EP0292511A1 - Ball game device. - Google Patents
Ball game device.Info
- Publication number
- EP0292511A1 EP0292511A1 EP87906576A EP87906576A EP0292511A1 EP 0292511 A1 EP0292511 A1 EP 0292511A1 EP 87906576 A EP87906576 A EP 87906576A EP 87906576 A EP87906576 A EP 87906576A EP 0292511 A1 EP0292511 A1 EP 0292511A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- ball
- balls
- game device
- playing
- guide rails
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
- A63F7/22—Accessories; Details
- A63F7/24—Devices controlled by the player to project or roll-off the playing bodies
- A63F7/2409—Apparatus for projecting the balls
- A63F7/2436—Hand-held or connected to a finger, e.g. cues, clubs, sticks
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
- A63F7/0017—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks played on a table by two players from opposite sides of the table
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
- A63F7/22—Accessories; Details
- A63F7/30—Details of the playing surface, e.g. obstacles; Goal posts; Targets; Scoring or pocketing devices; Playing-body-actuated sensors, e.g. switches; Tilt indicators; Means for detecting misuse or errors
- A63F7/305—Goal posts; Winning posts for rolling-balls
Definitions
- the invention relates to a ball game device, in particular for sporty, active entertainment.
- Table games with rolling balls are known in many variations. Here we refer to three particularly well-known versions: the pinball machine, the billiards and the table football game. There are also numerous variations in the literature in which the ball is moved on a horizontal or inclined (table) tabletop with the help of various stationary or mobile objects, such as by means of tensioned rubber bands, slanted gutter pieces, elastic spring base plates etc.
- the object of the invention is to design a ball game device so that on the one hand it has the wealth of combinations that is almost exclusively peculiar to billiards, but on the other hand it also gives inexperienced players a great sense of achievement in terms of skill and chance.
- the object is achieved in that the ball located on an inclined table-like playing surface surrounded on all sides by upturns is set in motion by means of a horizontally freely movable, hand-operated and specially shaped pushing disc designed for hitting the playing ball and when free Rolling around on the playing field, a second arrangement of balls, which are held in a certain path by guide rails that are not touchable for the playing ball, and are predominantly higher, are conveyed further by impact in this path.
- This ball game device is used for entertainment in your free time, with or without automatic coin mechanism, e.g. in sports hotels, youth centers, clubs and associations and is suitable for commercial purposes in machine shops as well as for the disabled.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a ball game device in and 2 the top view and in a section A-A,
- Fig. 3 shows another embodiment of a ball game and 4 device in plan view and in a section BB.
- the edge zones 4 together with thrust washers 3.
- the middle area of the playing field 1 there are four standing balls 11 which are distributed in individual, transverse tracks.
- the tracks are formed by the guide rails 12, which run so high above the floor surface that the play balls 2 can roll freely underneath them, but not the standing balls 11 which are correspondingly larger in diameter.
- the floor surface has slopes towards both edge zones 4, the transition in the middle is designed in a gentle arc instead of a crease line so that the balls 11 do not lift off the floor surface.
- edge zone 4 allow the player to move the thrust washer 3 with momentum, but without lifting it out of the border 5.
- the shape of the thrust washer 3 in turn makes it possible to hit the ball 2 in a targeted manner, depending on the position of the respective standing ball 11 and the ball 2 relative to one another.
- the standing balls 11 are brought into the center, for which purpose the slots 18, which have been incorporated into the safety glass cover plate 19, are used.
- the center balls 11 can also be moved mechanically and mechanically, for example by means of two push rods 20, which are in the rest position on the two outer sides and by means of a rope embedded in the center line in the bottom surface, the standing balls 11 into the Bring middle position.
- the guide rails 12 have a slight bulge 21 in the middle in the direction of the ground gradient, the standing balls 11 will come to a standstill in this position.
- the hit sensors 13 are located at the ends of the lane. If they are switched in such a way that each edge zone 4 is assigned a full side -idR on the left, as seen by the player.
- the guide rails 12 leave the standing ball 11 as much leeway as is necessary for the reception of the effets.
- the guide rail 12 runs in the direction against the ground gradient.
- the standing ball 11 hit can therefore only briefly tap the sensor surface under impact, then it rolls back into the playing surface 1.
- the hits are registered via the LED displays 22.
- all standing balls 11 can be removed from the game.
- the area under the borders 5 then serves as a ball goal and the players will try to keep the ball 2 away from it by reacting quickly with the thrust washer 3.
