JP2009247633A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (4)

A ball tank that is provided on the back side of the gaming machine and has an open top, and stores a game ball in an area formed by a bottom portion and a side wall portion standing around the bottom portion ;
The game ball stored in the ball tank is guided to the opening by inclining downward toward the opening for discharging the game ball from the ball tank, and is formed at the bottom of the ball tank. an inclined portion was,
Receiving a game ball discharged from the ball tank through the opening at a position below the opening , and guiding the game ball in a predetermined direction;
A protruding portion in which a part of the ball tank is formed to protrude rearward of the gaming machine and at least a part of the opening is disposed;
A restricting portion that restricts the continuous stacking of the game balls above the opening with respect to at least a part of the upper space of the opening below the upper end of the side wall of the ball tank ;
A gaming machine characterized by comprising: The restricting portion is arranged to be spaced apart upward from the opening, and has a crossing surface that intersects the flow direction of the game ball from the upstream side of the restricting portion,
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the intersecting surface is a contact surface that restricts the movement of the game ball from the restriction portion to the downstream side by contacting the game ball from the upstream side. . The restricting portion is formed by offsetting a predetermined height position above the opening to an upper end portion of the projecting portion on the rear side of the gaming machine toward the front side of the gaming machine. The gaming machine according to claim 2. The projecting portion is an inner surface erected from the peripheral edge of the opening, and has a curved surface that is curved toward the predetermined direction guided by the guide passage portion toward the rear side of the gaming machine,
A portion of the guide passage portion located below the curved surface is provided with a curved surface that is curved toward the predetermined direction guided by the guide passage portion toward the rear side of the gaming machine. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.