US1903790A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

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L. MYERS GAME APPARATUS April 18, 1933.

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GAME Amamv Application 111 a se tember 25, 19st. Serial No. 565,167. r

This inventionrelates to improvements in 7 game apparatus vand coin-controlled m ar nism adapted for use in 'connectiontherewith.{

Among the features of my invention s the g? provisionof such {apparatus and mechanism adapted for use iniconnection with slot-mas chines, vending machines, games otskill, and thelike, g I

Although I have shown thegame apparai lf tus controlled by coin-operated mechanism it is apparent that certain featuresthereofmay be made manually operable without coin control; andthat other forms of coin control may be substitutedtor that here-shown. 7 Among the features'of my invention is the provision ofja device affording amusement and ofi'eringan opportunity for the exercise of dexterity'and skill. 1 n 1 My device is so constructed that play may be continued until the objectof the game-is at aine h n P y en tb e umed un a ;coin .is' deposited. It is so made, however, a ii th g m i no eampl te th apparatus may be reset at anyftime for thecom- .3 me e ent O a .ne ame witha fthe r positofacoim. V V i Although I have here shownadevice with c rt eat ir s nnec n it he. b.- i c of the gam it i babe particular y n ed 3: th ere may be ide epar e andyaria ing from the spirit of the invention.

Otherteatures .and advantages of .my invention will appear more fully as -Lproceed tion from, d tails thereof without; depart- Inthat formof device embodyingthe features of y invention showninthe accompanying drawings- Y i w front elevation; Fig.

Figurel s a VIQW 1 2 is ayi ew in side elevation; Fig.3 is a view a a r. e evat a -o t m ch msm, S w n the sameremoved from the casing 3 Fig. 4 is es a la e w i hsom p t i al e e 'p sitlons; Fig. 5 1s aslmilartragmentaryv ew 5 onanenlarged scale;. Fig. 6' is a view taken on'thelinelG of Fig.3; Fig. 7 is a view taken n ine-7p g 4-; an Fia Ii av an aken onthe 1ine8 of Figfi.

' As l e t n the draw n the. d vice i able front cover llto the rear side which most of the mechanism is attached. The front of the cover contains a circular recess 12 covered byapiece of glass 13. 1111 this recessare mounted a plurality oftargets'or objects 14 adapted to be hit by "a shot or balll5 projected upwardly by a spring-controlled finger 16 mounted on the rotatable shaft 17.

The forward end of the-shaft 17 extends through'the front wall lland is equipped I with the'trigger 18; Numeral 19 indicates the .spiralspringurging the finger. 16 upwardly and 2Q indicates a stop limiting its downward movement. A guide rail 21 ,di-L

rects ,theball vertically upwardly until it engages the curvedupper wall 12 of the recess- 125 7 Thelforcewith which the ball is shot can be varied bythe degree of depression of. the trigger 18 and the locationof its fall thus modified, By the exerciseof skil l,fthe fball can becaused tofall on any one of the targets l bwhich are here shownassmall flathorizontally arranged pieces of metal.

'Ashere shownythetargets 14L are mounte on discs 22 carried byshort shafts-23rotatablyrmounted in the plate 11; .Obviously, the

discs or targets may be suitably ornamented or decorated to suit the taste. For example, the-discsare here shown as containing: on their front'faces pictures of chickens. .This is purely tor the purpose of illustration; as it is obviousthat any form of decoration or ornamentation could be used. .14 are movable from locking pos'itionto unlocking position, such movement being permitted by slight rotation of the shaft 23., "As

o thejback of the platellthere is slidably n1 om ted a movable member 24, 2 here shown The targets I as in the form of a bar. This bar is provided with slots 25, 25 embracing the pins 26, 26 in order to guide its sliding movement. The rear side of each disc 22 is provided with a locking lug 27 and a setting lug 28. The member 24 is provided with a shoulder 29 for each of the locking lugs 27, said shoulders adapted to engage the locking lugs when the targets are in looking position to hold the movable member 24 in set position. In Fig. 3, the movable member 24 is shown held in set position by the lug 27 on the middle target and also by the lug on the target to the rlght (as viewed in Fig. 3) which is obscured by one of the levers. The lug 27 on the disc 22 (to the left as viewed'in Fig. 3) is shown in unlocking position, this being on the disc 22 (viewed at the extreme-right in Fig. 1). In Fig. 3 the movable member 24 is shown in set position and in Fig. 4 it is shown in released position.

