Abstract: A gas injection apparatus 100 comprises a nozzle for being inserted into the balloon valve and injecting gas into the balloon body, a valve mechanism for opening and closing a gas flow path to the nozzle, a drive mechanism for moving the nozzle forward and backward, a balloon case placing section 120 having a flat bottom surface and capable of fixing an open end of the balloon valve in a direction opposite to the forward movement direction of the nozzle by making a balloon case in which the balloon body is housed placed with fixing the balloon valve; and a control unit for controlling the drive mechanism and the valve mechanism, wherein the control unit moves the nozzle forward in response to a start instruction, inserts the nozzle into the balloon valve to tightly contact with each other without clearance and injects gas into the balloon body.

Abstract: Provided are a balloon vending machine that can provide an impactful state where the balloon purchaser can participate in a production process of a balloon and the balloon body expands to break and open the balloon case, and further that can reuse the balloon case as a handle, and a balloon to be sold by the balloon vending machine. Below the gas injection part 26 of the balloon vending machine 10, a gas injection device is disposed that expands the balloon body 24 stored in a folded state in the balloon case. The gas injection device is mounted with a gas injection nozzle. Further, a valve lock plate is disposed in the nozzle mover. The balloon includes a balloon body, a balloon case storing the balloon body, a balloon valve, and a string connecting the balloon body with the balloon case.

Abstract: Provided are a balloon vending machine that can provide an impactful state where the balloon purchaser can participate in a production process of a balloon and the balloon body expands to break and open the balloon case, and further that can reuse the balloon case as a handle, and a balloon to be sold by the balloon vending machine. Below the gas injection part 26 of the balloon vending machine 10, a gas injection device is disposed that expands the balloon body 24 stored in a folded state in the balloon case. The gas injection device is mounted with a gas injection nozzle. Further, a valve lock plate is disposed in the nozzle mover. The balloon includes a balloon body, a balloon case storing the balloon body, a balloon valve, and a string connecting the balloon body with the balloon case.

Abstract: There is provided a slot machine capable of providing a player with a new type of amusement via an intuitive operation, as a result of interlocking between the touch panel and mechanism. A slot machine 1 that determines hitting of a prize according to an arrangement of a plurality of symbols in a regular game, includes: a special game control unit for controlling a special game which is started with winning a prize in the regular game as a trigger; a fixed display 62 for displaying the special game; a movable overlapping unit 63 provided in front of the fixed display 62; a touch panel 61 provided in the nearest side of a player; and an interlocking control unit for interlocking the overlapping unit 63 in accordance with a specific input operation to the touch panel 61, and the movement of the overlapping unit 63 by the specific input operation and display of the special game by the fixed display 62 are synchronized with each other.