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US 11,164,427 B2Granted
Game apparatus
AssigneeKonami Amusement Co., Ltd.
InventorsNorifumi Kawai, Kenji Gennozono, Ken Sasaki, Takahiro Yoshino, Etsushi Takahashi, Shinya Suga, Kensaku Yoshida
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Abstract
A game apparatus includes a pusher configured to reciprocate forward and backward on a surface of a table, the pusher including a first surface that is an upper surface of the pusher; a feeder configured to feed a game object that is rollable regardless of an orientation of the game object, onto the first surface; and a suppressor provided on at least one of the pusher and the table and configured to suppress an amount of movement of the game object.
Claims7
A game apparatus comprising:
- a pusher configured to reciprocate forward and backward on a surface of a table, the pusher including a first surface that is an upper surface of the pusher;
- a feeder configured to feed a game object that is rollable regardless of an orientation of the game object, onto the first surface;
- and
- a suppressor provided on at least one of the pusher and the table and configured to suppress an amount of movement of the game object,
- wherein the table includes a second surface including a front part and a back part, with the front part including a front peripheral edge, the second surface being inclined in a direction of the reciprocation relative to a horizontal plane such that the front part of the second surface is lower than the back part of the second surface,
- the suppressor includes a first restrictor that protrudes from the second surface along the front peripheral edge of the second surface,
- the second surface is inclined at a first angle relative to the horizontal plane,
- the first restrictor is inclined at a second angle relative to the horizontal plane, and
- the second angle is larger than the first angle.
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A game apparatus comprising:
- a pusher configured to reciprocate forward and backward on a surface of a table, the pusher including a first surface that is an upper surface of the pusher;
- a feeder configured to feed a game object that is rollable regardless of an orientation of the game object, onto the first surface;
- and
- a suppressor provided on at least one of the pusher and the table and configured to suppress an amount of movement of the game object,
- wherein
- the first surface includes a front peripheral edge at a front part of the first surface, and
- the suppressor includes a restrictor that protrudes from the first surface along the front peripheral edge of the first surface.
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A game apparatus comprising:
- a pusher configured to reciprocate forward and backward on a surface of a table, the pusher including a first surface that is an upper surface of the pusher;
- a feeder configured to feed a game object that is rollable regardless of an orientation of the game object, onto the first surface;
- and
- a suppressor provided on at least one of the pusher and the table and configured to suppress an amount of movement of the game object,
- wherein the pusher includes a front part,
- the suppressor includes a retaining member provided on the front part of the pusher,
- the retaining member is concave in shape as viewed from a direction of the reciprocation, and
- the retaining member is configured to retain the game object on the pusher.
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A game apparatus comprising:
- a pusher configured to reciprocate forward and backward on a surface of a table, the pusher including a first surface that is an upper surface of the pusher;
- a feeder configured to feed a game object that is rollable regardless of an orientation of the game object, onto the first surface;
- and
- a suppressor provided on at least one of the pusher and the table and configured to suppress an amount of movement of the game object,
- wherein
- the pusher includes a front part, and an inclined surface inclined in a direction from the first surface to the front part of the pusher, and
- the suppressor includes a protrusion provided on the inclined surface,
- with the protrusion extending from the inclined-surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.