Means are provided for yieldingly urging the movable member 24 to released position. As here shown, such means include the resetting lever 30 pivoted at 31 and yieldingly urged to the right (as viewed in Figs. 3 and 4) by the spiral spring 32. This lever is provided with a slot 33 engaging the pin 34 in the movable member 24. The upper edge of the movable member 24 is provided with a projection 35 for each of the setting lugs 28 on the target devices. When the movable member 24 is moved to the left (as viewed in Figs. 3 and 4), the projections 35 engage the setting lugs 28 to restore all the targets to locking position, thus raising the lugs 27 so that they will engage the shoulders 29 and thus hold the member 24 in set position. It will be seen that any one of the lugs 27 will serve to hold the member 24 in set position; and that the same is not free to be moved to released position by the spring 32 until all of the targets have been depressed and all of the three locking lugs 27 consequently released from the shoulders 29. When this happens, the spring 32 operating through the lever 30 and the pin 34 will move the member 24 to released position.

Any visible means desired may be employed for indicating the movement of the member 24 from set to released position and vice versa. Purely for purposes of illustration, I have here shown another slidable member 36 connected to the member 24 by means of the link 37 pivoted on the pin 38.

This link is provided with a hole engaging the pin 34 and its upper end is provided with a slot 39 embracing a pin 40 in back of the sliding member 36. As here shown, the front face of the sliding member 36, purely for the purpose of illustration, contains the representation of a cow 36 appearing through a window 41 in the plate 11 when the member 24 is in set position. When this member moves to released position, the cow as indicated by 30 and 42 to form projections extending through the slit 43 in the rear wall 44 of a coin slot 45. The lever 42 lies over the lever 30 and is somewhat longer so that if no coin is present, it can be swung back and forth freely and will completely clear the lever 30. Even the bent-over portion 42 will clear the bent-over end 30 of the lever 30 if no coin is present. When a coin 46, however, is placed in the coin slot 45, it will form a connecting bar or pusher between the two levers 42 and 30. That is, it will engage the bent-over end 30 of the lever 30 and will be engaged by the bentover end 42 of the lever 42. With the coin in the position as shown in Fig. 4, therefore, movement of the lever 42 by the handle 32 will be transmitted to the lever 30 to reset the device. A shoulder 47 in the slit 43 limits the downward movement of the lever 42 and a shoulder 48 limits the upward movement of the lever 30. The coin slot is open at the bottom 45 to permit escape of the coin 46 after the device has been set. A spiral spring 49 serves to return the lever 42 to its and the member 24 not moved to released position. Such means include a pin 50 carried by the lever 30 and yieldingly urged outwardly by the spiral spring 51. When the lever 30 moves substantially to the limit of its downward movement, the lower end of the pin 50 rides up on'the cam 52, thus projecting its upper end 50 above the surface of lever 30 where it will be engaged by the lever 42. This pin, therefore, affords a connection between the two levers 42 and 30, permitting the targets to be reset in the event that all three have not been moved to unlocking position- When all three are released, then the bar 24 moves to released position and the pin 50 is permitted to be forced down so that the lever 42 will then clear the lever 30 until a new coin 46 is inserted.

While I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be uninvention as disclosed in the appended claims, in which it is my intention to claim V eluding;

movable from looking position to unlocking engage said pin near the end sition to unlocking position; a shot; means I for projecting the shot toward the target,

said'target adapted to be moved to unlocking position by impact of the shot; a member movable from set to released position;

means yieldingly urging the movable member to released position; and a connection between the target and the movable member holding the latter in set position when the target is in looking position, said connection adapted to be released by movement of the target to'unlocking position.

2. A device'as' claimed in claim 1, in which the target is carried by a rotatable member, said rotatable member having a part adapted to be engaged by a part on the movable member to move the target into locking position when the movable member is moved into set position.

3. A device as claimed in claim 1, including; a resetting lever connected to'the move able member; a manually operable lever; a spring-pressed pin on the resetting lever normally urged to position toclear the manually operable lever; and acam adapted to of the stroke of the resetting lever to move said pin into position to be engaged by the manually operable lever.

4. A device ofthe'oharact er described, in a plurality of rotatable discs, each position; a target on each disc; a shot; means for projecting the shot toward the targets, said targets adapted to move the discs to unlocking position when struck by the shot; a member movable from set to released position; means yieldingly urging the movable :member to released position; co -operating parts on the discs and movable member adapted to. hold the latter in set position when the discs are in looking position; and on the discs and movable co-operating parts member adapted to engage to move the discs to locking position when the movable member is moved 'to set position. I

' In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 23d day of September, 1931.

LOUIS MYERS.

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