JPH0381395B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a slot machine toy.

In general, slot machine toys have multiple display drums (usually 3) marked with cherry, lemon, bell, and BAR marks, for example, by inserting metal and operating a lever on one side of the machine. start rotating at the same time, and when stop buttons provided corresponding to each display drum are pressed in sequence, the display drums stop in conjunction with this, and the mark appears and is placed in the display window of the machine body. If this mark that appears is placed in a predetermined position, it will be a “win”.
Thus, the required number of metals will be paid out.

However, in conventional slot machine toys, the stopper mechanism for stopping the display drum by pressing the stop button was composed of many parts that interlocked in a complicated manner.
It was fragile and difficult to miniaturize.

In addition, in the case of conventional slot machine toys, in order to determine the number of metal payouts by identifying the arrangement of marks that appear in the display window after the display drum has stopped, a mark identification device is installed on the outer peripheral surface of the contact drum that is integrated with the display drum. , multiple contact members of different lengths are buried in the axial direction corresponding to each mark, and the contact members are fixed in contact with the contact drum, so that each contact turns ON and OFF when the display drum stops. The mark was identified by a combination of the following. Therefore, in such an identification device, the contact drum and the fixed contact are constantly in contact with each other while the display drum is rotating, so there is a drawback that the friction between the contacts is intense and contact failure is likely to occur.

This invention is aimed at solving the above-mentioned drawbacks, and includes a plurality of display drums adjacent to each other on a rotating shaft, each display drum having marks such as designs and characters displayed on its outer circumferential surface in an evenly distributed manner. A stopper wheel with the same number of engagement grooves as the number of marks equally distributed on one side, and a contact wheel with a convex or concave portion with a different shape on the periphery corresponding to the type of the mark on the other side are integrated. A stopper rod is provided below the display drum that can be engaged with and disengaged from the engagement groove of the stopper wheel, and a flat box-shaped member is swingable on a shaft suspended parallel to the rotational shaft at the rear. When the stopper rod is in a position away from the stopper wheel, the flat box-shaped member is separated from the display drum by its own weight, and when the stopper rod is engaged with the engagement groove of the stopper wheel. By providing a mark identification contact piece that is pressed by the stopper rod and acts on a convex or concave portion on the periphery of the contact wheel to identify the combination of marks on the display drum, the structure is simple and compact. In conjunction with the stop button, the display drum can be stopped reliably and quickly, and while the display drum is rotating, it stands by at a distance, and when the display drum stops, it acts on the contact wheel to accurately identify the mark that appears on the display window. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a slot machine toy that allows players to play games.

Next, the present invention will be described based on an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

In the figure, 1 is a machine body, and the machine body 1 is constructed by fitting two halves 1a and 1b, front and back. Three display windows 2 are provided on the front side of the machine body 1, in order to display and arrange symbols such as cherries, lemons, bells, etc. and letters such as "BAR" attached to the outer peripheral surface of the display drum, which will be described later. belongs to.

3 is a stop button provided corresponding to each display window 2, and the stop button 3 is used to stop the rotating display drum by inserting metal into the metal inlet 4 and operating the operating lever 5. be. 6 is a pin that regulates the maximum rotation point of the operating lever 5, and 7 is a metal dispensing port. In addition,
The main switch is provided on the back side and is not shown in the diagram.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a display drum on which marks 9 indicating symbols such as cherries, lemons, bells, etc. or characters such as "BAR" are attached at equal intervals along the outer circumferential surface, and the display drum 8 is installed inside the front half body 1a. 3 as shown in the third figure on a rotating shaft 11 mounted between both side walls of the internal casing 10.
They are loosely fitted in parallel. A pulley 12 is loosely fitted on the rotating shaft 11, and as shown in the second figure, the inner casing 1
A belt 14 is hung between the conical shaft 13' of a motor 13 fixedly mounted on the top plate of the machine. The motor 13 is energized and driven by tilting the operating lever 5 forward, thereby rotating the pulley 12. The rotation of the pulley 12 causes the rotating shaft 11 to rotate by friction, and the three display drums 8 loosely fitted around the rotating shaft 11 also rotate at the same time.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a stopper wheel integrally formed on one side of each display drum 8. On the outer periphery of the stopper wheel 15, there are a plurality of stopper wheels (the number of marks 9 on the outer circumferential surface (same number)
The arc-shaped engagement grooves 16 are arranged in a modified radial shape. Reference numeral 17 denotes a contact wheel integrally formed on the other side of each display drum 8. On the periphery of the contact wheel 17, a convex portion 18 and a concave portion 18' having different shapes depending on the type of the mark 9 are formed. Established according to regulations.

