Improvements in Apparatus for Playing a New Game of Skill and Releasing a Coin-freed Prize to Successful Players.

摘要

13,481. Garrett, A. L., and Courtis, R. July 2. Games played with projectors, coins, &c.-Relates to game apparatus in which a coin inserted in a slot falls on an incline, and is projected by a spring pusher with the object of causing it to fall into a receptacle, in which case it actuates mechanism which delivers a token entitling the player to a prize. Figs. 2 and 5 show parts of the apparatus. A vertical casing is provided with a false back and a glazed front, between which there is a narrow space, in which the coin is projected. The coin falls on an incline j, Fig. 5, and rests against a spring pusher p working in a slot q, by which it can be projected. If the coin falls between the pins m, it passes into the receptacle n, which delivers it to the coin mechanism. Guides k, l serve to direct the coin into the bottom of the casing if it misses the receptacle. Fig. 2 shows the coin mechanism. The coin passes into a shoot x with a cross-bar y, which causes it to fall edgewise on a pivoted lever z and between arms 2. The weight of the coin tilts the lever and frees a slide 3, which, when drawn forward by a handle, delivers a token from the magazine 11 down a shoot 13 to the opening 15. The movement of the slide also carries the arms 2 forwards, moving the coin off the lever z and allowing it to fall into the bottom of the casing. A spring 16 returns the slide. In a modified arrangement, the coin mechanism is of a somewhat simpler character.