DE19529838A1 - Table top football game with bearing in play bar hole - has bearing mounted by flanges on both sides forming a unit with one of those flanges, and with inner ring whose inner wall, surrounding bar, having friction reducing coating - Google Patents

Abstract

A ball or rolling bearing (25) sits in the hole (16,17) of the side walls that holds the play bar. The bearing is flange-mounted (26). It forms a unit with one of the flanges. It has an inner ring which inner wall, i.e. the one around the bar, has a friction reducing coating. Alternatively the bar itself is coated. The flanges have a greater outer diameter than the cushions that are around the bar between the outmost play figure and the wall. The bearing and the two flanges form an uninterrupted element in longitudinal direction of the hole.

Description

The invention relates to a gaming device, in particular Table football system with one in the table top of a table embedded playing field, which is accordingly all around from Playing field walls or head walls is surrounded, in which Playing field walls bores for storage of the over rod buffers in the longitudinal movement limited play rods with those on it fortified player figures are provided, those of hole flanged ball or roller bearings are assigned.

Game devices are known with which on large playing fields played ball games like football are imitated. For this purpose, there is a correspondingly deep one in a table Given the playing field, so that the kicker ball accordingly in indoor football, sharing the side walls and the head walls back and forth between the individual gates is moved. For this purpose, players attached to play poles are used figures, being distributed over the length of the playing field a total of eleven player figures on four game rods are. These player figures or Player figure groups both in the longitudinal direction of the game bar back and forth as well as rotated above all. In order to can use these player figures or player figure groups Kicker ball stopped or caught and then kicked off again be shot. On the four poles you can choose between one and four people play at the same time. It goes without saying that on the opposite side with an equal number of people plays. The soccer balls are used in commercial play equipment released by inserting a specific coin ten to twelve kicker balls, which after shooting in the goal is initially no longer available to the players are. The score is provided by on both sides Counters tracked so that at the end of the game easily it can be determined which team has won. Around by pulling the game back and forth  rods and turning loads in the area the playing field walls and the holes provided there To keep boundaries, the play bar is around in the holes Giving ball or roller bearings arranged. This ball or Rolling bearings are ver on both sides with the field wall bound perforated flanges fixed. The longitudinal displaceability of the Play rods are pushed over onto the play rods Restricted rubber buffers, these rubber buffers no matter what chem material they exist when pulling back and forth or -Push the playing rods hard against the wall of the field and the perforated flanges arranged on it bounce. Depending on Enthusiasm for the game can damage either the here Bar buffers or the perforated flanges and even ultimately the field wall come. About the edged ball or Rolling bearing is the back and forth and the turning of the Play rods relieved, with disadvantages in this respect must be taken as these ball or roller bearings loose Parts are relatively expensive and expensive to manufacture which are easy to pull even when pulling the play rods can be damaged. But you do without such Ball or roller bearings, the back and forth of the game rods and thus playing overall very cumbersome and can only be accomplished with the appropriate effort.

The invention is therefore based on the object Play device, especially table football device to create the be particularly easy and safe to use and yet also in The area of the playing rods is very robust.

The object is achieved in that the the ball or roller bearings assigned to the holes with a the perforated flanges form a structural unit and the play bar are arranged to extend into the bore.

Such a design of the game device ensures one Smooth movement of the play rods in every situation and for  every game practice, so that long standing times correspond to high loads are secured. Beyond that assembly and disassembly through the combination of ball and Rolling bearings and perforated flange given, but above all can relatively inexpensive ball or roller bearings used be because of the combination and connection with the perforated flanges from canting and other problems are secured and have sufficient downtimes. The Bar buffers are designed and made of such material made that damage to the inner perforated flanges is not possible, by adapting the pole pouf fer and the inner perforated flanges also an additional Security can be achieved by timely and effective buffering occurs when the bar buffer is open meets the inner perforated flange.

A useful embodiment of the invention provides that the perforated flanges have a larger outer diameter than that Have rod buffers and with one against the Boh approach supporting approach are equipped. The Stan genpuffer is therefore always when moving the game rod hit the perforated flange and not the wall, so that one Overuse of the plastic, which is usually made of plastic Perforated flanges are not to be feared. In addition, the Pressure transferred from the bar buffers safely into the field wall.

