Prize game apparatus
AssigneeSega Corporation
InventorNaoji Kumagai
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Abstract
A prize game apparatus that has plural pairs of pickup arms and can adjust the distance between the pairs of pickup arms is provided. A prize game apparatus includes: a pickup unit capable of moving in specified directions; plural pairs of pickup arms attached to the pickup unit; an opening/closing unit for opening and closing the pairs of pickup arms; and a distance adjustment unit for adjusting the distance between the pairs of pickup arms by moving the pair(s) of pickup arms; wherein a prize is picked up or released by closing or opening the pairs of pickup arms.
Claims18
A prize game apparatus comprising:
- a pickup unit capable of moving in specified directions;
- plural pairs of pickup arms attached to the pickup unit;
- an opening/closing unit for opening and closing the pairs of pickup arms;
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- a distance adjustment unit for adjusting the distance between the plural pairs of pickup arms by laterally moving the pair(s) of pickup arms along a member perpendicular to a direction of arm movement for opening and closing the arms;
- wherein a prize is picked up or released by closing or opening the pairs of the pickup arms;
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- wherein a first pair of the pairs of pickup arms are contactable with a second pair of the pairs of pickup arms adjacent thereto.
A prize game apparatus, comprising:
- a pickup unit movable in specified directions;
- plural pairs of pickup arms attached to the pickup unit;
- a single opening/closing unit for opening and closing the pairs of pickup arms;
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- a distance adjustment unit for adjusting the distance between the plural pairs of pickup arms by laterally moving the pair(s) of pickup arms along a member perpendicular to a direction of arm movement for opening and closing the arms;
- wherein a prize is picked up or released by closing or opening the pairs of the pickup arms, and
- wherein the single opening/closing unit is used to open and close the plural pairs of pickup arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.