CRANE GAME MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent machine malfunction of its gripping arms support's unintentional up-lifting which happens when a string-like member (wire) is rolled up in the reverse direction by its reel member once after a wire is fully extended. SOLUTION: The machines is equipped with a plurality of arms to grip prizes, an arms support to open/close those arms and a lifting device 46 which supports as well as sends up and down the arms support. The lifting device 46 comprises a wire 17 to suspend the arms support, a driving pulley 63 to freely roll the wire 17 and a stepping motor M3 to drive and rotate the driving pulley 63. The reverse move sensor microswitch SEN5 is provided in the lifting device 46 to detects the changing positions of the wire 17 against the driving pulley 63 when the wire 17 is fully extended beyond its maximum limit of extension and furthermore begins rolling up in the reverse direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI