JP4789852B2 - Launcher handle of bullet ball machine - Google Patents

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JP4789852B2
JP4789852B2 JP2007123675A JP2007123675A JP4789852B2 JP 4789852 B2 JP4789852 B2 JP 4789852B2 JP 2007123675 A JP2007123675 A JP 2007123675A JP 2007123675 A JP2007123675 A JP 2007123675A JP 4789852 B2 JP4789852 B2 JP 4789852B2
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本発明は、遊技盤の遊技領域に遊技球を打ち出す弾球遊技機の発射ハンドルに関するものである。   The present invention relates to a launch handle for a ball game machine that launches game balls into a game area of a game board.

この種の発射ハンドルは、弾球遊技機の前面枠下方に固定されたベース体と、このベース体の前端部に回動可能に支持された回動操作体などを備えており、回動操作体はトーションばね等からなる戻しばねによって初期位置へ回動付勢されている。回動操作体は遊技者によって手動操作される可動側部材であり、回動操作体の回動角度に応じて遊技球の発射強度が調整されるようになっている。この場合、遊技者が掌で回動操作体を把持した姿勢を長時間維持することはかなりの疲労を伴うため、回動操作体の前方にベース体に連結固定された円椀状のフェースカバーを配設し、遊技者が掌でフェースカバーを握りながら回動操作体を指先で回動操作するようにした構成が広く採用されている。また、回動操作体の外周面には複数の指当部が周方向に所定間隔をおいて突設されており、これら指当部の一部は前方へ突出してフェースカバーの外周面と対向している。したがって、遊技者は複数の指先（親指や人差し指など）を各指当部に対して広い接触面積で押し当てることができ、弾性部材から各指に作用する単位面積当たりの復帰力が可及的に小さくなるため、遊技者の各指が受ける疲労の度合いを大幅に低減できるようになっている。   This type of launching handle includes a base body fixed below the front frame of the ball game machine and a rotating operation body supported rotatably at the front end of the base body. The body is urged to rotate to its initial position by a return spring comprising a torsion spring or the like. The turning operation body is a movable side member that is manually operated by the player, and the launch intensity of the game ball is adjusted according to the turning angle of the turning operation body. In this case, since maintaining a posture in which the player holds the rotating operation body with his / her palm for a long time is accompanied by considerable fatigue, a circular-shaped face cover connected and fixed to the base body in front of the rotating operation body A configuration is widely adopted in which the player operates the turning operation body with the fingertip while holding the face cover with the palm. In addition, a plurality of finger holders project from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating operation body at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction, and some of these finger holders protrude forward and face the outer peripheral surface of the face cover. is doing. Therefore, the player can press a plurality of fingertips (thumb, index finger, etc.) against each finger contact part with a wide contact area, and the restoring force per unit area acting on each finger from the elastic member is as much as possible. Therefore, the degree of fatigue experienced by each finger of the player can be greatly reduced.

ところで、上記のごとく構成された発射ハンドルにおいては、固定側部材であるフェースカバーの後端部周囲に可動側部材である指当部の突出部分が延在しており、これらフェースカバーの外周面と指当部の突出部分との間に隙間ができるため、この隙間にメダルやコイン等の異物を前方から挟み込んで回動操作体を固定するという不正行為が行われやすくなる。そこで従来、指当部を回動操作体の外周面から前方へ突出しないように設けることにより、コイン等の異物で回動操作体を固定する行為を阻止するようにした弾球遊技機の発射ハンドルが提案されている（例えば、特許文献１参照）。このものは、指当部からフェースカバーの後端外周面に対向する突出部分が省略されているため、フェースカバーの後端部周囲にコイン等の異物を挟み込める隙間は存在せず、当該隙間に異物を挟み込んで回動操作体を固定することはできないようになっている。
特開２００１−１７０２６７号公報 By the way, in the launching handle configured as described above, the protruding portion of the finger holding portion that is the movable side member extends around the rear end portion of the face cover that is the fixed side member, and the outer peripheral surfaces of these face covers Since a gap is formed between the protrusion and the protruding portion of the finger holder, a fraudulent act is easily performed in which a foreign object such as a medal or a coin is sandwiched from the front to fix the rotating operation body. Therefore, conventionally, by launching a ball game machine that prevents the action of fixing the rotating operation body with a foreign object such as a coin by providing a finger holder so as not to protrude forward from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating operation body. A handle has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this case, since the protruding portion that faces the outer peripheral surface of the rear end of the face cover from the finger holder is omitted, there is no gap for inserting foreign objects such as coins around the rear end of the face cover. It is impossible to fix the rotating operation body by inserting a foreign object therebetween.
JP 2001-170267 A

