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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:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2001
Toshiyuki Kaji, Tokyo, JP;
Jiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Kawano, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yagi, Tokyo, JP;
Noriaki Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Sega Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims to reverse and transport a card in an automated card game machine, and relates to a card reversing device that reverses and transports each card, with no one touching the card. The present invention also relates to such a card game machine and a card reversing method. Each card placed on a card placement unit of a table is pulled by the magnetic force of a magnetic circuit having three electromagnet units. Accordingly, when a slider that supports the magnetic circuit is moved by a card transportation mechanism, the card slides on the upper surface of the card placement unit as if to follow the movement of the magnetic circuit. With one end portion of the card being attracted to the center electromagnet unit, the card is reversed by 180 degrees by the repulsive force generated between the other end portion of the card and the left-side electromagnet unit.
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