Patents Assigned to Ohiragiken Industry Co.
  • Patent number: 7316396
    Abstract: A card game machine using plural cards on front surface sides of which distinctive information for identifying itself from others is displayed and designs of back sides of which have a commonality is provide. The card game comprises a holding unit for holding the plural cards with a same shape in a stacked state, a distribution unit for distributing the plural cards held by the holding unit one by one in a state where the card is placed face down, a tilt surface for sliding the card distributed by the distribution unit, a stop unit for stopping the card sliding on the tilt surface at a specified position of the tilt surface and a card reversing unit for forcibly reversing the card stopped by the stop unit so that the front surface side is exposed and display contents depicted on the surface of the card can be visually seen, wherein a specified profit is given to a player on the basis of the distinctive information of the reversed card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignees: Ohiragiken Industry Co., Atlas Co.
    Inventor: Teruo Ohira
  • Patent number: 6454261
    Abstract: A game machine played by a player to fish amusement objects. The game machine has a tank containing water. The amusement objects float on water. A fishing member engages one of the amusement objects and fishes the amusement object. The fishing member is lifted to catch the amusement object. A driving mechanism supports the fishing member and vertically moves the fishing member. A forcible object mover forcibly moves the amusement objects on the water surface. A manipulator, which is manipulated by the player, lowers the fishing member with the driving mechanism. A dropping mechanism drops the amusement object when the amusement object is lifted together with the fishing member by the driving mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Ohiragiken Industry Co.
    Inventor: Teruo Ohira
  • Patent number: 6408132
    Abstract: A photo-sticker vending machine is described that allows a user to purchase a photo-sticker by inserting money into and operating the photo-sticker vending machine. The photo-sticker vending machine includes a printing image data memory for storing image data, a printer for printing image data on a photo-sticker sheet, a first controller for controlling the printer, a cutting data memory for storing cutting data, a cutting device for cutting the photo-sticker sheet to a predetermined shape, and a second controller for controlling the cutting device. The first controller commands the printer to print on the photo-sticker sheet based on the printing image data stored in the printing image data memory. The second controller commands the cutting device to cut the printed photo-sticker sheet based on the cutting data stored in the cutting data memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Ohiragiken Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junya Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20010048194
    Abstract: A game machine played by a player to fish amusement objects. The game machine has a tank containing water. The amusement objects float on water. A fishing member engages one of the amusement objects and fishes the amusement object. The fishing member is lifted to catch the amusement object. A driving mechanism supports the fishing member and vertically moves the fishing member. A forcible object mover forcibly moves the amusement objects on the water surface. A manipulator, which is manipulated by the player, lowers the fishing member with the driving mechanism. A dropping mechanism drops the amusement object when the amusement object is lifted together with the fishing member by the driving mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Applicant: OHIRAGIKEN INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Teruo Ohira