前述したように、特許文献１に開示された従来の発射ハンドルでは、フェースカバーの後端外周面と回動操作体の指当部との間にコイン等の異物を前方から挟み込めないようになっているが、フェースカバーの後端面と回動操作体の前端面との間に異物を側方から挟み込んで回動操作体を固定するという行為を阻止することはできない。すなわち、ベース体とフェースカバーは互いに一体化されて固定側部材をなすものであり、これらベース体とフェースカバーとの間に可動側部材である回動操作体が回動可能に配設されている関係上、フェースカバーの後端面と回動操作体の前端面との間には回動操作体の円滑な回動を確保するための隙間（クリアランス）が必要となる。したがって、この隙間に対してコイン等の異物を側方から略垂直姿勢で差し込むと、異物をフェースカバーの後端面と回動操作体の前端面との間に挟み込むことができるため、かかる側方からの異物の挟み込みによる回動操作体の固定行為を阻止することはできなかった。   As described above, in the conventional launching handle disclosed in Patent Document 1, foreign matter such as coins cannot be sandwiched from the front between the outer peripheral surface of the rear end of the face cover and the finger contact part of the rotating operation body. However, it is impossible to prevent the act of fixing the rotating operation body by inserting a foreign object from the side between the rear end surface of the face cover and the front end surface of the rotating operation body. That is, the base body and the face cover are integrated with each other to form a fixed side member, and a rotating operation body that is a movable side member is rotatably disposed between the base body and the face cover. Therefore, a clearance (clearance) is required between the rear end face of the face cover and the front end face of the rotating operation body to ensure smooth rotation of the rotating operation body. Therefore, if a foreign object such as a coin is inserted into the gap in a substantially vertical posture from the side, the foreign object can be sandwiched between the rear end surface of the face cover and the front end surface of the rotating operation body. It was not possible to prevent the rotating operation body from being fixed due to the foreign object being caught from.

本発明は、このような従来技術の実情に鑑みてなされたもので、その目的は、メダルやコイン等の異物を側方から挟み込んで回動操作体を固定するという行為を阻止できる弾球遊技機の発射ハンドルを提供することにある。   The present invention has been made in view of such a state of the art, and the purpose thereof is a ball game capable of preventing the act of fixing a rotating operation body by sandwiching a foreign object such as a medal or a coin from the side. To provide a launch handle for the aircraft.

上記の目的を達成するために、本発明は、遊技機に固定されたベース体と、このベース体の前端部に回動可能に支持された回動操作体と、この回動操作体を回動方向の初期位置に付勢する戻しばねと、前記回動操作体の前方に配設されたフェースカバーとを備え、前記回動操作体の回動角度に応じて遊技球の発射強度が調整される弾球遊技機の発射ハンドルにおいて、前記フェースカバーを前記ベース体に対して回転不能かつ前後方向へ移動可能に連結すると共に、このフェースカバーを弾性部材によって後方へ付勢し、前記フェースカバーの後端面と前記回動操作体の前端面との間に異物を挿入することで前記フェースカバーが前記弾性部材の付勢力に抗して前方へ移動したとき、該異物を保持できない程度の大きさに前記弾性部材の付勢力が設定されている構成とした。
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a base body fixed to a gaming machine, a rotating operation body rotatably supported at a front end portion of the base body, and a rotating operation body. A return spring for biasing to an initial position in the moving direction; and a face cover disposed in front of the rotating operation body, and the launch intensity of the game ball is adjusted according to the rotation angle of the rotating operation body in a ball-shooting game machine of the firing handle to be, the face cover with movably connected to nonrotatably longitudinal direction with respect to the base body, urges the face cover backward by the elastic member, the face cover When the face cover moves forward against the urging force of the elastic member by inserting a foreign object between the rear end surface and the front end surface of the rotating operation body, the foreign object is not large enough to be retained. Further, the bias of the elastic member There was a structure that has been set.

このように構成された弾球遊技機の発射ハンドルでは、フェースカバーの後端面と回動操作体の前端面との間に存在する隙間に対してメダルやコイン等の異物を側方から挿入すると、その挿入力によってフェースカバーが弾性部材の付勢力に抗して前進するが、弾性部材の付勢力だけで異物を保持することはできないため、遊技者が回動操作体から手を離した時点で、回動操作体が戻しばねの付勢力によって初期位置へ確実に復帰し、異物の挟み込みで回動操作体を固定するという不正行為を確実に阻止することができる。
In the launching handle of the ball game machine configured as described above, when a foreign object such as a medal or a coin is inserted from the side into a gap existing between the rear end surface of the face cover and the front end surface of the rotating operation body. The face cover moves forward against the urging force of the elastic member due to the insertion force, but the foreign object cannot be held only by the urging force of the elastic member, so when the player releases his hand from the rotating operation body Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent an illegal act in which the rotating operation body is surely returned to the initial position by the biasing force of the return spring and the rotating operation body is fixed by sandwiching foreign matter.

