Patent · US Expired

Gun game machine having a sliding gun barrel cover for simulating the impact of a fired gun

US5569085A · kind A · utility

141Cited by
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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 19, 1995
Grant dateOct 29, 1996
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/8076
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gun game machine wherein the player can hold a model gun in the hand away from an machine casing. This gun game machine comprises a bullet hitting optical detection unit installed in the model gun for detecting a simulated bullet hitting position, a sliding cover provided on an exposed outward portion of the gunbarrel of the model gun and slidable in the longitudinal direction of the gunbarrel section, and a cover driving means for instantaneously moving the sliding cover at high speed. The model gun and the game machine casing may be coupled to each other by means of a flexible cable containing electric conductors. The sliding cover makes a long reciprocating motion similar to the so-called blow-back movement of an actual gun, so that the player can feel a similar reaction or impact corresponding to the firing of the actual gun. This simulated firing operation also serves to attract spectators to the game.

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