In principle, it is possible to use ball or roller bearing with the inner or the outer perforated flange connect. It is important in any case that how fiction provided, the two perforated flanges and the ball or Rolling bearings abutting one another or in the longitudinal direction of the bore are designed to form a unit. So that the Pull out or occur when pushing the play bar Abge forces without affecting the ball or roller bearing leads and taken from the field wall. The ball bearing is therefore free from harmful side or diagonal pressures  held. Above all, it can also fully fulfill its function len, which can be seen in it, when turning the play rod one to ensure high smoothness.

Such a ball or suitable for this purpose Rolling bearing has an inner ring, which is at stake rod friction outer wall a friction reducing coating tion or that the play rod coated accordingly is. This version also facilitates the back and forth pull the play bar, almost without the actual ball or Rolling bearing is loaded, which, as already mentioned, everyone if occurs when the bar buffer against the inner Perforated disc or the perforated flange pops. The smoothness when turning, this friction-reducing coating ultimately not influenced, or usually even be favorable.

Another solution is where the ball or Rolling bearing consists of housing halves that the balls or Roll this one overhang towards the play bar are trained. Such a ball or roller bearing is extremely simple in construction, with the balls in the of the can roll the housing halves formed, projecting towards the play rod so far that unroll them on the play bar without the corresponding Lugs on the housing halves in contact with the play bar come. A corresponding smoothness is hereby always guaranteed, with two corresponding housings ge can be dispensed with, since the two housing halves an advantageous storage for the individual balls of the Ku represent gel bearings. It is also advantageous that on a coating of certain parts such as that of the inner ring can be waived. At most you could think of the Balls with an appropriate coating, what but usually shouldn't be necessary.

A particularly expedient embodiment provides that the  Shaped halves forming a housing and only on the the side facing the play bar has a ring slot for the Balls or rollers are formed. Here can like already mentioned on a separate anti-friction coating to be dispensed with. The individual balls run directly on the play rod and thus ensure a cheap glide like that probably in the longitudinal direction of the game rods as well as theirs Seen extent.

The known playing fields have a lacquer coating on, whereby the kicker ball is light on this varnish coating can slip. A corresponding precise guidance on the Playing field is therefore not possible. This is where the invention looks to remedy that the playing field made of polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) exists or is coated with it. The ball that if necessary, a similar coating or the same coating shows, runs very "on track" on the field, what the joy of playing increases significantly because then individual moves less by chance than by the skill of the players depends.

Deviating from the previous solution, where the game the bottom of the corresponding recess in the game field and is therefore not without its properties The present invention solves further changes This problem is solved by the fact that the playing field as in a Slit opening in the table insertable plate with correspond the coating is formed. The should correspond de plate after inserting via cross bar or similar are placed so that they can then and during the game can't slip. So it is possible to get a very good one to specify a smooth floor, for example a damp one Imitate lawn or a dry one for example Ash base in the form of a Teflon plate or a be layered plate. Other variations are also possible so without major problems to increase the game value when at for example, top-class kickers on such a game device  want to run real tournaments.

Formed by the field walls and the head walls The playing field is used to get the ball back into the game Return game if he is shot by the whole Has left the playing field, for example. To get the effect here To make the input variable, the invention provides that the playing field corners, which are at an angle to the rest of the playing field are placed in the ball guide and preferably in their inclination and / or adjustable at an angle to the door opening are trained. This allows the respective player who is the Ball returns into play, a throw-in or one Imitate corner, which also depends on the skill of the correct player. He can thus the ball in one certain angle, with a certain rotation and also with return to the field at a certain speed, so that different game situations can be reproduced can.