Reference numeral 19 denotes three stopper rods whose bases 19a are rotatably attached to fixed shafts 20 that are mounted between both side walls of the internal casing 10 below the display drum 8, and each stopper rod 19 has a tip end. 19b is bent in a substantially L-shape toward the engagement groove 16 of the stopper wheel 15 provided on one side of each display drum 8, and in normal conditions, the elastic force of the spring 21 causes the stopper wheel 19 to be bent into either of the engagement grooves 16. They are engaged together (see solid line in Figure 5).

A rotating arm 22 has a base rotatably attached to both ends of the fixed shaft 20, and a rod 23 is provided between the ends of the rotating arm 22. This rotating arm 22
During normal times, the tip side holding the rod 23 is retracted toward the display drum 8 side by the spring 24. This rod 2
3, when the rotating arm 22 rotates against the spring 24, it comes into contact with the protrusion 19c protruding from the rear surface of the bent portion of the stopper lever 19, and the tip end 19b of the stopper lever 19 is rotated against the stopper wheel 15. This is for rotating it so as to escape from the engagement groove 16 (see the one-dot chain line in FIG. 5).

25 is a sliding body that slides along a guide groove 26 provided on the side wall surface of the internal housing 10;
5 is a metal rod bent into a U-shape, the lower end of which is connected to the distal end of the rotating arm 22 through a long hole 27 (see FIG. 3). 28 is the sliding body 25
A guide frame 29 provided to surround the upper part of the guide groove 26 and a pressing member housed in the lid 30,
The upper end of the pressing member 28 is connected to the operating lever 5.
A connecting rod 32 is connected to a rotating plate 31 fixed to a rotating shaft 5'.
are connected via. Therefore, when the operating lever 5 is rotated forward against its return spring 33, the pressing member 28 presses the upper end of the sliding member 25 downward with its lower end surface from the state shown in FIG. 7A. while moving downward along the guide frame 29. When this pressing member 28 reaches the lower moving end, the protruding piece 28a comes into contact with the inclined protrusion 29a provided at the lower end of the guide frame 29, so that when the sliding body 25 is pushed down the necessary amount, as shown in FIG. It is designed to come off from the upper end of the sliding body 25 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the sliding body 25 returns to its initial position (the state shown in FIG. 2A) regardless of the pressing member 28 by the restoring force of the spring 24 of the rotating arm 22 with which its lower end is connected.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a hook-shaped portion 34 with which a pin 19d protruding from the side surface of each bent portion of the stopper rod 19 engages.
The engaging member 34 is used to maintain the stopper rod 19 in a state in which its tip 19b is disengaged from the engaging groove 16 of the stopper wheel 15. This engaging member 34 is connected to the internal housing 1.
It is provided on a base plate 36 whose lower edge is rotatably supported by a shaft 35 which is horizontally mounted along the inner surface of the front wall of 0. Thus, the base plate 36 of the engaging member 34 is in close contact with the front wall of the internal housing 10 at the other end of the return spring 21 of the stopper rod 19. Further, this board 36 also serves as a board for the stop button 3 mentioned above. Therefore, when the stop button 3 is pressed, the base plate 36 rotates about the shaft 35 against the spring 21, and the hook-shaped portion 34a of the engaging member 34 is actuated to separate from the pin 19d of the stopper rod 19. I'm starting to do that. Note that the base plate 36 of the engaging member 34 is independent for each stop button 3;
As shown in FIG. 6, the leftmost substrate is partially overlapped with the intermediate substrate, and the intermediate substrate is partially overlapped with the rightmost substrate. This means that when you press the leftmost stop button, only that board rotates independently, when you press the middle stop button, both the leftmost and middle boards rotate at the same time, and when you press the rightmost stop button, This is to enable all the substrates to be rotated at the same time.

