Patents Assigned to BLD Oriental, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8770436
    Abstract: A vending machine integrated table with a game function attached to automatically dispense product, or to sell product by causing the product to be acquired through manual operations by the user. The vending machine integrated table is provided with at least a top plate, and a vending machine beneath the top plate. The top plate is provided with one of either a displaying and accepting mechanism for displaying products that can be sold by the vending machine, and accepting instructions from users, or a window portion through which a product housing section that houses products can be visually confirmed. A product conveyor conveys product contained in the product housing section to a product dispensing slot provided at the product housing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: BLD Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Patent number: 8335586
    Abstract: There is provided an automatic vending machine having a vending machine main unit, a gas supply unit furnished with a discharge mechanism section for discharging a gas, and a control means for controlling operation of the vending machine main unit and gas supply unit. The vending machine main unit and the gas supply unit are interconnected via the control means. The gas supply unit includes a cup-shaped breathing member to discharge gas toward the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: BLD Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Patent number: 8313418
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a playing device with which a player can perform more diversified plays. A playing device 1 comprises a beam 11 disposed such that its longitudinal direction is directed laterally and which is configured such that a player Y can move on the outer circumferential surface thereof under a standing state along the longitudinal direction; a first support mechanism and a second support mechanism which are disposed at a distance in the longitudinal direction of the beam 11 for supporting the both end portions of the beam 11, respectively, the first support mechanism and the second support mechanism for supporting the beam 11 such that one or both end portions of the beam 11 can displaces freely in the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction; and a drive mechanism for driving the beam 11 to displace one or both end portions thereof in the intersecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: BLD Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20120221143
    Abstract: An automatic vending machine (1) is provided with a vending machine main unit (10), with a play device (20) including a stuffed toy (21) on which a user can ride and a drive mechanism (24) for driving the stuffed toy (21), and with a control device that controls the vending machine main unit (10) and the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20). The vending machine main unit (10) and the play device (20) are interconnected via the control device. The vending machine main unit (10) includes a product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)), and payment accepting mechanisms ((13a), (13b) (13)) for accepting payment for the item, wherein the control device activates the product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)) so as to deliver the item to the outside, as well as activates the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: BLD ORIENTAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Patent number: 7979156
    Abstract: An automatic vending machine (1) is provided with a vending machine main unit (10), with a play device (20) including a stuffed toy (21) on which a user can ride and a drive mechanism (24) for driving the stuffed toy (21), and with a control device that controls the vending machine main unit (10) and the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20). The vending machine main unit (10) and the play device (20) are interconnected via the control device. The vending machine main unit (10) includes a product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)), and payment accepting mechanisms ((13a), (13b) (13)) for accepting payment for the item, wherein the control device activates the product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)) so as to deliver the item to the outside, as well as activates the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: BLD Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Patent number: 7959513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an amusement device which comprises a rotating body formed in a disk shape and provided horizontally rotatably; a frame body which is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the rotating body 10; a partition member which is fastened to the frame body for forming the play area; a plurality of beams which are mounted to the frame body across the play area horizontally; a plurality of floor portions which are supported by the frame body and the beams, and which partition the play area into a plurality of layered spaces; the support mechanism; and the rotation drive mechanism. The support mechanism supports the rotating body. The rotation drive mechanism rotates the rotating body horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Bld Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Patent number: 7885724
    Abstract: An automatic vending machine (1) is provided with a vending machine main unit (10), with a play device (20) including a stuffed toy (21) on which a user can ride and a drive mechanism (24) for driving the stuffed toy (21), and with a control device that controls the vending machine main unit (10) and the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20). The vending machine main unit (10) and the play device (20) are interconnected via the control device. The vending machine main unit (10) includes a product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)), and payment accepting mechanisms ((13a), (13b) (13)) for accepting payment for the item, wherein the control device activates the product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)) so as to deliver the item to the outside, as well as activates the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: BLD Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20100332027
    Abstract: An automatic vending machine (1) is provided with a vending machine main unit (10), with a play device (20) including a stuffed toy (21) on which a user can ride and a drive mechanism (24) for driving the stuffed toy (21), and with a control device that controls the vending machine main unit (10) and the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20). The vending machine main unit (10) and the play device (20) are interconnected via the control device. The vending machine main unit (10) includes a product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)), and payment accepting mechanisms ((13a), (13b) (13)) for accepting payment for the item, wherein the control device activates the product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)) so as to deliver the item to the outside, as well as activates the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: BLD ORIENTAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20100332025
    Abstract: An automatic vending machine (1) is provided with a vending machine main unit (10), with a play device (20) including a stuffed toy (21) on which a user can ride and a drive mechanism (24) for driving the stuffed toy (21), and with a control device that controls the vending machine main unit (10) and the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20). The vending machine main unit (10) and the play device (20) are interconnected via the control device. The vending machine main unit (10) includes a product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)), and payment accepting mechanisms ((13a), (13b) (13)) for accepting payment for the item, wherein the control device activates the product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)) so as to deliver the item to the outside, as well as activates the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: BLD ORIENTAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20100332024