また、上記の構成において、フェースカバーの内部に回動操作体を介してベース体に固定された規制部材を配設し、この規制部材によって回動操作体をその回転軸方向へ位置規制することが好ましく、このような構成を採用すると、回動操作体を軸線方向にガタつくことなくスムーズに回動操作することができる。この場合において、フェースカバーを規制部材に回転不能かつ前後進可能に支持すると、規制部材に回動操作体の脱落防止機能とフェースカバーの支持機能とを併せ持たせることができ、発射ハンドルの内部構造を簡略化することができる。   Further, in the above configuration, a restricting member fixed to the base body via the rotating operation body is disposed inside the face cover, and the position of the rotating operation body in the direction of the rotation axis is regulated by the restricting member. Preferably, when such a configuration is adopted, the rotation operation body can be smoothly rotated without rattling in the axial direction. In this case, if the face cover is supported by the restricting member so that it cannot rotate and can move forward and backward, the restricting member can have both the function of preventing the turning operation body from falling off and the function of supporting the face cover. The structure can be simplified.

本発明による弾球遊技機の発射ハンドルでは、フェースカバーの後端面と回動操作体の前端面との間に存在する隙間に対してメダルやコイン等の異物を側方から挿入すると、その挿入力によってフェースカバーが弾性部材の付勢力に抗して前進するが、弾性部材の付勢力だけで異物を保持することはできないため、遊技者が回動操作体から手を離した時点で、回動操作体が戻しばねの付勢力によって初期位置へ確実に復帰し、異物を側方から挟み込んで回動操作体を固定するという行為を阻止することができる。 In the shooting handle of the ball game machine according to the present invention, when a foreign object such as a medal or a coin is inserted from the side into a gap existing between the rear end surface of the face cover and the front end surface of the rotating operation body, the insertion is performed. The face cover moves forward against the urging force of the elastic member due to the force, but the foreign object cannot be held only by the urging force of the elastic member. It is possible to prevent the act of the moving operating body reliably returning to the initial position by the urging force of the return spring and fixing the rotating operating body by sandwiching the foreign material from the side.

発明の実施の形態について図面を参照して説明すると、図１は本発明の実施形態例に係る弾球遊技機の斜視図、図２は該弾球遊技機に備えられる発射ハンドルの斜視図、図３は該発射ハンドルの側面図、図４は該発射ハンドルの分解斜視図、図５は該発射ハンドルの内部構造を示す正面図、図６は該発射ハンドルの断面図、図７は該発射ハンドルに異物を差し込んだ状態を示す断面図である。   1 is a perspective view of a ball game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a firing handle provided in the ball game machine. 3 is a side view of the firing handle, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the firing handle, FIG. 5 is a front view showing the internal structure of the firing handle, FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the firing handle, and FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which inserted the foreign material in the handle | steering-wheel.

図１に示すように、本実施形態例に係る弾球遊技機は、遊技場の島設備に設置される機枠１と、機枠１に扉状に開閉自在に取り付けられた前面枠２と、前面枠２に収容された遊技盤３と、前面枠２の前面に扉状に開閉自在に取り付けられたガラス枠４と、前面枠２の下側に配設された受皿５を有する前面ボード６と、前面ボード６に取り付けられた発射ハンドル７等を具備しており、この発射ハンドル７によって受皿５に貯留された遊技球が遊技盤３の遊技領域に向けて発射されるようになっている。   As shown in FIG. 1, a ball game machine according to the present embodiment includes a machine frame 1 installed in an island facility of a game arcade, and a front frame 2 attached to the machine frame 1 so as to be openable and closable in a door shape. A front board having a game board 3 housed in the front frame 2, a glass frame 4 attached to the front surface of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and a tray 5 disposed on the lower side of the front frame 2 6 and a launching handle 7 attached to the front board 6, and the game balls stored in the receiving tray 5 are launched toward the game area of the game board 3 by the launching handle 7. Yes.

図２〜図６に示すように、前記発射ハンドル７は、前面ボード６に取り付けられて前方へ突出するベース体８と、ベース体８に回動可能に支持された回動操作体９と、回動操作体９をその回転軸方向へ位置規制する規制部材１０と、規制部材１０に回転不能かつ前後進可能に支持された円椀状のフェースカバー１１とによって主に構成されており、遊技者の指先で操作される回動操作体９の回動角度に応じて遊技球の発射強度が調整されるようになっている。   As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the firing handle 7 includes a base body 8 that is attached to the front board 6 and protrudes forward, and a rotation operation body 9 that is rotatably supported by the base body 8. It is mainly composed of a restricting member 10 for restricting the position of the rotating operation body 9 in the rotation axis direction, and a circular face cover 11 supported by the restricting member 10 so as not to be rotatable and to be able to move forward and backward. The launch intensity of the game ball is adjusted according to the rotation angle of the rotation operation body 9 operated by the fingertip of the person.