Reference numeral 37 denotes a flat box-shaped member whose upper edge is rotatably suspended from a shaft 38 that is mounted between both side walls of the internal housing 10 so that the display drum 8 is close to the rear side. When the stopper rod 19 is in a position away from the stopper wheel 15, it is separated from the display drum 8 due to its own weight, and when the stopper rod 19 engages with the engagement groove 16 of the stopper wheel 15, the stopper rod 19 is moved away from the display drum 8 due to its own weight. An arm rod 39 extends upward from a projection 19c provided on the rear surface of one bent part.
It is adapted to come into pressure contact with the display drum 8 with a pressing force of . This flat box-shaped member 37 has a stopper rod 1.
The movable contact piece 40 and the fixed contact piece 42 serve as mark identification contact pieces that act on the convex portion 18 or the concave portion 18' on the peripheral edge of the contact wheel 17 to identify the combination of the marks 9 on the display drum 8 when pressed by the contact wheel 9. It is provided. That is, a set of three movable contact pieces 40 protrudes from the pressure contact surface of the flat box-shaped member 37 at positions corresponding to the contact wheels 17 of the three display drums 8 as shown in the eighth figure. These three pieces are grouped into 3
Each movable contact piece 40 provided at a location is connected to a flat box-shaped member 37.
Normally, the flat box-shaped member 37 is opposed to the same number of fixed contact pieces 42 connected to the printed circuit board 41 provided on the back side of the display drum in a separated state, but the flat box-shaped member 37 is pressed by the arm rod 39 of the stopper rod 19 and the display drum is closed. 8, the tip of each movable contact piece 40 acts on the convex part 18 or concave part 18' provided on the outer periphery of the contact wheel 17,
Only the movable contact piece that comes into contact with the convex portion 18 comes into contact with the fixed contact piece 42 as shown in FIG.
That is, the contact between the three movable contact pieces and the fixed contact piece forming a set is selected depending on the position and width of the convex portion 18, and the type of mark 9 appearing on the display window 2 of the machine body 1 is identified by this permutation combination. It is configured so that it can be done. That is, the convex portion corresponding to the mark 9 appearing on the display window 2 is formed at the portion where the movable contact comes into contact.

Reference numeral 43 denotes a metal chute integrally formed on the top plate of the internal housing 10 so as to communicate with the metal input port 4 of the machine body 1. The metal chute 43 is a lower cylinder for vertically dropping the metal that has descended on the sliding surface. 43a. The lower cylinder 43a protrudes from the rear edge of the top plate, and the machine body 1
Fits into the bulge 1b' provided on the rear half 1b,
It is exposed to the outside from the cut-out lower surface side of the bulged portion 1b'. Reference numeral 44 denotes a switch plate for detecting the number of metals to be inserted. The switch plate 44 is provided on the sliding surface of the metal chute 43, and is turned on by its own weight when the metal passes through, so that it can be confirmed by a certain signal sound that it has been turned on. It's getting old.

Reference numeral 45 denotes a metal storage cylinder formed into a cylindrical shape from a transparent material. The metal storage cylinder 45 is provided with a metal extraction port 45a having a U-shaped cross section at the lower end, and horizontally removes one metal sheet at a time from the lowest stored metal. It is now possible to send it in any direction. This metal housing cylinder 45 is connected to the lower cylinder 43a of the metal chute,
It is detachably mounted between a fitting groove 47 provided in a metal dispensing board 46 exposed on the rear side of the machine main body 1 so as to face this. The metal payout board 46
A circular hole 4 is provided in the central area between the upper plate 48 and the lower plate 48'.
A spacer 50 having a diameter of 9 is interposed therebetween. A fitting groove 47 into which the metal outlet 45a of the metal storage cylinder 45 fits is cut out from the rear edge of the upper plate 48 so as to communicate with the circular hole 49. In addition, metal payout board 46
Inside the circular hole 49 is a shaft 52 which is rotated by a motor 51.
A scraper 53 fixed to the groove 47 is provided, and the scraper 53 passes across the metal outlet 45a of the metal storage cylinder 45 fitted in the fitting groove 47, and sends the lowest metal into the circular hole 49. put out. The thus delivered metal falls through an extraction hole 54 provided in the lower plate 48', passes through a chute 55, and is extracted into a saucer 56 communicating with the metal dispensing port 7 (see Fig. 10). ).

