Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Credit or identification card systems
Patent
1994-04-08
1997-05-06
Hajec, Donald T.
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Credit or identification card systems
235375, 235380, 902 23, 283901, G06F 708
Patent
active
056273568
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a card for recording the number of game play media paid out to a player from a game machine when awarding plays, and a card dispensing device and a device for taking-in the card.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
In a game parlor having game machines such as slot machines, a player plays games through a game machine and acquires game play media such as metal balls and medals awarded for plays. The game play media acquired by the player are entered in a game play media counter in order to be counted and collected. The game play media counter counts the number of the entered game play media. When the player presses a pay switch, the game play media counter prints digits and a bar code indicating the number of game play media on thermosensible paper, which is used as media for recording the number of game play media, by a heat transfer print head thus issuing a receipt.
The player receives the receipt and takes it to a payment counter or office to exchange it for a prize corresponding to the number of game play media indicated on the receipt. It may be exchanged for cash or a coupon to play other games rather than the prize.
However, in the prior art, the receipt on which the number of game play media is recorded is generally paper, on which characters, etc., are printed, which are hard to erase and once used, they are discarded. Thus, the receipt expenses add up to a not inconsiderable amount of paper, and discarding the receipts is a waste of resources and produces a large amount of rubbish.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
It is therefore a first object of the invention to provide a card for recording the number of game play media whereby media for recording the number of game play media can be used repeatedly, thus reducing receipt expenses as well as conserving resources and reducing the large amount of rubbish.
It is a second object of the invention to provide a card dispensing device and a card receiving device for handling the card for recording the number of game play media.
To the first end, according to the invention, there is first provided a card for recording the number of game play media, on which at least the number of game play media paid out to a player from a game machine is recorded and which is issued to the player, the card comprising: data, properties reversibly change by heating for visibly recording data by local heating according to a heating pattern corresponding to an image of data to be recorded.
In the card, the recording portion can be made of an organic compound having properties such that a crystal aggregates upon application of heat at a first predetermined temperature and that the crystal diffuses upon application of heat at a predetermined temperature higher than the first temperature.
According to the invention, there is secondly provided a card for recording the number of game play media on which at least the number of game play mediums paid out to a player from a game machine is recorded and which is issued to the player, the card comprising: data, and erased upon irradiation with light of a specific wavelength.
In the invention, the recording portion can be formed at an area where at least a plurality of digits can be easily read. The recording portion can further include a region for displaying a date. The recording portion can further include a region for recording a bar code.
The substrate can be made of a flexible material having a card-like form.
To the second end, according to the invention, there is thirdly provided a card dispensing device for recording at least the number of game play media paid out to a player from a game machine on a card on which data can be recorded and for issuing the card to the player, the card dispensing device comprising: device; discharge section and which takes out the cards one at a time from the case for transporting along the transport route; and the number of game play media onto the transported card upon receipt of an external signal indicating the number of game play media.
The recording section can h
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Kawashima Kazunari
Takemoto Takatoshi
Hajec Donald T.
Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
Lee Michael G.
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