US2062144A - Game device - Google Patents

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Gf E. PERRY GAME DEVICE F11-ed May 27, A1935 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 E 560/" @EZ-76W?" Nov. 24, 1936."

Nov. 24, 1936. Q E PERRY 2,062,144v

GAME DEVICE Filed May 27, 1935 4 sheetsLsneet 2 25a/673%); 5 geffpe Tr G. E. PERRY GAME DEVICE Nov. 24, 1936.

4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Nov. 24, 1936. E. PERRY 2,062,144

GAME DEVICE 4 sheets-sheep 4 Filed May-27, 1955 Patented Nov. 24, 1936 UNITED STATES GAME DEV-ICE George E. Perry, Chicago, Ill.

Application May 27, 1935, Serial No. 23,584

15 Claims. (Cl. 273--l39) GFFECE My invention relates to game devices. Fig. l2 is -a partial perspective of the repeat More particularly it is a coin or token conprevention latch. trolled punch board. The mechanism is shown supported by and en- One Of the' ObleCtS 0f my invention iS t0l provide closed Within a suitable cabinet l provided with o nunon board game which may be operated only a glass panel i ih its top, through which the upon the insertion of a coin or other token. top of perforated punch boards 3 (two being Another' Object iS t0 DIOViCe a bOaI'd Which may shown) and the check selecting movement may be operated once-and once only-upon oooh inhe observed. The rear of cabinet l is c1osed by SGIOII Of a DTODST 00in 01 token. a door i which affords access to a suitable cash l0 Aflllifhel Object iS 130* DIOVde aDUIlCh bOal'd deor token boX (not shown) and is held in place l0 vice in which the check-selecting mechanism may by a, key-type 0r other appropriate lock 5. The be manipulated as in play, @XCBD fOl' the OIJ- only parts which need be located outside of the eration of removing a chock, Without depositing cabinet are the coin or token slide c, which may a COirl 01' tOkeIl, but C211 '0 Operated t0 vemOVe be of conventional type, a check delivery cup l, Selected Chek only 119011 deDOS? 0f af C0111 01 a check delivery knob or handle S, whereby, as 15 OKGH- Will be hereinafter explained, the player causes AHOtheI ObieCt iS 150 PYOVd@ a 00in 01 tken a check which has been punched from the board controlled selecting and punch operating mechto. be moved t0 the delivery Cup l, and a pair of ansm Which Will accommodate and Work With check selective knobs or handles 9 and i6, which, punon boards of Conventional typo as Will be presently described, enable the player 2O Another object is to provide for the delivery to tcl position a punch above che location of any the player of the check he has selected and redesired check in the punch board,

moved from tno board- In the embodiment chosen to illustrate my in- Anotner object is to provide a' Coin or token vention, I have arranged for the accommodation controlled punch board Which is reliable, simple of two replaceable punch bcards 3, cach 0f con- 25 and inexnensne to manufacture' ventional type, i. e., a fiat rectangular board perother @meets and advantages Wol heremafter foroted with o. plurality of cylindrical holes It, appear each containing a folded paper check it bearing One embodlme'nt Of my tnvenno'n 1S) Illustrated' a suitable number or other desired indicia. These m the ncomnnnymg drawmgs Wherm: punch boards 3 lie side by side, as shown in l, 30 Flg .1, 1S a tonnlan of the mechanlsm mounted being insertable into position and Withdravvable m nsmbanle cabmet; therefrom upon the removal of door 4. They are Fl-g'12 1.5 an enlarged Vertlcal-sectlon through retained in position by suitable guides Il and i3. the Seletmg and' pnnch Operating and nckout When all of the checks have been punched from mecnainlsm Snnn'n 1n pnncn depressed or @neon both boards, the boards may be removed and fresh 35 removlng condlnon; ones substituted therefor.

