Card Selling Apparatus
AssigneesBandai Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Banpresto
InventorsYoshitaka Tao, Kunihisa Yagishita
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Abstract
A game apparatus or a card selling apparatus is provided with a plurality of card dispensers 610 in each of which a large number of cards are loaded and each of which dispenses a card in response to a dispense signal. This apparatus enables more cards to be accommodated in it than that in which only one card dispenser is mounted. In accordance with predetermined dispense conditions, one of the plurality of card dispensers 610 is selected to dispense a card. A card dispense signal is transmitted to the selected card dispenser.
Claims11
A card selling apparatus which sells a card comprising a recording medium on which data for a game is recorded, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising an output port through which the card is output;
- a plurality of card dispensers provided in the housing and in which the cards are housed;
- a card guide member that guides the card dispensed by the card dispenser, to the output port;
- a selecting unit that selects one of the plurality of card dispensers which dispenses the card, in accordance with predetermined dispense conditions;
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- a control unit that transmits a dispense signal to the card dispenser selected by the selecting unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.