JP2009172351A5

JP2009172351A5 -

Info

Publication number: JP2009172351A5
Application number: JP2008083201A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2008-03-27
Publication date: 2011-04-21
Anticipated expiration: 2028-03-27

Claims

In a gaming ball supply device that is provided on a gaming island in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged in the longitudinal direction and supplies gaming balls to each gaming machine,
Two rollers having a rotation axis arranged in the longitudinal direction of the game island at intervals and extending in the short direction of the game island;
An endless transport belt having speed imparting means that is stretched around the two rollers and imparts speed to the game ball as it circulates ;
A drive source for rotationally driving one of the rollers and rotating the conveyor belt;
A flat plate portion is provided below the transport belt with a gap, and a game ball that has flowed in from an inlet portion is loosely fitted between the lower portion and the flat plate portion by movement of the lower portion of the transport belt. A replenishment rod that moves in a state ,
A plurality of replenishment chutes that are provided along the longitudinal direction of the replenishment cage and guide the game balls that move the replenishment cage to each gaming machine;
There is a curved portion provided at an interval along the outer periphery of the downstream arc portion of the conveyor belt, and a game ball that flows in from the replenishing rod moves on the inner circumference of the curved portion by the movement of the downstream arc portion. End heels to
Wherein a support portion for supporting the upper part of the conveyor belt from below, an upper gutter game ball which has flowed from the edge gutter is moved by the movement of the upper part, the game ball supply, characterized in that to obtain Bei the apparatus.

The conveyor belt is disposed at a predetermined inclination angle in the lateral direction,
The replenishment rod and the upper rod are disposed inclined at the same inclination angle as the conveyor belt,
The game ball supply device according to claim 1, wherein the supply chute is provided on a lower side of the supply basket.

In the gaming island, gaming machines are arranged in a back-facing state in the short direction,
  The supply chute is
  A first supply chute for supplying a game ball moving on the flat plate portion to a gaming machine located on a lower side of the supply basket;
  A second supply chute for supplying a game ball moving on the flat plate portion to a gaming machine located on the high side of the supply basket;
  The game ball supply device according to claim 2, further comprising:

4. The game ball supply device according to claim 2, further comprising an auxiliary chute that is provided along a longitudinal direction of the upper kite and guides a game ball that moves on the upper kite to the supply chute. 5. .

The replenishment chute is provided with a leveling member for leveling the game ball up and down one stage,
5. The game ball according to claim 4, wherein a joining portion of the game ball flowing in from the supply basket and the game ball flowing in from the auxiliary chute in the supply chute is provided on the upstream side of the leveling member. Feeding device.

The game ball moving on the upper basket is guided to the auxiliary chute through an opening provided in the support part,
The upstream side edge portion of the opening in the support portion is provided with a biasing member for contacting the game ball moving on the upper basket and reducing the momentum of the game ball. The game ball supply device according to claim 4 or 5.