Fg- 3 1S o Seonon on tno nno 3*'3 of F1g 25 The perforation or check selecting mechanism, Flg- 4 is o Seonon on tno nno 4 4 of Fg- 2; whereby a punch may be positioned above any Fig 5 is a Sewon 0n the line 5 5 0f Fig 4? desired check holding perforation in either punch Fgo is a Section on the une o o of Fig- 2? board and then depressed to force the selected Fig 7 is a top plan of the punch 100k-ouf' and check out of that perforation, Will now be dereleasing mechanism; scribed Fg- 3 S a Section 0n the l'le 3 8 0f Fig 7 if! A suitable cylindrical punch 2li is carried by a normal condition with the nunon looked against sleeve-type slide il which is slidohiy mounted 5 movement required to remove a check from the upon a bar 22,-the slide and bar constituting in board; eiiect an arm or boom for the punch. Bar 22 is Fg- 9 iS View Similar 130 Fig- 8 With the Darts attached to a bracket 23 in any suitable manner, about to release the punch so that it may be dem as by Welding. The punch 2li may be attached r nressedto removeo Selected chock; to slide 2l ih any suitable manner, such as by Fg- 10 iS a View Similar 170 F'LgS- 8 and 9, but bending the shank oi the punch at right angles with the punch released and depressed as at the and welding it to the underside of the slide, as completion oi the check removing operation; most clearly shown in Fig. 2. Bar 22 carries a Fig. 1l is a perspective of the punch lock-out small idler-pulley 24 and slide 2l carries a pair of b1ock,and cable anchoring posts 25 and 26. Another idler 55 Cil pulley 21 is carried by the projecting rear end of bar 22 and a driving pulley 28 is mounted on a screw 2Q which threads through a tapped hole adjacent one corner of bracket 23. A cable 30 is anchored at one end to post 25, is trained over pulleys 24, 28 and 21 and then, after being snubbed about post 25, has its other end anchored to post 26. Consequently, when driving pulley 28 is rotated in one direction or the other, as will be hereinafter explained, cable 30 causes the slide 2l to be moved outwardly to lengthen or extend the boom or to be moved inwardly to contract or shorten the boom.

A shaft 35 stands vertically between the two punch boards 3 and has the knob or handle 9 attached to its upper end. A sleeve 33 loosely surrounds the upper portion of shaft 35 and has knob or handle i8 secured to its upper end. Sleeve 38 and shaft 35 extends through the glass top-panel 2 of the cabinet, the space between the sleeve and panel being closed by a suitable thimble 31, as shown most clearly in Fig. 5. Below the glass panel, sleeve 38 has a gear wheel 38 rigidly attached thereto so as to be rotated thereby. Gear wheel 38 engages a pinion 39 which is rotatably carried by screw 28 and is attached to or formed integrally with driving pulley 28. The lower porn tion of shaft 35 is surrounded by a sleeve 48, the two being secured together against relative rota tion by a pin 4i Bracket 23 is rigidly secured by welding or other suitable means to sleeve 4U.

Thus when knob or handle 8 is rotated in one direction or 'the other, it rotates shaft 35 and with it bracket 23 and, consequently, the boom 2 I-22. When the other knob l0 is rotated it causes the rotation of sleeve 35 independently of shaft 35 and turns gear wheel 38, pinion 3S and cable driving pulley 38. As a result, the movement of cable 38 extends or contracts the boom, as hereinbefore described, depending upon which direction knob l0 is turned, moving punch 28, which is carried by the boom, nearer or further from the common axis of shaft 35 and sleeve 35. In this manner, by the simultaneous or sequential rotation of knobs 9 and I5, the punch may be moved round and round and in and out, relative to the central axis to position it over any desired perforation in either punch board.

When the punch has been thus positioned immediately above any selected perforation, it can be depressed to remove the folded check therefrom merely by pressing down upon knob 8. That is, the punch can be depressed and the check removed from its perforation or pocket whenand only when-a proper coin or token has been inserted in the customary manner by coin slide 5.

The mechanism whereby the punch is normally locked against depression, but is unlocked when the proper coin or token has been inserted, will now be described.

The lower ends of shaft 35 and sleeve 40 extend through an opening in the top of a metal stirrup 45 which is of generally inverted U shape in cross section and is attached to the bottom of cabinet I by suitable means, such as bolts 45. Within the guideway thus formed by stirrup 45 and the bottom of the cabinet, a lock-out block 41 is slidably positioned. The detail construction and shape of this lock-out block 41' are shown in Fig. 1l.

The top of block 41 may be shod by a protective steel plate 48 and the front end of its locking portion 49 may be similarly shod by a plate 58 which can, if desired, be formed integrally with top plate 48. A notch 5l, the function of which will presentliT appear, is formed in the upper forward co1'- ner of the lock-out block. A latch block 52 is secured to the underside of the upper plate 48.

A pair of auxiliary slides 55 and 56 (see particularly Figs. 5 and '7) are interposed between one side of lock-out block 41 and stirrup 45. Slide 55 is of substantially L shape, with its leg lying along the side of block 41 and its head 51 lying at the rear of block 41. Slide 56 is of somewhat U shape, with its body portion, which lies along block 41, being somewhat longer than block 41 and having a wing 58 at one end and a wing 59 at the other end, for convenience of assembly.

