US1904033A - Combination billiard-table and bowling alley - Google Patents

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April 18, 1933. A. SCHULZE ET AL COMBINATION BILLIARD TABLE AND BOWLING ALLEY Filed 001;. 27. 1930 nvvsurows: 4 9m; \SCHl/LZE. Mum/*1 Army/v .By:

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ALMA/4% Patented Apr. 18, 1933 UNITE-D sTArEsPAT -Nr OFFICE ARNO SGHULZE, or Los ANGELES, AND WILLIAM AMANN', or WILLQWBROOK,

CALIFORNIA COMBINATION BILLIARD-TABLE nnnnowmive ALLEY.

Application filed October 27, 1930, Serial 1N0. 491,376. is

This invention relates to devices in form of a game in which ten pins are arranged to be knocked over by a ball-like operating memberQ One of the objects of this invention is to provide a structure in which the pins are hingedly mounted and arranged so that'certain of the pins will cause a. falling of other pins when hit by an operating member in a I certain manner.

Another object is to space some of the pins more than others so that a different number of pins are liable to fall though a certain pin is repeatedly hit by the operating member.

Another object is to provide a structure in form of a combination billiard ta-ble and bowling-alley in which different numbers of pins can be made to fall by a single operating member.

Other objects will appear from the following description and appended claims as well as from the accompanying drawing, in

which 7 Fig. lis fragmentary longitudinal midsectional view of a billiard table having pins hingedly mounted in the top to operate by means of a ball rolled over the top of the table according to this invention.

'Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section through two of the pins with an operating ball disposed to strike the pins.

This game structure is provided with a table-top 4 over which a comparatively small ball is operated. V

The several pins 5 are hingedly mounted on a substructure by which they can be supported in an upright position in the path of an operating member that is rolled over the table top and which allows the pins to fall backwards to a position that the several front faces of the pins become flush with the table top so that the operating member may pass unobstructed over the table top.

A ball is indicated at 6 on the table. top in a position to strike; any pin that would be in its upright position as indicated in dotted lines at.5 i

After Passing vtowards the rear endfof the II table, the operating member can drop through a return tube 7 as indicated at 6, I To make the game interesting,'the pins are not evenly spaced with respect to one an other. M, V, p f 1 Retaining the common principle of a regular game oftenpins, involving afalling of some ofthe pins on being hit by some of the others to some extent, a number of the pins havebeen formed and arranged in such a close order that this can be accomplished. V From the illustration in ,Fig. 3' it should be clear that aball 6 may hit the pin 5 ;too sharply in the direction of the arrow 8 and therebybe caused to rebound in the-direction of the arrow 9 so that the pin 5 will never be hit under such conditions.

Onthe other hand, aball may be operated just right to continue its path in the direction of the arrow 10 after having knocked 10 down the first pin. i v

The special wide spacing between the pins 5 and 5 ,-however, allows the pin 5 to fall 1 I without touching the pin 5 Forinstance when a ball hits the pin-'5 squarely in the 15 middle, or even as far to oneside as indicated at 6 a'fallingrof the pin 5 resultsonl'y in the additional'falling of the p ins fig, 5 5 5 and-5 ,while.all the other pins will remain standing, as long or if the spacing is; provided in the manner illustrated in Fig.2.

, All the pins can be knocked down only by a hitting ofthe pin 5 as well as the pin 5 di rectly by theball orother operating means,

A similarly larger spacing is alsoprovided in the drawing between'the pins 5 and 5 to result in a dropping of the four pins'5 ,'5 5;, and 5 on a hitting of the pin 5,, by the operating member. i V The five pins 5 5, 5 5, and 5 will fall 99 when the pin is hit by the operating member. Three pins can be dropped by hitting pin 5 including 5 and 5 while two pins can be dropped by hitting the pin 5,, there I. being a larger spacing between the pins 5:,

and 5 Of course, a different spacingthan illustrated may be adopted, depending merely on the wishes of a customer or other influencing requirements.

Though for the sake of clearness in the drawing the spacings are all around eventually so wide that it may be doubted just why or that one pin could hit another, but it 1 should be understood that the pins in their standing position, by reason of their hingesupports at 11, are brought closer to the rear h edges of the pins just ahead, and that the edges may be designed so that they will just 2 touch sufliciently, to result in a joint falling in the manner set forth above, the pin-position indicated at 5 in Fig. 1 clearly showing the advance with respect to the hinge.

A mechanism for restoring the pins to their standing position has been indicated in Fig. 1 though any other means may be used for that purpose depending on rules and requirements in different places of amusements. The plate 12 with the lifting-pins 13 are shiftable on the guide-pins 14. A cam 15 jointly mounted with the lever 17 on the common the front faces of the pins flush with the top in fallen position, the pins being laterally shaped and so spaced and arranged relative to each other that a pin in falling may contact with an adjacent pin to-knock down the latter, the spacing being uneven to result in a falling of a different number of pins when initial hits are made from difierent angles.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names. ARNO SGHULZE.

WILLIAM AMANN.

' shaft 16 is operative by the puller 18, which may extend to the front-end of the billiardtable or bowling-alley.

Having thus described our invention, we claim: 7

1. In a game of the class described, a structure with a smooth top, tenpins hingedly mounted in the structure and so spaced and arranged relative to each other that a pin in falling may contact with an adjacent pin to. knock down the latter.

' 2. In a game of the class described, a structure with a smooth top, tenpins having flat faces, said tenpins being hingedly mounted in a cavity in said top so as to project above the top in standing position and so as tobring the front faces of the pins flush'with the top in fallen position,the pins being laterally shaped and so spaced and arranged relative to each other that a pin in falling may contact with an adjacent pin to knock down the latter with larger portions of the pins formingthe contacting means'at adistance from the hinge mountings above narrower portions, the larger portion of one pin disposed to lie besides with the narrower portion of an adjacent pin in fallen position and adapted to form a uniformlyclosed top with respect to the spacing between the pins.

3. In a game of the type described, a structure with a smooth top, tenpins having flat faces, said tenpins being hingedly mounted in a cavity in said top so as to project above the top in standing position and so as to bring

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