Patent ID: 7703772
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A prize dispensing mechanism used for a pusher-type game device which dispenses a prize which has been pushed from a stationary table and falls into a prize receiving port, the prize dispensing mechanism comprising: a support plate for placing the prize, the support plate having an end and being pivotally supported on a first axis; a locking member, having two ends, pivotally supported on a second axis and having on one of the two ends a suspension section on which the end of the support plate is suspended, the locking member preventing downward rotational movement of the support plate by allowing the support plate to be suspended on the suspension section when the suspension section is located at a lowermost end of a rotational movement swing; and an external force applying mechanism which applies external force to the other of the two ends of the locking member; wherein the locking member moves rotationally when the external force is applied to the other end of the locking member by the external force applying mechanism to unlock the locking member, whereby the support plate moves rotationally and the prize placed on the support plate falls.