A socket extends into lock-out block 41 from its rear end and a retainer pin 66 surrounded by a coil spring 61 lies therein. The retainer pin 66 is carried by and moves with auxiliary slide 55 while one en-d of spring 6,1 bears against head 51 of this auxiliary slide 55 and the other end of the spring bears against the bottom of socket 65. Thus, auxiliary slide 55 is always biased outwardly (i. e., towards the right as viewed in Figs. '7 to l0) under the force of this spring. When, under circumstances to be presently explained, spring 61 can move slide 55 to the right, as shown in Fig. 9, and consequently in extended condition projects considerably beyond the rear end of block 41, it is supported and its proper retraction within its socket is insured by retainer pin 66.

A spring 10, which surrounds sleeve 40, bears at its upper end against an abutment washer 12- which forms an abutment by engaging the ends of pin 4I and at the same time prevents the pin from coming out of its openings through shaft 35 and sleeve 48. The lower end of spring 18 bears against a raised or domed portion 13 of saddle 45. This dome is large enough to receive the enlarged head 14 of a sleeve 15, which sleeve is secured to sleeve 48 and in effect, forms a part thereof, The purpose of this spring is automatically to raise the boom-carrying post and, of course, also the punch when, after having been depressed to remove a check from one of the punch boards, the player releases the pressure upon knob or handle 9. Normally lock-out block 41 lies in its forward position, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and thus its forward portion 49 is beneath the head 14 of the composite post formed by shaft 35 and sleeves 36, 48 and 15. Normally, therefore, the post cannot be depressed and consequently the punch cannot be lowered sufciently to enter any of the punch board perforations. Only the insertion of a proper coin or token can result in the withdrawal of the lock-out block 41 to permit the depression of the punch.

The mechanism for withdrawing the lock-out block and its operation are as follows:

A vertical shaft 80, located toward the rear of cabinet I is journaled in suitable bearings 8l and 82, an arm S3 is carried rigidly by shaft 80 near its upper end in a location to be engaged by the rear cam surface of coin slide 6. A somewhat similar arm 84 is attached to shaft 80 near its lower end. 'I'he free end of arm 84 lies between the ilanged rear ends or heads of auxiliary slides 55 and 55, as shown most clearly in Fig. 7. Shaft 88 and with its arms 83 and 84 are biased in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. '7, by a coil spring 85, the strength of which is somewhat greater than the strength of spring 61.

A latch, in the form of a generally U-shaped leaf spring 86 with a central tongue 81 (serves to insure that only one depression of the punch can be effected for each inserted coin or token. This Cil spring latch, which is shown as made in substam 75 tially U shape and straddling the saddle 45, has the rear end of each of its legs anchored to the cabinet bottom by screws 88 or other suitable means. The tip or active end of the tongue 81 of this spring latch lies in the path of head 14 of the boom-carrying post. When the post is up, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the tip of tongue 81 is elevated into the path of latch block 52 of lockout block 41 and consequently block 41 cannot move forwardly, i. e., to the left as viewed in Figs. 8 and 9. I-Iowever,` when the post is depressed, as shown in Fig. 10, it pushes tongue 81 downwardly out of the path of latch block 52 and then lock-out block 41 can move forward. A ledge or shoulder 89 on the latch spring serves as a stop to insure that the latch block does not move forwardly too far, arresting its movement at proper normal position, as shown in Fig. 8.

Before the insertion of a coin or token the lockout mechanism is in the condition shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and the punch cannot be depressed sufficiently to enter a perforation of the punch boards because the lock-out block is in the path of the punch boom post and, therefore, that post cannot be depressed. When a proper coin or token is placed in the coin pocket of slide and the slide is forced all the way in, its rear cam surface, engaging arm 83, rotates shaft 80 and arm 84 in a counter-clockwise direction from the position shown in full lines in Figs. 1, 3 and '7 into the dotted line position. This movement of arm 84 moves auxiliary slide 56 toward the right from the position shown in full lines to the position shown in dotted lines, slide 55 following this movement because of the action of spring 61.

This movement of auxiliary slide 58 moves lockout block 41 to the right clearing it from the path of boom post head 14. However, the boom post cannot yet be depressed because the wing 59 of auxiliary slide 56 is now interposed in the path of the post, as shown in Fig. 9. Thus the post cannot be depressed to effect the removal of a check from any selected perforation until the coin slide has been retracted to its normal outward position. This precaution helps to prevent a repetition of punches for a single coin.

