Entertainment button device and game machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8853570
SERIAL NO

13631209

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An entertainment button device includes: an entertainment button that a player can push; and a button-up-and-down mechanism configured to move the entertainment button up and down from a predetermined normal operation position to a protruding position in which the entertainment button protrudes upward from the normal operation position. The button-up-and-down mechanism includes: a shaft member extending in a moving direction of the entertainment button; a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the shaft member; an engagement part configured to move up and down together with the entertainment button; a convex portion having an inverted trapezoid shape and a concave portion having a traperized shape that are formed on an outer periphery of the shaft member; a spiral guide part formed in a spiral manner on one end of the convex portion in a circumferential direction.

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KYORAKU INDUSTRIAL CO LTD24-4 NISHIKI 3-CHOME NAKA-KU NAGOYA-SHI AICHI

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Taniguchi, Masayuki Aichi, JP 85 864

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