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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5386995 | Game medium circulation control system A game apparatus, which is to be installed in an island unit consisting of a number of parallel arranged game machines, comprises: an upper game medium reservoir for supplying game mediums to the individual game machines via a supply conveyer; a game medi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5375966 | Reserve tank structure for pachinko island In a reserve tank structure for supplying, to a collecting gutter mounted slantedly in a lower part of a pachinko island and communicating with a lower tank above which a polishing and lifting device is located, pachinko balls which have flowed over the p... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5370392 | Automatic steel ball recollecting apparatus An automatic steel ball recollecting apparatus for use in pinball machines comprises a score board, a drive motor, a main frame, a slide board, and steel ball trapping units. In the construction of the recollecting apparatus, the score board is provided w... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5318163 | Ball conveying gutter system of pachinko island In a ball conveying gutter system, a gutter (21), (26) for carrying pachinko balls in order to supply them to the individual pachinko machines and for storing the pachinko balls is supported by successive gutter supports mounted respectively between succe... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5292131 | Curtain panel assembly for game machine island A curtain panel assembly, for an island of game machines, which enables any person of the amusement arcade to look into the island easily and quickly to check the states of game mediums in a distribution gutter situated in the upper part of a support fram... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5259615 | Payout gate for a gaming device A payout gate for a gaming device, which comprises a gaming panel supporting several payout gates, each gate comprising two pins fastened to a bearer, which pins form between themselves for a coin moving along the gaming panel an inlet into a sensor opera... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5149095 | Ball conveying game apparatus A ball conveying game apparatus including a plurality of ball support portions provided on a vertical game board surface, a protrusible and retractable plunger provided at at least one of the ball support members, and a manual operating member such as a p... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5131655 | Flipped ball game apparatus A flipper ball game apparatus includes: a ball shooting mechanism for shooting a ball into a playfield; starting condition determiner for determining satisfaction of game starting conditions satisfied by operation of a start button by a player under such ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5121919 | Game playing device A game playing device comprising a play panel (1); a launching device (8) for launching a coin or the like token (3) into the play panel; and a primary game playing apparatus (4) having an actuator (5) disposed in the play panel on the paths of movement o... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5120060 | Casino game method and apparatus A coin is inserted into a coin slot and another coin is dropped from the top center of a playing field into a pachinko-type maze. The pachinko-type maze includes animated diverter pins and a series of capture gates. Each capture gate has associated therew... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5090699 | Game A slot game utilizing coins provides an enclosed partially transparent case having at an upper end thereof input slots for placing coins into each of a plurality of vertical columns. At the lower end is positioned a coin retrieval slot the allows removal ... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5031911 | Ball-shooting game machine A ball-shooting game machine having a starter hole for initiating a separate game when a game ball shot onto a game board enters into the starter hole, and a separate game device for conducting the separate game, is provided with a random number generator... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5016879 | Pachinko game A playing field has a plurality of pachinko mazes arranged side by side. Each pachinko maze has a scoring slot at the bottom of the maze. When each playing disk falls into a particular scoring slot, the value of the slot is determined. The value of each s... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5004238 | Ball-shooting game machine In a ball shooting game machine, such as a pachinko game machine having winning holes, controls for permitting the player to obtain winning balls regardless of his skill, wherein the controls effect a first state disadvantageous to the player and then a s... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4844447 | Sound and visual display apparatus An apparatus for producing a sound and visual display has a generally upstanding tubular body having a circumferential wall defining a centrally located vertically extending longitudinal axis. A reservoir is formed in the lower part of the generally cylin... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4840375 | Pinball machine A pinball machine has a horizontal playfield as well as a vertical playfield. The playfields are preferably integrated to permit a ball put into play on the horizontal playfield to be carried into the vertical playfield for continued play of the same ball... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4828264 | Hand held game for playing liar's poker An improved hand held game for playing liar's poker. The game uses a plurality of small balls and a covered tray in which a number of chambers are contained. The improvement relates to the positioning of baffles to reduce the possibility that the results ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4508336 | Game device A game device comprising a water tank, balls having specific gravity of slightly larger than the liquid in the water tank, a pair of ball passing detecter, and a pair of control means for controlling the movement of the detecting devices. The game is play... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4340228 | Number generating device and gaming apparatus incorporating same A gaming apparatus and method are provided which utilize a number generating device for generating numbers which are statistically predictable in the long run. The device includes a plurality of screening devices arranged in vertically spaced relationship... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4273341 | Game apparatus including projectile and pivotal targets An amusement game device played by one or two persons and including an up-standing housing separated into left-hand and right-hand compartments by a vertical middle wall therebetween which is provided with a window for communication between the compartmen... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4055342 | Baseball game amusement device A baseball game amusement device which is provided with a mechanism for propelling balls within a casing toward target zones labeled to correspond to the various functions that are performed during the playing of baseball, including "ball", "strike", "out... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4004807 | Table ball game At one end of a playing surface a portion of the playing surface which has a plurality of cylindrical openings therein is connected to pivot downwardly from its normal position in substantial alignment with the playing surface, and a lower plate having pi... | 01/25/1977 |
