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US 2024/0108972 A1Published application
Flipper System for Arcade Games
OwnerJohn A. Simoneinventor
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Abstract
A flipper system for retrofitting existing flippers of a pinball game which rotate in operative engagement with a solenoid, with new flippers. The new flippers have an opening which is removably engageable upon an engagement end of a rotatable actuator shaft and can include hollow cavities within a metal body of the new flipper. An improved connection to the existing solenoid is provided by inclusion of a actuator shaft and clamp with the system.
Claims12
A flipper system for a pinball game, comprising:
- a flipper, said flipper having a body, said body having a first end extending to a second end;
- an opening adjacent said first end of said body;
- an actuator shaft having a first end opposite an engagement end;
- said first end of said actuator shaft positionable to an operative engagement with a solenoid of said pinball machine whereby a translation of said solenoid rotates said actuator shaft;
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- said opening removably engageable upon said engagement end of said actuator shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.