EP0473519A1 - Table football game - Google Patents

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EP0473519A1
EP0473519A1 EP91420300A EP91420300A EP0473519A1 EP 0473519 A1 EP0473519 A1 EP 0473519A1 EP 91420300 A EP91420300 A EP 91420300A EP 91420300 A EP91420300 A EP 91420300A EP 0473519 A1 EP0473519 A1 EP 0473519A1
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  • the present invention relates to a table football, that is to say a table football game of the type comprising a box whose rectangular bottom reproduces a football field, each transverse vertical wall of which has, in its center, an opening corresponding to a goal cage and whose longitudinal vertical walls carry the bearings of eight horizontal bars, arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction of the box and each of which, pivotally mounted and axially sliding in its end bearings, carries one or more figurines or players of the same team, according to its location on the box with their feet flush with the bottom of the box and is provided, at one of its ends, with an operating handle, all the bars supporting the players of a same team being arranged with their operating handles located outside the same longitudinal wall of the box.
  • Part of foosball consists of maneuvering the bars supporting the players to strike a ball representing the soccer ball so as to send it into the goal cage of the opposing team while preventing it from entering its own cage of goal. For this, it is generally expected four participants, two for each team, each of which grasps, in each hand, the operating handle of a player support bar.
  • each bar consists of two coaxial elements mounted, sliding one inside the other so that the end of this bar opposite to that equipped with a handle. maneuver remains fixed, never protruding beyond the longitudinal wall supporting it while the free end of the element equipped with the operating handle only moves axially relative to the fixed element.
  • the coaxial and sliding mounting of the two elements of each bar is expensive if it is carried out in good conditions of solidity and durability.
  • each bar is composed of a single element and, on the other hand, each longitudinal wall of the box has, at least in the region of each bearing supporting the free end of a bar, a thickness at least equal to the axial stroke of this bar so as to be able to accommodate this free end regardless of the axial position of the bar .
  • this table football is constituted, as is known per se, by a box 2 whose rectangular bottom 3, which reproduces a football field, is surrounded by four vertical walls, namely two transverse walls 4 and two longitudinal walls 5.
  • each transverse wall 4 At the center of each transverse wall 4 is formed an opening 6 constituting a goal cage behind which is provided a cavity 7 intended to retain the ball 8 serving as a soccer ball each time a goal is scored by penetration of this ball 8 in the opening 6 of the corresponding cage.
  • the longitudinal walls 5 of the box 2 support, by means of bearings 9, horizontal bars 11a to 11d, and 12a to 12d arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction of the bottom 3, that is to say parallel to the transverse walls 4 of the box 2.
  • Each bar 11a to 11d and 12a to 12d supports one or more figurines, each of which represents a player from one of the two foosball teams who are opposed to each other on the ground formed by the bottom 3 of box 2, a single bar supporting only players from the same team.
  • bars 11a, 11b on the one hand and 12a, 12b on the other hand which respectively support the goalkeepers 13 and 14 and the rear side 15 and 16 of the two teams and which are adjacent to each other
  • the other bars that is to say the bars 11c, 11d of one hand and 12c, 12d on the other hand, are arranged alternately, that is to say that each of them is framed by two bars supporting the players of the opposing team.
  • Each bar 11a to 11d, 12a to 12d is mounted freely pivoting and axially sliding in its bearings supported by the longitudinal walls 5 of the box 2. Naturally, the sliding stroke of each bar is limited according to the number and the position of the players that she supports.
  • Each bar 11a to 11d and 12a to 12d is equipped, at one of its ends, with an operating handle 11′a to 11′d allowing the participant in this part of foosball to rotate and slide it to as it pleases while its opposite end is free.
  • all the bars 11a to 11d on the one hand and 12a to 12d on the other hand are arranged so that their operating handle is located outside the same longitudinal wall 5 of the box 2.
  • a table football game consists of bringing together four participants who settle in pairs, along each of the longitudinal sides 5 of the box 2, each pair of participants being intended to operate the bars 11a to 11d and 12a to 12d respectively. players on the same team. Each participant therefore grasps two operating handles, one in each hand.
  • the objective of the game is to maneuver the bars supporting the players of his team, so as to penetrate the ball 8 into the opening 6 delimiting the opposing cage while preventing the opposing players from penetrating this ball 8 into the opening 7 defining its own cage.
  • the free end of a bar in particular when it is moved axially in the direction opposite to its operating handle, at least in the area of the bearing 9 supporting this free end, has a width at least equal to the maximum axial stroke of this bar so that this free end is always housed in the thickness of the wall 5 which supports its bearing 9, never protruding at the outside of this wall.
  • each wall 5 has a recess 17a to 17c and 18a to 18c suitable for housing this handle when the bar with which it is associated and moved at the end of the race towards its free end.
  • the bar 12d is shown, in solid lines, in one of its extreme positions and, in phantom, in its other extreme position. It appears from the examination of this figure that, in their two extreme positions, the free ends of the bars are always housed inside the longitudinal walls 5, without ever protruding outside these walls and that, in the 'one of their extreme positions, the operating handles of these bars are also erased inside the recesses provided to serve as housing in this extreme position.
  • table football according to the invention does not cause any weakening of the bars supporting the players and that it is, moreover, without any noticeable effect on its cost price.

