US3764143A - Target apparatus including a plurality of mesh layers and sensors on each layer - Google Patents

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US3764143A
US3764143A US00178292A US3764143DA US3764143A US 3764143 A US3764143 A US 3764143A US 00178292 A US00178292 A US 00178292A US 3764143D A US3764143D A US 3764143DA US 3764143 A US3764143 A US 3764143A
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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
    • A63F7/02—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks using falling playing bodies or playing bodies running on an inclined surface, e.g. pinball games
    • A63F7/025—Pinball games, e.g. flipper games
    • A63F7/027—Pinball games, e.g. flipper games electric
    • 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
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/24—Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for
    • A63F2009/2448—Output devices
    • A63F2009/245—Output devices visual
    • A63F2009/2461—Projection of a two-dimensional real image
    • A63F2009/2466—Projection of a two-dimensional real image of a film
    • 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
    • A63F2250/00—Miscellaneous game characteristics
    • A63F2250/14—Coin operated
    • A63F2250/142—Coin operated with pay-out or rewarding with a prize
    • A63F2250/148—Enabling replay, e.g. giving a bonus ball

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  • the present invention mainly belongs to Class 273 Subclasses 95, 96, 102.2, 102.3, 102.4. 103, 105.1, 105.5, 130 and 138 so that the present invention belongs to aerial projectile combined projector and catcher, targets electrical and prize dispensing, pocketed projected picture and ball, with game boards and chance device comprising a ball and net game device having horizontally severallevel of net board whose mesh is just large enough to let.
  • a ball pass through a ball projecting mechanism mounted on an uppermost net board free to change its projection angle, adetecting mechanism or microswitch mounted at a prescribed mesh of each level of said net board, a prize ball discharging mechanism and a slide-film projecting mechanism, said detecting mechanismelectrically connected with said prize ball discharging mechanism and a slide -film' projecting mechanism, said detecting mechanism acted to operate said prize ball discharging mechanism and said slide-film projecting mechanism only when said ball drops through said prescribed mesh.
  • BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION ball and net game device has horizontally several levels of net board whose mesh is just large enough to let the ball pass down through, an uppermost net board having a projecting mechanism free to change .its projection angle, each level of said net board having such a detecting mechanism as a microswitch 'at a prescribed position, said detecting mechanism acted only by the ball dropped in a mesh of said prescribed position to let a prize ball discharging mechanism open and to let a slide-film projecting mechanism project a slide film.
  • the operation of the presentinvention is such that any game-player can enjoy to aim the ball projectile at a specified prize mesh and toexpect a chance of the slide-films projected on a screen as well as to gain some prize balls each time the ball drops in said specified mesh and that the player can sit in a chair to play a game without any mental and physical fatigue.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective top view of a ball and net game device
  • FIG. 2 is a side view when removing a side plate adjacent to several levels of net board thereof;
  • FIG. 3 is a side view showing a ball guiding mechanism thereof
  • FIG. 4 is a rear cross-section thereof
  • FIG. 5 is a vertical section of a ball projecting mechanism thereof.
  • FIG. 6 is a top plan view showing a ball to drop through a specified mesh of net board thereof;
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-section ofFlG. 6; and I FIG. 8 is a side elevation illustrating a state of slidefilm projection thereof.
  • a ball and net game device comprises a main body 1 which has horizontally several levels of net boards 2 2a 2b 2c 2d etc.
  • a screen part 3 is mounted vertically at the rear an upper part of the main body 1.
  • a slide-film projector M can throw a picture on the screen part 3, as shown in FIG. 8.
  • a ball projecting mechanism 4 is mounted on the top plane of the main body 1.
  • a ball 7 can be projected by the ball projecting mechanism 4 to the uppermost net board 2, as shown in H6. 5.
  • a mesh 8 of the net boards 2 2a 2b 2c 2d etc. is as large'as just enough to let the ball 7 pass through.
  • a conveyor 10 will feeds the ball 7 from the guide conduit 9 to a prize ball tank 11.
  • Microswitches 12 12 are set under some mesh places of the net board 2 and under one mesh place of each level of the net boards 2a 2b 2c 2d etc.
  • the ball 7 is fed on from the hopper 16 to a conveyer 17, from which the ball 7 is further fed out to a ball receiving conduit 18 adjacent to the ball projecting mechanism 4.
  • a motor 19 drives the conveyer 10.
  • Another motor 20 will drives the conveyer 17.
  • a microswitch 12 will'be acted to operate the slidefilm projector M and many kinds of slide-films will be projected on the screen 3 at a short time as they are exchanged in order. 1 i
  • the ball 7 which passed down through the net board 2 will drop and bound at random from the upper net board to the lower net board.
  • the microswitch 12 is acted to feed out the prescribed number of the balls in the prize ball tank 11 at each time of pushing and also to project orderly exchanging slide-films on the screen part 3.
  • the ball projecting mechanism 4 is composed of a projecting tube 22 which is inserted by a projecting rod 21 and a fan-shaped guide rail 24 which guides a leg part 23 having the projecting tube 22 en bloc.
  • the projecting tube 22 can be moved along the fanshaped guide rail 24 at a selected projecting angle to the net board 2 and can be freely adjusted.
  • a spring 25 will act at the projecting rod 21.
  • a knob 26 is fixed at the projecting rod 21.
  • Ball receiving parts27 27 stand on said mesh place of prize hole of the net board 2 to catch the ball 7 projected.
  • a plurality of net boards respectively situated at given levels one above the other and including at least one uppermost net board and at least one net boardsituated beneath and being parallel to said uppermost net board, said net boards each having meshes of a predetermined crosssectional area, a ball to be projected onto said uppermost net board to fall through a mesh of the latter and then through a mesh of the next lower net board, said ball having a diameter which renders each mesh of each net board just large enough to permit the ball to fall through any mesh of the net boards, each net board carrying at the region of at least one mesh thereof a microswitch situated in the path of movement of the ball when the latter falls through said one mesh of each net board so that the microswitch will then be actuated by the ball, and means responding to actuation of a microswitch for providing a predetermined response to the falling of the ball through that one mesh of a given net board where the microswitch is located.
  • a screen is situated at the region of said uppermost net board in a position to be viewed by a player of the game, and a projector for projecting slides onto the screen to be viewed by the player, said projector forming the means which responds to actuation of a microswitch by said ball.
  • a screen is situated at the region of said uppermost net board in a position to be viewed by a player, and a slide projector for projecting slides onto said screen, said slide projector forming also part of means which responds to actuation of a microswitch by said ball for changing the slides to change a scene which is projected onto said screen.

