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US 4,772,024 AGranted
Game of chance device
AssigneeFred N. Schwend
InventorWilfred M. Werner
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Abstract
Inclined chutes are filled with game balls of different colors or other visual characteristics. The underlying wall of each chute is formed of elastomeric material with openings therein of smaller diameters than the diameters of the balls so that the balls may roll down the chute and rest against each other and against a stop under the influence of gravity. Depressible plungers aligned with the openings may be selectively depressed to displace underlying balls through the openings from which they are guided to a display station.
Claims8
A game device comprising
- a guide chute having a lower end and an upper end,
- a delivery chute,
- said chutes having a common wall of resilient material,
- said wall having spaced openings therein,
- means forming a stop adjacent said lower end of said guide chute,
- said game pieces being effective to move along said guide chute and against each other and said stop by gravity,
- said game pieces being larger than said openings,
- a plurality of depressible plungers arranged along the length of said guide chute,
- means supporting said plungers in line with respective ones of said openings whereby depression of any one of said plungers will displace an aligned one of said game pieces through one of said openings and into said delivery chute, and
- means forming a registering station, said delivery chute being effective to guide a displaced one of said game pieces to said registering station.
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A game device comprising
- a plurality of guide chutes arranged side by side,
- each of said chutes having a lower end and an upper end,
- a plurality of delivery chutes,
- respective ones of said guide chutes and said delivery chutes having a common wall of resilient material,
- said wall having spaced openings therein extending between said guide chutes and respective ones of said delivery chutes,
- a plurality of game pieces of different visual characteristics in said guide chutes,
- said game pieces being effective to move along guide chutes and against each other and said stop means by gravity,
- said game pieces being larger than said openings,
- a plurality of depressible plungers,
- means supporting said plungers in line with respective ones of said openings in said guide chutes whereby depression of any of said plungers will displace an underlying said game piece through an aligned one of said openings and into a respective one of said delivery chutes,
- means forming a registering station,
- said delivery chutes being effective to guide displaced ones of said game pieces to said registering station,
- return chutes extending between said registering station and different ones of said guide chutes,
- said return chutes being at least substantially filled with said game pieces,
- a manually operable member, and
- means responsive to operation of said member for moving said game pieces at said registering station into said return chutes whereby to move said game pieces at the upper ends of said return chutes into said (first mentioned) guide chutes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.