# US 2026/0087904 A1 · Medal Game Machine

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- Number: US 2026/0087904 A1
- Document ID: US20260087904A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/403,816
- Filed: 2025-11-29
- Published: 2026-03-26
- Earliest claimed: 2021-09-06
- Assignees: Sega Corporation
- Applicants: Sega Corporation
- Inventors: Tsutomu UCHIDA; Takao FUKUOKA; Daisuke SUZUKI; Kouhei HASHIMOTO; Nobuyuki IWASAKI; Yusuke MASUNAGA; Hirotaka YOSHIMATSU; Jun TAKENAKA; Ikuko HIGASHIYAMA; Seiya SUMI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260087904A1

## CPC

- G07F 17/3297: {Fairground games, e.g. Tivoli, coin pusher machines, cranes}
- G07F 17/3216: {Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects}
- 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})

## Abstract

A medal game machine capable of improving a degree of satisfaction of a player with a medal game and enjoyment of the medal game by performing: forming of the medal tower, pushing of the medals, and feeding of medals do not affect each other and are visible to the player. A medal game machine includes a medal feeder that receives medals supplied from the outside of the medal game machine and feeds the medals into a first area; a placement surface on which medals are placed; a pusher table that moves the medals placed on the placement surface; a medal tower forming device that forms one medal tower having one or more layers at a predetermined position each time; and a transporter that transports the one medal tower formed at the predetermined position to the placement surface. When the placement surface is viewed in a plan view, the placement surface and the pusher table are in the first area and the predetermined position is in a second area outside the first area. The medal tower forming device forms medal towers that are visible from the outside of the medal game machine.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A medal game machine, comprising:
a medal feeder receiving medals supplied from outside of the medal game machine and feeding medals into a first area;
a placement surface on which medals are placed;
a pusher table moving the medals placed on the placement surface;
a medal tower forming device forming one medal tower having one or more layers at a predetermined position each time; and
a transporter transporting the one medal tower formed at the predetermined position to the placement surface,
wherein when the placement surface is viewed in a plan view, the placement surface and the pusher table are in the first area and the predetermined position is in a second area outside the first area,
wherein the medal tower forming device forms medal towers that are visible from the outside of the medal game machine.