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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuo Okada, Oyama, JP;
Assignee:
Universal Co., Ltd., Oyama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273448 ; 221210 ;
Abstract
A crane game machine which includes a premium article placing face for putting a large number of premium articles thereon, a crane having a plurality of hooks for grasping a premium article, and a driving mechanism for setting the crane to a position on the premium article placing face and for making the crane hooks grasp a premium article in response to a starting operation by an operator. A grasping force is changed by changing the weight of the crane. The probability of gaining the premium article can be regulated in a recreation hall or the like where the game machine is handled by varying the weight of the crane.