Turntable and cover for amusement device
AssigneeData East Pinball, Inc.
InventorsJohn L. Lund, Joseph E. Kaminkow
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Abstract
In an amusement device, for example a pinball game, a rotatable turntable may be provided. A cover has a position for enclosing and retaining a ball rolling on the turntable. A shaft is also provided for raising the cover from that position, to permit the ball to roll outwardly across the periphery of the turntable to another portion of the device. This provides significant variation in the play of the amusement device in that the ball can leave the turntable in any horizontal direction to provide great variation in play of the ball.
Claims14
In an amusement device, a rotatable turntable;
- a transparent cover having a position for enclosing and retaining a ball rolling on said turntable;
- and means for raising said cover from said position, to permit said ball to roll outwardly across the periphery of said turntable to another portion of said device.
A pinball machine which comprises a frame that carries a playfield, and means for launching balls on said playfield, said pinball machine having with said playfield a rotatable turntable;
- a cover having a position for enclosing and retaining a ball rolling on said turntable;
- and means for raising said cover from said position, to permit said ball to roll outwardly across the periphery of said turntable to another portion of said device.
In an amusement device, a rotatable turntable;
- a transparent cover having a position for enclosing and retaining a ball rolling on said turntable;
- said cover defining a ball-receiving aperture, said aperture being spaced above said turntable to feed balls to said turntable and to prevent balls on said turntable from rolling through said aperture;
- a chute outside of said cover feeding balls to said aperture;
- and means for raising said cover from said position to permit said ball to roll outwardly across the periphery of said turntable to another portion of said device.
In an amusement device, a rotatable turntable;
- a substantially hemispherical cover having a position for enclosing and retaining a ball rolling on said turntable;
- and means for raising said cover from said position, to permit said ball to roll outwardly across the periphery of said turntable to another portion of said device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.