Patent ID: 8353518
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A game machine comprising a main frame standing on a supporting surface, a 3D catcher mounted in a top portion of the main frame, an operational unit mounted onto the main frame for controlling the 3D catcher to catch a prize and a gate assembly mounted in a lower portion of the main frame, through the gate assembly, the operator can take the falling prize; wherein: the main frame includes a partition horizontally positioned therein for supporting prizes and a dispensing hole defined in the partition, a dispensing tube connected to an underside of the partition and communicating with the dispensing hole for guiding the falling prize to a place corresponding to the gate assembly, the main frame including a panel and the operational unit mounted onto the panel, a window defined in the panel and corresponding to the gate assembly; and the gate assembly includes a door having an upper edge pivotally connected to an interior of the panel for selectively closing the window, and two side plates longitudinally mounted to the interior of the panel, wherein the two side plates respectively correspond to two opposite sides of the door, a board including two opposite sides respectively slidably mounted onto an upper side of a corresponding one of the two side plates for selectively closing the dispensing tube when the door is inwardly pushed, at least one linkage including two opposite ends respectively pivotally connected to an inner side of the door and an underside of the board.