screen 22 made of liquid crystal, a plurality of winning openings 15, a special winning opening 17, and a pachinko ball that has not entered any winning opening from the gaming board 16. A discharge outlet 21 and an obstruction nail (not shown) are provided. The special symbol display screen 22 is provided in the center of the game board 16 so as to be exposed from the opening 20 a of the escutcheon 20.

  As shown in FIG. 2, on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, a prize ball tank 23 that can be received even if a large number of pachinko balls are sent from a storage device installed on the island at a time, and a prize ball tank 23 Main control for controlling the entire pachinko machine, a horizontal guide path 24 for guiding a prize ball flowing out from the vehicle, a vertical guide path (not shown), a liquid crystal unit 25 having a special symbol display screen 22 on the front side, a sub-control board 26, and the like. A board 27, a power supply unit 28 serving as a power source for the entire pachinko machine, a payout control board 29 for performing payout control of prize balls, a launch control board 30 for controlling the launch of the launching device 31, and the like are provided.

  In order to control the entire pachinko machine, the main control board 27 controls the entire operation of the pachinko machine 1 and a storage unit including a semiconductor memory or the like in which an execution program for games is stored in advance, and executes these programs A microprocessor (MPU).

  Next, the firing handle 41 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, the player grasps the firing handle 41 from the left side, so the left side of FIGS. 4 and 5 is the front side and the right side is the back side.

  The firing handle 41 includes a main body 42 fixed to the dish unit 19, a fingertip contact piece 44 attached to the main body 42, a palm contact piece 43 attached to the fingertip contact piece 44, a fingertip contact piece 44 and a palm contact piece. 43, a rotating member 45 rotatably supported from both sides, a first gap filling ring 51 as a gap filling member located between the fingertip contact piece 44 and the rotating member 45, and the rotating member 45 and the palm contact piece. 43, a second gap filling ring 52 as a gap filling member located between the rotating member 45 and a return spring 46 as a biasing means provided between the rotating member 45 and the palm contact piece 43.

  An annular protrusion 53 projects from the front end of the fingertip contact piece 44 toward the front. An annular recess 54 that receives the annular protrusion 53 is formed at the back end of the rotating member 45. Further, an annular protrusion 55 is provided at the back end of the palm contact piece 43 so as to protrude toward the back. An annular recess 56 that receives the annular protrusion 55 is formed at the front end of the rotating member 45. The annular protrusion 53 and the annular recess 54 constitute a rotation support portion 63 that rotatably supports the first gap filling ring 51. Similarly, the annular protrusion 55 and the annular recess 56 constitute a rotation support portion 64 that rotatably supports the first gap filling ring 52.

  The first gap filling ring 51 is formed in a ring shape so as to be attached to the outer periphery of the annular protrusion 53. The second gap filling ring 52 is also formed in a ring shape so as to be attached to the outer periphery of the annular protrusion 55.

  In the positional relationship shown in FIG. 5, the parts of the firing handle 41 described above are inserted into the through hole 58 formed in the fingertip contact piece 44, the first gap filling ring 51, and the through hole 59 of the rotating member 45. When the second gap filling ring 52 is penetrated and screwed into the boss shaft 60 projecting from the palm contact piece 43 and tightened, the assembly is performed as shown in FIG.

  When the firing handle 41 is assembled, the tip of the boss shaft 60 is inserted into the concave portion 62 of the boss portion 61 of the fingertip contact piece 44 and comes into contact with the bottom of the concave portion 62, and the front side surface 44 a of the fingertip contact piece 44 and the palm contact piece 43, the distance from the back side surface 43a is substantially the same as the total dimension of the thickness T1 of the first gap filling ring 51, the thickness T2 of the rotating member 45, and the thickness T3 of the second gap filling ring 52. The rotating member 45 is restricted by the fingertip contact piece 44 and the palm contact piece 43 as a pair of restricting members from being moved in the thrust direction and can be rotated by the player.

  The rotation member 45 is supported and rotated by the fingertip contact piece 44 and the palm contact piece 43 by the fitting of the annular projection 53 and the annular recess 54 and the fitting of the annular projection 55 and the annular recess 56. It is like that. The rotating member 45 is provided with three first to third finger hooking projections 47, 48, and 49 on the rotating outer peripheral surface 45a at intervals that can receive the fingers so that the player can easily rotate. The main body 42, the fingertip contact piece 44, the rotation member 45, and the palm contact piece 43 are plastic molded products, but the rotation member 45 is formed of a conductive material, for example, a metal material. In many cases, the rotating member 45 is chrome-plated on the surface of a resin molded product.

  The palm contact piece 43 and the rotating member 45 are made of a metal material. When the player's hand (part of the body) touches the launch handle 41, the launch handle 41 is grounded and the launch device 31 is activated. However, when the player releases his hand from the launch handle 41, the launch device 31 is automatically stopped.