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This table football machine is of the type having a box structure whose rectangular base reproduces a football pitch, in which each transverse vertical wall has an opening corresponding to a goal mouth and whose longitudinal vertical walls carry bearings for eight horizontal rods which are disposed transversely and each of which, mounted pivotably and axially sliding in its end bearings, carries one or more figurines or players of a single team, and is provided, at one of its ends, with a maneuvering handle, all the rods supporting players of a single team being disposed with their maneuvering handles located outside the same longitudinal wall. On the one hand, each rod is composed of a single element and, on the other hand, each longitudinal wall has, at least in the region of each bearing supporting the free end of a rod, a thickness at least equal to the axial travel of this rod.

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La présente invention concerne un baby-foot, c'est-à-dire un jeu de football de table du type comprenant un caisson dont le fond rectangulaire reproduit un terrain de football, dont chaque paroi verticale transversale présente, en son centre, une ouverture correspondant à une cage de but et dont les parois verticales longitudinales portent les paliers de huit barres horizontales, disposées transversalement à la direction longitudinale du caisson et dont chacune, montée pivotante et axialement coulissante dans ses paliers d'extrémité, porte un ou plusieurs figurines ou joueurs d'une même équipe, selon son emplacement sur le caisson avec leurs pieds au ras du fond du caisson et est pourvue, à l'une de ses extrémités, d'une poignée de manoeuvre, toutes les barres supportant les joueurs d'une même équipe étant disposés avec leurs poignées de manoeuvre situées à l'extérieur d'une même paroi longitudinale du caisson.The present invention relates to a table football, that is to say a table football game of the type comprising a box whose rectangular bottom reproduces a football field, each transverse vertical wall of which has, in its center, an opening corresponding to a goal cage and whose longitudinal vertical walls carry the bearings of eight horizontal bars, arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction of the box and each of which, pivotally mounted and axially sliding in its end bearings, carries one or more figurines or players of the same team, according to its location on the box with their feet flush with the bottom of the box and is provided, at one of its ends, with an operating handle, all the bars supporting the players of a same team being arranged with their operating handles located outside the same longitudinal wall of the box.

Une partie de baby-foot consiste à manoeuvrer les barres supportant les joueurs pour frapper une boule représentant le ballon de foot de manière à l'envoyer dans la cage de but de l'équipe adverse tout en l'empêchant de pénétrer dans sa propre cage de but. Pour cela, il est généralement prévu quatre participants, deux pour chaque équipe, dont chacun saisit, dans chaque main, la poignée de manoeuvre d'une barre support de joueurs.Part of foosball consists of maneuvering the bars supporting the players to strike a ball representing the soccer ball so as to send it into the goal cage of the opposing team while preventing it from entering its own cage of goal. For this, it is generally expected four participants, two for each team, each of which grasps, in each hand, the operating handle of a player support bar.

Dans les premiers baby-foot connus de ce type, les extrémités des barres étaient totalement en saillie à l'extérieur des parois longitudinales du caisson de sorte qu'un déplacement axial d'une barre dans la direction de son extrémité libre, par l'un des participants au jeu, risquait de blesser le participant adverse situé du côté de cette extrémité libre.In the first known foosballs of this type, the ends of the bars were completely projecting outside the longitudinal walls of the box so that an axial displacement of a bar in the direction of its free end, by the one of the participants in the game risked injuring the opposing participant located on the side of this free end.