On the special mode of operation and function of the Stan gene buffer has already been pointed out earlier. A poles not obstructing the flow of play, but on the other hand and bores as well as perforated flanges and ball or roller bearings securing execution provides that the bar buffer from several, preferably five spaced apart ten rubber washers, which have an "interior", the Game bars enclosing, best of the same material connected rubber tube and are kept at a distance. On such a rod buffer thus has a limited flexibility, so that the blow that also affects the player's hand impact, is heavily buffered and thus the leadership of Play bar not affected. The player rather holds his hand remains unchanged on the kicker grip and can immediately take the next turn.

The kicker handles are made of real wood, one too wet hand to safely enable the necessary game play  and in order to be able to absorb large loads. These wooden kicker handles are placed on the play bar beat and thus fixed, being damaged in usually only detachment by appropriate damage the kicker grip is possible. This will be during an execution of the present invention thereby prevents the kickers handles made of hardwood, preferably oak and several, preferably eight, surfaces that increase grip and / or have a special surface design. Through this special training of the kicker handles with the Surfaces are not only increased, but also also gave the player the opportunity to respective position or game position of his player figures, so to speak to feel. The eight surfaces serve simultaneously as already mentioned to ensure the grip.

A detachable connection of kicker handles and playing post gene is possible according to the invention if the kicker handles have a vertical hole with an Allen screw that with a threaded hole provided in the game rods or an annular groove is arranged correspondingly. The handles are thus screwed tight, with the Allen screw in the handle disappears, leaving them for the user of the kicker grip does not represent a disability. Since the vertical bore with the Allen screw with a Ge arranged in the play bar corresponds to an effective drilling always given in extreme situations. Will be at stake rods provided an annular groove, it must be in the corresponding Threaded hole can be an insert that is screwing the Allows Allen screws. This training has the advantage that the fixation of the kicker handle regardless of its position without considering the corresponding drilling can be made in the threaded rod.

The invention is characterized in particular by that a game device is created with respect to the bars and thus also handle the player figures easily and safely  is cash. The one when the bar buffers hit the game field wall or forces occurring on the perforated flanges targeted to the wall without causing damage to the Field wall comes, but especially not on the Perforated flanges and the associated ball or roller bearing. It cannot tilt or tilt the ball bearings come, so that due to the uniform load guarantee a high degree of smoothness in all game situations can be achieved. Due to the special training of the kickers handles the pole buffers and also the playing field altogether together the handling is made easier and at the same time the Robustness of the entire table football device achieved the Play value of such devices and their lifespan increased.

Further details and advantages of the invention counter stand out from the following description of the associated drawing, in which a preferred embodiment play with the necessary details and parts is shown. Show it:

Fig. 1 position a game machine in a perspective Dar,

Fig. 2 position, a rod match in simplified Dar,

Fig. 3 is a kicker handle in side view with the vertical bore,

Fig. 4 is a combined ball bearing having a hole flange lung in perspective depicting,

Fig. 5, the integrated ball bearings in the installed state,

Fig. 6 is a hole flange in plan view and in side view,

Fig. 7 view of a ball bearing with an inner ring into pages and in Vorkopfansicht,

Fig. 8 is a simplified ball bearing in side view, front view and in cross section and

Fig. 9 shows a bar buffer in plan view.

In the model shown in FIG. 1, game device 1 is a very robust and advantageous device with egg nem four sturdy table legs 3, 4 carried the table 2. Quasi embedded in the upper area of the table 2 is the playing field 5 , which is equipped with playing bars 8 , 11 mounted in the playing field walls 6 , 7 . These game rods 8 , 11 each have a kicker handle 9 at the end, or the end cap 10 corresponding to FIG. 1. On the individual game rods 8 , 11 player figures 12 , 13 , 14 are attached, of which the goalkeeper 13 in front of the Toröff opening 21 is posted.

The kicker ball not shown here in Fig. 1 is given via the inlet opening 15 in the middle of the playing field 5 and can then be driven by the individual player figures 12 , 13 , 14 in one direction to bypassing the foreign player figures and in particular the goal was then, if possible, to convey the kicker ball into the gate opening 21 .

