(19)
(11) EP 0 964 372 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/50

(21) Application number: 99304147.4

(22) Date of filing: 27.05.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07F 17/38
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 12.06.1998 JP 18142098

(71) Applicant: Konami Co., Ltd.
Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Oginuma, Takeshi
    Yamato-shi, Kanagawa -ken (JP)
  • Goto, Nobuhiro
    Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Kumabe, Takashi
    Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Ogawa, Akihisa
    Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Hayashi, Ryouji
    Ebina-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Brunner, Michael John 
GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Game system for playing with medals


(57) To diversify the progress of a game and to properly manage the flows of medals, a medal game system is provided. The game system comprises a container for storing the medal, an escalator for guiding the medal in an aligned state, a mechanism for sending out the medal stored in the container toward the escalator, and a discharge mechanism for flipping the medal in the escalator out through an exit thereof.






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