Pour éliminer ce risque, on a réalisé des baby-foot dans lesquels chaque barre est constituée de deux éléments coaxiaux montés, coulissants l'un dans l'autre de sorte que l'extrémité de cette barre opposée à celle équipée d'une poignée de manoeuvre demeure fixe, sans jamais faire saillie au delà de la paroi longitudinale la supportant tandis que l'extrémité libre de l'élément équipé de la poignée de manoeuvre ne se déplace, axialement, que par rapport à l'élément fixe. Cependant, le montage coaxial et coulissant des deux éléments de chaque barre est onéreux s'il est réalisé dans de bonnes conditions de solidité et de durabilité.To eliminate this risk, table football has been produced in which each bar consists of two coaxial elements mounted, sliding one inside the other so that the end of this bar opposite to that equipped with a handle. maneuver remains fixed, never protruding beyond the longitudinal wall supporting it while the free end of the element equipped with the operating handle only moves axially relative to the fixed element. However, the coaxial and sliding mounting of the two elements of each bar is expensive if it is carried out in good conditions of solidity and durability.

La présente invention vise à remédier à tous ces inconvénients. A cet effet, dans le baby-foot qu'elle concerne, d'une part, chaque barre est composée d'un seul élément et, d'autre part, chaque paroi longitudinale du caisson présente, au moins dans la région de chaque palier supportant l'extrémité libre d'une barre, une épaisseur au moins égale à la course axiale de cette barre de manière à pouvoir loger cette extrémité libre quelle que soit la position axiale de la barre.The present invention aims to remedy all these drawbacks. To this end, in the table football it concerns, on the one hand, each bar is composed of a single element and, on the other hand, each longitudinal wall of the box has, at least in the region of each bearing supporting the free end of a bar, a thickness at least equal to the axial stroke of this bar so as to be able to accommodate this free end regardless of the axial position of the bar .

Ainsi, les extrémités libres c'est-à-dire non pourvues de poignées de manoeuvre, des barres ne sont jamais en saillie à l'extérieur de la paroi qui les supporte puisqu'elles sont toujours logées à l'intérieur de cette paroi.Thus, the free ends, that is to say not provided with operating handles, bars are never protruding outside the wall which supports them since they are always housed inside this wall.

Suivant une forme d'exécution préférée de l'invention, chaque paroi longitudinale présente, dans la région de chaque palier supportant l'extrémité équipée d'une poignée de manoeuvre d'une barre, un évidement apte à loger la poignée de manoeuvre de cette barre lorsqu'elle est déplacée axialement jusqu'à sa position fin de course en direction de son extrémité libre, certains de ces évidements étant aptes à loger deux poignées de deux barres voisines qui en sont équipées, du même côté du caisson.
De toute façon, l'invention sera bien comprise à l'aide de la description qui suit en référence au dessin schématique annexé représentant, à titre d'exemple non limitatif, une forme d'exécution de ce baby-foot :

  • Figure 1 en est une vue en perspective ;
  • Figure 2 en est une vue en coupe transversale suivant II-II de figure 1.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, each longitudinal wall has, in the region of each bearing supporting the end equipped with a handle for operating a bar, a recess capable of accommodating the handle of this bar when it is moved axially to its end-of-travel position in the direction of its free end, some of these recesses being capable of accommodating two handles of two neighboring bars which are equipped with them, on the same side of the box.
In any case, the invention will be clearly understood with the aid of the description which follows with reference to the appended diagrammatic drawing representing, by way of nonlimiting example, an embodiment of this table football:
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view;
  • Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view along II-II of Figure 1.

Comme le montre le dessin, ce baby-foot est constitué, comme cela est connu en soi, par un caisson 2 dont le fond rectangulaire 3, qui reproduit un terrain de football, est entouré de quatre parois verticales à savoir deux parois transversales 4 et deux parois longitudinales 5.As the drawing shows, this table football is constituted, as is known per se, by a box 2 whose rectangular bottom 3, which reproduces a football field, is surrounded by four vertical walls, namely two transverse walls 4 and two longitudinal walls 5.

Au centre de chaque paroi transversale 4 est ménagée une ouverture 6 constituant une cage de but en arrière de laquelle est aménagée une cavité 7 destinée à retenir la boule 8 servant de ballon de football chaque fois qu'un but est marqué par pénétration de cette boule 8 dans l'ouverture 6 de la cage correspondante.At the center of each transverse wall 4 is formed an opening 6 constituting a goal cage behind which is provided a cavity 7 intended to retain the ball 8 serving as a soccer ball each time a goal is scored by penetration of this ball 8 in the opening 6 of the corresponding cage.

