JPH11319310A - Reach declaration device on automatic mah-jongg table - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reach (one step before completion and not to change the hand) declaration device for an automatic mah-jongg table which doesn't has a malfunction when discarded pieces, for example, other than counters, are laid on the table or when it is unclean, which enables a player to declare 'reach' securely by preventing a dispute among players because of the malfunction, and which is structured simple and small with a small number of components and is economical in component cost and in assembling man-hours. SOLUTION: One or plural reach counter detecting switches SW2, which are energized upward by resilience strong enough to keep them from being pressed downward by the weight of reach counters, are placed on a parallel with each other at each of four reach counter laying places 7 corresponding to four positions, East, South, West and North, on a dice unit part U fixed to the device frame at the center of the top of the automatic mah-jongg table. When a player declares 'reach', the player pushes a reach counter while laying the reach counter on the reach counter laying place 7 and presses the reach counter detecting switch SW2. And by pressing the reach counter detecting switch SW2, each reach declaration function installed in the automatic mah- jongg table main body is operated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reach declaration device equipped on an automatic mah-jong table so that a game player who has achieved a reach role during a mahjong game displays a reach declaration by the gamer's own operation. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art During a game of mahjong, when a game player who has made a reach role declares a reach, if an automatic mahjong table is equipped with a reach declaring device, the device is operated. Shows that you've declared reach. As described above, the reach declaration device mounted on the automatic mahjong table is usually configured as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-38871.

[0003] This reach declaration device is provided with four reach bar mounting parts for mounting reach rods on the top of an automatic mahjong table, corresponding to four places, east, south, west and north. In addition, a detection device for detecting the presence or absence of a reach rod such as a photoelectric tube is incorporated in each of them, and a reach lamp that is turned on and a sound device that generates a reach sound are provided when the detection device performs a detection operation. They are controlled by a control unit that incorporates them into the frame of the automatic mahjong table.

[0004] When the game player who has created the reach role intends to declare a reach, four reach rod mountings provided corresponding to the four places of east, south, west and north are provided. When a 1000-point stick that serves as a reach bar is placed on the reach bar placement unit that corresponds to your place, the detection device detects it and the reach lamp turns on, and at the same time, the audio device reaches the reach bar. The sound of the declaration is generated.

[0005]

The above-mentioned reach declaration device can be used even when a point stick accidentally jumps into the reach stick placement part during a game or when a discard tile other than the reach stick is placed. In many cases, the detection device performs the detection operation, and although it does not reach, it sends a reach declaration without permission.
There were many troubles, such as the need to rub between the gamers or to cancel the reach depending on whether it was a chombo.

Further, since the optical sensor is used for the detecting device for detecting the reach bar, it is expensive and large, and there is also a problem that a malfunction occurs due to contamination of the light detecting portion.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem which has occurred in the reach declaring device of the conventional automatic mahjong table. There shall be no malfunctions due to jumping or other than sticks, for example, discarded tiles or the like being placed or dirt. ,And,
An object of the present invention is to provide a new means for obtaining a reach declaration device in an automatic mahjong table, which has a simple configuration, is small in size, has a small number of parts, and is inexpensive in parts cost and assembly time.

[0008]

According to the present invention, as a means for achieving the above-mentioned object, a dice unit arranged at a central portion of a top plate of an automatic mahjong table and fixedly mounted on a machine frame is provided. Section, four reach bar mounts corresponding to the east, south, west, and north places are arranged, and each reach bar mount can be lowered by the weight of the reach bar. One or more reach rod detection switches urged upward with a slight repulsive force are installed in parallel with each reach rod placement part, and when the game player declares reach, the reach rod is placed on the reach rod placement part. A reach declaration device for an automatic mahjong table, wherein various reach declaration functions provided on the automatic mahjong table main body are operated by pushing a reach bar detection switch by pushing the reach bar with a finger while placing the device. Raise It is intended.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A reach declaration device in an automatic mahjong table according to the present invention is provided on the upper surface of a dice unit portion which is arranged at the center of the top plate of the automatic mahjong table and fixedly mounted on a machine frame.
Four reach bar mounting parts are arranged corresponding to the four places of east, south, west and north, and these reach rod mounting parts are used to support the reach rods placed and placed there. The floor member is provided vertically movable, and in a state where the weight of the reach bar is added, the floor member is urged upward by a spring having a spring force of a repulsive force to push up the floor member, and the floor member is moved to a predetermined position. Keep in position.

