Action game apparatus with rotating disc dispensing unit
OwnerAdolph E. Goldfarbinventor
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Abstract
An action game comprising a unit for automatically and sequentially dispensing play pieces such as discs to a plurality of player stations. The players each attempt to match indicia, such as cutouts, on the discs dispensed to his or her station with indicia at that station to achieve an objective such as completing a row of discs. The illustrated unit includes a base on which a magazine for one or more stacks of the discs is rotatably mounted. As the magazine rotates, cam surfaces on the base and magazine engage discs from the bottoms of the stacks and cause such discs to be ejected outwardly to the respective player stations. When indicia do not match, the disc is put back in the magazine. The unit includes a mechanism for starting and stopping the rotation.
Claims30
A game apparatus in the form of a dispensing unit for sequentially and automatically dispensing thin, generally flat discs to a plurality of player stations disposed around the unit, said unit comprising:
- a. base means;
- b. container means mounted on said base means for relative rotation between said container means and said base means about an upright axis, said container means defining at least one vertically extending receptacle offset from said axis of rotation for receiving a stack of thin, generally flat discs;
- c. means for effecting relative rotation between said base means and said container means;
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- d. cam means fixed on said base means and on said container means, and positioned and arranged to dispense said discs sequentially and automatically to the player stations incident to said rotation between said container means and said base means,
- said container means being rotatable relative to said base means and said receptacle being open at its lower end, said base means defining a generally flat, smooth, continuous, upwardly directed surface positioned to underlie said open lower end of the receptacle as the container means rotates, a plurality of circumferentially arranged recesses in said surface for receiving one of the discs from the open lower end of a receptacle as the container means rotates, each of said recesses extending radially outwardly toward an outer end that faces a player station, and a cam surface on the underside of said container means for urging a disc in a recess radially outwardly along said recess as said container means rotates.
A game apparatus in the form of a dispensing unit for sequentially and automatically dispensing thin, generally flat discs to a plurality of player stations disposed around that unit, said unit comprising:
- a. base means;
- b. container means mounted on said base means for relative rotation between said container means and said base means about an upright axis, said container means defining at least one vertically extending receptacle offset from said axis of rotation for receiving a stack of thin, generally flat discs;
- c. means in the form of a motor disposed on said base means for effecting generally continuous rotation of said container means;
- d. cam means fixed on said base means and on said container means, and positioned and arranged to dispense said discs sequentially and automatically to the player stations incident to said rotation between said container means and said base means;
- e. means for starting said rotation and for stopping said rotation, said start and stop means comprises a manually operable member carried on said container means.
A game apparatus in the form of a dispensing unit for sequentially and automatically dispensing thin, generally flat discs to a plurality of player stations disposed around the unit, said unit comprising:
- a. base means;
- b. container means mounted on said base means for relative rotation between said container means and said base means about an upright axis, said container means defining at least one vertically extending receptacle offset from said axis of rotation for receiving a stack of thin, generally flat discs;
- c. means in the form of a motor disposed on said base means for effecting generally continuous rotation of said container means;
- d. cam means fixed on said base means and on said container means, and positioned and arranged to dispense said discs sequentially and automatically to the player stations incident to said rotation between said container means and said base means;
- e. means for starting said rotation and for stopping said rotation, said motor comprising an electric motor, said game apparatus further including retaining and contact means for a battery, circuit means for interconnecting the battery to the motor, and wherein said battery, motor and interconnecting means are disposed within the base means, said game apparatus further including manually operable stop/start means on said container means and extending into said base means for selectively opening and closing said circuit means.
A game apparatus in the form of a dispensing unit for sequentially and automatically dispensing thin, generally flat discs to a plurality of player stations disposed around the unit, said unit comprising:
- a. base means;
- b. container means rotatably mounted on said base means for rotation about an upright axis, said container means defining at least one vertically extending generally cylindrical receptacle offset from said axis of rotation for receiving a stack of thin, generally flat and circular discs, said receptacle being open at its lower end;
- c. means for effecting rotation of said container means;
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- d. dispensing means on said base means and on said container means, and positioned and arranged to dispense said discs sequentially and automatically to the player stations incident to said rotation of said container means on said base means, said dispensing means comprising a generally flat, smooth, continuous, upwardly directed annular surface on said base means and positioned to underlie said open lower end of the receptacle as the container means rotates, a plurality of circumferentially arranged recesses in said surface for receiving one of the discs from the open lower end of a receptacle as the container means rotates, each of said recesses extending radially outwardly toward an outer end that faces a player station, and a cam surface on the underside of said container means for urging a circular disc in a recess radially outwardly along said recess as said container means rotates.
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