Les parois longitudinales 5 du caisson 2 supportent, par l'intermédiaire de paliers 9, des barres horizontales 11a à 11d, et 12a à 12d disposées transversalement à la direction longitudinale du fond 3 c'est-à-dire parallèlement aux parois transversales 4 du caisson 2. Chaque barre 11a à 11d et 12a à 12d supporte une ou plusieurs figurines dont chacune représente un joueur de l'une des deux équipes de baby-foot qui sont opposées l'une à l'autre sur le terrain constitué par le fond 3 du caisson 2, une même barre ne supportant que des joueurs d'une même équipe.The longitudinal walls 5 of the box 2 support, by means of bearings 9, horizontal bars 11a to 11d, and 12a to 12d arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction of the bottom 3, that is to say parallel to the transverse walls 4 of the box 2. Each bar 11a to 11d and 12a to 12d supports one or more figurines, each of which represents a player from one of the two foosball teams who are opposed to each other on the ground formed by the bottom 3 of box 2, a single bar supporting only players from the same team.

A l'exception des barres 11a, 11b d'une part et 12a, 12b d'autre part, qui supportent respectivement les gardiens de but 13 et 14 et les arrières latéraux 15 et 16 des deux équipes et qui sont voisines l'une de l'autre , les autres barres, c'est-à-dire les barres 11c, 11d d'une part et 12c, 12d d'autre part, sont disposées en alternance c'est-à-dire que chacune d'elles est encadrée par deux barres supportant les joueurs de l'équipe adverse.With the exception of bars 11a, 11b on the one hand and 12a, 12b on the other hand, which respectively support the goalkeepers 13 and 14 and the rear side 15 and 16 of the two teams and which are adjacent to each other, the other bars, that is to say the bars 11c, 11d of one hand and 12c, 12d on the other hand, are arranged alternately, that is to say that each of them is framed by two bars supporting the players of the opposing team.

Chaque barre 11a à 11d, 12a à 12d est montée librement pivotante et axialement coulissante dans ses paliers supportés par les parois longitudinales 5 du caisson 2. Naturellement, la course de coulissement de chaque barre est limitée en fonction du nombre et de la position des joueurs qu'elle supporte.Each bar 11a to 11d, 12a to 12d is mounted freely pivoting and axially sliding in its bearings supported by the longitudinal walls 5 of the box 2. Naturally, the sliding stroke of each bar is limited according to the number and the position of the players that she supports.

Chaque barre 11a à 11d et 12a à 12d est équipée, à l'une de ses extrémités, d'une poignée de manoeuvre 11′a à 11′d permettant au participant à cette partie de baby-foot de la faire pivoter et coulisser à sa guise tandis que son extrémité opposée est libre.Each bar 11a to 11d and 12a to 12d is equipped, at one of its ends, with an operating handle 11′a to 11′d allowing the participant in this part of foosball to rotate and slide it to as it pleases while its opposite end is free.

En outre, toutes les barres 11a à 11d d'une part et 12a à 12d d'autre part sont disposées de manière que leur poignée de manoeuvre soit située à l'extérieur d'une même paroi longitudinale 5 du caisson 2.In addition, all the bars 11a to 11d on the one hand and 12a to 12d on the other hand are arranged so that their operating handle is located outside the same longitudinal wall 5 of the box 2.

Une partie de baby-foot consiste à rassembler quatre participants qui s'installent deux par deux, le long de chacun des côtés longitudinaux 5 du caisson 2, chaque paire de participants étant destinée à manoeuvrer les barres respectivement 11a à 11d et 12a à 12d supportant les joueurs d'une même équipe. Chaque participant saisi donc deux poignées de manoeuvre, une dans chaque main.A table football game consists of bringing together four participants who settle in pairs, along each of the longitudinal sides 5 of the box 2, each pair of participants being intended to operate the bars 11a to 11d and 12a to 12d respectively. players on the same team. Each participant therefore grasps two operating handles, one in each hand.