The individual playing rods 8 , 11 are mounted laterally in the field walls 6 , 7 , for which purpose these have drilling 16 , 17 . The rod buffer 18 prevents the rods from being moved too far. A risk to the player figures 12 , 13 , 14 is thus excluded. At the beginning of the game, a coin is placed in the coin slot 19 , so that the kicker balls 31 can get into the receiving area provided from where they can be removed by the players. The counters 20 on both table edges 23 are set to "zero" and the game can begin. Each time a goal is scored, the counter 20 is operated accordingly until all ten balls are shot ver. The arranged on the table edge 23 Zählwer ke 20 consist of sliders that can be pushed back and forth on a rod so as to reflect the shot goals.

Has the ball by a shot leave the field 5 ver, it will be again from the corner 22 of the field. This situation is deliberately varied by the game surface 22 can be changed both in the inclination and in the slope to the gate opening 21 . The same is not shown in FIG. 1, however.

The individual game rods 8 , 11 are stored in the field walls 6 , 7 . For storage are ball bearings or rolling bearings 25, which can be taken from Fig. 2, wherein the ball or roller bearing 25 here forms a structural unit with the three-holed flange 26th The outer wall 24 of the ball or roller bearing 25 is coated or designed to be slippery, so as to make it easier to push the play rods 8 , 11 without the rotation of the play rods 8 , 11 being thereby made more difficult.

With 34 , the head wall of the field 5 and the Ti cal 2 is designated.

Fig. 2 shows a play bar 8 , 11 with the end cap 10 and the fixed on the opposite end of the kicker handle 9th This kicker handle 9 has a vertical bore 35 , into which, according to FIG. 3, an Allen screw 36 is inserted, to be precise into the threaded bore 90 ( not shown in detail here). By turning the Allen screw 36 into the threaded bore 90 , the kicker grip 9 is thus effectively fixed to the play post 8 , 11 , and if necessary, disassembly is also possible without problems. Furthermore, the through holes 89 can be seen in FIG. 2, which serve to fix the player figures 12 , 13 , 14 , which are not shown enlarged here, at the intended positions.

Fig. 3 shows additionally that distributed over the kicker handle 9 surfaces 37 , 38 are formed, which increase the grip and which allow the player to make the respective game position of the player figures 12 , 13 , 14 easier to recognize bar. The edges 39 are rounded, as is the handle head 40 , so as to facilitate turning when the player figures 12 , 13 , 14 attached to the playing bars 8 , 11 are to be turned one or more times and turned over.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a ball or roller bearings 25, which represents one of the 26 Lochflansche a structural unit. This combination is fixed on the mounting holes 91 and corresponding retaining screws 92 on the field wall 6 and 7 . The same is shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 men. Incidentally, the second perforated flange 44 is also fixed in the same way.

Is clearly visible in Fig. 5, that the ball bearing 25 here comprises an inner ring 27, which is only rotatably arranged and having an outer wall 24 which abuts the game rod 8, 11. When the play rod 8 , 11 is rotated, this inner ring 27 generally also rotates. In order to largely prevent friction when the player rods are pulled back and forth, a coating 82 is provided on the outer wall 24 , as can also be seen in FIG. 7.

Fig. 6 shows a single hole flange 44 with the extending into the bore 16 and 17 approach 80 , which rests on the bore wall 79 , as Fig. 5 also illustrates light. This special design prevents the perforated flanges 44 from tilting and thus prevents the play rods from being overloaded. Such "oblique" retraction of the play rod can otherwise lead to a destruction of these components in extreme situations.

Fig. 7 has further been briefly explained above. Ball bearing 25 is shown here, the balls 85 of which run between inner ring 27 and outer ring 81 .

Fig. 8 shows another embodiment of a ball bearing 25, in which the actual housing of two housing halves 83, 84 is that 85 fully and simultaneously fixing the interconnected spheres. The balls 85 are held with an overhang 86 so that they always rub or ablau fen on the game rod 8 , 11 , not shown here. The section according to FIG. 8 illustrates the two-part design of the housing 83 , 84 and the positioning of the balls 85 , the projection 86 being ensured by corresponding lugs which have both housing halves 83 , 84 . The result is a corresponding ring slot 87 and an overall cost-effective design of a ball bearing 25 , in which an inner ring can be dispensed with and thus also a special design of the outer wall of this inner ring.

