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US 4,398,718 AGranted
Illuminated flipper assembly
AssigneeWico Corporation
InventorMax Wiczer
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Abstract
The flipper assembly has a transparent flipper carried by a rotatable flipper shaft. A light shaft extends through the flipper shaft and is fixed to the pinball game. A bulb is located in the flipper and is carried by the bulb shaft.
Claims7
An illuminated flipper assembly for a pinball game having a playfield board, a pivoting mechanism and a source of voltage, said assembly comprising:
- a transparent flipper, a flipper shaft carrying said flipper and coupled to the flipper pivoting mechanism for rotation thereby with respect to the playfield board, said flipper shaft having a bore extending therethrough, a light shaft loosely extending through the bore in said flipper shaft and nonrotatably carried by the playfield board, said light shaft having a bore extending therethrough, a bulb carried by said light shaft, and wires extending through the bore in said light shaft for attachment to the source of voltage.
In a pinball game having a playfield board, a flipper pivoting mechanism, and a source of voltage, the improvement comprising:
- a mounting plate, a transparent flipper, a flipper shaft carrying said flipper and being attached to the flipper pivoting mechanism for rotation thereby with respect to the playfield board, said flipper shaft having a bore extending therethrough, a light shaft extending through the bore in said flipper shaft and being nonrotatably attached to said mounting plate, said light shaft having a bore extending therethrough, a bulb carried by said light shaft, and wires extending through the bore in said light shaft for interconnecting said bulb and the source of voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.