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Title: Light-emission gun amusement machine for home use
Claims: I claim as my invention: 1. A light-emission gun amusement machine including a light emission gun, a photosensor element, a light source, a screen, a mirror interposed therebetween to refect the light beam from said light source onto said screen and thereby to produce a target mark thereon, which comprises a mirror drive system consisting of a mirror vertical drive mechanism including a driving shaft connected to a constantly revolving shaft connected to an electric motor in such a manner that said mirror is kept tilting back and forth throughout the rotation of said electric motor and a mirror horizontal drive mechanism including a driving shaft disconnectably associated with said constantly revolving shaft via a one-way clutch operable only in a normal direction of the motor, whereby said mirror is driven horizontally only during the rotation in normal direction of said electric motor, and a motor power supply control device including a switching mechanism for reversing the electrical connection between the motor and a power supply upon generation of an output signal by said photosensor element actuated by said light emission gun to reverse the rotational direction of said electric motor, whereby said target mark is caused to move diagonally in a composite direction made up of horizontal and vertical component directions on the screen by and during a normal rotation of the motor to simulate a flight of a prey and said mark is caused to move only vertically downwardly upon suspension of the horizontal drive of said mirror as the motor is driven in reverse in response to the generation of said output signal to thereby simulate a fall of said prey. 2. A light-emission gun amusement machine as set forth in claim 1 wherein said revolving shaft for said mirror vertical drive mechanism carries, as rigidly mounted thereon, a cam adapted to act upon a switch interposed in an electric circuit for the light source for generating said mark on the screen when tilting said mirror to cause the target mark to ascend across the screen, whereby the light source is switched off when the mirror vertical drive mechanism starts displaying a descending action of said mark so that the mark is caused only to ascend in its normal flight to provide a clear distinction from the fall of the mark which is caused by a successful shooting of the mark with said weapon. 3. A light-emission gun amusement machine including a light emission gun, a photo sensor element, a light source, a screen, a mirror interposed therebetween to refect the light beam from said light source onto said screen and thereby to produce a target mark thereon, which comprises a mirror drive system consisting of a mirror vertical drive mechanism including a driving shaft connected to a constantly revolving shaft connected to an electric motor in such a manner that said mirror is kept tilting back and forth throughout the rotation of said electric motor and a mirror horizontal drive mechanism including a driving shaft disconnectably associated with said constantly revolving shaft via a one-way clutch operable only in a normal direction of the motor, whereby said mirror is driven horizontally only during the rotation in normal direction of said electric motor, and a motor power supply control device including a switching mechanism for reversing the electrical connection between the motor and a power supply upon generation of an output signal by said photosensor element actuated by said light emission gun to reverse the rotational direction of said electric motor, a hitting-sound emission device including a resonance box, a vibrating member, one end of which is rigidly secured to said resonance box, a serrated plate having a toothed periphery adapted to engage a free end of said vibrating member and, upon rotation, to vibrate said vibrating plate, and a one-way clutch adapted to allow said serrated plate to engage a constantly revolving shaft upon reversal of the rotation of said electric motor, whereby said mark is caused to move diagonally in a composite direction made up of horizontal and vertical component directions across the screen during a normal rotation of the electric motor to simulate a flight of a prey and the rotation of said motor is reversed upon a successful shooting of the mark with said weapon to suspend the horizontal drive of said mirror to cause the mark to move only vertically downwardly and, thereby, to simulate a fall of said prey and, at the same time, to cause said hitting-sound emission device to produce a sound simulating a cry or cries of the prey. 4. A light-emission gun amusement machine including a light emission gun, a photosensor element, a light source, a screen, a mirror interposed therebetween to reflect the light beam from said light source onto said screen and thereby to produce a target mark thereon, which comprises a mirror drive system consisting of a mirror vertical drive mechanism including a driving shaft connected to a constantly revolving shaft connected to an electric motor in such a manner that said mirror is kept tilting back and forth throughout the rotation of said electric motor and a mirror horizontal drive mechanism including a driving shaft disconnectably associated with said constantly revolving shaft via a one-way clutch operable only a normal direction of the motor, whereby said mirror is driven horizontally only during the rotation in normal direction of said electric motor, and a motor power supply control device including a switching mechanism for reversing the electrical connection between the motor and a power supply upon generation of an output signal by said photosensor element activated by said light emission gun to reverse the rotational direction of said electric motor, a diaphragm device including a stationary plate having a mark aperture consisting of a basic configured area and an extension configured area, a movable diaphragm member plate having a shutter member adapted to block the light passing through said extension configured area of mark aperture and such that the effective area of release of the blocking of light gains from a minimum to a maximum and, then, declines from said maximum to said minimum and that said release of blocking starts and ends at the portion of said extension configured area that is adjacent said basic configured area, and a cam for driving said diaphragm member plate of said diaphragm device, said cam being connected to a constantly revolving shaft via a one-way clutch which transmits only a normal revolution of said electric motor, whereby said mark is caused to move in a composite direction made up of horizontal and vertical components across said screen during a normal rotation of said electric motor to simulate a flight of a prey and the rotation of said motor is reversed upon a successful shooting of the mark with said weapon to suspend the horizontal drive of said mirror to cause the mark to move only vertically downwardly and, thereby, to simulate a fall of said prey, the configuration of the prey being changed only during its normal flight but retaining a fixed configuration during its downward flight to make a clear distinction between a successful shooting and an unsuccessful shooting. 5. A light-emission gun amusement machine as set forth in claim 4, wherein said stationary plate has a plurality of extension configured areas, in stead of one, on both sides of said basic configured area. 6. A light-emission gun amusement machine including a light emission gun, a photosensor element, a light source, a screen, a mirror interposed therebetween to refect the light beam from said light source onto said screen and thereby to produce a target mark thereon, which comprises a mirror drive system consisting of a mirror vertical drive mechanism including a driving shaft connected to a constantly revolving shaft connected to an electric motor in such a manner that said mirror is kept tilting back and forth throughout the rotation of said electric motor and a mirror horizontal drive mechanism including a driving shaft disconnectably associated with said constantly revolving shaft via a one-way clutch operable only in a normal direction of the motor, whereby said mirror is driven horizontally only during the rotation in normal direction of said electric motor, and a motor power supply control device including a switching mechanism for reversing the electrical connection between the motor and a power supply upon generation of an output signal by said photosensor element activated by said light emission gun to reverse the rotational direction of said electric motor, a score display device including a rotary display plate as disconnectably connected to a constantly revolving shaft via a one-way clutch operable in a reverse direction of rotation thereof and an indexing unit, whereby said mark is caused to move in a composite direction made up of horizontal and vertical component directions across the screen during a normal rotation of the electric motor to simulate a flight of a prey, the rotation of said motor is reversed upon a successful shooting of the mark with said weapon to suspend the horizontal drive of said mirror to cause the mark to move only vertically downwardly and, thereby, to simulate a fall of said prey and the total number of successful shootings is cumulatively displayed. Other info: Inventors: Ohta, Takao (Hirakata, JA) Application Number: 659553 Filing Date: 1976-02-19 Publication_date: 1977-10-04 Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, JA) Primary Class(es): 463/52 273/381 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: Primary Examiner: Oechsle, Anton O. Assistant Examiner: Hum, Vance Y. Attorney: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack |
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