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Patent US7841599 - Home-use crane game machine - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsThe invention provides a home-use crane game machine that gives a player a strained sensation of operation similar to playing a game apparatus disposed in the amusement arcade or the like and that young children can play easily. The home-use crane game machine comprises a base part having a first button,...http://www.google.com/patents/US7841599?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7841599 - Home-use crane game machineAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7841599 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/613,351Publication dateNov 30, 2010Filing dateDec 20, 2006Priority dateOct 12, 2006Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS20080088092Publication number11613351, 613351, US 7841599 B2, US 7841599B2, US-B2-7841599, US7841599 B2, US7841599B2InventorsShinji TodokoroOriginal AssigneeAgatsuma Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (68), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (7), Classifications (9), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetHome-use crane game machine
US 7841599 B2Abstract
1. A home-use crane game machine toy with a portable size and weight easily moved by a young child, comprising:
a base part having a prize placement board, a housing part disposed on the base part, a crane part provided inside the housing part and operated by a battery, and a roof for a covering the upper part of the housing part,
the base part has a first button for outputting a X axial motor movable signal, a second button for outputting a Y axial motor movable signal, an infrared sensor which detects falling of a prize and a built-in main board having a control device;
the prize placement board which forms an upper surface of the base part is configured such that a center of the prize placement board is lower than a periphery thereof, wherein the prize placement board at the near side comprises a prize receiving tray, wherein the prize receiving tray is formed so as to be flat and protrude out from the front side of the base part for ease of taking a prize out;
the housing part is internally visible and has a housing space for housing prizes in the inside, furthermore the housing part is a cylinder having a square section comprising four transparent plates disposed between four support columns, wherein
light emitting diodes are internally fitted in the support columns, and
one of the four transparent plates is openably and closably fixed;
the crane part comprises a catcher having a bottom part formed in the shape of teeth which forms a flat surface when the two teeth shapes are meshed; a standing wall plate vertically protruding on the side of the bottom part and forming a prize-holding space over the bottom part that is approximately equal to the size of the prize when the catcher is closed, a crane main body for controlling the movement of the catcher along a X axis direction, a Y axis direction and a Z axis direction;
the control device moves the crane main body with the catcher along the X axis direction while the X axial motor movable signal is output by operating the first button, makes the first button inoperable with stopping the movement in X axis direction when the X axial motor movable signal is stopped, moves the crane main body with the catcher in Y axis direction when the second button can be operated after being the first button inoperable and a Y axial motor movable signal is output, returns the crane main body with the catcher to an initial position after only the catcher is moved in Z axis direction when the Y axial motor movable signal is stopped, and then opens and closes the catcher after moving only the catcher in the Z axis direction, wherein the control device reversely rotates the Z axis motor that serves as the power of the catcher, operates a sound output device, and turns on the light emitting diodes internally fitted in the support columns of the housing part when the infrared sensor reacts; and
the catcher comprises a catcher main body part and an upper supporting part mutually interlocked with each other, wherein a first chain is connected to the catcher main body part and a second chain is connected to the upper part, the catcher main body part is opened when the catcher is hung by the second chain and the catcher main body part is closed when the catcher is hung by the first chain.
2. The toy of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of prizes, wherein the prizes are all substantially the same size.
3. The toy of claim 2, wherein each of the prizes is spherical in shape.
4. The toy of claim 3, wherein each of the prizes comprises two hemispheres, wherein at least one hemisphere of each prize is transparent, and wherein an object is removably contained inside of each of the plurality of prizes. Description
Also, the base part 2 has a prize receiving tray 35, and the prize receiving tray 35 is protruded from the base part 2 to the front side, and the upper surface of the base part 2 is a prize placement board 22 of which the center inclines so as to be lower than a periphery thereof.
Additionally, since the prize placement board 22, of which the center is lower than its periphery, is provided on the base part, the small number of residual prizes can be gathered in the center thereof, thus young children can easily move the catcher to the position of prizes. And, since the prize-holding space of the catcher and the size of prize are approximately equal, the prize can be easily held with the catcher.
Also, the base part 2 has a prize receiving tray 35, and the prize receiving tray 35 is protruded from the base part 2 to the front side, and the upper surface of the base part 2 is a prize placement board 22 of which the center inclines so as to be lower than the periphery thereof.
The prize receiving tray 35 comprises a flat plate being a rectangular shape with round corners and a thick peripheral wall protruding upward vertically from the peripheral edge of the flat plate except for the edge fitted to the prize discharge port 31, young children can easily take the prize 6 since the prize receiving tray 35 is formed so as to be flat and protrude from the base main body 21, and the peripheral wall prevents the prize 6 from popping out from the prize discharge port 31.
The prize placement board 22 is a L-shaped plate forming a square-shaped notch part at a prescribed corner of a square plate, and the center thereof is inclined so as to be slightly lower than the periphery thereof.
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