ベース体８は、前面ボード６から前方へ突出する円筒状の本体部８ａと、本体部８ａの前端から径方向外側へ突出する円形の基板部８ｂとを有し、基板部８ｂの外周縁には前方へ突出する筒状突堤８ｃが形成されている。基板部８ｂには支持突起８ｄと複数本の支柱８ｅが前方に向けて突設されており、基板部８ｂの中央には軸受筒部８ｆが形成されている。また、基板部８ｂにはレバースイッチ１２が実装されており、このレバースイッチ１２を駆動するアクチュエータ１３の操作部１３ａが筒状突堤８ｃの外方へ突出している。レバースイッチ１２は遊技球の発射停止信号を出力する電気部品であり、遊技球の発射動作中に遊技者が指先でアクチュエータ１３の操作部１３ａを押圧操作すると、レバースイッチ１２がオン動作して遊技球の発射を一時的に停止するようになっている。さらに、基板部８ｂにはロータリボリューム１４が実装されており、このロータリボリューム１４の回転軸には歯車１５が固着されている。ロータリボリューム１４は回動操作体９の回動量を検出する電気部品であり、その検出信号に基づいて図示せぬ発射装置のモータが打撃槌の回転駆動力を制御することにより、前述したように遊技球の発射強度が調整される。   The base body 8 has a cylindrical main body portion 8a that protrudes forward from the front board 6 and a circular substrate portion 8b that protrudes radially outward from the front end of the main body portion 8a. Is formed with a cylindrical jetty 8c protruding forward. A support protrusion 8d and a plurality of support columns 8e are projected forward from the substrate portion 8b, and a bearing tube portion 8f is formed at the center of the substrate portion 8b. A lever switch 12 is mounted on the board portion 8b, and an operation portion 13a of an actuator 13 that drives the lever switch 12 protrudes outward from the cylindrical jetty 8c. The lever switch 12 is an electrical component that outputs a game ball firing stop signal. When the player presses the operation portion 13a of the actuator 13 with the fingertip during the game ball firing operation, the lever switch 12 is turned on to play the game. The ball launch is temporarily stopped. Further, a rotary volume 14 is mounted on the substrate portion 8b, and a gear 15 is fixed to the rotary shaft of the rotary volume 14. The rotary volume 14 is an electrical component that detects the amount of rotation of the rotating operation body 9, and the motor of the launcher (not shown) controls the rotational driving force of the striking rod based on the detection signal, as described above. The launch intensity of the game ball is adjusted.

回動操作体９には、外周面に指当部９ａを有するリング部９ｂや、リング部９ｂの前端面から前方へ突出する筒状部９ｃ等が形成されており、筒状部９ｃの内側領域は基体部９ｄとなっている。回動操作体９は合成樹脂材料の表面に良導電性のメッキ加工を施したものからなり、図６に示すように、基体部９ｄの後端面にはこのメッキ面に接触するコンデンサ１６が実装されている。このコンデンサ１６は図示せぬタッチ回路に接続されており、回動操作体９に遊技者が接触してコンデンサ１６の容量が変化すると、タッチ回路がコンデンサ１６の容量変化に基づいて前述した発射装置のモータへ電力供給するようになっている。   The rotating operation body 9 is formed with a ring portion 9b having a finger rest portion 9a on the outer peripheral surface, a cylindrical portion 9c that protrudes forward from the front end surface of the ring portion 9b, and the like. The region is a base portion 9d. The rotating operation body 9 is made of a surface of a synthetic resin material subjected to a highly conductive plating process. As shown in FIG. 6, a capacitor 16 in contact with the plating surface is mounted on the rear end surface of the base portion 9d. Has been. The capacitor 16 is connected to a touch circuit (not shown). When the player touches the rotating operation body 9 and the capacitance of the capacitor 16 changes, the touch circuit changes the capacitance of the capacitor 16 based on the capacitance change of the capacitor 16 described above. Power is supplied to the motor.

