Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1999-01-14
2000-09-19
Chiu, Raleigh W.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
273119R, 273121R, A63F 702
Patent
active
061200212
ABSTRACT:
A lock-down bar release system for a pinball machine serviceable in a location-service mode and an operator-service mode. The pinball machine includes a playfield disposed within a game cabinet and a lock-down bar for securing a playfield glass over the playfield and onto the game cabinet. A handle mechanism and associated latching structure is operable to release the lock-down bar. In the location-service mode, the movement of the handle and release of the lock-down bar is effected automatically by using a location-service key. In the operator-service mode, the operator uses an operator-service key to access the interior of the game cabinet through a coin door from wherein the operator may physically pull the handle to release the lock-down bar. The pinball machine includes a restraint mechanism for inhibiting removal of the playfield (and thereby preventing access to the coin box or cash box under the playfield) in the location-service mode. The restraint mechanism moves to a non-blocking position when the coin door is opened in the operator-service mode so as to permit removal of the playfield in the operator-service mode.
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Description and Drawings of Lock-Down Bar Assembly by Nova Games Import-Export GmbH & Co., Hamburg, Germany, 1993.
Description and drawings of 10 Pin Deluxe game, Williams Electronics Games, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, date unknown.
Description and photograph of Namco redemption game, Namco, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, date unknown.
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Bleich Charles R.
Gomez George A.
Krutsch John R.
Patla James A.
Piotrowski Peter J.
Chiu Raleigh W.
Williams Electronics Games Inc.
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