Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1994-11-14
1998-08-25
Chiu, Raleigh W.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
273121D, A63F 734
Patent
active
057976007
ABSTRACT:
A pinball machine comprises a frame which carries a playfield, a chute and a driver for launching balls onto the playfield through the chute. A spent ball-receiving aperture in the playfield communicates with a sloped trough positioned under the playfield. The trough is of a length to hold a plurality of balls, preferably more than three balls. An upper end of the trough communicates with the aperture, while the lower end of the trough is positioned adjacent to and below the chute and the ball driver for launching. A solenoid or the like is positioned to vertically elevate the ball occupying the trough lower end, typically by striking it to cause the ball to fly to a new position in the chute for launching. Sensors are present to determine the number of balls in the trough. A microprocessor and other electronic means are present for actuating the solenoid or the like for vertically elevating the ball to the chute for launching. Balls may be automatically launched, being fed from the trough, in a manner responsive to events taking place on the playfield.
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five (5) photographs of different views of a ball trough in a Gottlieb "Ice Review" pinball machine, circa 1950s-1960s.
Cebula Edwin
Kaminkow Joseph E.
Chiu Raleigh W.
Sega Pinball, Inc.
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