Coin projecting and target game apparatus
OwnerMichael Wichinsky, LeRoy N. Gutknechtinventors
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Abstract
A game apparatus has a cabinet defining a playing area, a plurality of coin slots, and a rotable, ribbed, drum beneath the slots for projecting an accepted can within the playing area. In a lower portion of the playing area are two shelves onto which projected coins may fall, the shelves being traversed by pusher bars which push collected coins towards the edge of the respective shelf. In an upper portion of the playing area are a plurality of baskets containing sensors actuated by a coin passing through a basket to secure a predetermined award. Suitably one of the baskets is movable.
Claims12
A game apparatus comprising a cabinet defining a playing area, means for receiving and accepting or rejecting a playing piece such as a coin or token, means for projecting an accepted playing piece within the playing area, a plurality of shrouded sensors disposed within an upper portion of the playing area and which may be actuated by a projected playing piece and operative to cause the apparatus to register a predetermined award, and at least one shelf disposed in a lower portion of the playing area and onto which projected playing pieces may fall after projection, said shelf being traversed by pusher means which push playing pieces collected thereon towards an edge of the shelf.
A game apparatus comprising a cabinet defining a playing area, means for receiving a playing piece such as a coin or token, means for projecting an accepted playing piece within the playing area, a plurality of shrouded sensors in an upper portion of the playing area, at least one shelf onto which playing pieces may fall after projection, in a lower portion of the playing area, pusher means for traversing the at least one shelf surface so as to push collected playing pieces towards and edge of the shelf, and means for moving at least one of said shrouded sensors within the playing area, the sensors being actuated by contact with a playing piece and being operative to cause the apparatus to register a predetermined award.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.