Pinball machine with sloping playing field
AssigneeAmerican Alpha Inc.
InventorSming Huang
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Abstract
The present invention provides a pinball machine having downward and side sloping playing field and a plurality of slots at the bottom of the playing field. The slots have sensor which can be selectively activated to detect the presence of a ball so as to register a score. Bumpers are also provided to translate a ball throughout a plurality of locations on the playing field.
Claims10
In a pinball machine with a housing having a top wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls and of which the upper face is designed as a playing area, said housing having means for translating at least one ball throughout a plurality of locations therein, means for selectively scoring points responsive to play action and means for displaying said points responsive to said play action, the improvement which comprises that said play area is inclined downwardly so that a ball will roll downwardly because of gravity and inclined toward one of the side walls, and a plurality of slots about the rear wall, said slots having a means for sensing said balls in communication with said means for scoring, whereby at least one slot contains a selectively activated sensor to communicate entry of a ball to provide a score.
The pinball machine of clam 1 comprising up to 16 slots containing sensing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.