Patents by Inventor Toshinori Okuno

Toshinori Okuno has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tile arranging apparatus for automatic game playing table
    Patent number: 4534561
    Abstract: A pai (tile) arranging apparatus for an automatic playing table for a game known by the trademark Mah-Jongg, which includes a hopper provided in the playing table, a mixing unit which includes a turntable provided in the hopper, an orientation control unit for controlling orientations of plural pais (tiles), a transferring unit for transferring the tiles, an orientation detecting unit for detecting the orientations of the tiles, and an orientation correcting unit which is operative in response to a detecting signal of the orientation correcting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Dengen Automatic Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Okuno, Hiroshi Nakamura