JPH09234283A - Prize ball collecting device of pinball game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable prize balls in a prize ball saucer to be directly collected to an island side and to perform an ending process without touching prize balls. SOLUTION: A pinball game system in which pinball game machines are attached to an island comprises: a prize ball collecting means 27 for collecting prize balls in a price ball saucer of a pin ball game machine to the island side when collection is instructed; a prize ball counting means 44 for counting the prize balls when the prize balls are collected by the prize ball collecting means 27; and a recording means for recording the count result from the prize ball counting means 44 into a recording medium and ejecting the recording medium.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize ball collecting device for ball game equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a prize ball receiving tray is provided in the lower part of the front side of the front frame, and when a game ball is won in the winning area of the game board, the payout means is used to play the prize ball receiving tray. A predetermined number of balls are paid out as prize balls.

In the prize ball receiving tray, the game balls delivered from the delivering means are directly received and stored, and an upper plate arranged near the lower side of the game board so as to supply the game balls to the launching section, When the game balls in this upper plate are full, there are two, a lower plate which receives and stores the prize balls overflowing from the upper plate.

The upper plate and the lower plate are provided with a prize ball withdrawal opening for extracting the prize balls therein, and withdrawal levers for opening and closing the prize ball withdrawing opening. In addition, the prize balls in the lower plate are extracted into the ball box placed underneath.

[0005]

When the game is finished, the player operates the extraction lever to extract the prize ball in the lower plate into the ball box, and the ball box containing the prize ball to the service counter. After carrying it, set it on the ball counter on the service counter side and receive the count of the number of balls. And
After the ball counter counts the number of prize balls, the recording paper with the number of prize balls printed or the magnetic card with the number of balls magnetically recorded is ejected from the ball counter. The method of presenting it to the service personnel at the counter for payment is adopted.

However, when the number of prize balls is very large, the weight of the prize balls becomes very large, so it takes a great deal of force to carry the ball box from the ball game machine to the service counter. It is very difficult for players such as elderly people and women to carry the game. On the other hand, at the start of the game, a so-called CR in which a ball is lent using a prepaid card
Machines have become widespread, and there is a tendency for ball games to be played in the holes using a card system. Therefore, it is possible to start the game without touching the prize ball.

[0007] However, conventionally, it is necessary to extract the prize balls on the lower plate into a ball box and carry them to a service counter, so that the prize balls have to be touched during the termination process.
In view of such a conventional problem, the present invention provides a prize ball collecting device for a ball game equipment, which can directly collect prize balls in a prize ball tray on an island side and can perform termination processing without touching the prize balls. The purpose is to

[0008]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, in a ball game equipment in which the ball game machine 1 is mounted on an island 3, a prize of the ball game machine 1 is given when a recovery command is issued. Ball saucer
The prize ball collecting means 27 for collecting the prize balls in 16 to the island 3 side, the prize ball counting means 44 for counting the prize balls when the prize balls are collected by the prize ball collecting means 27, and the prize ball counting means Recording means 42 for recording the counting result from 44 on a recording medium and ejecting the recording medium is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the prize ball collecting means 27 and the prize ball counting means 44 are provided in the ball game machine 1, and the recording means 42 is provided in the ball game. It was installed on the side of Island 3 other than Aircraft 1.

The present invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the prize ball collecting means 27 has a prize ball collecting port 32 formed in the prize ball receiving tray 16 and the prize ball collecting means. A prize ball collecting passage 33 connected to the mouth 32, an opening / closing plate 34 for opening / closing the prize ball collecting port 32, and a drive means 35 for driving the opening / closing plate 34 in the opening direction when there is a prize ball collecting command are provided. It is a thing.

The present invention described in claim 4 is the first and second aspects of the present invention.
Alternatively, in the invention described in 3, the recovery command means 45 is provided in the ball game machine 1, and the first operation of the recovery command means 45 causes the recovery mode to be set to activate the prize ball recovery means 27 by the second operation. The recovery control means 46 for controlling the above is provided.

