Source: http://www.google.com/patents/US6533281?dq=5,987,610
Timestamp: 2017-10-20 16:29:26
Document Index: 653710135

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Patent US6533281 - Playing machine - Google Patents
A playing machine making a player feel as if a car is running by moving a mobile body modeling a car shape on the surface of a circulating endless belt, wherein front wheels mounted on the mobile body are turned in a moving direction by a relatively simple mechanism. The mobile body 40 comprises a body...http://www.google.com/patents/US6533281?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6533281 - Playing machine
Publication number US6533281 B1
Application number US 09/787,568
PCT number PCT/JP2000/004947
Also published as CN1119190C, CN1317982A, DE60013395D1, EP1116506A1, EP1116506A4, EP1116506B1, WO2001007129A1
Publication number 09787568, 787568, PCT/2000/4947, PCT/JP/0/004947, PCT/JP/0/04947, PCT/JP/2000/004947, PCT/JP/2000/04947, PCT/JP0/004947, PCT/JP0/04947, PCT/JP0004947, PCT/JP004947, PCT/JP2000/004947, PCT/JP2000/04947, PCT/JP2000004947, PCT/JP200004947, US 6533281 B1, US 6533281B1, US-B1-6533281, US6533281 B1, US6533281B1
Inventors Naoji Kumagai
US 6533281 B1
The mobile body 40 comprises a body 50, the front wheels 43 which are mounted so as to face toward the front both sides of the body 50 and which can swing around steering shafts 70 perpendicular to the obverse surface of the endless belt 20 and a wheel arm 46 to which the both front wheels 43 are connected at positions forward from the steering shafts 70 and which is formed to be movable according to the swing of the front wheels 43 around the steering shafts 70. Moreover, and the obverse-side attraction means 86 is fitted to the wheel arm 46 and is formed to be movable together with the wheel arm 46.
1. A playing machine comprising a circulating endless belt, a guide body which is provided at a reverse side of the endless belt and which is formed to be movable upon operation by a player, and a mobile body which is placed in an obverse surface of the endless belt and which is formed to model an automobile shape; wherein:
a reverse-side magnetically attractive element is mounted in a top of the guide body near to the mobile body;
an obverse-side magnetically attractive element is mounted in a bottom of the mobile body near to the guide body;
both the reverse-side magnetically attractive element mounted in the guide body and the obverse-side magnetically attractive element mounted in the mobile body are formed to attract each other through the endless belt;
the mobile body is formed to be movable on the obverse surface of the endless belt according to movement of the guide body upon the operation by the player;
the mobile body comprises a body, forward-facing front wheels located at two sides of the body which can swing around steering shafts perpendicular to the obverse surface of the endless belt, and a wheel arm to which the both front wheels are connected at positions forward from the steering shafts and which is formed to be movable according to the swing of the front wheels around the steering shafts; and
the obverse-side magnetically attractive element is fitted to the wheel arm and is formed to be movable together with the wheel arm.
2. The playing machine of claim 1, wherein the front wheels are parallel to each other.
As shown in FIG. 1, an upper surface panel 11 is mounted on an upper surface of the casing 10.
Endless Belt 20
Further, the above-mentioned endless belt 20 is formed to circulate while keeping a proper tension by means of some rollers disposed inside the above-mentioned casing 10 with rotary axes along the transverse direction of the casing 10.
Further, the above-mentioned guide body 30 is installed in the reverse side of an upper portion of the endless ring-shaped endless belt 20 and is formed move longitudinally and transversely upon the operation of the steering wheel 15 or the like by the player.
Mobile Body 40
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the above-mentioned mobile body 40 has a shape modeling an automobile and is placed on the obverse surface of the endless belt 20.
The above-mentioned upper body 41 is a part corresponding to an upper body of an actual automobile and is integrally formed of plastics.
Base Frame 42
Further, the above-mentioned base frame 42 comprises, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, a planar-shaped base part 51, a front-wheel-fitted part 52 contiguously formed in a front part of the base part 51 and a rear-wheel-fitted part 53 contiguously formed in a rear part of the base part 51.
Front Wheels 43 and Rear Wheels 44
Further, the above-mentioned front wheel 43 is comprised of a wheel 62 and a tire 63 as shown in FIG. 8.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 5A-5D, the hub 45 is provided with an axle 68, an axle-center hole 69, a steering shaft 70, a steering-shaft-center hole 71, an arm-insertion groove 72 and an arm-fitted hole 73.
Wheel Arm 46 and Auxiliary Wheel Arm 47
Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the above-mentioned wheel arm 46 and the auxiliary wheel arm 47 are formed in a flat bar shape and their lengths are made approximately equal to a distance between both hubs 45 fitted to the base frame 42. Further, circular center-connection holes 76 are formed approximately in the middle of the wheel arm 46 and the auxiliary wheel arm 47, while circular hub-connection holes 77 are formed in the vicinity of both ends of the wheel arm 46 and auxiliary wheel arm 47.
Arm Joint 48
Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the above-mentioned arm joint 48 is constituted by a step-like-shaped bent part 79 to which a flat plate is bent and a cylindrical rod-shaped rotary shaft 80 which perpendicularly protrudes approximately from the center of the bent part 79. Further, a circular wheel-arm-connection hole 81 is formed in the vicinity of an end of the bent part 79 while a circular auxiliary-wheel-arm-connection hole 82 is formed in the vicinity of another end of the bent part 79.
Underbase 49
Further, as shown in FIGS. 7A-7C, the above-mentioned underbase 49 is constituted by a chipped-disc-shaped discal part 84, a cylindrical movable shaft 85 which perpendicularly protrudes approximately from the center of the discal part 84, and some magnets as obverse-side attraction means 86 embedded in a side of the discal part 84 opposite to the movable-shaft 85.
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U.S. Classification 273/442, 463/68, 446/129, 273/443, 463/61
International Classification A63H18/14, A63F9/34, A63F9/14
Cooperative Classification A63F9/143, A63H18/14
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