Abstract: There is provided a sheet feeding device, which is provided with a paper supply member which feeds a sheet of paper on the top of stack of paper, the paper supply member being actuated by an actuator. The sheet feeding device further provided with a control system which controls the paper supply member, the control system having a stable sheet feeding operation mode in which the control system drives the paper supply member for a first time period initially, then stops the paper supply member after the first time period terminates, and then drives the paper supply member for a second time period.

Abstract: A cap device is for capping a head of an ink jet printer. The cap device includes a cap, an ink absorption member, and a lid. The cap is for developing a seal around the ink ejection surface of the head. The ink absorption member is disposed in the cap to absorb ink that was ejected or sucked from the head into the cap. The lid covers an ink-ejection-surface-confronting portion of the ink absorption member, except at least a nozzle-confronting portion of the ink absorption member. The lid is connected to an inner peripheral surface of the cap with a fluidly tight connection.

Abstract: A game hall system having a plurality of game machines 120 each of which is equipped with a game execution section 131 for executing a game; comprising storage media 110 in each of which information items about the game are stored; the game machine 120 including a transmission/reception section 136 which transmits and receives information to and from the storage medium; the transmission/reception section 136 including a setting port 123 in which the storage medium is set, a transmitter/receiver 121 which transmits and receives by radio to and from the set storage medium, a controller 135 which controls the transmission and reception of the transmitter/receiver and controls transmission and reception to and from the execution section, and memory means 128 for storing transmitted and received information therein; the storage medium 110 including a transmitter/receiver which transmits and receives by radio to and from the game machine having the storage medium set therein, a controller 119 which controls the tra

Abstract: The invention provides an ink jet printer, for example, having a tiny protrusion provided on a blade holder for holding a wiper blade at the side opposite to that cap, a coil spring for pulling the blade holder downwardly in a slanting direction toward where the tiny protrusion is provided, and a wiper raising arm raised together with the cap, for raising the wiper blade by contacting the lower surface of the blade holder, and a base for receiving the tiny protrusion on the upper surface thereof when the blade holder is lowered from the most raised position. Therefore, the wiper blade is stopped at the ink wiping position.

Abstract: A poker game is simulatively performed on a display device 34 every time a pinball enters into a special prize-winning port 42. That is, before one-unit poker game is started, an array of five cards are displayed in lateral alignment with one another with four cards placed face up and a fifth card placed face down. The opening/closing frequency or time of a variable prize-winning port 40 is changed in accordance with a prize-winning card set of the poker game. After the one unit poker game is completed, the card array of the five cards is shifted in the lateral direction by one card, and the card at one end and a new card is added and displayed face down at the other end for a subsequent poker game.

Abstract: The present invention provides a simulation system for an amusement arcade, which generates a dynamic model relating to the amusement arcade and can inspect an operating condition of play machines, a flow of players and the like. This system comprises a parameter setting unit (12) having a play machine information setting unit for setting a parameter, which defines a construction of play machines constituting the amusement arcade, and a player information setting unit for setting a parameter, which defines properties of players who use play machines, a simulation executing unit (16) for executing simulation for each unit time of the amusement arcade on the basis of parameters set by the parameter setting unit (12), a result analyzing unit (21) for generating data indicative of a result of simulation on the basis of data obtained by simulation executed for a predetermined unit time, and a display unit (20) for indicating a picture corresponding to data obtained by the result analyzing unit (21).