The present invention according to claim 5 relates to claim 1,
In the invention described in 2, 3, or 4, in the prize ball saucer 16,
The prize ball extracting means 26 for extracting the prize balls in the prize ball receiving tray 16 is provided below the front side of the ball game machine 1.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a card-type pachinko machine (CR
Machine) as an example. 1 and 2, 1 is a pachinko machine and 2 is a card-type ball lending machine, which are alternately mounted on the island 3 in the left-right direction.

The pachinko machine 1 is provided with an outer frame 4 and a front frame 6 which is pivotally attached to the outer frame 4 by hinges 5 so as to be openable and closable. A glass door frame 7 and a front plate 8 are openably and closably mounted on the front frame 6, and a game board 9 is detachably mounted on the back side thereof. On the front surface of the game board 9, a guide rail 10 for guiding a game ball is provided, and a winning opening 11, a variable winning means 12, a variable symbol display means 13, an out opening 14 and the like which constitute a winning area are arranged respectively. ing.

A front plate 8 is provided with an upper plate 15, and a front frame
A lower plate 16 and an operating handle 18 for the firing means 17 are provided at the lower part of 6. The upper plate 15 is a payout means (not shown)
It is for receiving and storing the prize balls paid out from, and for supplying the game balls to the launching means 17 side described later. Then, at the front edge of the upper plate 15, the upper ball removing lever 20 and the operation / display unit
21 are provided. The upper ball releasing lever 20 is for extracting the prize balls in the upper plate 15 to the lower plate 16, and is always urged to close the ball removing port.

On the operation / display unit 21, as shown in FIG.
The card remaining amount display unit 22 and the prize ball number display unit 23 are provided in the front and rear of the center of the left and right, and the ball lending switch 24 and the return switch 25 are provided on the left and right sides of these, and the prize ball number display unit 23 and the return A recovery switch 45, which constitutes recovery instruction means, is provided between the switch 25 and the switch 25.

When the operating means 18 is operated, the launching means 17 supplies game balls one by one from the upper plate 15 to the launching part, and strikes the game balls with a hammer to launch them toward the guide rail 10 side. It has become.

In the lower plate 16, when the prize balls overflowing from the upper plate 15 and the prize balls extracted from the upper plate 15 by the operation of the upper ball removing lever 20 are sent through the guide passage 28, It is also for storing the prize balls. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the lower plate 16 has a prize ball extracting means 26 for extracting the prize balls in the lower plate 16 to the ball box 19 side below the lower plate 16 and the lower plate.
There is provided a prize ball collecting means 27 for collecting and collecting prize balls in 16 from the island 3.

The prize ball extracting means 26 is a prize ball extracting port 29 formed in the bottom wall 36 of the lower plate 16 and the prize ball extracting port 29.
An opening / closing plate 30 slidably provided in the lower side of the lower plate 16 in order to open / close the opening / closing direction, and a lower ball removing lever 31 for operating the opening / closing plate 30 in the opening / closing direction are provided. , Is biased in the closing direction.

The prize ball collecting means 27 includes a prize ball collecting port 32 formed in the bottom wall 36 of the lower plate 16 and a prize ball from the prize ball collecting port 32 through the back side of the front frame 6 and the ball of the island 3. The prize ball collecting passage 33 for guiding to the collecting system, the opening / closing plate 34 slidably provided in the lower side of the lower plate 16 to open and close the prize ball collecting port 32, and opened / closed when a collecting command is issued. And a solenoid 35 for driving the plate 34 in the opening direction. The solenoid 35 constitutes a driving means and is normally urged in the closing direction by a spring (not shown).

In the prize ball extracting port 29 and the prize ball collecting port 32, the prize balls on the respective opening / closing plates 30, 34 are the prize ball extracting port 29 and the prize ball collecting port 32.
Are integrally formed so as to be collected or extracted from any of the above. The prize ball collecting passage 33 is composed of a front chute 37 mounted from below on the bottom wall 36 of the lower plate 16 and a rear chute 38 mounted on the back side of the front frame 6. The front chute 37 is curved to the back side, and the rear end side is connected to the rear chute 38. On the rear chute 38,
A counting switch 39 for detecting prize balls passing through the inside is provided. A proximity switch is used as the counting switch 39 so as to detect the prize ball when the prize ball approaches.