Reference numeral 57 denotes a switch for detecting the number of metal pieces to be paid out, and the switch 57 consists of two contact pieces 57a and 57b that are always in contact with each other.
Each time 3 passes, one of the contact pieces 57a changes to the contact piece 5.
7b.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the signal processing process for determining the number of metal pieces to be dispensed. In the figure, 58 receives an output signal from the mark identification mechanism that identifies the mark 9 appearing on the display window 2 as described above. 59 is a storage device in which the number of metal payouts for each arrangement is stored in advance; 60 is a storage device that compares the arrangement judgment device 58 and the storage device 59 to determine the number of metals to be paid out for one input metal. A comparison device 61 detects the payout number determined by the comparison device 60 through an input metal detection switch 44.
For example, 2 depending on the number of metal pieces detected by
Arithmetic device 62 is arithmetic device 6 that calculates times and triples.
A drive circuit 63 operates the motor 51 in response to the output of the scraper 53;
This comparator outputs a stop signal to the drive circuit 62 when the number of outputs generated by the detection switch 57 reaches the output value of the arithmetic unit 61.

Note that the sequence determination device 58, storage device 59, comparison device 60, arithmetic device 61, and comparator 63 can also be configured using a microcomputer, and when using the microcomputer, for example, "BAR" is displayed on the display window. When two or three marks are displayed, it is easy to carry out a process in which the bonus amount is added to a predetermined array and paid out.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, the metal storage cylinder 45 containing the required number of metal pieces is connected to the lower cylinder 43a of the metal chute 43,
It is installed between the fitting groove of the metal dispensing board 46. Next, turn on the main switch and input metal from the metal input port 4. The thrown metal comes into contact with the switch 44 while descending on the slide surface, and when the number of metal pieces is detected, it is stored in the metal storage cylinder 45.

Next, pull the operating lever 5 toward you. This rotation of the operating lever 5 pulls the pressing member 28 downward via the connecting rod 32, and as a result of moving the sliding body 25 downward at its lower end surface, the sliding body 25 is connected to the lower end through the elongated hole 27. rotating arm 22
rotates about the shaft 20 as a fulcrum against the spring 21 as shown by the dashed line in FIG. The engagement groove 16 of the stopper wheel 15 provided on the side surface of the display drum 8
Rotate in the direction of escape. The tip end 19c of the stopper rod 19 fits into the engagement groove 1 of the stopper wheel 15.
When the motor 13 completely escapes from 6, at that point the motor 13
is energized, and the three display drums 8 are rotated. This retracted state of the stopper rod 19 is maintained by the pin 19d provided on the side surface of the bent portion engaging with the hooked end portion 34a of the engaging member 34.
Further, when the stopper rod 19 is in the retracted state, the flat box-shaped member 37 forming the identification mechanism of the mark 9 is separated from the display drum 8 due to its own weight.

On the other hand, when the pressing member 28 reaches its lower end, it comes off from the upper end of the sliding body 25 due to the action of the inclined protrusion 29a provided at the lower end of the guide frame 29. It is returned to its initial position by force. The player can sense that the sliding body 25 has returned to its initial position by the impact sound and by the removal of the load applied to the control lever, so if you release your hand at that point, the control lever will be moved by the return force of the spring 33. Return to initial position.

Next, the player presses three stop buttons 3 arranged in a row on the front of the machine body 1 in order from the left side. This pressing of the stop button 3 causes the base plate 36 of the engagement member 34 to rotate about its shaft 35, and as a result, the hook-shaped portion 34a engaged with the pin 19d of the stopper rod 19 is moved in the release direction. The stopper rod 19 engages with any one of the engagement grooves 16 of the stopper wheel 15 by the return force of the spring 21, and the display drum 8 is sequentially stopped. In this way, when the final stopper rod 19 is fitted into the engagement groove 16 of the stopper wheel 15, the arm rod 39 extending from the protrusion 19c on the rear surface of the bent portion is attached to the display drum 8 of the flat box-shaped member 37. Press it as if it were pressed against you. Therefore, the tips of the movable contact pieces 40, which are provided in sets of three at three locations on the pressure contact surface of the frame member, act on the convex portion 18 or the concave portion 18' of the contact wheel 17, and the movable contact pieces that hit the convex portion 40 is pressed and comes into contact with the fixed contact piece 42 to turn ON, and the mark appearing on the display window 2 is identified by the combination of ON and OFF with the contact piece that matches the recess and holds OFF. , if it is a combination that can be dispensed, a predetermined number of metal pieces will be dispensed to the metal dispensing port 7 through the tray 56 by the operation of the dispensing mechanism.