基体部９ｄの後端面には伝達体１７がネジ止め等の固定手段を用いて一体化されており、この伝達体１７は回動操作体９の回転中心軸に沿って後方へ突出する軸部１７ａを有している。軸部１７ａの先端部はベース体８の軸受筒部８ｆに回転可能に支持されており、伝達体１７は回動操作体９をベース体８に軸支する回転軸として機能している。図示省略されているが、軸部１７ａの外周面にはギア部が刻設されており、このギア部が前述した歯車１５と噛合することにより、回動操作体９の回転が伝達体１７と歯車１５を介してロータリボリューム１４の回転軸に伝達される。   A transmission body 17 is integrated with a rear end surface of the base body portion 9d by using a fixing means such as a screw. The transmission body 17 is a shaft portion that protrudes rearward along the rotation center axis of the rotation operation body 9. 17a. The distal end portion of the shaft portion 17 a is rotatably supported by the bearing tube portion 8 f of the base body 8, and the transmission body 17 functions as a rotating shaft that pivotally supports the rotating operation body 9 on the base body 8. Although not shown in the drawings, a gear portion is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion 17 a, and when the gear portion meshes with the gear 15 described above, the rotation of the rotating operation body 9 is connected to the transmission body 17. This is transmitted to the rotary shaft of the rotary volume 14 via the gear 15.

基体部９ｄの前端面中央には支持筒体９ｅが前方へ向けて突出形成されており、この支持筒体９ｅの周囲にはばね受け突部９ｆと一対の円弧状孔９ｇが形成されている。ベース体８の支持突起８ｄと各支柱８ｅは円弧状孔９ｇを挿通して基体部９ｄの前方へ突出しており、回動操作体９の回動範囲は円弧状孔９ｇの周方向の両端が支柱８ｅに当接することによって規定される。図５に示すように、支持筒体９ｅにはトーションばね１８の巻回部が保持されており、この巻回部から突出する一対の腕部がベース体８の支持突起８ｄと回動操作体９のばね受け突部９ｆにそれぞれ掛止されている。これにより、回動操作体９は戻しばねであるトーションばね１８の弾発力によって回動方向の初期位置に付勢されている。   A support cylinder 9e is formed to project forward at the center of the front end surface of the base 9d, and a spring receiving projection 9f and a pair of arcuate holes 9g are formed around the support cylinder 9e. . The support protrusion 8d of the base body 8 and each support column 8e are inserted through the arc-shaped hole 9g and protrude forward of the base portion 9d. The rotation range of the rotating operation body 9 is that both ends in the circumferential direction of the arc-shaped hole 9g are It is defined by contacting the support 8e. As shown in FIG. 5, the winding portion of the torsion spring 18 is held in the support cylinder 9e, and the pair of arms protruding from the winding portion are the support protrusion 8d of the base body 8 and the rotating operation body. 9 spring receiving projections 9f. Thereby, the rotation operation body 9 is urged | biased by the initial position of the rotation direction with the elastic force of the torsion spring 18 which is a return spring.

規制部材１０は環状板部１０ａを有しており、この環状板部１０ａの後端面には複数の脚部１０ｂが突出形成されている。これら脚部１０ｂは回動操作体９の円弧状孔９ｇから突出する支柱８ｅの先端に係合しており、図示せぬネジを基板部８ｂの裏面側から支柱８ｅに挿入して脚部１０ｂに螺着することにより、規制部材１０はベース体８に固定されている。したがって、これらベース体８と規制部材１０との間に回動可能に配置された回動操作体９は、規制部材１０の環状板部１０ａによって前方へ移動規制されてベース体８から脱落しないようになっている。また、環状板部１０ａの中央には筒状部１０ｃが前方へ向けて突出形成されており、この筒状部１０ｃの前面には小判形状のガイド孔１０ｄが形成されている。   The regulating member 10 has an annular plate portion 10a, and a plurality of leg portions 10b project from the rear end surface of the annular plate portion 10a. These leg portions 10b are engaged with the front ends of the pillars 8e protruding from the arc-shaped holes 9g of the rotating operation body 9, and screws (not shown) are inserted into the pillars 8e from the back side of the substrate portion 8b to form the leg portions 10b. The regulating member 10 is fixed to the base body 8 by being screwed onto the base body 8. Therefore, the rotation operation body 9 that is rotatably disposed between the base body 8 and the restriction member 10 is restricted from moving forward by the annular plate portion 10a of the restriction member 10 so as not to fall off the base body 8. It has become. Further, a cylindrical portion 10c is formed to project forward at the center of the annular plate portion 10a, and an oval guide hole 10d is formed on the front surface of the cylindrical portion 10c.