The card type ball lending machine 2 is arranged vertically between the pachinko machines 1 on the island 3 side. Card type ball lending machine
2 has a card insertion / ejection port 40 and an indicator lamp 41, and when a game card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 40, the indicator lamp 41 lights up and the card of the operation / display unit 21 on the upper plate 15 side Display the balance on the balance display section 22, and if you press the ball lending switch 24 after inserting the game card, the payout means will operate and the upper plate
When a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to 15 and the return switch 25 is pressed after the game is over, a game card in which the remaining amount has been recorded is returned from the card insertion / ejection port 40.

The prize sphere number display unit 23 displays the number of prize spheres in green when the prize sphere collecting means 27 collects the prize spheres, and displays the number of prize spheres due to winning after the lower plate 16 is full in red. It is for. Magnetic recording means 42 is provided below the card type ball lending machine 2. The magnetic recording means 42 has a card discharge port 43, and when the prize balls in the lower plate 16 are collected on the island 3 side by the prize ball collecting means 27, the number of the collected prize balls is recorded by a magnetic card type prize ball card (record After being magnetically recorded on a medium, the prize ball card is ejected to the front side from the card ejection port 43.

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of the control system. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 44 is a prize ball counting means, which sequentially reads detection signals from the counting switch 39 when the prize ball collecting means 27 collects the prize balls of the lower plate 16, and the prize ball collecting means 27 makes the island 3 The number of prize balls collected on the side is counted.

Reference numeral 50 is a full switch for detecting the fullness of the prize balls in the lower plate 16. 51 is a prize switch,
This is for detecting that a game ball has won in the winning opening 11 or the like. 52 is a payout control means, which operates the payout means when there is a winning signal from the winning switch 51, and stops the payout means while the full switch 50 has a full signal.

Reference numeral 53 is a storage means, and the full switch 50 is the lower plate 16
When a full prize ball is detected, the prize signal from the prize switch 51 is read and stored, and the prize signal is converted into the number of prize balls to be originally paid out and the prize ball number display section 23 is red. In addition, when the full switch 50 is turned off, the payout means is operated via the payout control means 52 by the stored number of winning numbers.

Reference numeral 46 denotes a collection control means which, when the collection switch 45 of the operation / display section 21 is pressed once, turns on the prize ball number display section 23 and activates the prize ball counting means 44, the solenoid 35 and the like. Function of setting the collecting mode for playing, and the solenoid of the prize ball collecting means 27 when the collecting switch 45 is pressed twice.
It has a function of exciting 35 to open the prize ball collecting port 32, and a function of operating the magnetic recording means 42 to record the count result on the magnetic card after the prize balls are counted by the prize ball counting means 44. The collection control means 46 and the prize ball counting means 44 are pachinko machines.
It is installed with other control equipment on the 1st side, especially on the back side of the front frame 6 or the game board 9.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When a game card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection slot 40 of the card type ball lending machine 2 during a game (step S1), the remaining amount of money is displayed digitally on the remaining card amount display portion 22. Next, by pressing the ball lending switch 24 and designating an arbitrary number of balls (step S2), a payout command from the card type ball lending machine 2 activates the payout means of the pachinko machine 1, and the payout means causes a predetermined number of game balls. Are dispensed as balls to the upper plate 15 (step S3).

When the player turns the operation handle 18 while the upper plate 15 has a game ball, the launching means 17 actuate and the prize balls supplied from the upper plate 15 to the launching unit one by one,
The hitting mallets sequentially hit and shoot along the guide rails, whereby the game starts (step S4). The prize balls that have been launched fall downward from the upper side of the game board 9,
Most of them enter the outlet 14 and go through the back of the game board 9 to the island.
It is discharged to the 3rd side, and some prize balls enter the winning area such as the winning opening 11.