When the coin slide is retracted to its normal out position, it permits spring 85 to retract arm 83, shaft 80 and arm 84 back'to normal, where- .upon auxiliary slides 55 and 56 move back to normal position, as shown in Fig. 10. Lock-out block 41 however is prevented from returning because, as it was moved to the right, the end of latch tongue 81 snapped up in behind latch block 52, .as shown in Fig. 9. Thus, although the return to normal of the coin slide permits the return to normal of the auxiliary slides 55 and 56, the lockout block 41 is retained in its releasing or unlocking condition by latch tongue 81. In this condition both wing 59 of auxiliary slide 58 and lockout block 41 are removed from the path of the boom post and that post may be depressed by the player, the head 14 of the post passing down between wing 59 and lock-out block 41, as shown in Fig. 10. This depression of the boom post forces the punch into the selected check perforation and the check therein is pushed out from the bottom of the board. The depression of the punch boom post also causes its head to engage the tongue 81 of the latch spring, depressing it out of engagement with and out of the path of latch block 52; thus releasing the lock-out block so that, when the boom post is raised by spring after the player releases it, the lock-out block can snap back against shoulder 88 and under the head of the post and thus prevent its subsequent depression until another coin has been inserted. The bevelednotch in the forward upward corner of lock-out block 41 insures that the block can attain its locking relationship with the punch boom post slightly in advance of the time the post reaches its normal uppermost position, with the result that added assurance is afforded that a player can remove but one check for each deposited coin or token.

Inasmuch as the small folded paper checks ordinarily used in punch boards are very light and are, for this and other reasons, rather diflicult to deliver by gravity alone-particularly when removed from regions of the board most remote from a delivery cup-the game device may include a conveyor arrangement for transferring the removed or punched-out checks to the delivery receptacle 1. The check transfer mechanism includes a pair of endless conveyor belts 90, shown most clearly in Fig. 2. These belts may be made of suitable exible fabric,ordinary crepe paper having been found to give very good results. One belt is located below each punch board 3 to receive the checks punched therefrom. Each belt is trained over a pair of rollers 9| and 92; rollers 9! being carried by individual shafts 93 and rollers 92 being mounted upon a common shaft 94. Shafts 93 and 94 are journaled adjacent their outer ends in metal side frame members 95 and at the inner ends or the central region, respectively, in a pair of intermediate frame members 99. A cross tie rod 91 may be employed to assist in tying the frame members together.

Shaft 94 projects beyond the side of the cabinet to receive the actuating handle or knob 8 and it is provided with a ratchet wheel 98 engageable by a spring-pressed ratchet pawl 99 to prevent reverse movement. In order that the rotation of shaft 94 may rotate rollers 92 and thereby cause the conveyor belts 90 totravel, a suitable driving connection or clutch is interposed therebetween. In the embodiment shown, this clutch or driving connection comprises a leaf spring |89 which bears at its outer ends against the inside surface of the associated roller and in its intermediate region against a flattened portion of shaft 94,. This clutch arrangement not only permits the rotation of the belt feed rollers by the turning of knob 8, but serves as a safety clutch to protect the delivery mechanism-particularly the belts thereof-against injury should there be, for one reason or another, interference with their free movement. These clutches also permit the ready withdrawal of driving shaft 94 from driving rollers 92, whereupon the frame carrying the check transfer mechanism may be removed from the cabinet to effect repairs thereto or the inspection thereof. This ready removal of the check transfer mechanism may be made possible by making its side plates insertable between guides I8 and cooperating guides IUI. A downwardly tapering or hopper-shaped delivery spout |82 is arranged below the forward or delivery end of belt 98 so as to receive therefrom the removed checks and convey or deliver the same to the delivery cup where they are accessible to the player.

The normal play or operation of my self-serving punch board game is as follows:

Prior to the insertion of a proper coin or token a player may, by manipulating knobs 9 and I9, rotate and move inwardly and outwardly the check-removing punch, all movements thereof being readily observable through the glass panel in the top of the cabinet. But, as previously explained, the punch cannot be depressed -suiciently to remove a check from any perforation until the required coin or token has been inserted by coin slide 6 and the coin slide returned to its normal outermost position. Thus, players are enabled to practice and observe what the device can do before they are required to make deposit of a coin or token.

