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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game ball feeder capable of stably feeding game balls to a game machine. SOLUTION: This game ball feeder includes: a first supply gutter 10 disposed slantly in the longitudinal direction of a bank 100 of game machines; a second supply gutter 11 disposed slantly in the longitudinal direction of the bank 100 of game machines and having its upstream end portion 11a provided at a position higher than a downstream end portion 10b of the first supply gutter 10; and a carrier device 12 disposed between the downstream end portion 10b of the first supply gutter 10 and the upstream end potion 11a of the second supply gutter 11 and carrying the game balls discharged from the first supply gutter 10 to the second supply gutter 11, wherein the carrier device 12 has a rotor 20 rotating about a rotary shaft 20a extending in the transverse direction of the bank 100 of game machines and carrying the game balls by attracting them to its peripheral face by the attractive force of magnetic bodies 23 disposed around the peripheral edge, and a feed guide 41 guiding the game balls discharged from the first supply gutter 10 to the rotor 20. The rolling face 41a of the supply guide 41 has a large gradient compared with that of the rolling face 10c of the first supply gutter 10. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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