Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1988-08-15
1989-07-18
Coven, Edward M.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
273 1M, 446136, A63D 302, A63F 900
Patent
active
048487481
ABSTRACT:
In a coin operated amusement game such as a pinball machine with horizontal and vertical playfields, an apparatus for lifting a pinball from a horizontal playfield to a vertical playfield is disclosed. A reversing screw, a motor to rotate the screw in one direction, an electromagnet for lifting and holding the pinball as it is moved from the horizontal to the vertical playfield, and a carrier means that travels on the reversing screw cooperate with an electromagnet that lifts the pinball.
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patent: 2618480 (1952-11-01), Williams
patent: 4032148 (1977-06-01), Sanders
patent: 4355811 (1982-10-01), Williams
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Coven Edward M.
Jackson Gary
Williams Electronic Games Inc.
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