- the detection of the hits can also be done electronically, e.g. B. via hit sensors, which are in a position protected from the bumper 3 or via recessed in the bottom surface 17, which are addressed by the metal ball 2, but not by the plastic ball rollers 8 of the bumper 3. 3 and 4, a ball game device 31 is shown, in which the second system of balls 11 is on an elevated level 25 and only the lower part of the balls protrudes into the height area of the ball 2. For this reason, the raised level 25 is provided with slot-shaped recesses 26. If the game ball 2 hits this part of the overhead balls 11, they roll on in the path predetermined by the slots.
- Both players at the ends of the table can usually use balls 11. only mediate thrust effects. If you set the ends of the lane as targets, which may be equipped with electronic counting devices, a regulated game sequence can arise.
- a particular advantage of this arrangement is that a score that can be read at any time even without electronic counting devices can be registered on the second, elevated level 25. Starting from a position of the ball 11 on the center line, the player party whose balls roll in the majority in the opposing half of the field on the elevated level 25 will win.
- the impact between the play balls 2 rolling below and the balls 11 lying above can also be increased by means of mechanical devices (spring plates, small tilting).
- both ball game devices 30, 31 the entire area is bordered all around by an upstand, which is intended to prevent the balls 2, 11 and the thrust washer 3 from rolling, at the same time divided into at least two — preferably three — zones, into the larger play area 1 and one or several edge zones 4.
- the balls on the playing surface 1 decide on the game. There are usually two types of them:
- the game ball 2 is set in motion by the hand-operated thrust washer 3 along the edge zone 4; it crosses the playing area 1, can thereby hit the side edging bands and the other playing balls 2 and standing balls 11 located on the playing field 1 and, since the playing area 1 arrives at the edge zones 4 with a slope, it lands again along the edge zone (s) 4.
- the standing ball 11 is larger in diameter than the playing ball 2.
- its career can be determined by guide rails 12 which are above the total height of the playing ball 2, but still below the total height of the standing ball 11; they run approximately at right angles to the main thrust direction of the thrust washer 3 and thus at the same time at right angles to the slope of the playing surface 1.
- the standing balls 11 located between the individual guide rails 12 are therefore, unlike the playing balls 2, hardly affected in their movement by the slope.
- the standing balls 11 only move in the direction of the slope if the upper guide rails 12 likewise have a corresponding directional component. So in the middle of the surface, where an initial movement of the standing balls 1 is to be achieved or at the ends 14, 14a of the guide rails 12, whereby the inevitable removal of the standing balls 11 from the side edging bands is intended.
- the standing balls 11 are brought into rolling indirectly via the playing ball 2. If the play ball 2 coming from the thrust washer 3 or bouncing off the lateral edging bands hits a standing ball 11, then the latter will generally continue to roll along the guide rail 12 (Effet). There is a space for this between the guide rails 12. Depending on the slope, the standing ball always remains on the guide rail 12 lying towards the edge zone 4.
- the standing balls 11 are located in the central bulges 21 of the guide rails 12. After the participants, who are usually opposing and playing at the same time, usually with two play balls 2 have brought the standing balls 11 into motion over the thrust washer 3, the standing balls 11 move away from the central position towards the side edging bands. When they subsequently reach the binding band, they simultaneously operate hit sensors 13 to detect the hit, e.g. in the form of a sensor disc that transmits a pulse to an LED display. The hit sensors 13 are also mounted above the total height of the balls 2. A false report is therefore excluded. Only the pulses triggered by the standing balls 11 are registered. The level of difficulty of the game can be significantly influenced by changing the number of standing balls 11 and by changing the order of the hit sensors 13 arranged on the side:
- the devices 13 for recording the hits on the left and right on the two outer sides are grouped, hits are easier to achieve than if the opposing hits (alternately) are registered only on one outer side.
- the changes in the degree of difficulty described can be achieved with a minimum of effort, for example by different switching systems of the hit sensors 13.
- the thrust washer 3 is a preferably plate-shaped rolling body which has a handle 15 at the top, a cantilevered thrust ring 16 since then, and generally below. has three ball rollers 8.
- the thrust washer 3 is freely moved by hand within the edge zone 4.
- the vertical mobility can be restricted to prevent uncontrolled lifting. For this purpose, the clear distance between the fixed longitudinal side parts of the edge zone 4 above the shock ring 16 is reduced to such an extent that it is no longer possible to lift it out.
- the ball 2 coming from the playing surface 1 runs under the wedge-shaped border 5, which is designed with or without elastic padding 7, between the playing surface 1 and the edge zone 4. After the player has surveyed the position of the standing ball 11 and the playing ball 2 relative to one another, he will try to hit the playing ball 2 at an optimal angle with the optimal point of the thrust washer 3.
