Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1996-10-29
1997-09-09
Chiu, Raleigh W.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
273121A, 273118A, A63F 700
Patent
active
056647751
ABSTRACT:
A ball-shooting game machine includes a vertical game board having a front side with a vertical partition member mounted thereon for dividing the game board into a game zone and a ball guide zone. The partition member has a distal upper end which is spaced from an upper edge of the game board. A magnetic ball shooter is disposed behind the game board and includes a magnet disposed adjacent to the ball guide zone, and a drive assembly for moving the magnet between a first position adjacent to a lowermost portion of the ball guide zone, and a second position adjacent to an uppermost portion of the ball guide zone. When a metal game ball is in the ball guide zone, movement of the magnet from the first position to the second position will result in corresponding movement of the game ball from the lowermost portion to the uppermost portion of the ball guide zone. A pivotable guard plate is disposed at the upper end of the partition member, and enables the game ball to fall into the game zone when the magnet moves from the second position back to the first position.
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