Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Targets
Patent
1979-06-04
1981-03-24
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Targets
A63B 7100
Patent
active
042576040
ABSTRACT:
A play feature for a pinball machine is described comprising a plurality of drop targets that are preferably located in-line along a confined lane of a pinball playfield, each of the drop targets extending through an opening in the playfield and being movable between an up and a down position. The play feature further comprises means for releasably maintaining each of the drop targets in the up position until struck by a ball propelled up the lane, resetting means for simultaneously raising the drop targets from the down position to the up position, and driving means for driving the resetting means in response to an electric signal being applied thereto.
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Andersen Glenn R.
Grabel Irwin J.
Bally Manufacturing Corporation
Brown T.
Pinkham Richard C.
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