[0010] Then, by pressing the reach bar placed on the lower surface side of the floor member with a fingertip by pushing it down, the floor member is lowered together with the reach bar by the lowering operation of the floor member. One or a plurality of detection switches are provided to operate the reach switch and the sound generation device of the reach declaration. , Thereby constituting a reach declaration device.

[0011]

Next, an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an automatic mahjong table A incorporating a reach declaration device according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a machine frame of the automatic mahjong table A formed in a flat box shape; 3 is a top plate that can be freely opened and closed at an opening on the upper surface side of the machine frame 1, u is a dice unit disposed at the center of the top plate 3, 5 is a top plate A tile opening formed outside the dice unit u at a position closer to the center of 3, a lid 6 for opening and closing the tile inlet 5, 7 a peripheral part on an upper surface of the dice unit u, an east / south -The four reach bar mounting parts arranged corresponding to the four places of west and north, L ... represents a reach lamp, S ... represents a speaker that generates the reach sound of the reach declaration device.

The machine casing 1 is a conventional one formed in the shape of a flat box whose upper side is open. As shown in FIG.
A tile-washing hopper 10 for receiving a tile P dropped from the tile insertion slot 5, a turntable 11 forming a bottom plate thereof and rotating with an inclined axis, and a tile washed by the tile into a hidden tile state. A suction ring 12 that is attracted and taken out by a magnet, and a two-stage stacking device (not shown) that pushes tiles sequentially taken out and conveyed by a conveyor belt (not shown) to an aligned position while being stacked in two layers,
And a tile aligning device K including a transporting device 13 for transporting the group of arranged tiles to a predetermined standby position, and an extruding device 15 for extruding the tiles transported to the standby position onto the top surface of a lift 14 for lifting and lowering the tiles. The supporting leg 2 is attached to the lower surface side.

The top plate 3 is a normal one which is openably and closably mounted on an opening on the upper surface side of the machine frame 1 and has an upper surface formed as a mahjong table. A tile insertion port 5 is provided around the opening and closed by an opening / closing lid 6 which is opened / closed and rotated in the shape of a dropping lid. The above-mentioned dice unit unit u is provided from the center of the bottom plate of the machine frame 1. It is supported by a rising support 16. Further, window holes 17 are formed in the outer peripheral portion of the tile insertion port 5 of the top plate 3 so that the table surface at the top of the lift 14 can appear and disappear.

The dice unit u is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, a mortar-shaped dice swinging case 42 whose upper surface is closed by a transparent plate 41 is suspended from the center of the upper surface plate 40a of the funnel-shaped case 40, and two dice 43 The bottom plate 44 supporting the dice 43 is rotated by a motor M attached to the bottom of the case 42, and the motor M is provided on the upper surface of the case 40 on the outer periphery of the dice swing case 42. The dice starting device SW is operated by operating the dice starting switch SW1 to form a dice rolling device 4 for rolling the dice 43.

The dice unit u is provided with four reach bar mounting parts 7 at the periphery of the upper surface of the case 40 corresponding to the four places of east, south, west and north.
It is arranged and installed so as to be located inside each of the four edges.

Each of the reach bar mounting portions 7 has a slot-like window hole 70 corresponding to the reach bar, so that the reach bar can be thrown in a sideways posture. A bottom plate 71 is fitted so as to freely move up and down using the window frame as a guide, and the bottom plate 71 is mounted by a spring 72 provided between the lower surface of the bottom plate 71 and the substrate 45 mounted in the case 40. In a state where the weights of the point rod 71 and the point bar T mounted on the upper surface thereof are added, the spring is urged upward so as to be pushed up to the end on the upward side, and the spring 72 has a bottom plate 71 on which the bottom plate 71 is placed. The spring pressure is set to such a degree that the placed point stick T is lowered by the game player pressing it with a fingertip.

