JPH07603A - Ball hitting device in pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent hitting without balls at the time of starting a game so as to start a game without any sense of incompatibility by holding a hammer in its erect state when a game is over, returning the hammer to a shooting position when the game is started, supplying balls, interlocking with the above operation and subsequently performing the shooting operation. CONSTITUTION:A hammer 5 fitted to the rotary shaft of a rotary solenoid is disposed on a board 2, pulses of a fixed duration are applied to the rotary solenoid to repeatedly hit balls, and when hitting of balls is over, the hammer 5 is turned upward and only a current for erecting the hammer is applied to the rotary solenoid. When a game is started, a current applied at the rotary solenoid is turned off, so that the hammer 5 is dropped and placed on a lower stopper 7 by its dead load, and balls are supplied on a shooting rail, interlocking with the turning operation during this period. After that, pulses P are applied at designated intervals to the rotary solenoid 3 to turn the hammer 5 upward, and after hitting of balls, the electric current application is cut off to drop and place the hammer on the lower stopper 7. This operation is repeated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a pachinko machine in which a rotary solenoid is energized to rotationally hit a mallet attached to the rotary shaft of the rotary solenoid. The present invention relates to a ball striking device that is held in a closed state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko machine in which a hammer attached to a rotary shaft of a rotary solenoid is struck by rotating a rotary solenoid by energizing a sledgehammer at a starting position by a spring or its own weight from a struck position at the end of a game. It was held in a state where it was dropped and placed on the stopper.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-mentioned prior art, one ball is supplied while the ball is hit and the mallet returns to the starting position. Therefore, since the ball is not supplied to the launch rail at the beginning of the game, the game cannot be started unless the ball is hit once and the ball is supplied.Therefore, there is a time loss corresponding to the ball hitting and the player feels strange at the start of the game. There was a problem that there was.

Further, it is necessary to adjust the position of the mallet so that the mallet may hit the center of the ball correctly, but in the process of adjusting, the game table is assembled and the reflection position is adjusted from the front of the game board. However, there is a problem that the workability is very poor because the front is inaccessible when the mallet is in the start position, and the mallet cannot be lifted unless it is rotated to the back of the game table. The present invention aims to solve the above problems.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has means for giving a rotary solenoid enough electric energy to keep the mallet at the end of the game in a state of standing in its position. Equipped with a replenishment device that replenishes the balls in conjunction with the operation of rotating the upper stop position to the lower stop position, and when the game starts, the rotary solenoid is de-energized and the mallet is rotated from the upper stop position to the lower stop position. However, a regular pulse is applied to the rotary solenoid so that the rotary solenoid is rotated upward to hit the ball.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 1 is a ball hitting unit, 2 is a base plate on which a rotary solenoid 3 is arranged, and a rotary shaft 4 on which a mallet 5 is attached. 6 is an upper stopper, 7 is a lower stopper, and 8 is a touch switch. FIG. 3 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a pulse 9 having a constant width is applied to the rotary solenoid 3 to repeatedly hit the ball, and a final pulse 9n is applied to the mallet 5 to rotate upward to finish hitting the ball. Is adapted to continuously apply the electric energy 10 to the rotary solenoid 3 to set the mallet 5 upright.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a pulse 11 of a chopper type having a predetermined width a pulse is applied to the rotary solenoid 3 to repeatedly hit the ball, and a final pulse 11n is applied to the hammer 5 to form a hammer 5. After the ball has been turned upward and hitting the ball, a pulse 12 of a chopper type having a width b smaller than the width a is applied to the rotary solenoid 3. This pulse 12 has enough electrical energy to hold the mallet 5 in a standing position.

Next, the operation will be described. At the start of the game, the current to the rotary solenoid 3 is turned off. The mallet 5 is dropped and placed on the lower stopper 7 by its own weight. The sphere is replenished on the launch rail in conjunction with the rotating operation during this period. Then, according to the control circuit of FIG. 4, the pulse P is energized to the rotary solenoid 3 at predetermined intervals. The mallet 5 rotates upward, and after hitting the ball, the current is cut off and the hammer 5 is dropped and placed on the lower stopper 7. When this operation is repeated and the touch switch 8 is released, the hammer 5 finishes hitting the ball by the final pulse Pn and contacts the upper stopper 6, and at the same time, the rotary solenoid 3 holds the mallet 5 in an upright position. Energy 10 continues to be applied.

In the case of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the chopper type pulse 11 applied to the rotary solenoid 3 is a pulse having a predetermined width a, and the rotary solenoid 3 after the hitting has a width of the width a or more. A chopper-type pulse 12 having a small width b is applied, and this pulse 12 serves as electric energy for holding the mallet 5 in a standing state.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a means for supplying the rotary solenoid with electric energy sufficient to hold the mallet at that position at the end of the game, and moves the mallet from the upper stop position to the lower stop position. Equipped with a replenishing device that replenishes the ball in conjunction with the rotating operation, at the start of the game the energization of the rotary solenoid is stopped and the mallet is rotated from the upper stop position to the lower stop position, and the regular pulse is applied to the rotary solenoid. Since it is applied and rotated upward to hit the ball,
At the start of the game, it starts with a ball supply operation that returns the hammer from the standing launch position, then the game can be smoothly started to the launch operation, the conventional blank hitting disappears, and the player can start the game without discomfort You can

Further, the mallet tip is adjusted on the production line so that the mallet tip always hits the center of the ball on the launch rail at the launch position, but since the mallet tip is always stopped at the launch position, adjustment work is required. The adjustment work can be easily performed because it can be performed only in front of the game table.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a launching unit mallet side of a pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a first embodiment control circuit of the rotary solenoid of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control circuit according to a second embodiment of the rotary solenoid of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ball striking unit 2 substrate 3 rotary solenoid 4 rotary shaft 5 mallet 6 upper stopper 7 lower stopper 8 touch switch 9 pulse 10 electrical energy enough to hold the hammer in a raised state 11 chopper method pulse 12 in a state where the mallet is raised Enough electrical energy to hold

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. At the end of the game, the rotary solenoid is provided with a means for supplying electric energy sufficient to hold the mallet in the standing position at the end of the game. Equipped with a replenishing device that replenishes the balls in conjunction with each other, at the start of the game, stop energizing the rotary solenoid and rotate the mallet from the upper stop position to the lower stop position and apply a regular pulse to the rotary solenoid to move upward. A ball striking device for a pachinko machine, which is characterized by rotating and striking a ball.