フェースカバー１１は発射ハンドル７の最も手前側に配置された部材であり、このフェースカバー１１の内面中央にはガイド体１９が固定されている。このガイド体１９は規制部材１０のガイド孔１０ｄに摺動可能に挿入されており、ガイド体１９の断面形状はガイド孔１０ｄと同じ小判形状であるため、フェースカバー１１は規制部材１０に対して回転不能であるが前後方向へ移動可能に案内されている。ただし、ガイド孔１０ｄとガイド体１９を小判形状以外の非円形状、例えばＤ形状や多角形状に形成しても良い。図６に示すように、筒状部１０ｃの内部には弾性部材であるコイルばね２０が収納されており、このコイルばね２０の端部がガイド体１９の先端に形成された鍔部１９ａに当接することにより、フェースカバー１１はコイルばね２０の弾発力によって後方へ付勢されている。すなわち、規制部材１０は前述した回動操作体９の脱落防止機能だけでなく、フェースカバー１１の支持機能を併せ持っている。そして、このように規制部材１０に支持されたフェースカバー１１の後端面とベース体８の筒状突堤８ｃとの間に前述した回動操作体９の指当部９ａとリング部９ｂが回動可能に露出しており、筒状部９ｃの外周面はフェースカバー１１の後端内周面とオーバーラップしている。   The face cover 11 is a member disposed on the most front side of the firing handle 7, and a guide body 19 is fixed to the center of the inner surface of the face cover 11. The guide body 19 is slidably inserted into the guide hole 10d of the restricting member 10, and the cross-sectional shape of the guide body 19 is the same as the guide hole 10d. Although it cannot rotate, it is guided so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. However, the guide hole 10d and the guide body 19 may be formed in a non-circular shape other than an oval shape, for example, a D shape or a polygonal shape. As shown in FIG. 6, a coil spring 20 that is an elastic member is accommodated in the cylindrical portion 10 c, and an end portion of the coil spring 20 abuts against a flange portion 19 a formed at the tip of the guide body 19. By contacting, the face cover 11 is urged rearward by the elastic force of the coil spring 20. That is, the regulating member 10 has not only the function of preventing the turning operation body 9 from falling off but also the function of supporting the face cover 11. Then, the finger contact portion 9a and the ring portion 9b of the rotary operation body 9 described above rotate between the rear end surface of the face cover 11 supported by the restriction member 10 and the cylindrical jetty 8c of the base body 8 as described above. It is exposed so that the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 9 c overlaps the inner peripheral surface of the rear end of the face cover 11.

上述のごとく構成された弾球遊技機では、遊技者が発射ハンドル７に手を触れていない非操作状態において、回動操作体９はトーションばね１８の弾発力によって初期位置に保持されており、フェースカバー１１はコイルばね２０の比較的小さな弾発力によって後方位置に保持されている。そして、この状態で遊技者が掌でフェースカバー１１を握りながら指先を指当部９ａに押し当てて回動操作体９を回動操作すると、回動操作体９は伝達体１７の軸部１７ａを中心に回転し、その回転が伝達体１７と歯車１５を介してロータリボリューム１４の回転軸に伝達される。その結果、ロータリボリューム１４から回動操作体９の回動量が検出されるため、この検出信号に基づいて前記発射装置のモータを制御することにより、受皿５に貯留された遊技球が回動操作体９の回動量に応じた発射強度で遊技盤３の遊技領域に向けて発射される。また、かかる回動操作体９の回動操作に伴ってトーションばね１８が蓄力されていき、回動操作体９に対する回動操作力が除去されると、回動操作体９はこのトーションばね１８の弾発力によって初期位置に自動復帰する。   In the ball and ball game machine configured as described above, the rotating operation body 9 is held at the initial position by the resilient force of the torsion spring 18 in a non-operation state where the player does not touch the firing handle 7. The face cover 11 is held at the rear position by a relatively small elastic force of the coil spring 20. In this state, when the player holds the face cover 11 with his / her palm and presses the fingertip against the finger contact portion 9 a to rotate the rotation operation body 9, the rotation operation body 9 becomes the shaft portion 17 a of the transmission body 17. The rotation is transmitted to the rotary shaft of the rotary volume 14 via the transmission body 17 and the gear 15. As a result, since the amount of rotation of the rotation operation body 9 is detected from the rotary volume 14, the game ball stored in the tray 5 is rotated by controlling the motor of the launching device based on this detection signal. It is fired toward the game area of the game board 3 with a launch intensity corresponding to the amount of rotation of the body 9. Further, the torsion spring 18 is stored with the turning operation of the turning operation body 9, and when the turning operation force with respect to the turning operation body 9 is removed, the turning operation body 9 is moved to the torsion spring. It automatically returns to the initial position by 18 elastic force.