When a game ball is won in the winning area, the payout means is operated via the payout control means 52 according to the winning condition at that time, and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as prize balls (step S5). Then, the prize balls paid out by the payout means are appropriately guided to the upper plate 15 through the passage and accumulated in the upper plate 15. When the prize balls in the upper plate 15 are full, the succeeding prize balls overflow to the lower plate 16 through the overflow passage.

When prize balls sequentially accumulate in the lower plate 16 and the lower plate 16 becomes full (step S6), the full switch 50 operates and the payout control means 52 stops the payout means at the same time. , The storage means 53 starts to work. Therefore, after the payout of the prize balls is stopped, when the game balls are won in the winning port 11 or the like, the winning signal from the winning switch 51 is stored in the storage means 53.
Sequentially reads and stores the number of winning balls, and based on the winning number, the payout means converts the number of winning balls to be paid out and displays the number on the winning ball number display unit 23 (step S7).

Therefore, even in the case of a big hit, the player can continue the game while grasping the number of prize balls on the lower plate 16 without removing the prize balls, and there is no need to prepare a ball box. If the number of prize balls in the upper plate 15 decreases, the prize balls in the lower plate 16 may be transferred to the upper plate 15, and if the number of prize balls in the lower plate 16 decreases accordingly, the payout means operates and the payout is performed. To resume.

To end the game (step S
8), if there is a prize ball in the lower plate 16, the player will collect switch
45 is operated to collect to the island 3 side (step S9), or the lower ball removing lever 31 of the prize ball extracting means 26 is operated to extract to the ball box 19 side (step S10).

That is, when the prize balls on the lower plate 16 are to be collected on the island 3 side without directly touching them, the player pushes the collection switch 45 (step S9). Then, the first operation of the collection switch 45 turns on the prize ball number display section 23 of the operation / display section 21 (step S11), and the control system such as the prize ball collection means 27 is set to the collection mode (step S12). .

At the time of the second operation, the recovery switch 45 is pushed for a little longer (for example, about 2 to 3 seconds) (step S1).
3). Then, the solenoid 35 of the prize collecting means 27 is excited, the solenoid 35 slides the opening / closing plate 34 in the opening direction to open the prize collecting port 32, and the prize balls in the lower plate 16 are moved to the island 3 side. Collect (step S14).

At the time of this collection, the prize balls in the lower plate 16 are collected from the prize ball collecting port 32 to the island 3 side through the prize ball collecting passages 33 such as the front chute 37 and the rear chute 38. Then, when passing through the rear chute 38, the counting switch 39 detects the prize balls, so the number of collected prize balls is determined by the prize ball counting means.
44 sequentially counts (step S15) and displays the number of prize balls on the prize ball number display unit 23 via the collection control means 46 (step S15).
16). Therefore, the player can easily confirm and grasp the number of prize balls being collected by looking at the display of the prize ball number display section 23.

When the prize balls on the lower plate 16 are full, when the prize balls are collected from the prize ball collecting port 32, the full switch 50 is turned off in association with the collection, and the payout control means 52 operates to pay out. The means is activated, and the payout means repeats the payout operation of the prize balls as many times as the number of winnings stored in the storage means 53 (step S17).

When all the prize balls in the lower plate 16 have been collected, the prize-ball counting means 44 finishes counting the number of the balls, and then the recording command from the collection control means 46 causes the magnetic recording means 42 to operate and the prize. After recording the number of prize balls on the ball card (step S18), the prize ball card is ejected from the card ejection port 43.

Therefore, after the game is over, if the player operates the collecting switch 45 twice, the prize ball collecting means 27 operates to collect the prize balls on the lower plate 16 to the island 3 side, and the collected prizes. Since the magnetic recording means 42 ejects the prize ball card recording the number of balls,
The player may present the prize ball card to the service staff at the service counter and receive payment (step S1).
9). For this reason, even when the game is finished, the prize balls can be processed without directly touching them, there is no need to carry the prize balls around, and it is very convenient for elderly people and the like.