L'objectif de la partie est de manoeuvrer les barres supportant les joueurs de son équipe, de manière à faire pénétrer la boule 8 dans l'ouverture 6 délimitant la cage adverse tout en empêchant les joueurs adverses de faire pénétrer cette boule 8 dans l'ouverture 7 délimitant sa propre cage.The objective of the game is to maneuver the bars supporting the players of his team, so as to penetrate the ball 8 into the opening 6 delimiting the opposing cage while preventing the opposing players from penetrating this ball 8 into the opening 7 defining its own cage.

Selon l'invention, pour éliminer tout risque de blessure de l'un des participants par l'extrémité libre d'une barre, notamment lorsqu'elle est déplacée axialement dans la direction opposée à sa poignée de manoeuvre, au moins dans la zone du palier 9 supportant cette extrémité libre, possède une largeur au moins égale à la course axiale maximale de cette barre de sorte que cette extrémité libre se trouve toujours logée dans l'épaisseur de la paroi 5 qui supporte son palier 9, sans jamais faire saillie à l'extérieur de cette paroi.According to the invention, to eliminate any risk of injury to one of the participants by the free end of a bar, in particular when it is moved axially in the direction opposite to its operating handle, at least in the area of the bearing 9 supporting this free end, has a width at least equal to the maximum axial stroke of this bar so that this free end is always housed in the thickness of the wall 5 which supports its bearing 9, never protruding at the outside of this wall.

Comme le montre le dessin et notamment la figure 1, pour éviter que les poignées de manoeuvre 11′a à 11′d et 12′a à 12′d ne soient en permanence en saillie des parois 5, ce qui augmenterait inutilement l'encombrement de ce baby-foot, dans la zone de chaque palier 9 correspondant à une poignée de manoeuvre, chaque paroi 5 présente un évidement 17a à 17c et 18a à 18c apte à loger cette poignée lorsque la barre à laquelle elle est associée et déplacée en fin de course en direction de son extrémité libre.As shown in the drawing and in particular in FIG. 1, to avoid that the operating handles 11′a to 11′d and 12′a to 12′d are permanently projecting from the walls 5, which would unnecessarily increase the bulk of this table football, in the area of each landing 9 corresponding to an operating handle, each wall 5 has a recess 17a to 17c and 18a to 18c suitable for housing this handle when the bar with which it is associated and moved at the end of the race towards its free end.

Comme le montre le dessin, il n'est prévu, pour chaque série de quatre poignées de manoeuvre correspondant aux barres d'une même équipe que trois évidements puisqu'un même évidement, respectivement 17a et 18a, sert à loger les poignées de manoeuvre, respectivement 11′a, 11′b et 12′a, 12′b, des barres 11a, 11b et 12a, 12b supportant les arrières latéraux, respectivement 15 et 16, et les gardiens, respectivement 13 et 14, des deux équipes, puisque ces barres sont voisines deux par deux. Par contre, les autres évidements 17b, 17c et 18b, 18c ne servent à loger qu'une seule poignée de manoeuvre 11′c ou 11′d et 12′a ou 12′d chacun étant séparé de son voisin par une partie de grande largeur 5′ de la paroi 5 correspondante.As the drawing shows, for each series of four maneuvering handles corresponding to the bars of the same team, only three recesses are provided, since the same recess, respectively 17a and 18a, is used to house the maneuvering handles, respectively 11′a, 11′b and 12′a, 12′b, bars 11a, 11b and 12a, 12b supporting the lateral backs, respectively 15 and 16, and the goalkeepers, respectively 13 and 14, of the two teams, since these bars are adjacent two by two. On the other hand, the other recesses 17b, 17c and 18b, 18c only serve to house a single operating handle 11′c or 11′d and 12′a or 12′d each being separated from its neighbor by a large part width 5 ′ of the corresponding wall 5.

Sur la figure 2, on a représenté la barre 12d, en traits pleins, dans l'une de ses positions extrêmes et, en traits mixtes, dans son autre position extrême. Il ressort de l'examen de cette figure que, dans leurs deux positions extrêmes, les extrémités libres des barres sont toujours logées à l'intérieur des parois longitudinales 5, sans jamais faire saillie à l'extérieur de ces parois et que, dans l'une de leurs positions extrêmes, les poignées de manoeuvre de ces barres sont, elles aussi, effacées à l'intérieur des évidements prévus pour leur servir de logement dans cette position extrême.In FIG. 2, the bar 12d is shown, in solid lines, in one of its extreme positions and, in phantom, in its other extreme position. It appears from the examination of this figure that, in their two extreme positions, the free ends of the bars are always housed inside the longitudinal walls 5, without ever protruding outside these walls and that, in the 'one of their extreme positions, the operating handles of these bars are also erased inside the recesses provided to serve as housing in this extreme position.

