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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
May. 21, 2001
Shinya Niwa, Ota-ku, JP;
Shinichi Odake, Ota-ku, JP;
Namco Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a medal game machine that makes it possible, for a medal to move forward with good directionality, thus increasing the playability of an aiming game. The configuration is such that a medal ( ) fired from a shooting device ( ) is used to shoot at a target. The shooting device ( ) comprises a shooting section ( ) that loads the medal ( ) in a vertical orientation and a push-out means ( ) that pushes out and fires the medal ( ) loaded into the shooting section ( ) A pressing roller ( ) that presses against the upper portion of the medal ( ) that is loaded into the shooting section ( ) is provided in the shooting section ( ) so that, when the medal ( ) is being pushed out by the push-out means ( ), it is shot out escaping from the pressing roller ( ).