On the other hand, when the player operates the lower ball removing lever 31 of the prize ball removing means 26 in the opening direction, the opening / closing plate 30 slides in the opening direction to open the prize ball extracting port 29, and the prize ball extracting The prize balls in the lower plate 16 can be extracted from the mouth 29 into the lower ball box 19 (step S10).

In this case, the player carries the ball box 19 containing the prize balls to the service counter and sets it on the ball counter on the service counter side (step S2).
0). Then, after the ball counter counts the number of prize balls (step S21), the counting result, that is, the recording paper or the card on which the number of prize balls is printed or ejected is discharged (step S21).
22), the player may present the recording paper or the prize ball card to the service staff and receive the settlement (step S1).
9).

For this reason, the player who wants to experience the sensation of playing a prize ball up to now or the player who wants to feel the weight when the ball box 19 containing the prize ball is carried to the service counter is collected by the recovery switch 45. It is sufficient to operate the lower ball removing lever 31 without operating. Therefore, in the same pachinko machine 1,
There is an advantage that it can respond freely to the needs of the player.

Further, a counting switch 39, prize ball counting means 44 and the like are provided on the pachinko machine 1 side, the count switch 39 detects the prize balls passing through the prize ball collecting passage 33, and the detection signal thereof is used as the prize ball counting means 44. Since the number of prize balls is calculated by counting with,
The number of prize balls can be reliably counted with a simple structure. Especially, since the prize ball counting means 44 and the collection control means 46 are incorporated together with other control parts of the pachinko machine 1 side, compared to the case where the prize ball counting means 44 and the collection control means 46 are provided on the island 3 side. , Wiring does not get complicated between the pachinko machine 1 and the island 3 side.

On the other hand, since the magnetic recording means 42 is provided on the island 3 side and the magnetic recording means 42 and the recovery control means 46 on the pachinko machine 1 side are connected by wiring or the like, when the pachinko machine 1 is replaced, etc. Can also continuously use the magnetic recording means 42,
Waste can be prevented. Further, since the magnetic recording means 42 is incorporated by utilizing the lower part of the card type ball lending machine 2, it is not necessary to take an extra space between the adjacent pachinko machines 1, and the island is not required.
The magnetic recording means 42 can be efficiently arranged on the third side.

The prize ball collecting port 32 of the prize ball collecting means 27 and the prize ball extracting port 29 of the prize ball removing means 26 are provided in communication with the bottom wall 36 of the lower plate 16, and the prize ball collecting port 32 and the prize ball are provided. Since the opening 29 and the outlet 29 are opened and closed by separate opening and closing plates 30 and 34, respectively, the prize balls in the lower plate 16 can be reliably pulled out from both. Further, since the opening / closing plate 34 of the prize ball collecting means 27 is driven by the solenoid 35, the structure of the prize ball collecting means 27 is simple and the prize ball collecting means 27 can be reliably operated.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.
For example, the prize ball collecting means 27 is sufficient as long as it can collect the prize balls in the lower plate 16 to the back side of the island 3, and is not necessarily provided below the lower plate 16. Further, in the embodiment, a magnetic card type prize ball card is illustrated as a recording medium for recording the number of prize balls, but if the recording means is a print type, recording paper may be used as the recording medium. Furthermore, in addition to the pachinko machine 1, the arrangement ball machine and other various ball game machines can be similarly implemented.