Fig. 9 finally shows a rod buffer 18 special design. This rod buffer 18 consists of several ren, here five rubber washers 28 , 29 , which are connected to one another via a centrally running rubber tube 30 of the same material. This rubber tube 30 allows only a limited flexibility of the entire rod buffer 18 , without the risk that there is no buffer effect. The individual rubber washers 28 , 29 are in diameter clearly above the rubber tube 30 , which at the same time ensures a ring-shaped load on the perforated flanges 44 , 26 .

All mentioned features, including those of the drawings alone to be extracted, alone and in combination, are invented considered essential.

Claims (12)

1. Play device, in particular table football system with a in the table top of a table ( 2 ) embedded playing field ( 5 ), which is accordingly surrounded by the playing field walls ( 6 , 7 ) or head walls ( 34 ), wherein in the playing field walls ( 6 , 7 ) Bores ( 16 , 17 ) are provided for mounting the play rods ( 8 , 11 ) limited in the longitudinal movement via rod buffers ( 18 ) with the player figures ( 12 , 13 , 14 ) attached to them, which are held by perforated flanges ( 26 ) or balls Rolling are assigned (25), characterized in that the bores (16, 17) associated with the ball or rolling bearings (26, 44) form (25) with one of the Lochflansche a Bauein uniform and the game rod (8, 11) bordering are sufficiently arranged in the bores ( 16 , 17 ). 2. Game device according to claim 1, characterized in that the perforated flanges ( 26 , 44 ) have a larger outer diameter than the rod buffers ( 18 ) and are equipped with a support against the bore wall ( 79 ) approach ( 80 ). 3. Game device according to claim 1 and claim 2, characterized in that the two perforated flanges ( 26 , 44 ) and the ball or roller bearing ( 25 ) abutting or in the longitudinal direction of the bore ( 16 , 17 ) are designed to form a unit. 4. Game device according to claim 1 to claim 3, characterized in that the ball or roller bearing ( 25 ) has an inner ring ( 27 ), on the play rod ( 8 , 11 ) rubbing outside wall ( 24 ) has a friction-reducing coating ( 82 ) or that the play rod ( 8 , 11 ) is coated accordingly. 5. Game device according to claim 1 to claim 3, characterized in that the ball or roller bearing ( 25 ) consists of housing halves ( 83 , 84 ), the balls ( 85 ) or rolling this a projection ( 86 ) in the direction of the play rod ( 8th , 11 ) are formed from. 6. Game device according to claim 5, characterized in that the housing halves ( 83 , 84 ) formed a housing and only on the side of the game rod ( 8 , 11 ) facing an annular slot ( 87 ) for the balls ( 85 ) or rollers pointing are trained. 7. Game device according to claim 1, characterized in that the playing field ( 5 ) made of polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) is or is coated with it. 8. Game device according to claim 7, characterized in that the playing field ( 5 ) as in a slot opening in the table ( 2 ) insertable plate with the appropriate coating is formed. 9. Game device according to claim 1, characterized in that the playing field ceilings ( 22 ), which are inclined to the rest of the playing field ( 5 ), in the ball guidance and thereby preferably in their inclination and / or at an angle to the gate opening ( 21 ) are designed to be adjustable are. 10. Game device according to claim 1, characterized in that the bar buffers ( 18 ) from several, preferably five spaced-apart rubber disks ( 28 , 29 ) hen best, which have an "interior", the game bars ( 8 , 11 ) a summarizing , made of the same material rubber tube ( 30 ) connected and kept at a distance. 11. Game device according to claim 1, characterized in that the kicker handles ( 9 ) made of hardwood, preferably oak wood and several, preferably eight, the grip-increasing surfaces ( 37 , 38 ) and / or have a special surface design. 12. Game device according to claim 1 and claim 11, characterized in that the kicker handles ( 9 ) have a vertical bore ( 35 ) with an Allen screw ( 36 ) provided with a gene in the Spielstan gene ( 8 , 11 ) threaded bore ( 90 ) or one Ring nut is arranged correspondingly.