Upon the insertion of a proper coin or token and the release of the coin slide, the withdrawal of lock-out block 4'! and auxiliary lock-out wing 59 permits the player to depress the boom-carrying post-merely by pressing down upon knob 9 to force the punch into the selected punch board perforation and force the selected check therefrom. Immediately the boom post is released, spring 7U returns it-together with the boom and punch--to normal position whereupon, the lockout block having :again moved into the path thereof, the device cannot be operated until another coin or token has been deposited. As soon as the check has been removed by the depression of the punch the player may, by the manipulation of delivery knob 8, cause the belts to travel in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2 to convey the removed check-regardless from whichy of the two punch boards it came-to the delivery spout which terminates in the delivery cup.

Having thus described the nature and one embodiment of my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A game device comprising means for immovably supporting a punch board having a plurality of check-holding perforations therein, a punch, means for moving the punch to a position in iront of any selected perforation of a punch board held in a fixed position by the support, and token-controlled mechanism for preventing operation of the punch to remove a selected check from the punchboard until a token has been deposited.

2. A game device comprising means for immovably supporting a punch board having a plurality of check-holding perforations therein, a punch, a punch carrier, means for moving the punch carrier in the arc of a circle and radially of the circle so as to enable the punch to be positioned in front of any desired perforation of a punch board held by the support, and token-controlled mechanism for preventing operation of the punch to remove a selected check from the punch board until a token has been deposited.

3. A game device comprising means for immovably supporting a punch board having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a rotatable and axially movable post mounted adjacent the punch board supporting means, an extensible and contractible boom carried by the post, a punch carried by the boom, means for rotating and for extending and contracting the boom to bring the punch in front of any desired perforation of the punch board, a lock-out mechanism for preventing axial movement of the boom carrying post, and token-controlled means for causing the lockout to permit axial movement of the boom carrying post so that the punch may be inserted in a selected perforation of the punch board to remove a check therefrom.

4. A game .device comprising means for supporting a punchboard having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a punch insertable in a punchboard perforation to remove the check therefrom, a rotatable and longitudinally and laterally movable boom carrying the punch, the rotatable and longitudinal movements serving to locate the punch in front of any desired peiforation of a punchboard carried by the support and the lateral movements serving to cause the punch to enter and to Withdraw from a selected perforation, locking means normally preventing at least one of the movements of the boom, and token-controlled mechanism for causing the locking means to release the boom for that one of its movements normally prevented thereby.

5. A game device having a cabinet containing a cash box and a support for a punchboard having a plurality of check-holding perforations therein, a punch movable in a plane parallel to the face of a punchboard carried by the support, such movements alone serving to position the punch in front of any desired perforation of the punchboard, and movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the punchboard to remove a selected check from its perforation, operating handles on the outside of the cabinet for controlling the movements of the punch, a lock-out device for preventing the punch from moving in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the punchboard until a token has been deposited, and token-controlled means for actuating the lock-out device to release the punch for movement perpendicular to the plane of the punchboard.

6. A game .device having a cabinet containing a cash box and a support for a punchboard having a plurality of check-holding perforations therein, a punch movable in a plane parallel to the face of a punchboard carried by the support, such movements alone serving to position the punch in front of any desired perforation of the punchboard, and movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the punchboard to remove a selected check from its perforation, operating handles on the outside of the cabinet for controlling the movements of the punch, a lock-out device for preventing the punch from moving in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the punchboard until a token has been deposited, token-controlled means for acuating the lock-out device to release the punch for movement perpendicular to the plane of the punch board, and means for delivering a removed check to the outside of the cabinet.

7. A game device having a cabinet containing a cash box and a support for a punchboard having a plurality of check-holding perforations therein, a punch movable in aplane parallel to the face of a punchboard carried by the support, such movements of the punch alone serving to position the punch in front of any desired perforation of the punchboard, and'movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the punchboard to remove a selected check from its perforation, operating handles on the outside of the cabinet for controlling the movements of the punch, a lock-out device for preventing the punch from moving inthe direction perpendicular to the plane of the punchboard until a token has been deposited, tokencontrolled means for actuating the lock-out device to release the punch for movement perpendicular to the plane of the punchboard, and a conveyor belt for delivering a removed `,check to the outside of the cabinet. v

8. A game -device comprising a xed position punchboard having a plurality of check-holding perforations therein, a punch selectively movable over the face of the punchboard to a position in iront of any desired punchboard perforation and movable toward the punchboard to remove the check from the selected perforation, means for locking the punch against movement toward the punchboard, and a token-controlled mechanism for said means to permit the punch to be moved toward the punchboard to remove a selected check therefrom.

