Class 473/24 - Coin controlled

Subclass of Class 473 - Games using tangible projectile
Definition: Subject matter wherein the table or gameboard includes means
No. of patents: 20
Last issue date: 04/17/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8157662	Billiards systems An L-shaped billiard table system comprising a pocket-specific ball return feature. ...	04/17/2012
8016687	Parlor game A method for play of a parlor entertainment unit including a remote activation assembly and an activation-sensing unit. The activation-sensing unit, which may be battery operated and housed in the entertainment unit, may be in an energy-conserving sleep mode until t...	09/13/2011
7211003	Pool table A pool table or the like (10) is formed from a trough (20) whose edges support the bed (12) of the table and have the cushions (34) attached to them. The trough includes means for directing potted balls in a particular manner, which may b...	05/01/2007
5769729	Pool table A coin operated pool table is provided with ball collection channels formed in a sheet of material substantially co-extensive with and supported in the base below the table top such that the sheet prevents escape of the balls and protects the table top co...	06/23/1998
5708309	Power supply control circuit and computer game machine using such circuit A power supply control circuit controls power supply to a circuit when an external unit is connected to and/or disconnected from a terminal unit to which the circuit is coupled. The power supply control circuit includes a first sensor for detecting whethe...	01/13/1998
5630759	Device used with billiard table for sensing balls dropping into the pockets and scoring as well as collecting and arranging the ball A device used with billiard table for sensing balls dropping into the pockets and scoring as well as collecting and arranging the balls. The device is mounted under the dropping opening of the collecting ball rail of the billiard table for sensing the bal...	05/20/1997
5302154	Pool table ball return controller A pool table ball controller is programmable to vary time, cost, and other parameters relating to money-operated pool tables. A piano-hinge-type guard retains the balls and is operated by an electric motor driving a linkage to raise and lower the guard. S...	04/12/1994
4979739	Ball return control apparatus A pool table having a playing surface with which ball accomodating pockets are associated. Pocketed balls are conveyed by a runway system via a trap toward a compartment at one end of the table that is accessible to a player. The trap has a gate operable ...	12/25/1990
4834384	Game and apparatus for playing the game A game is played on a table having a polygonal playing surface from which an elongated rolling area extends, and spaced apart pockets are located in the perimeter of the playing surface, the pockets extending beneath the playing surface communicating with...	05/30/1989
4726586	Pool ball return control apparatus A pool table having a playing surface with which ball accommodating pockets are associated. Pocketed balls are conveyed by a runway system via a trap toward a compartment at one end of the table that is accessible to a player. The trap has a gate magnetic...	02/23/1988
4549737	Pool-type marble game A pool-type marble game having a round rotatable game board, a pivotable and rotatable support structure including a central hub having five legs extending radially therefrom for supporting said game board from either a table top or another type support s...	10/29/1985
4381862	Feed channels for pool tables A games table, particularly a coin-feed pool table, has a playing surface bounded by cushions containing pockets supported on a floor-standing housing. Within the housing the pockets are joined by channels to a ball outlet in a side wall of the housing an...	05/03/1983
4378114	Billiard table ball separator A billiard table having a playing surface, a plurality of pockets associated with the playing surface, ball collecting mechanism below the playing surface for transferring balls entering the pockets into a common channel, cue ball separating mechanism inc...	03/29/1983
4355802	Billiard table A billiard table having a playing surface, a plurality of pockets associated with the playing surface, ball collecting mechanism below the playing surface for transferring balls entering the pockets into a common channel, circuitry including an electrical...	10/26/1982
4193596	Pool ball separator A ball separator for pool tables that strikes only the "Q" ball as it passes through the ball run which directs playing balls to one crib and the "Q" ball to a separate crib, utilizing a magnetic "Q" ball and a magnet pendulum attracted thereby to strike ...	03/18/1980
4155549	Pool ball sorting apparatus Pool game apparatus having homogenous spherical balls of identical size including a cue ball of slightly higher specific gravity than the specific gravity of the object balls; a pool table internally carries a sorting device for the balls having a chute w...	05/22/1979
4140220	Color recognition system A color recognition system is used to distinguish between objects of various colors. A plurality of light sources are arranged at a sensing station to reflect light from the object as it passes the sensing station to a plurality of cooperatively mounted l...	02/20/1979
4116435	Automatic cue ball separating device for billiard tables An automatic cue ball separating device is described for billiard tables to separate a metallic containing cue ball from nonmetallic object balls. The cue ball separator includes an induction sensing coil that circumscribes the path of the balls along a r...	09/26/1978
4015845	Automatic cue ball separating and return assembly for billiard tables An assembly for identifying and separating a cue ball, on a single file ball return run of a billiard table, from a group of object balls with the cue ball being substantially identical in weight and size to the object balls. The assembly includes a cue b...	04/05/1977
3967821	Ball separating device for pool tables and the like A device for separating a ball, such as a cue ball from other balls, for example numbered balls of slightly smaller diameter than the cue ball, in which the balls are guided by track elements, in a directionally stable relation, to a separating station, w...	07/06/1976

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