[0047]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, in the ball game equipment in which the ball game machine 1 is mounted on the island 3, the prize ball receiving tray of the ball game machine 1 is received when a recovery command is issued. The prize ball collecting means 27 for collecting the prize balls in 16 to the island 3 side, the prize ball counting means 44 for counting the prize balls when the prize balls are collected by the prize ball collecting means 27, and the prize ball counting means Since recording means 42 for recording the counting result from 44 on a recording medium and ejecting the recording medium is provided, during processing of prize balls after the end of the game,
You can collect the prizes on the island 3 side without touching them directly, and present the recording medium on which the counting results are recorded for settlement. Therefore, it is not necessary to carry a heavy ball box containing prize balls after the game is finished, which is convenient when the player is an elderly person, a woman, or the like.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the prize ball collecting means 27 and the prize ball counting means 44 are provided in the ball game machine 1 and the recording means 42 is used. Ball game machine
Since it is provided on the side of the island 3 other than 1, the wiring etc. on the back side of the ball game machine 1 can be minimized and the recording means 42 can be continuously used even when the ball game machine 1 is replaced.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 3, in the invention as set forth in claim 1 or 2, the prize ball collecting means 27 is provided with the prize ball collecting port 32 formed in the prize ball receiving tray 16 and the prize. The prize ball collecting passage 33 connected to the ball collecting port 32, the opening / closing plate 34 for opening / closing the prize ball collecting port 32, and the opening / closing plate 34 for receiving the prize ball collecting command
Since the driving means 35 for driving in the opening direction is provided, the structure of the prize ball collecting means 27 can be simplified, and the collecting operation thereof can be performed smoothly and reliably.

According to the present invention described in claim 4, in the invention described in claim 1, 2 or 3, the recovery command means 45 is provided in the ball game machine 1, and the recovery command means 45 is used for the first time. The operation switches to the collection mode and the second operation collects prize balls 27
The collecting control means 46 for controlling the operation is provided, and since the prize ball collecting means 27 enters the collecting operation by the second operation of the collecting command means 45, the collection of prize balls due to an erroneous operation during the game is prevented as much as possible. it can.

According to the present invention described in claim 5, in the invention described in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, the prize ball tray 16
In addition, since the prize ball extracting means 26 for extracting the prize balls in the prize ball receiving tray 16 is provided below the front side of the ball game machine 1, the prize balls are collected by the prize ball collecting means 27 according to the needs of the player. island
Both the collection to the 3 side and the prize ball withdrawal means 26 withdrawing the prize ball can be freely selected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball-ball game facility showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a card-type pachinko machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an operation / display unit showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the lower plate side showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the lower plate side showing the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a control system showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of sign]

 1 Bachinko machine (ball game machine) 3 Island 16 Lower plate (award ball receiving plate) 26 Award ball extracting means 27 Award ball collecting means 32 Award ball collecting port 33 Award ball collecting passage 34 Opening plate 35 Solenoid (driving means) 42 Magnetic Recording means 44 Award ball counting means 45 Recovery switch (collection command means) 46 Recovery control means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A ball game machine equipped with a ball game machine (1) on an island (3), when a recovery instruction is issued,
The prize balls collecting means (27) for collecting the prize balls in the prize ball receiving tray (16) of (1) to the island (3) side, and at the time of collecting the prize balls by the prize ball collecting means (27), the prize balls. And a recording means (42) for recording the counting result from the prize ball counting means (44) on a recording medium and discharging the recording medium (42). An award ball collection device for ball game equipment. 2. The ball game machine (1) is provided with a prize ball collecting means (27) and a prize ball counting means (44), and the recording means (42) is a ball game machine.
The island (3) other than (1) is provided on the side of the island (1).
Prize ball collecting device for the ball game equipment described in. 3. The prize ball collecting means (27) has a prize ball collecting port (32) formed in the prize ball receiving tray (16) and a prize ball collecting passage (32) connected to the prize ball collecting port (32). 33), an opening / closing plate (34) for opening / closing the prize ball collecting port (32), and an opening / closing plate (34) when a prize ball collecting command is issued.
3. A prize ball collecting device for ball-ball game equipment according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a driving means (35) for driving the opening direction. 4. The recovery command means (45) is provided in the ball game machine (1), and the first operation of the recovery command means (45) causes a recovery mode, and the second operation causes the prize ball recovery means (27). 4. The prize ball collecting device for ball-ball game equipment according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a collecting control means (46) for controlling so as to operate. 5. The prize ball saucer (16) is provided on the prize ball saucer (16).
The award ball extracting means (26) for extracting the award balls therein from below the front side of the ball game machine (1) is provided.
The prize ball collecting device of the ball game equipment according to 2, 3 or 4.