ここで、本実施形態例に係る発射ハンドル７は、フェースカバー１１をベース体８と一体の規制部材１０に回転不能かつ前後方向へ移動可能に支持すると共に、このフェースカバー１１をコイルばね２０によって後方へ付勢しているため、メダルやコイン等の異物をフェースカバー１１の後端面とリング部９ｂの前端面との間に挟み込んで回動操作体９を固定することができないようになっている。すなわち、図７に示すように、フェースカバー１１の後端面とリング部９ｂの前端面との間に生じる隙間Ｓにメダルやコイン等の異物２１を側方から挿入すると、この異物２１の挿入力によりフェースカバー１１がコイルばね２０の弾発力に抗して前方へ移動して隙間Ｓが押し広げられるが、コイルばね２０の弱い弾発力では異物２１を隙間Ｓに保持することができないため、異物２１をフェースカバー１１とリング部９ｂとの間に挟み込んで回動操作体９を任意の回動位置に固定することはできなくなる。したがって、遊技者は必ず指先で回動操作体９を回動操作して遊技しなければならず、回動操作体９を異物２１で固定した状態で遊技するという不正行為を阻止することができる。   Here, the firing handle 7 according to the present embodiment supports the face cover 11 on the regulating member 10 integrated with the base body 8 so as not to be rotatable and movable in the front-rear direction, and the face cover 11 is supported by the coil spring 20. Since the urging force is applied to the rear side, foreign objects such as medals and coins cannot be fixed between the rear end surface of the face cover 11 and the front end surface of the ring portion 9b. Yes. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, when a foreign material 21 such as a medal or a coin is inserted from the side into a gap S generated between the rear end surface of the face cover 11 and the front end surface of the ring portion 9b, the insertion force of the foreign material 21 As a result, the face cover 11 moves forward against the spring force of the coil spring 20 to push the gap S wide, but the weak spring force of the coil spring 20 cannot hold the foreign material 21 in the gap S. The foreign object 21 cannot be sandwiched between the face cover 11 and the ring portion 9b to fix the rotational operation body 9 to an arbitrary rotational position. Therefore, the player must always play the game by rotating the rotating operation body 9 with the fingertip, and can prevent an illegal act of playing the game with the rotating operation body 9 fixed by the foreign object 21. .

また、本実施形態例に係る発射ハンドル７では、フェースカバー１１を後方へ付勢するコイルばね２０の付勢力に対して回動操作体９を初期位置に回動復帰させるトーションばね１８の付勢力が大きくなるように設定されている。このため、フェースカバー１１の後端面とリング部９ｂの前端面との間に異物２１を挟み込んだまま回動操作体９を回動操作したとしても、遊技者が回動操作体９から手を離した時点で、コイルばね２０の付勢力よりも大きなトーションばね１８の付勢力によって回動操作体９を初期位置へ確実に自動復帰させることができる。   Further, in the firing handle 7 according to this embodiment, the biasing force of the torsion spring 18 that causes the rotating operation body 9 to rotate back to the initial position with respect to the biasing force of the coil spring 20 that biases the face cover 11 backward. Is set to be large. For this reason, even if the player operates the turning operation body 9 with the foreign object 21 sandwiched between the rear end face of the face cover 11 and the front end face of the ring portion 9b, the player can move his hand from the turning operation body 9. At the time of separation, the rotating operation body 9 can be automatically and reliably returned to the initial position by the biasing force of the torsion spring 18 larger than the biasing force of the coil spring 20.

さらに、本実施形態例に係る発射ハンドル７では、ベース体８の支柱８ｅに固定した規制部材１０によって回動操作体９を回転軸方向へ位置規制すると共に、この規制部材１０にフェースカバー１１を回転不能かつ前後進可能に支持させているため、規制部材１０に回動操作体９の脱落防止機能とフェースカバー１１の支持機能とを併せ持たせることができ、発射ハンドル７の内部構造を簡略化することができる。   Further, in the firing handle 7 according to the present embodiment, the position of the rotating operation body 9 is restricted in the direction of the rotation axis by the restriction member 10 fixed to the column 8e of the base body 8, and the face cover 11 is attached to the restriction member 10. Since it is supported so that it cannot rotate and can move forward and backward, the regulating member 10 can have both the function of preventing the turning operation body 9 from falling off and the function of supporting the face cover 11, and the internal structure of the launch handle 7 is simplified. Can be

なお、上記実施形態例では、回動操作体９の指当部９ａをリング部９ｂと同一幅に設定することより、フェースカバー１１の外周面と指当部９ａとの間に異物２１を挟み込めないようにしているが、筒状部９ｃから径方向へ十分に離れた箇所であれば、指当部９ａの一部をリング部９ｂの前端面から前方へ突出させても良い。   In the above embodiment, the foreign object 21 is sandwiched between the outer peripheral surface of the face cover 11 and the finger contact portion 9a by setting the finger contact portion 9a of the rotating operation body 9 to the same width as the ring portion 9b. However, a part of the finger holder 9a may be protruded forward from the front end surface of the ring portion 9b as long as the portion is sufficiently away from the cylindrical portion 9c in the radial direction.

