I'm confused as to how these automatc ball lifters, with their limited capacity, are utilized in pachinko parlors. Has anyone ever seen pictures of the ball lifters or ball management systems in use in pachinko parlors.

Do the lifters take the balls away to another location or outflow pipe as opposed to directly back to the ball reward hopper? That is the only thing that makes sense to me. I would guess that the reward hopper is filled with a separate ball inflow pipe.