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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6029973 | Game machine A poker game is simulatively performed on a display device 34 every time a pinball enters into a special prize-winning port 42. That is, before one-unit poker game is started, an array of five cards are displayed in lateral alignment with one another with... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6007425 | Simulation system for place of amusement The present invention provides a simulation system for an amusement arcade, which generates a dynamic model relating to the amusement arcade and can inspect an operating condition of play machines, a flow of players and the like. This system comprises a p... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5826680 | Bill handling system in a gaming house A bill handling system of the invention comprises a cashbox (80) having a mechanism for automatically storing bills and a collection system (10) for gathering bills taken in game play media lending machines (12) and transporting the bills to the cashbox (... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5683082 | Gaming system controlling termination of playing and degree of playing difficulty In a gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming machines according to the invention, to raise diversity, pleasure, convenience, etc., of game plays, each gaming machine is provided with a game memory which stores various game programs and a game contr... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5597163 | Gaming machine islands and gaming house facilities where the gaming machine islands are installed Gaming house facilities having one or more gaming machine islands (1) each comprising a plurality of machines containing at least a plurality of gaming machines (11) placed-side by side, and a floor (31) on which the gaming machine islands are placed are ... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5577959 | Game apparatus and game system A game apparatus comprising a game machine main unit (30) for executing games with game play media in a tray and a game play media dispenser (20) responsive to a dispensing instruction for dispensing a specified number of game play media to the tray is di... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5570772 | Assembly for attaching a coin separator An assembly for attaching a coin separator to a coin stacker, wherein the coin stacker has a plurality of coin storage boxes for storing coins therein, and the coin separator assorts the plurality of sorts of coins supplied from outside and then delivers ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5564544 | Bank note conveying apparatus A bank note conveying apparatus which corrects the skew or the widthwise direction of the bank notes in the conveying path. The bank note conveying apparatus comprises a path forming member which forms a conveying path having a width larger than that of t... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5530730 | Medal counter for counting medals used in game machine A medal counting apparatus installed in a game parlor for counting medals which a game player has won, is disclosed. The medal counting apparatus comprises a counter for counting the medals, a medal supplying mechanism for receiving the medals to be dumpe... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5516104 | Slot machine and game media dispensing apparatus A slot machine which uses pachinko balls as game media. It stores in a memory the number of pachinko balls (unit number) economically equivalent to a medal. During take in of pachinko balls for starting a game and dispensing of pachinko balls as prizes, p... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5507687 | Medal cleaning apparatus A medal cleaning apparatus for mixing and jumbling medals and cleaning material, cleaning the medals, separating the medals and the cleaning material and then expelling the medals comprises a transporting pipe, the lower end of the transporting pipe havin... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5503383 | Ground mechanism for a paper strip conveying mechanism A paper strip conveying apparatus provided along an objective conveying path, comprising an endless belt having its periphery in contact with one of the two faces of the paper strip and a plurality of pulleys provided along the conveying path so that thei... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5499809 | Bank note conveying apparatus A bank note conveying apparatus provides stable conveyance of bank notes by firmly pinching the bank notes from both sides. The apparatus comprises an endless belt 1 contacting one of the two faces of a bank note A, a belt driving mechanism which rotates ... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5492326 | Game machine island A game machine island comprising ball lending machines each disposed between two adjoining game machines and ball lending machines of the same type arranged at the ends of the line of the game machines, respectively. A drive unit and a driven unit have in... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5492317 | Paper strip transporting apparatus The paper strip conveying apparatus includes a conveying roller which is provided in such a manner that the outer peripheral plane comes into contact with one surface of a paper strip, a roller drive mechanism which rotates the conveying roller and a pape... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5482266 | Paper conveying apparatus having a belt tension adjusting mechanism A belt tension adjusting mechanism comprises a belt tension adjusting pulley over which the endless belt is placed; a plate having a plurality of recesses in which a rotary shaft of the belt tension adjusting pulley is received; a handle having, at one en... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5469951 | Coin counter for slot machines and a game parlor having the coin counter therein In a coin counter, a coin insert slot 1 where the coins used for the slot machines are inserted, a coin counting unit 3 for counting the number of coins inserted from the coin insert slot 1, a coin tank for storing the coins counted by the coin counting u... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5465956 | Endless belt bank note conveying device with ball supports for the bank notes A conveying device prevents slip or disengagement of a conveying endless belt. The belt has an flat outer periphery, which is to be contact with one of the major faces of the bank note to be conveyed, and an inner periphery having a plurality of teeth for... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5465953 | Bank note conveying equipment A bank note conveying equipment which is capable of preventing a jam during conveyance of bank note caused by damaged bank note and any problems in collecting and storing the bank note in a bank note storing unit. Bank notes are held between a pinch rolle... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5462277 | Game machine having an apparatus for showing prize awarding combinations on rotating drums An apparatus for showing prize awarding combinations for a game machine having three rotating drums. The apparatus for showing prize awarding combinations comprises; a first rotating drum having an outer peripheral surface on which a plurality of symbols ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5390923 | Medal piece feed system for game machines A medal piece feed system is so constructed that medal pieces A can be fed from holes 2 formed in a bottom 1a of a medal piece container 1, into chutes 3 underlying the respective holes. The medal piece feed system has feed cylinders 4, each having its lo... | 02/21/1995 |
