To provide an easy-to-assemble ball supply gutter for a bank of game machines which keeps side wall members rising regardless of presence/absence of a cover member.
The ball supply gutter includes a gutter body 300 disposed in the long direction of a bank of game machines, a plurality of pairs of side plates 400, and side plate fixing implements 500. The gutter body 300 has a top plate part 210 for making balls roll and flow down, and is formed with side plate mounting grooves 320 opening upward in both the side edges of the top plate part 210 along the long direction. The flat side plate 400 formed of a resin has: a wall formation part that is a side wall; and an insertion part capable of being inserted into the side plate mounting groove 320. The side plate fixing implement 500 has: a press part pressing the wall formation part of the side plate 400 from the outside; a locking piece locked to the side plate mounting groove 320; and an engagement piece engaging with an engagement rib formed in an outer part of the gutter body 300. The locking piece and the engagement piece are vertically oppositely positioned through an resiliently deformable post part.
| JP2000051505A | 2000-02-22 |
Shinichi Fukuda
Kyosuke Kato