I got this framed picture from my wife for Christmas. It is a picture of a patent from Williams, but I’m not aware of what it does or what game it is used in. Any idea?
I got this framed picture from my wife for Christmas. It is a picture of a patent from Williams, but I’m not aware of what it does or what game it is used in. Any idea?
Quoted from CrazyLevi:It’s a left-handed widget-shifter obviously.
No way dude that's a turbo encabulator bracket.
Quoted from bdw85:No way dude that's a turbo encabulator bracket.
Bush league analysis.
Go back to truculence-tech school please !!
Quoted from Silverstreak02:I got this framed picture from my wife for Christmas. It is a picture of a patent from Williams, but I’m not aware of what it does or what game it is used in. Any idea?
Sorry I forgot to add the picture.
That's a Game Apparatus.
You can look up the patent application in a number of databases if you wanna see how it's described legally https://patents.google.com/patent/US2226885
it's similar to the doodle bug mechanism
Quoted from misterschu:That's a Game Apparatus.
You can look up the patent application in a number of databases if you wanna see how it's described legally https://patents.google.com/patent/US2226885
but as LTG said, it's a patent for a captive ball
Beat me by about a minute. Good job with the internet sleuthing. Fun fact, this patent is still being referenced by Stern as of 2019. https://patents.justia.com/patent/10926166
I got the same pic for Xmas from a niece and was wondering the same thing. It does look doodle-bug-ish, but also seems to involve a lifter in the hole?
Quoted from metallik:I got the same pic for Xmas from a niece and was wondering the same thing. It does look doodle-bug-ish, but also seems to involve a lifter in the hole?
the patent references "ball pockets" a bunch, or as we know them today "saucers", which seem to be to control the score of the doodle bug mechanism, but they are not the subject of the patent.
Quoted from bdw85:Beat me by about a minute. Good job with the internet sleuthing. Fun fact, this patent is still being referenced by Stern as of 2019. https://patents.justia.com/patent/10926166
"Rotatable ball momentum transfer assembly"
Interesting description for what is likely a saucer.
"... a ball confined in a pen on the top of the board and electromagnetic means beneath the board for causing the ball to move back and forth in the pen when a certain score objective is obtained ..."
Sure sounds like Doodle Bug. I'll have to add it to my patents page:
https://www.funwithpinball.com/resources/patents
And for those who haven't see a Doodle Bug in action:
https://www.funwithpinball.com/exhibits/small-boards-page-2#DoodleBug
/Mark
Quoted from Dent00:"Rotatable ball momentum transfer assembly"
Interesting description for what is likely a saucer.
It's the JP truck ball.....
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