Slot machine and game media dispensing apparatus
US5516104A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 24, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F7/022
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
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, pachinko balls corresponding to an integral multiplication of the unit number are handled. When the unit number is changed, it can be easily accomplished by a change in a value of the unit number using the change instruction inputting apparatus. In the slot machine, the sprocket which controls the dispensing of the pachinko balls and the ratchet wheel are preferably set on the same axis and disengageably linked by a fixing projection and a fixing concave provided on them for conjoint rotation when required.
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