As described above, the slot machine toy according to the present invention is equipped with a plurality of display drums adjacent to each other on the rotating shaft, each display drum having marks such as designs and letters displayed on its outer circumferential surface in an evenly distributed manner. A stopper wheel having the same number of engagement grooves as the equal number of marks is integrally formed, and a contact wheel having a convex portion or a concave portion having a different shape on the other side on the periphery depending on the type of the mark is integrally formed, respectively; A stopper rod that can be engaged and disengaged from the engagement groove of the stopper wheel is provided below the display drum, and a flat box-shaped member is swingably suspended at the rear from a shaft suspended parallel to the rotating shaft. The flat box-shaped member is separated from the display drum due to its own weight when the stopper lever is in a position away from the stopper wheel, and when the stopper lever is engaged with the engagement groove of the stopper wheel, the stopper is moved away from the display drum. The feature is that a mark identification contact piece is provided which is pressed by the rod and acts on a convex part or a concave part on the periphery of the contact wheel to identify the combination of marks on the display drum, so the number of parts constituting the stopper mechanism is small. Because it has a simple structure, it is hard to break and can be packed compactly.

In addition, the contact piece that identifies the Kirk attached to the outer peripheral surface of the display drum that appears in the display window is separated when the display drum rotates, and acts on the protrusions and depressions of the contact wheel when the display drum stops. Therefore, there is no risk of the contacts being worn out and causing poor contact as in the conventional case. Moreover, the contact drum as in the conventional device is not required, and together with the simplification of the stopper mechanism, the overall device can be made smaller, lighter, and lower in cost, and various other excellent effects can be achieved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an external perspective view, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the internal state of the machine body separated into the front and back, and Fig. 3 is a display drum.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the stopper rod separated, Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the display drum alone, Fig. 5 is a side view showing the display drum in a stopped state, Fig. 6 is a diagram showing the engaging member and the stop button substrates together. FIGS. 7A and 7B are side views for explaining the operation when operating the operating lever, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a flat box with a mark identification contact piece, FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the metal dispensing mechanism, and FIG. 11 is a block diagram of signal processing for determining the number of metal dispensing sheets. 1...Machine body, 2...Display window, 3...Stop button, 5...Operation lever, 8...Display drum, 9...Mark, 15...Stopper wheel,
16...Engagement groove, 17...Contact wheel, 18...
... Convex portion, 19 ... Stopper rod, 37 ... Flat box-shaped member, 40 ... Movable contact piece, 42 ... Fixed contact piece.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of display drums each having marks such as designs and letters displayed on the outer circumferential surface in an evenly distributed manner are provided adjacent to each other on a rotating shaft, and each display drum has the same number of coefficients as the equally distributed number of marks on one side thereof. A stopper wheel having a matching groove is integrally formed with a contact wheel having a convex portion or a concave portion having a different shape on its periphery in accordance with the type of mark on the other side thereof, and below the display drum is a contact wheel having a convex portion or a concave portion having a different shape depending on the type of the mark. A stopper rod that can be engaged and detached from the engagement groove of the wheel is provided, and a flat box-like member is swingably suspended from a shaft suspended parallel to the rotating shaft at the rear, and the flat box-like member is connected to the stopper. When the rod is in a position away from the stopper wheel, it separates from the display drum due to its own weight, and when the stopper rod engages with the engagement groove of the stopper wheel, it is pressed by the stopper rod and the periphery of the contact wheel. A slot machine toy characterized by being provided with a mark identification contact piece that acts on a convex part or a concave part to identify a combination of marks on a display drum.