# US 2018/0025574 A1 · Balloon vending machine and balloon to be sold thereby > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0025574 A1 - Document ID: US20180025574A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/548,177 - Filed: 2016-02-02 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-03 - Assignees: Rising Entertainment Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Rising Entertainment Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Juntak JEON - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025574A1 ## CPC - G07F 17/32: for games, toys, sports, or amusements - A63H 27/10: Balloons (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00; {other than toy aspects B64B1/40}) - G07F 9/10: Casings {or parts thereof}, e.g. with means for heating or cooling - G07F 11/00: Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles - A63H 2027/1033: {Inflation devices or methods for inflating balloons} - A63H 2027/1041: {Holding or sealing means, e.g. handling rods, clamps or plugs} - A63H 2027/1083: {Valves or nozzles} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - A63H: TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS ## Abstract Provided are a balloon vending machine that can provide an impactful state where the balloon purchaser can participate in a production process of a balloon and the balloon body expands to break and open the balloon case, and further that can reuse the balloon case as a handle, and a balloon to be sold by the balloon vending machine. Below the gas injection part 26 of the balloon vending machine 10, a gas injection device is disposed that expands the balloon body 24 stored in a folded state in the balloon case. The gas injection device is mounted with a gas injection nozzle. Further, a valve lock plate is disposed in the nozzle mover. The balloon includes a balloon body, a balloon case storing the balloon body, a balloon valve, and a string connecting the balloon body with the balloon case. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-7. (canceled) ### Claim 8 A balloon vending machine comprising: a table plate provided at front face of a machine body; a balloon case inserting port formed penetrating through the table plate, a balloon case storing a balloon body is inserted into the balloon case inserting port; a lock mechanism configured to lock a balloon valve, gas is injected into the balloon value when the balloon case is inserted into the balloon case inserting port; a gas injection nozzle that is disposed below the table plate and is capable of connecting to the balloon valve by vertical movement; and a control section configured to control movement of the gas injection nozzle and injection of the gas into the balloon body, wherein the control section moves the balloon case together with the gas injection nozzle upward and starts injection of the gas into the balloon body, when having detected that the balloon case has been projected upward from the table plate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The balloon vending machine according to claim 8, wherein the control section finishes gas injection when gas pressure becomes constant. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The balloon vending machine according to claim 8, wherein the lock mechanism includes a valve lock plate movably provided in a front and back direction, and the valve lock plate has a lock opening formed to be capable of locking the balloon valve. ### Claim 11 A balloon that is to be sold by a balloon vending machine, comprising: a balloon body that expands by injection of gas; a balloon case including a first casing piece and a second casing piece, and configured to store the balloon body by joining and closing the first casing piece and the second casing piece; and a balloon valve to be inserted into a gas injection cylinder part of the balloon body, wherein the balloon case includes the valve insertion part that fixes the balloon valve on the balloon case in an inserted state when the balloon case is closed with the balloon body stored, and wherein the balloon valve includes an recessed part for engagement, the recessed part for engagement is to be engaged by the balloon vending machine when the gas is injected in a state where the balloon case is closed to store the balloon body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The balloon according to claim 11, wherein the recessed part for engagement is formed between two bulging parts in the balloon valve, and a diameter of the recessed part for engagement is smaller than those of the bulging parts. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The balloon according to claim 11, wherein the balloon case includes the valve insertion part that fixes the balloon valve in an inserted state when being closed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The balloon according to claim 11, further comprising a string configured to connect the balloon body with the balloon case, wherein the balloon case includes a holding part.