Patent · US Expired

Ball game machine with a roulette-type rotary disk and a display located in the central area therein

US5879235A · kind A · utility

177Cited by
5References
7Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 10, 1996
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 10, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2009/2461
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A roulette-like ball game machine has a rotary disk with a plurality of pockets arranged in a peripheral direction and assigned a number respectively, and a guide circle provided around the rotary disk at a somewhat higher position and joining to the rotary disk through an inclined surface. While the rotary disk is turned, a ball rolled along the guide circle falls inside and enters one of the pockets to decide a prize number. In such a ball game machine, a plurality of operation stands are arranged around the guide circle, the rotary disk is formed in an annular shape having a large inner diameter, a large-sized picture surface is provided within the central space of the rotary disk and various pictures are projected on the picture surface by an image projector.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.