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US 4,130,281 AGranted
Horseshoe pitching game apparatus
OwnerRalph E. Leber, Robert O. Baughmaninventors
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A horseshoe pitching game apparatus having a court with a player station at one end, a horseshoe receiver assembly with a pit and a stake at the other end, and a lane between the station and pit assembly. A device is provided for traveling over the pit to pick up the pitched shoes and place them on the conveyor to be returned to the player station, and also smooths the material in the pit for the next pitch. A TV camera in conjunction with a computer may be used to determine whether the pitch is valid, and thereafter report the score on a screen or other suitable readout screen or sheet. Electrical magnets are preferably used to lift the shoes from the pit and to drop them on the conveyor for returning them to the station, and a backboard and sides are preferably responsive to contact by the shoes to indicate whether the shoes are legal or illegal pitches.
A horseshoe pitching game apparatus comprising a court with a player station at one end, a shoe receiver assembly with a pit and a stake at the other end and a lane between said station and shoe receiver assembly, particulated material in said pit for receiving the pitched shoes, a conveyor means including a conveyor belt disposed in front of said pit, extending between said station and pit assembly for transporting pitched shoes from the pit assembly to the station, a backboard and two sideboards at the edge of said pit for confining the pitched shoes, a means for removing the pitched shoes from the pit and depositing them on said conveyor belt in front of said pit, a means movable in a horizontal plane over said pit for smoothing said material between pitches of the shoes after the shoes have been removed from said pit, and means adjacent said station for receiving the shoes returned by said conveyor means.
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