Spang Industries, Inc.

Dennis Bailey

A bumper assembly for use in pin-ball games. The bumper assembly includes a plurality of bumpers that are connected by shafts to a kicker arm which is fixed to the core of the solenoid such that the plurality of bumpers are controlled together by the solenoid and only a single solenoid is required for all the bumpers. The playing surface and bumper are electrically conductive and are electrically connected to the solenoid. The ball played with the game is electrically conductive and will complete the electrical circuit between the bumper and playing surface to cause energization of the solenoid which will cause the bumper to move downwards and further cause the ball to be projected away from the bumper.

Kicker-type bumper assembly for games

A target assembly for use in games for personal entertainment and particularly pinball games, in which an electrically conductive ball traverses the base layer of a game board said base layer being electrically insulated from a contact plate. A multiscore plate is electrically connected to the contact plate and has a plurality of fingers that extend into a channell formed between the multiscore plate and a guide member such that, when the ball traverses the channel, it contacts the fingers of the multiscore assembly to complete an electrical current path between the contact plate and the base layer to trigger a scoring mechanism.

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Greenwood, AR, United States of America

Dennis Bailey