Method for standing a stick between medals in a premium arcade game

A method for standing a fallen stick between medals in a premium arcade game,

• characterize by using a stick standing apparatus comprising:
• a light emitting sensor and a light receiving sensor, installed at left/right inside wall of a game machine respectively, for detecting whether or not said stick is knocked down;
• a microswitch for detecting said stick being knocked down by a wire, connected to the end of said stick, being pulled;
• a control section for controlling a stick actuation motor according to the signals from said light emitting/receiving sensors and said microswitch;
• and
• a stick actuation motor for actuating said wire connected to the end of said stick to be pulled or loosed according to the control signal from said control section,
• and characterized by comprising the steps of:
• detecting whether or not said stick is knocked down on a plate by using said light emitting/receiving sensors and said microswitch;
• actuating said stick actuation motor to rotate forward according to the control signal from said control section in case that a stick knock-down is detected;
• judging that the operation state of said microswitch is ON or OFF;
• if said microswitch is in OFF-state, actuating said stick actuation motor to rotate forward, according to the control signal from said control section, to pull said wire until said stick is stood up completely;
• and
• if said microswitch is in ON-state, actuating said stick actuation motor to rotate backward, according to the control signal from said control section, to loose said pulled wire so that said stick can be knocked down by an external impact.