Abstract: A slot machine comprising display means (110) having a display screen provided on a plane opposed to a player, display control means (401) for controlling the display means (110) so as to display a still condition and a game play condition for each display window, start instruction means (108) for accepting a game play start instruction and instructing the display control means to start operation, stop instruction means (109) for accepting an instruction for stopping symbol change for each display window and instructing the display control means to stop operation, and game control means (403) for controlling game progress, wherein the improvement comprises storage means (904) for storing a plurality of symbol patterns and outputting the stored data to the display means based on read address specification, and background storage means (905) for storing backgrounds to be displayed on the display means, the display control (401) means issuing an output instruction to the storage means and the background storage

Abstract: A sintered friction material especially suitable for use in a braking system has a matrix of a copper-system metal such as copper, tin, nickel and aluminum, and contains a specific additive, graphite and potassium titanate as friction conditioners. The specific additive consists of at least one material selected from a group consisting of zirconium oxide, silica, dolomite, orthoclase and magnesium oxide. The specific additive, the graphite and the potassium titanate are preferably blended in volume ratios of 1 to 15%, 10 to 50% and 5 to 30% respectively. The form of the potassium titanate is at least one of whiskery, platy and spherical forms and preferably plate-like or spherical. The sintered friction material has good abrasion resistance, low abrasion of the counterpart, a high friction coefficient, excellent material strength, good chattering resistance, and good squealing resistance.

Abstract: An image input section 1530 of a storage medium issuing system inputs image information and an image processing unit 420 performs image processing for the image information input through the image input section 1530. The image information processed by the image processing section is stored on a storage medium by an image write section 1500.When the storage medium on which the image information is stored is inserted into a gaming machine, the image information is read by a read section of the gaming machine. A game execution section of the gaming machine executes a predetermined game in accordance with image information concerning the game stored in a game image storage section. A display control section controls display of the image information read from the storage medium instead of reading a specific symbol among the image information stored in the game image storage section.

Abstract: An image input section 1530 of a storage medium issuing system inputs image information and an image processing unit 420 performs image processing for the image information input through the image input section 1530. The image information processed by the image processing section is stored on a storage medium by an image write section 1500.When the storage medium on which the image information is stored is inserted into a gaming machine, the image information is read by a read section of the gaming machine. A game execution section of the gaming machine executes a predetermined game in accordance with image information concerning the game stored in a game image storage section. A display control section controls display of the image information read from the storage medium instead of reading a specific symbol among the image information stored in the game image storage section.

Abstract: A thermal transfer printing mechanism for use in a facsimile device includes a separating guide surface that is formed having a curve having a radius of curvature of not more than 1.2 mm. Consequently, the acceleration in a separating direction of an ink film separated from an image receiving sheet by the separating guide surface is increased, and the ink film is smoothly separated from the image receiving sheet. The separating guide surface may be formed as a bent thin plate, an embossed portion, a deformed edge of a supporting member, a plastic attachment, or a plastic tape. The separating guide surface is formed as a curve continuing from a feeding guide surface, and the feeding guide surface bends the sheet and the ink ribbon from a plane connecting a contact line of a thermal head and the ink ribbon and a contact line of the sheet and a sheet guide member provided downstream of the separating guide surface.

Abstract: A gaming facility having a plurality of coin game machines (100) and a coin handling mechanism (200) for supplying coins to the coin game machines and collecting coins therefrom is disclosed. The coin handling mechanism comprises a coin collection transporter (210) for collecting coins input for playing games, a coin replenishment transporter (230) for transporting coins with which the coin game machines are replenished, a replenishment coin supply unit (240) for supplying coins to the coin replenishment transporter, coin branch units (250) for making coins transported by the coin replenishment transporter branch therefrom into the corresponding coin game machines, and a controller (300) for at least controlling coin replenishment.

Abstract: This invention relates to game machine apparatus having a display device and generating a special condition. In one embodiment, a game machine that varies the display content on a display device provided on a panel thereof, and generates a special condition advantageous to a player when a display result matches a predetermined condition, includes a display manager, a control device, and a special condition generating device. The display manager advances a special game and displays a successively-varying game while no pinball driven onto a panel of the game machine enters a special prize-winning port. The control device executes a one unit game from the current state of the proceeding game series and displays an execution result of the one unit game on the display device when a pinball driven onto the panel of the game machine enters the special prize-winning port.

