US2005159205A1PendingUtilityA1

Gaming machine

Assignee: ARUZE CORPPriority: Dec 26, 2003Filed: Dec 23, 2004Published: Jul 21, 2005
Est. expiryDec 26, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
G07F 17/3213A63F 5/02A63F 3/0645G07F 17/32A63F 5/0094
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Abstract

The gaming machine comprises: a lottery wheel having plural lottery holes that lottery balls can enter; a game content determination device that, as the lottery balls enter any of the plural lottery holes, determines a game result based on the any of the plural lottery holes that the lottery balls have entered; a discharge path that is provided below the lottery wheel and that discharges the lottery balls entering, one each, the plural lottery holes; a lifting device that conveys the lottery balls to a position higher than the lottery wheel; and a collection path that guides the lottery balls discharged from the discharge path to a conveyance start position of the lifting device, wherein the collection path includes a ball delivery device for delivering the lottery balls being collected, toward the conveyance start position of the lifting device.

Claims

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1 . A gaming machine comprising: 
 a lottery wheel having a plurality of lottery holes that accept balls thereinto;    a game content determination device that, as the lottery balls enter any of the plural lottery holes, determines a game result based on the any plural lottery holes that has accepted the balls;    a discharge path that is provided below the lottery wheel and that discharges the lottery balls accepted in each of the plurality of lottery holes;    a lifting device that conveys the lottery balls to a position higher than the lottery wheel; and    a collection path that guides the lottery balls discharged from the discharge path, to a conveyance start position of the lifting device, wherein    the collection path includes a ball delivery device for delivering the lottery balls being collected, toward the conveyance start position of the lifting device.    
   
   
       2 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 the ball delivery device is disposed opposite to the collection path, and the collection path is disposed opposite to the discharge path.    
   
   
       3 . The gaming machine according to  claim 2 , wherein 
 the ball delivery device includes a motor, a ball delivery rod, and a ball delivery rod hole provided in the collection path; and    the ball delivery rod and the ball delivery rod hole are provided the collection path.    
   
   
       4 . The gaming machine according to  claim 1 , wherein 
 the collection path is provided in an inclinable cabinet.    
   
   
       5 . The gaming machine according to  claim 4 , further comprising 
 a rocking device for inclining the inclinable cabinet at a predetermined angle, wherein:    the inclinable cabinet includes the lifting device and the ball delivery device; and    the predetermined angle is an angle that one end where the lifting device is disposed becomes lower than the other end where the ball delivery device is disposed.

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