    Abstract: An automatic vending machine (1) is provided with a vending machine main unit (10), with a play device (20) including a stuffed toy (21) on which a user can ride and a drive mechanism (24) for driving the stuffed toy (21), and with a control device that controls the vending machine main unit (10) and the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20). The vending machine main unit (10) and the play device (20) are interconnected via the control device. The vending machine main unit (10) includes a product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)), and payment accepting mechanisms ((13a), (13b) (13)) for accepting payment for the item, wherein the control device activates the product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)) so as to deliver the item to the outside, as well as activates the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: BLD ORIENTAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20100332026
    Abstract: An automatic vending machine (1) is provided with a vending machine main unit (10), with a play device (20) including a stuffed toy (21) on which a user can ride and a drive mechanism (24) for driving the stuffed toy (21), and with a control device that controls the vending machine main unit (10) and the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20). The vending machine main unit (10) and the play device (20) are interconnected via the control device. The vending machine main unit (10) includes a product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)), and payment accepting mechanisms ((13a), (13b) (13)) for accepting payment for the item, wherein the control device activates the product dispensing mechanism ((14a (14)) so as to deliver the item to the outside, as well as activates the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: BLD ORIENTAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Patent number: 7677986
    Abstract: Bowling game apparatus allowing children to get strikes and spares for a high score. Two guides (10) are provided longitudinally along lane (3); two first retainers (15) are arranged outside the end of lane (3) near approach (2) for retaining first ends of the guides (10); two second retainers (20) for retaining the second ends of the guides (10) are provided over lane (3) between first retainers (15) and pins (5), and allow, as driven by a second-retainer drive unit, the guide second-end retaining portions of the second retainers (20) to shift between a guide position and a retract position apart from the guide position. The guides (10) diagonally intersect the longitudinal direction of the lane (3), where they come into contact with the height-wise center of a ball rolling down the lane (3) ball when the second-end retaining portions of the second retainers (20) are in the guide position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: BLD Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Patent number: 7651402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bowling game system in which a play is possible without changing into bowling shoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: BLD Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20090298382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyhedral toy from which fun with a sense of reality is experienced, and that prevents injury because of its lightweight. A polyhedral toy (1) is an elasticity-having polyhedron, on at least one face of which an extension is provided as an interlock protrusion (3), and in at least another one face of which an interlock hole (7) is formed, and the interlock protrusion (3) and interlock hole (7) has shapes allowing reciprocally interlocking connection. Furthermore the interlock protrusion (3) has a constricted portion (5) reduced in diameter, between a protrusion top portion and a base face (2), and the interlock hole (7) has a shape in which an opening portion (8) is reduced in diameter, compared with the inside of the interlock hole (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: BLD ORIENTAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20090280917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bowling game system in which a play is possible without changing into bowling shoes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: BLD ORIENTAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20090264213
    Abstract: Bowling game apparatus allowing children to get strikes and spares for a high score. Two guides (10) are provided longitudinally along lane (3); two first retainers (15) are arranged outside the end of lane (3) near approach (2) for retaining first ends of the guides (10); two second retainers (20) for retaining the second ends of the guides (10) are provided over lane (3) between first retainers (15) and pins (5), and allow, as driven by a second-retainer drive unit, the guide second-end retaining portions of the second retainers (20) to shift between a guide position and a retract position apart from the guide position. The guides (10) diagonally intersect the longitudinal direction of the lane (3), where they come into contact with the height-wise center of a ball rolling down the lane (3) ball when the second-end retaining portions of the second retainers (20) are in the guide position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: BLD Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Patent number: 7582022
    Abstract: Bowling game apparatus allowing even children of little strength to obtain high score by strikes and spares. The bowling game apparatus comprising an approach as an area where players roll a ball, a lane extending from the approach and on which the ball the players bowl rolls, a plurality of pins arranged and placed on the end of the lane and trough-like gutters is further provided with pin toppling means (20) for overturning several pins individually, bowling ball detectors (35) for detecting a ball rolling down the lane, controllers (41), (45) for timing the actuation of pin toppling means (20) to the collision of the ball with the pins on the basis of a detection signal from bowling ball detector (35) to overturn previous selection from the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: BLD Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Patent number: 7517285
    Abstract: This invention relates to a bowling game system that prevents a ball from falling into one of gutters with no players noticing. A bowling game system 1 is provided with an approach 2 where a player rolls a bowling ball b down, a lane 3 on which the ball b players bowl rolls, a plurality of bowling pins 5 arranged and placed on the end of the lane 3 opposite to the approach 2, trough-like gutters 4 provided longitudinally on the both sides of the lane 3 to receive the ball b slipping from the lane 3, a plurality of nozzles 21 provided face to face longitudinally on the outer sides of the lane 3 and a compressed air supplying source 25 providing the nozzles 21 with compressed air via supplying pipes 22. The nozzles 21 discharge compressed air toward the inside of the lane 3 to prevent the ball b from falling into one of the gutters 4, which is not revealed to players, because the compressed air is transparent and clear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: BLD Oriental, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Publication number: 20090030548
    Abstract: The preset invention relates to an automatic vending machine that provides novel services so as to attract the interest of purchasers to promote use of the automatic vending machine. An automatic vending machine (1) is provided with a vending machine main unit (10), with a play device (20) including a stuffed toy (21) on which a user can ride and a drive mechanism (24) for driving the stuffed toy (21), and with a control device that controls the vending machine main unit (10) and the drive mechanism (24) in the play device (20), wherein the vending machine main unit (10) and the play device (20) are interconnected via the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: BLD ORIENTAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi
  • Patent number: 7431654
    Abstract: Play facility that can be safely played on by preschoolers, and that can be set up indoors. The play facility (1) includes hollow play structures (2) and (8) having a play surface on which a play participant can engage in play, the play surface being a vertical, oblique, or stair-shaped surface, with members (3), (9) constituting at least the play surface being made of a transparent material; liquid spouting units (20), (21) for spouting a pressurized liquid L against a surface on an inner side of the transparent member (3), (9), the liquid spouting units (20), (21) being disposed at an upper position within the hollow portion of the play structure (2), (8); and a liquid supply system (15) for pressurizing the liquid L collected in a bottom region inside the hollow portion of the play structure (2), (8) and supplying the pressurized liquid to the liquid spouting units (20), (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: BLD Oriental, Ltd
    Inventor: Yasushi Ochi