Amusement game with dispensed targets

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4807886
SERIAL NO

07095600

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A Gattling-gun-like amusement game provides for manual control of the rate of firing and dispensing of dislodged targets as prizes to the player. The gun fires balls at round targets supported on rotating carousels. Dislodged targets roll to the front of an enclosure for dispensing to the player. The balls are separated and fed by an Archimedes' spiral to a feed tube connected to the gun. A sensor is used with controls to limit the number of balls provided to a player. The balls are fed through two successive nip regions formed by pinch rollers. The first is manually controlled by a crank to vary the rate of firing. Balls delivered from the first nip region are fired at high speed by a fast rotating, fixed speed second pinch roller.

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MIDWAY GAMES WEST INC675 SYCAMORE DRIVE MILPITAS CA 95035

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lichac, Gerald J Santa Cruz, CA 5 564
Van, Elderen Daniel N Los Altos Hills, CA 2 24

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