Abstract: This invention provides a pachinko game machine having a card game playing function, to play a game enjoying the atmosphere of playing a card game. When a pachinko ball drops into the specific winning section 104, the card symbol display section 107 displays on the five display positions five symbols out of the symbols representing the fifty-two cards in a regular deck. The variable winning section 105 changes into a big-winning state the predetermined number of times when the five symbols displayed on the five display positions form one of the winning combinations in the card game. During the big-winning state, a plurality of pachinko balls may drop at a time into the variable winning section. One big-winning state is completed when a predetermined time period lapses after the big-winning state starts, or when the number of pachinko balls having dropped into the variable winning section reaches a predetermined number.

Abstract: A plurality of display areas 110A-110I change and display a plurality of predetermined types of symbols in sequence, and a control section performs display control for causing each of the display areas to make a transition from display in a symbol stop condition to that in a dynamic condition in which the symbols change dynamically and further to make a transition from the display in the dynamic condition to that in the stop condition. An active gaming area determination section determines at least one display area used as an active gaming area among the plurality of display areas. A determination section determines whether or not a combination of the symbols displayed in each of the display areas selected by the active gaming area determination section is a predetermined combination when the display in the dynamic condition produced in the display areas determined by the active gaming area determination section becomes the display in the stop condition.

Abstract: A sheet feeder capable of providing accurate separation of an uppermost sheet from remaining sheets of a sheet stack stored in a hopper regardless of a size and rigidity of the sheets. The sheet feeder includes a sheet feed roller positioned in confrontation with the hopper for feeding the sheet in a sheet feeding direction. An outlet end portion of the hopper is provided with a wall to which the leading edge of the sheet abuts. The wall is provided with a slanted surface sloping toward the sheet feeding direction, and a stop member protrudable from or retractable into the slanted surface. The stop member is biased in the protruding direction by a coil spring. When the sheets having high rigidity are stored in the hopper, the leading edge of the sheet pushes the stop member into the slanted surface (51) and the uppermost sheet is separated from the remaining sheets by the slanted surface.

Abstract: A computer system in a gaming house has matrix controllers 100 of detection control sections, each being placed in each of a plurality of gaming machines, for controlling detection of game play media of the gaming machines and a hall management computer 200 of a gaming house control section communicating with the matrix controllers 100 for controlling the matrix controllers 100.

Abstract: In a game play media lending machine (20) of the invention, a control section (47) checks a player who uses a credit card for identification by comparing information read by a credit card reader (27) with information entered through an identification data input means (28). If they match and the player is identified as the credit card holder, game play media are dispensed to the player. When the lending amount for playing a game with the credit card is set, a lending card issuing section (43) issues a lending card such as a receipt on which the lending amount and the lending amount setting date and time are entered. Thus, the lending machine (20) performs all procedures concerning use of the credit card as well as dispensing the game play media.

Abstract: A bill handling system of the invention comprises a cashbox (80) having a mechanism for automatically storing bills and a collection system (10) for gathering bills taken in game play media lending machines (12) and transporting the bills to the cashbox (80). The collection system (10) comprises stackers (30) each being placed for each of gaming machine islands (10a)-(10f) and a transport mechanism (50) connecting the stackers (30) and the cashbox (80) for transporting the bills. The transport mechanism (50) comprises a transport chain (52) and transport cassettes (60) transported on the chain (52). Bills are stored in the transport cassette (60) for transport.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a slot machine eliminating operation of a start lever and specification of the number of medals to be bet. The number of medals to be bet is specified with a number-of-medals setting switch, which holds the setup state until it is next operated. If the number of medals input through a medal slot is equal to or greater than the number of medals set with the number-of-medals setting switch, a control section automatically starts a change display section for executing game play. Players can concentrate more on playing a game. On the other hand, for gaming houses, the operating efficiency of the slot machine also improves, resulting in an increase in sales.