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Title:
ISLAND EQUIPMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009082604
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a game ball circulation mechanism which can supply a game ball to each game machine even if a lift carrying device fails.

An upper part tank 13 comprises the first guide path R1 which guides game balls received from other islands to the lower part tank 31 side, the second guide path R2 which guides game balls received from the lift carrying device 33 to a refilling trough 35 to a game machine, a connection section (an opening 130 which drops the game balls) which is arranged in the middle of the first guide path R1 and connects the first guide path R1 to the second guide path R2, a channel switching member 131 (a member which opens and closes the opening 130) which performs channel switching to make the game balls, which falls in the first guide path R1 and arrives at the connection section, fall in the first guide path R1 as it is or to make them fall in the second guide path R2 by changing a course, and a stored ball discharge opening 128a for extruding the game balls stored in the opening 130 by the sliding of the channel switching member 131 from an open state to a blocking state, are prepared.


Inventors:
SEKINO TAKESHI
SEKIGUCHI TADASHI
ARAGAI TOSHIBUMI
ARAI TAKASHI
Application Number:
JP2007258677A
Publication Date:
April 23, 2009
Filing Date:
October 02, 2007
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SOPHIA CO LTD
NISHIJIN CO LTD
International Classes:
A63F7/02
Domestic Patent References:
JPH08266737A1996-10-15
JP2001259210A2001-09-25
JP2004000777A2004-01-08
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hidemi Kashima