Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1997-10-31
1999-11-23
Chiu, Raleigh W.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
273119R, 273121R, A63F 702
Patent
active
059886374
ABSTRACT:
In a machine to dispense balls (spherical or near-spherical objects such as gumballs) wherein means is provided to play a game with one of the balls before it is dispensed, a temporary holding chamber is provided for a ball by two blades of a paddle-wheel-like wheel which coact with stationary surrounding side members. A latch engages a wheel portion to prevent the wheel's rotation except in response to the actuation of a target by a rolling ball in play on a playfield. By providing such a chamber in this manner, unwanted release of a ball in response to even extreme tilting or shaking of the machine is prevented because the apparatus can easily be made so that no amount of shaking or tilting will change the characteristics of the chamber to make it possible for a ball to exit the chamber except in response to actuation of the latch.
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