BALL QUANTITY MANAGING DEVICE FOR PINBALL ISLAND BOARD

摘要

PURPOSE: To manage ball quantity in a pinball island board so as to freely select a return place by a game player, by supplying a ball to the pinball island board in which the shortage of quantity of reservoired ball occurs by controlling the operation of the supply device neighboring to the pinball island board of the pinball island board on which a reference sensor detecting the shortage of quantity of reservoired ball is provided. ;CONSTITUTION: Large tanks 3a-3e are provided under the pinball island boards 1a-1e, and adjacent large tanks 3a-3e are connected together via upper supply paths 4a-4e. In a state in which one of reference sensors 8a-8e of the pinball island boards 1a-1e detects the shortage of quantity of reservoired ball, the ball can be supplied to the pinball island board in which the shortage of quantity of reservoired ball occurs by controlling the operation of the supply device 6 of an adjacent pinball island board. Also, in a state in which plural reference sensors 8a-8e of the pinball island boards 1a-1e detect the shortage of quantity of reservoired ball almost simultaneously, the ball is supplied to the pinball island board with highest priority by controlling the operation of the supply device 6 neighboring to the pinball island board of the pinball island board with highest priority order.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1995,JPO