Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Targets
Patent
1979-03-08
1980-11-25
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Targets
273121A, 273DIG26, A63B 6714
Patent
active
042354382
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a spinning target which is accurately responsive to the force of impact of a pinball on the target. A generally flat target element is suspended above the playfield so that it is rotatable about an axis parallel to the playfield and sufficiently above the field so that the pinball can pass below when the target element is in a horizontal configuration. The target element has a principal axis of inertia generally coincident with the axis of rotation of the target element. The target element is biased so that it is maintained in a vertical configuration until impacted by the pinball. A pair of weights which have a mass density relatively greater than the mass density of the target element are embedded in the target element in its respective extremities. The weights are symmetrically disposed relative to and remote from the principal axis of the target element. The target element together with the weights has a relatively high moment of inertia to sustain rotation of the target element proportionate to the force of impact of the pinball on the target element. The number of revolutions of the target element are tabulated to provide a score which is proportional to the force of impact of the pinball on the target.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3237965 (1966-03-01), Asano
patent: 3430959 (1969-03-01), Ross et al.
patent: 3854728 (1974-12-01), Brandell
Atari Inc.
Brown T.
Pinkham Richard C.
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