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US4923201A (en) * 1989-01-23 1990-05-08 Thomas W. Nichol Electronic bag toss game
US4927160A (en) * 1989-01-23 1990-05-22 Thomas W. Nichol Electronic bag toss game with light-activated detection
US5667217A (en) * 1995-08-29 1997-09-16 Rlt Acquisition, Inc. Roll-down arcade game
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US3157399A (en) * 1960-05-04 1964-11-17 Psychological Training Devices Baseball pitching practice target with ball and strike indicators
US3206196A (en) * 1962-11-27 1965-09-14 Carl E Jackson Target device
US3231277A (en) * 1965-03-22 1966-01-25 Kelley M Holland Baffleboard ball game apparatus
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EP0051374A1 (en) * 1980-10-24 1982-05-12 Williams Electronics, Inc. Bi-level pinball machine providing interlevel ball travel
US4923201A (en) * 1989-01-23 1990-05-08 Thomas W. Nichol Electronic bag toss game
US4927160A (en) * 1989-01-23 1990-05-22 Thomas W. Nichol Electronic bag toss game with light-activated detection
US5667217A (en) * 1995-08-29 1997-09-16 Rlt Acquisition, Inc. Roll-down arcade game
US8302966B1 (en) 2011-02-16 2012-11-06 Royce Sullivan Prize dispensing amusement game

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