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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game ball replenisher where wasteful operation when there are a small number of customers etc. is prevented by properly keeping a quantity of game balls to be transported for reducing a load on the apparatus. SOLUTION: The game ball replenisher 50 is provided at a game machine island 10 provided with: a game ball collection path 17; a pumping apparatus 12 for pumping collected game balls; and an upper tank 70 for reserving the pumped game balls. The game balls supplied from the upper tank 70 are transported on a belt conveyer orbiting along the longitudinal direction of the game machine island for replenishing respective game apparatus. A plurality of chutes 61 for taking the game balls are arranged along both of the edges of the belt conveyer.The upper tank is provided with upper tank shutters 71L and 71R for opening and closing its ejection port. A control part of the game ball replenisher controls operation of the upper tank shutters according to the quantity of the game balls on the belt conveyer and controls driving of the belt conveyer according to the game balls ejected to the collection path. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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