Il faut en outre noter que l'agencement du baby-foot selon l'invention n'entraîne aucune fragilisation des barres supportant les joueurs et qu'il est, en outre, sans incidence notoire sur son prix de revient.It should also be noted that the arrangement of table football according to the invention does not cause any weakening of the bars supporting the players and that it is, moreover, without any noticeable effect on its cost price.

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Baby-foot, du type comprenant un caisson (2) dont le fond rectangulaire (3) reproduit un terrain de football, dont chaque paroi verticale transversale (4) présente, en son centre, une ouverture (6) correspondant à une cage de but et dont les parois verticales longitudinales (5) portent les paliers (9) de huit barres horizontales (11a à 11d et 12a à 12d) disposées transversalement à la direction longitudinale du caisson (2), et dont chacune, montée pivotante et axialement coulissante dans ses paliers d'extrémité (9), porte un ou plusieurs figurines ou joueurs d'une même équipe, selon son emplacement sur le caisson (2) avec leurs pieds au ras du fond (3) du caisson (2) et est pourvue, à l'une de ses extrémités, d'une poignée de manoeuvre (11′a à 11′d et 12′a à 12′d), toutes les barres supportant les joueurs d'une même équipe étant disposés avec leurs poignées de manoeuvre situées à l'extérieur d'une même paroi longitudinale (5) du caisson (2), caractérisé en ce que d'une part, chaque barre (11a à 11d et 12a à 12d) est composée d'un seul élément et, d'autre part, chaque paroi longitudinale (5) du caisson (2) présente, au moins dans la région de chaque palier (9) supportant l'extrémité libre d'une barre, une épaisseur au moins égale à la course axiale de cette barre de manière à pouvoir loger cette extrémité libre quelle que soit la position axiale de la barre.Table football, of the type comprising a box (2) whose rectangular bottom (3) reproduces a football field, each vertical transverse wall (4) of which has, in its center, an opening (6) corresponding to a goal cage and whose longitudinal vertical walls (5) carry the bearings (9) of eight horizontal bars (11a to 11d and 12a to 12d) arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction of the box (2), and each of which is pivotally mounted and axially sliding in its end bearings (9), carries one or more figurines or players of the same team, depending on its location on the box (2) with their feet flush with the bottom (3) of the box (2) and is provided, at one of its ends, with an operating handle (11′a to 11′d and 12′a to 12′d), all the bars supporting the players of the same team being arranged with their operating handles located outside the same longitudinal wall (5) of the box (2), characteristic in that on the one hand, each bar (11a to 11d and 12a to 12d) is composed of a single element and, on the other hand, each longitudinal wall (5) of the box (2) has, at least in the region of each bearing (9) supporting the free end of a bar, a thickness at least equal to the axial stroke of this bar so as to be able to accommodate this free end regardless of the axial position of the bar. Baby-foot selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chaque paroi longitudinale (5) présente dans la région de chaque palier (9) supportant l'extrémité équipée d'une poignée de manoeuvre (11′a à 11′d et 12′a à 12′d) d'une barre (11a à 11d et 12a à 12d), un évidement (17a à 17c et 18a à 18c) apte à loger la poignée de manoeuvre de cette barre lorsqu'elle est déplacée axialement jusqu'à sa position fin de course en direction de son extrémité libre, certains (17a et 18a) de ces évidements étant aptes à loger deux poignées (11′a, 11′b et 12′a, 12′b) de deux barres voisines (11a, 11b et 12a, 12b) qui en sont équipées, du même côté du caisson (2).Table football according to claim 1, characterized in that each longitudinal wall (5) present in the region of each landing (9) supporting the end equipped with an operating handle (11′a to 11′d and 12 ′ a to 12′d) of a bar (11a to 11d and 12a to 12d), a recess (17a to 17c and 18a to 18c) capable of accommodating the operating handle of this bar when it is moved axially up to its end position towards its free end, some (17a and 18a) of these recesses being able to accommodate two handles (11′a, 11′b and 12′a, 12′b) of two neighboring bars (11a , 11b and 12a, 12b) which are fitted therewith, on the same side of the box (2).
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