Patents Assigned to NSM Aktiengesellschaft
  • Patent number: 5341350
    Abstract: A coin-operated music playing machine or jukebox includes a coin unit, a viewing screen, an input keyboard, and at least one loudspeaker. The jukebox is connected to a central music store via a remote data transmission line, preferably an ISDN line. The jukebox has digital/analog converters and amplifiers for information transmitted via the remote data transmission line. The jukebox also includes an intermediate memory for storing audio information received over the remote data transmission line and a mass storage memory for frequently played selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: NSM Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Armin Frank, Horst Niederlein
  • Patent number: 5314195
    Abstract: A dart game includes a target board (22) with segments which are movably mounted between radial ribs (24) and concentric ribs (26) to receive the darts. Each segment has a switch which is actuated when a dart hits the segment and which is connected to a hit-display. The target board has at least two target fields (50 to 56), each of which is made up of segments located between adjacent radial ribs (24). A display light (60 to 66) is associated with each segment of a target field. All the lights of each target field are switched on only by hits on this target field by the first player to hit it, and the display lights of the target field concerned are not switched on by or after a subsequent hit by another player. The display lights (60, 62, 64, 66) may be disposed in more or more arrays (42, 44, 46, 48), making the progress of the game particularly easy to follow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: NSM Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ulrich Schulze
  • Patent number: 5292135
    Abstract: A darts target for a game of darts has mobile segments marked with different scores and provided with holes for receiving the darts and is articulated inside a front door of a housing. When a dart strikes the segments, which are prevented from moving forward by retaining devices, the segments actuate a switch matrix which is arranged on a supporting disk and which automatically registers, totals and displays the scores by means of a switching system. The front door is articulated to the housing on one of its vertical longitudinal sides by a hinge. The supporting disk with the switch matrix is fastened to the rear face of the front door so that it can be folded back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: NSM Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Wilhelm Menke