Below the bottom plate 71, a reach switch SW2 which is turned on by being pressed by the lower surface of the bottom plate 71 when the bottom plate 71 is pushed downward.
However, as shown in FIG.

As shown by the chain line in FIG. 5, there is a case where only one reach switch SW2 is provided at the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the window hole 70. There may be a case where a plurality or more are provided.

As shown in FIG. 6, the switch SW2 is connected to a main body control system 74 incorporating a microcomputer via a reach determination circuit 73, and the main body control system 74 controls the reach lamp L and the sound generation circuit 75. Then, it is connected to the speaker S to form the reach declaration device W.

The switch SW2 is connected to the bottom plate 71.
When the game player presses the point stick T placed above with his / her fingertip, it is turned on by the bottom plate 71 descending and emits the signal, thereby operating the reach declaration device W. That is, the reach determination circuit 73 determines that a reach has been declared based on a signal from the switch SW2, and sends a signal of the result to a main body control system 74, which is a controller provided in the machine casing 1, and a sound generation circuit 75. Is activated to sound the speaker S, and at the same time, the reach lamp L is turned on.

When only one reach switch SW2 is provided, when the reach switch SW2 is turned on, the reach determination circuit 73 determines that a reach declaration has been made, and operates the reach declaration device W. However, when two or more, for example, two switches are arranged in parallel, both reach switches SW2 perform the detection operation, and the signals are both sent to the reach determination circuit 73. Then, the reach determination circuit 73 does not determine that a reach declaration has been made, and holds the state in which the reach declaration device W is not operated.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, the reach declaring device in the automatic mahjong table is provided on the reach bar mounting portion provided on the top plate of the automatic mahjong table by the weight of the reach bar. When the game player declares reach, place the reach bar on the reach bar mounting part, and touch the reach bar with the fingertip. By pressing the, the reach declaration is made by activating the reach bar detection switch, so even if a point stick or a tile accidentally jumps into the reach bar mounting part, it may malfunction. The automatic mah-jong table has a simple structure, small size, small number of parts, low cost of parts and assembling man-hours, and few malfunctions. So Ji declaration device is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of an automatic mahjong table incorporating a reach declaration device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic mahjong table.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a dice unit of the automatic mahjong table.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of a dice unit of the automatic mahjong table.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a reach bar mounting portion of the automatic mahjong table.

FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram of a reach declaration device of the automatic mahjong table.

[Explanation of symbols]

A: automatic mahjong table, K: tile arrangement device, L: reach lamp,
M: motor, P: tile, S: speaker, SW: switch, T: dot stick, W: reach declaration device, u: dice unit, 1, machine frame, 10: tile hopper, 11: turntable, 12 ... Suction ring, 13 ... Conveying device, 14 ...
Lift, 15: Extrusion device, 16: Prop, 17: Window hole, 2
... Support legs, 3 ... Top plate, 4 ... Dice swing device, 40 ... Case, 40a ... Top plate, 41 ... Transparent plate, 42 ... Dice swing case, 43 ... Dice, 44 ... Bottom plate, 45 ... Substrate, 5 ...
Tile insertion port, 6 opening / closing lid, 7 reach reaching portion, 70 window hole, 71 bottom plate, 72 spring, 73 reach circuit,
74: Main body control system, 75: Voice generation circuit.

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Endo 1-7-43 Kitakunomoto, Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture Inside M-Tex Matsumura Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A dice unit, which is arranged at the center of the top of the automatic mahjong table and fixedly mounted on the machine frame, comprises east, south, west,
Arrange four reach bar mounting parts corresponding to each place in the north,
One or more reach rod detection switches, which are urged upward with a repulsion force that is not lowered downward by the weight of the reach rod, are provided for each reach rod placement section. When the reach is declared by the game player and the reach bar is placed on the reach bar mounting part, the reach bar is pushed in with a finger, and the reach bar detection switch is pushed in to activate the mahjong console. A reach declaration device for an automatic mahjong table, characterized by activating various provided reach declaration functions.