  The first gap filling ring 51 fills the gap between the fingertip contact piece 44 and the rotating member 45, and is a material having a friction coefficient so that the rotating member 45 receiving the returning rotational force of the returning spring 46 does not return and rotate. For example, it is formed of a rubber material or a resin material having a large friction coefficient. The second gap filling ring 52 also fills the gap between the palm contact piece 43 and the rotating member 45, and a material having a friction coefficient sufficient to prevent the rotating member 45 receiving the returning rotational force of the returning spring 46 from returning and rotating, For example, it is formed of a rubber material or a resin material having a large friction coefficient.

  The friction coefficient of the surface 51 a that is the surface where the first gap filling ring 51 is in contact with the fingertip contact piece 44 and the rotating member 45, and the surface where the second gap filling ring 52 is in contact with the palm contact piece 43 and the rotating member 45. The coefficient of friction of the surface 52a is preferably about 0.4 to about 1.2.

  The return spring 46 is configured to urge the rotation member 45 to rotate leftward in FIGS. 1 and 3.

  In the above configuration, the player supplies a pachinko ball to the dish unit 19 and, for example, hangs the thumb of the right hand on the left side of the first finger hanging projection 47 of the firing handle 41 shown in FIG. An index finger is hung between 47 and 48, a middle finger is hung between the second and third finger hanging projections 48 and 49, a ring finger and a little finger are hung on the right side of the third finger hanging projection 49, and the rotating member 45 is shown in FIG. When rotated in the direction of the arrow, the launching device 31 launches a pachinko ball onto the game board 16 under the control of the launch control board 30. The fired pachinko ball rolls and falls on the game board 16 and enters any one of the winning holes 15 and 17, and the pachinko balls stored on the back surface of the pachinko machine 11 enter the winning holes 15 and 17. The corresponding number is supplied to the dish unit 19 as a prize ball. If the pachinko ball does not enter any of the winning openings 15, 17, it is discharged from the out opening 21 as an out ball.

  The pachinko machine 11 of the present embodiment fills the gap between the fingertip contact piece 44 and the rotating member 45 and the gap between the palm contact piece 43 and the rotating member 45 with the first and second gap filling rings 51 and 52, and the first Since the friction coefficient of the second gap filling rings 51 and 52 is set to a friction coefficient that prevents the rotating rotation of the rotating member 45, the rotating member 45 is optimal even if the player releases his hand from the firing handle 41. Unlike conventional techniques, it is possible to prevent an insert such as a coin from being forced into the gap.

  Accordingly, the pachinko machine 11 according to the present embodiment does not damage the launch handle 41 or damage a part of the launch handle 41.

  The pachinko machine 11 of the above embodiment has the return spring 46 because the first and second gap filling rings 51 and 52 are provided in the launch handle 41 of the gaming machine that has already been manufactured. Since the rotation member 45 is restricted by the frictional resistance of the first and second gap filling rings 51 and 52, the return spring 46 is not necessarily required. When the return spring 46 is not provided, the friction coefficients of the first and second gap filling rings 51 and 52 can be finely adjusted and rotated by the rotating member 45 and rotated by vibration when a person hits the pachinko machine 11. It is preferable that the coefficient of friction is set such that the position of the member 45 does not shift. That is, it may be smaller than about 0.4 to about 1.2 described above.

  Further, the gap filling rings 51 and 52 are provided in the gap between the fingertip contact piece 44 and the rotation member 45 and the gap between the fingertip contact piece 44 and the palm contact piece 43, but it is not always necessary to provide them in both gaps. Absent. It may be provided in either one of the gaps.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine as a gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a rear view of FIG. It is the external appearance perspective view of the saucer unit which looked at the saucer unit which provided the launching device and the launching handle from the front side slanting upper part. It is a side view of a firing handle. FIG. 6 is an exploded side view of a firing handle.

Explanation of symbols

11 Pachinko machines (game machines)
16 Game board 30 Launch control board 31 Launcher 41 Launch handle 42 Main body 43 Palm contact piece (regulating member)
43a back side 44 fingertip contact piece (regulating member)
44a Front side 45 Rotating member 45a Rotating outer circumferential surface 46 Return spring (biasing means)
51 1st gap filling ring (gap filling member)
52 Second gap filling ring (gap filling member)
52a surface (surface)
53 annular protrusion 53a surface (surface)
54 Annular recess 55 Annular projection 56 Annular recess

Claims (3)

A game board having a game,
A launcher for launching a game ball onto the game board;
In a gaming machine comprising: a launching handle capable of controlling the momentum at which the launching device launches a game ball based on a rotation angle;
The firing handle restricts the rotating member capable of controlling the momentum of the launching device to launch the game ball based on the rotation angle, and the rotational member moving in the thrust direction from both sides in the thrust direction. And a pair of regulating members that
In the gap between at least one of the pair of regulating members and the rotating member, a gap filling member is provided to fill the gap,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gap filling member has a surface for holding the rotating member at a position where the rotating member is rotated.   An urging unit that rotates the rotating member back to a rotation start position is provided, and the gap filling member holds the rotating member at a position where the rotating member is rotated against the urging force of the urging unit. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine has a surface. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gap filling member is made of a rubber material.

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