9. A game device comprising a cabinet, a punchboard immovably mounted therein and having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a punch selectively movable over the face of the punohboard to a position in front of any desired perforation thereof and movable toward the punchboard to force the selected check out of its perforation, manually actuated handles located outside of the cabinet and operatively connected to the punch to effect the movements thereof, lock-out means for preventing the punch being moved toward the punchboard, and tokencontrolled means for releasing the lock-out means to permit the punch to be moved toward the punchboard to remove a selected check therefrom.

10. A game device comprising a cabinet, a punchboard immovably mounted therein and having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a punch selectively movable over the face of the punchboard to a position in front of any ydesired perforation thereof and movable toward the punchboard to force the selected check out of its perforation, manually actuated handles located outside of the cabinet and operatively connected to the punch to effect the movements thereof, lock-out means for preventing the punch being moved toward the punchboard, token-controlled means for releasing the lock-out means to permit the punch to be moved toward the punchboard to remove a selected check therefrom, a check delivery receptacle open to the outside of the cabinet, and means for conveying a removed check to the delivery receptacle.

11. A game device comprising a cabinet, a punch board immovably mounted therein and having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a punch selectively movable over the face of the punch board to a position in front of any desired perforation thereof and movable toward the punch board to force the selected check out of its perforation, manually actuated handles located outside of the cabinet and operatively connected to the punch to effect the movements thereof, lockout means for preventing the punch being moved toward the punch board, token-controlled means for releasing the lock-out means to permit the punch to be moved toward the punch board to remove a selected check therefrom, a check delivery receptacle open to the outside of the cabinet, and a conveyor operable from the outside of the cabinet for carrying a removed check to the delivery receptacle.

12. A game device comprising a support for a punch board having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a rotatable and axially movable boom post mounted adjacent the punch board support, a telescopic boom carried and rotated by thel post, a punch carried by the boom and movable thereby in the arc of a circle about and also radially of the axis of the boom post so that it may be positioned in front of any desired punch board perforation, a handle on the boom post for rotating the same, a second handle on the boom post for telescopically actuating the same, a lockout device for preventing axial movement of the boom post, and token-controlled means for actuating the lock-out device to permit axial movement of the boom post to remove a selected check from its perforation.

13. A game device comprising a support for a punch board having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a rotatable and axially movable boom post mounted adjacent the punch board support, a telescopic boom carried and rotated by the post, a punch carried by the boom and movable thereby in the arc of a circle about and also radially of the axis of the boom post so that it may be positioned in front of any desired punch board perforation, a handle on the boom post for rotating the same, a second handle on the boom post for telescopically actuating the same, a lock-out device for preventing axial movement of the boom post, token-controlled means for actuating the lock-out device to permit axial movement of the boom post to remove a selected check from its perforation, and means for resetting the lock-out device after the deposit of the token.

14. A game device comprising a cabinet including a token box, means for receiving and immovably supporting a removable punch board having a plurality of check-holding perforations therethrough, a vertically positioned rotatable boom supporting post movable bodily in an axial direction and having two portions rotatable relative to each other, a telescopic boom carried by the post and rotatable thereby about the axis of the post, the telescopic movements of the boom being effective by rotation between its relatively rotatable portions, a punch carried by the boom and movable thereby in a circular arc about and radially of the post to position in front of any selected perforation and also axially of the post to remove the check from a selected perforation, handles located outside of the cabinet for effecting the movements of the punch, a slidable lockout block normally positioned in the path of axial movement of the boom post to prevent removal of a check until a token has beenv deposited in the cash box, a token-controlled mechanism for Withdrawing the lock-out block from the path of the boom post to permit the punch to be forced into a perforation to remove therefrom the check when a token has been deposited, and means for insuring that the punch can be operated only once for each deposited token.

l5. A game device comprising a support for holding a punch board having a plurality of check-holding perforations, a punch insertib-le into a selected perforation of the punch board to remove therefrom the check held therein, means for moving the punch vertically of the plane of the punch board to cause the same to enter a selected perforation to remove therefrom the check, token-controlled mechanism for preventing such check removing operation of the punch except upon deposit of a token, and means carrying the punch and operable, irrespective of the deposit of a coin to move the punch in directions substantially at right angles to each other selectively to locate the punch in front of any desired perforation in the punch board.

GEORGE E. PERRY.

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