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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Masaharu Shirasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Tomioka, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Shirasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Tomioka, Tokyo, JP;
Konami Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cylindrical body is rotated about a rotation axis interconnecting a center point of a top circle thereof and a center point of a bottom circle thereof. The cylindrical body having an outer peripheral face formed with at least one token-groove. An outer wall member covers the outer peripheral face of the cylindrical body to form a gap between an inner face of the outer wall member and the token-groove such that a single gaming token in an upright attitude is held therein. The gaming token held in the gap is ejected toward a tangent direction of an outer peripheral circle of the cylindrical body in accordance with a rotary action of the cylindrical body.