- the partial area under the border 5 between the playing surface 1 and the edge zone 4 can serve as a ball goal. If the player does not manage to keep the ball away, this is counted as a hit. It can be detected mechanically or electronically, for example by means of sensors which are addressed by the ball 2, but not by the thrust washer 3, or by means of a guide base 17 which is by a metal ball 2, but not by the plastic ball rollers 8 the thrust washer 3 is addressed.
- the playing field 1 can be covered with a glass plate. If the standing balls 11 are brought mechanically into the initial position, slots 18 are worked into the glass plate 19.
- Deadline Publication will be repeated if changes occur.
- a ball game device (30, 31) with a striking disk (3) The ball (2), located on a table-top playing surface which slop and is enclosed on all sides by edge members, is made to roll by means of the striking disk (3) and comes in contact wit further arrangement of balls (11 ), which are held in specific tracks by guide rails (12) and can be arranged on a hig plane (25).
- Ball game device (30, 31) with a thrust washer (3) The game ball (2), which is located on an inclined table-like play surface (1) by edging, is brought into motion with the thrust washer (3) and comes into contact with a further arrangement of balls (11) which are in contact with guide rails (12 ) are contained in certain courses and can be arranged on a higher level (25).
Abstract
Description
Claims
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AT87906576T ATE71308T1 (en) | 1986-10-18 | 1987-10-07 | BALL GAME. |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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DE3635501 | 1986-10-18 | ||
DE19863635501 DE3635501A1 (en) | 1986-10-18 | 1986-10-18 | BALL PLAYER WITH BUMPER DISC |
Publications (2)
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EP0292511A1 true EP0292511A1 (en) | 1988-11-30 |
EP0292511B1 EP0292511B1 (en) | 1992-01-08 |
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP87906576A Expired - Lifetime EP0292511B1 (en) | 1986-10-18 | 1987-10-07 | Ball game device |
Country Status (5)
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US (1) | US4867454A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0292511B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE71308T1 (en) |
DE (2) | DE3635501A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1988002646A2 (en) |
Families Citing this family (6)
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GB2238000A (en) * | 1989-11-17 | 1991-05-22 | David Charles Reynolds | Random number generator |
US5288085A (en) * | 1993-04-02 | 1994-02-22 | Robert G. Young | Table racket ball game device |
US5516102A (en) * | 1994-09-30 | 1996-05-14 | Leisure Incorporated | Game apparatus |
IT1298157B1 (en) * | 1998-01-20 | 1999-12-20 | Villa Giocattoli Srl | CASE HOLDER-CASE FOR SOCCER AND SIMILAR |
GB2434324B (en) * | 2006-01-24 | 2008-04-02 | Daniel Chaim Kishon | A game apparatus |
ES2389661B1 (en) * | 2010-06-10 | 2013-10-09 | Imc Toys, S.A. | APPLIANCE TO PLAY THROUGH THE LAUNCH OF PROJECTILES. |
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US2710755A (en) * | 1953-05-11 | 1955-06-14 | Ralph W Craig | Game board device |
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US2967713A (en) * | 1960-03-25 | 1961-01-10 | Daniel F Kumpman | Pendulum ball game |
US3033570A (en) * | 1961-02-13 | 1962-05-08 | Toymaster Products Company Inc | Game |
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US3907294A (en) * | 1973-08-13 | 1975-09-23 | Marvin Glass & Associates | Competitive projectile game |
US4146227A (en) * | 1977-08-17 | 1979-03-27 | Marvin Glass & Associates | Projectile game with plural central target areas |
US4286785A (en) * | 1979-08-16 | 1981-09-01 | Masatoshi Todokoro | Tennis game board |
US4290606A (en) * | 1979-11-05 | 1981-09-22 | Maxwell Thomas J | Nonpredictable game projectile |
US4501423A (en) * | 1983-08-11 | 1985-02-26 | Stewart Louie J | Pool game apparatus |
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1986
- 1986-10-18 DE DE19863635501 patent/DE3635501A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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1987
- 1987-10-07 EP EP87906576A patent/EP0292511B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-10-07 DE DE8787906576T patent/DE3775927D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1987-10-07 WO PCT/EP1987/000579 patent/WO1988002646A2/en active IP Right Grant
- 1987-10-07 AT AT87906576T patent/ATE71308T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1987-10-07 US US07/220,218 patent/US4867454A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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US4867454A (en) | 1989-09-19 |
WO1988002646A3 (en) | 1988-05-05 |
DE3775927D1 (en) | 1992-02-20 |
DE3635501A1 (en) | 1988-04-28 |
EP0292511B1 (en) | 1992-01-08 |
WO1988002646A2 (en) | 1988-04-21 |
ATE71308T1 (en) | 1992-01-15 |
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