また、上記実施形態例では、規制部材１０を用いて回動操作体９をベース体８に回動可能に支持すると共に、この規制部材１０にフェースカバー１１を回転不能かつ前後進可能に支持するようにしているが、例えばＥリングのような留め具を用いて回動操作体９をベース体８に回動可能に支持することも可能であり、この場合はフェースカバー１１をベース体８に回動可能に支持させれば良い。   In the above embodiment, the rotation operation body 9 is rotatably supported on the base body 8 using the restriction member 10, and the face cover 11 is supported on the restriction member 10 so that the face cover 11 cannot rotate but can move forward and backward. However, it is also possible to rotatably support the rotating operation body 9 on the base body 8 using a fastener such as an E-ring. In this case, the face cover 11 is attached to the base body 8. What is necessary is just to support so that rotation is possible.

本発明の実施形態例に係る弾球遊技機の斜視図である。1 is a perspective view of a ball game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. 該弾球遊技機に備えられる発射ハンドルの斜視図である。It is a perspective view of the launching handle with which this bullet ball game machine is equipped. 該発射ハンドルの側面図である。FIG. 6 is a side view of the firing handle. 該発射ハンドルの分解斜視図である。FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the firing handle. 該発射ハンドルの内部構造を示す正面図である。It is a front view which shows the internal structure of this firing handle. 該発射ハンドルの断面図である。FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the firing handle. 該発射ハンドルに異物を差し込んだ状態を示す断面図である。It is sectional drawing which shows the state which inserted the foreign material in this firing handle.

符号の説明Explanation of symbols

６ 前面ボード
７ 発射ハンドル
８ ベース体
８ｅ 支柱
９ 回動操作体
９ａ 指当部
９ｂ リング部
９ｃ 筒状部
１０ 規制部材
１０ａ 環状板部
１０ｂ 脚部
１０ｃ 筒状部
１０ｄ ガイド孔
１１ フェースカバー
１８ トーションばね（戻しばね）
１９ ガイド体
１９ａ 鍔部
２０ コイルばね（弾性部材）
２１ 異物
Ｓ 隙間 6 Front board 7 Launch handle 8 Base body 8e Strut 9 Rotating operation body 9a Finger holding part 9b Ring part 9c Cylindrical part 10 Restriction member 10a Annular plate part 10b Leg part 10c Cylindrical part 10d Guide hole 11 Face cover 18 Torsion spring (Return spring)
19 guide body 19a collar 20 coil spring (elastic member)
21 Foreign object S Clearance

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遊技機に固定されたベース体と、このベース体の前端部に回動可能に支持された回動操作体と、この回動操作体を回動方向の初期位置に付勢する戻しばねと、前記回動操作体の前方に配設されたフェースカバーとを備え、前記回動操作体の回動角度に応じて遊技球の発射強度が調整される弾球遊技機の発射ハンドルにおいて、
前記フェースカバーを前記ベース体に対して回転不能かつ前後方向へ移動可能に連結すると共に、このフェースカバーを弾性部材によって後方へ付勢し、前記フェースカバーの後端面と前記回動操作体の前端面との間に異物を挿入することで前記フェースカバーが前記弾性部材の付勢力に抗して前方へ移動したとき、該異物を保持できない程度の大きさに前記弾性部材の付勢力が設定されていることを特徴とする弾球遊技機の発射ハンドル。 A base body fixed to the gaming machine, a rotating operation body rotatably supported at the front end of the base body, a return spring for biasing the rotating operation body to an initial position in the rotation direction, A launch handle of a ball game machine, comprising a face cover disposed in front of the turning operation body, wherein a launching intensity of the game ball is adjusted according to a turning angle of the turning operation body,
The face cover is connected to the base body so as not to rotate and to be movable in the front-rear direction, and the face cover is urged rearward by an elastic member so that the rear end face of the face cover and the front end of the rotating operation body When the face cover moves forward against the biasing force of the elastic member by inserting a foreign object between the surface and the surface, the biasing force of the elastic member is set to a size that cannot hold the foreign matter. a pinball game machine of the firing handle, characterized in that is. 請求項１の記載において、前記フェースカバーの内部に前記回動操作体を介して前記ベース体に固定された規制部材を配設し、この規制部材によって前記回動操作体をその回転軸方向へ位置規制するようにしたことを特徴とする弾球遊技機の発射ハンドル。   2. The restriction member fixed to the base body via the rotation operation body is disposed inside the face cover, and the rotation operation body is moved in the direction of the rotation axis by the restriction member. A launch handle of a ball game machine characterized by its position restriction. 請求項２の記載において、前記フェースカバーを前記規制部材に回転不能かつ前後進可能に支持したことを特徴とする弾球遊技機の発射ハンドル。 The launching handle of the bullet ball game machine according to claim 2 , wherein the face cover is supported by the restricting member so as not to rotate and to move forward and backward.
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