The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Kazuhisa Tabuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Sammy Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a medal playing machine comprising a playing field which has a side edge at its front side, a gutter-shaped medal inlet device for supplying medals by rolling them onto the playing field, and a medal pusher which moves reciprocatedly on the playing field in a longitudinal direction, in order that the movement pattern of the obstructing means, which obstructs the medals from passing through the medal-passing gate formed in the medal pusher, may be complicated and that difficulty of the game may easily be adjusted, a plurality of vane plates as the obstructing means, which obstruct the medals from passing through by pivoting transversely, are disposed at the medal-passing gate of the medal pusher so that the front ends of the vane plates protrude frontward.