| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game ball feeder neither occupying a large installation space in a height direction nor causing a cost increase. <P>SOLUTION: This game ball feeder includes a belt conveyance device 1A conveying game balls by the movement of a conveyance belt 12, and a rolling carrier device 1B carrying game balls by rotating them by dead weight. The belt conveyance device 1A includes a supply gutter 27 where the game balls move on a flat plate portion 28a by the movement of a lower portion 12a of the conveyance belt 12, and a plurality of supply chutes 40 provided along the longitudinal direction of the supply gutter 27 and guiding the game balls moving the supply gutter 27 to respective game machines; the rolling carrier device 1B includes a sloping gutter 80 disposed inclined in the longitudinal direction of a game island 100, and a plurality of supply chutes 40 provided along the longitudinal direction of the sloping gutter 80 and guiding the game balls rolling on the sloping gutter 80 to the respective game machines; and the sloping gutter 80 has an upstream end portion communicating with the outlet 4a of a tank 4 and the downstream end portion communicating with an inlet 27a of the supply gutter 27. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT</p> |
