Patent ID: 8794627
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A game machine for use with playing balls, comprising: a game board provided with a playfield on which the playing balls cascade downward; a launching device configured to launch the playing balls toward the playfield; a supply part configured to supply the playing balls to the launching device; a collecting part configured to collect the playing balls supplied from the supply part to the launching device and launched to the playfield; and a guide part configured to guide the playing balls collected by the collecting part to return to the supply part without discharging the playing balls outside the game machine, wherein the playing balls circulate through the game board, the collecting part, the guide part and the supply part, and can be repeatedly used; the guide part is a passageway configured to connect a collecting hole and a supply hole, the collecting hole being provided in the collecting part and guiding the playing balls to the guide part, and the supply hole being provided in the supply part and allowing the playing balls guided from the guide part to be supplied to the supply part; and the guide part has a slope on which the playing balls guided from the collecting hole into the passageway can roll toward the supply hole through the passageway.