DE2538842A1 - GAME FACILITIES - Google Patents

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Marvin Glass & Associates 815 North La Salle Street Chicago, 111., V.St.A.

Game facility

The invention relates generally to gaming equipment and, more particularly, to a game in which a playing figure is self-propelled and the player or user obstacles to successful completion of a playthrough must handle along the movement course in order to interrupt the continuous movement of the playing figure avoid.

The invention consists in such a game device that a self-propelled game figure is provided and a device determining an obstacle course with track devices for the game figure and a number of stations, which the pawn go through in a certain sequence

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each station must have hand-operated alignment devices to guide the playing piece to another station, that the alignment devices between a receiving position in which the playing figure continues on the obstacle course is, and an alignment position in which the game figure is guided to the next following station, movable is, and that the playing figure can only be moved to a station along the obstacle course if the Alignment device is in the receiving position, the playing figure only then successfully over the obstacle course moves when a player controls the movements of the alignment devices with respect to the speed of the self-propelled Match figure exactly. The three-dimensional obstacle course is determined by sections of the path in different Directions, including angular directions, are movable, with some track sections optionally in an elevator-like manner Way are movable to meet other track sections in different levels. Some obstacles are optional can be operated by hand and have tracks consisting of grooves to guide the game figure when driving over the obstacle course to support. The track sections must be moved in the correct order by a player in order to be interrupted to avoid the continuous movement of the pawn.

Further features, details and advantages of the invention emerge from the following description of an exemplary embodiment based on the drawing.

It shows:

Fig.l is a perspective view of the game device according to the invention;

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Figure 2 is a perspective view of an alternative Embodiment of part of the obstacle course according to the invention;

3 shows a perspective view of an angular transport station according to the invention;

4 shows a vertical section of the idling device for the angular transport station along the line 4-4 of Figure 3;

FIG. 5 is a horizontal section along the line 5-5 of FIG. 4;

6 shows a perspective partial view of the angular transport station, which is precisely aligned with a preceding station on the third floor of the obstacle course according to the invention;

7 is a partial perspective view of the fourth floor of the obstacle course according to the invention;

8 is a partial perspective view of the fifth floor of the obstacle course according to the invention;

9 is a partial perspective view of an imitated Crane with the upper end or the top floor of the obstacle course according to the invention connected is;

Fig.10 is a vertical section in the longitudinal direction the self-propelled toy figure according to the invention;

11 is a vertical section along the line 11-11 of Figure 10, and

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FIG. 12 is a vertical section along line 12-12 of FIG.

In Figure 1 is a game device 20 with a base plate 22 supported by a number of legs 24 on a table or other support device is. The gaming device 20 has a number of hand-operated stations 30, generally designated A-K. Some stations 30 are mounted on the bottom plate 22 and others are on an upwardly extending columnar Framework 32, which is similar to the scaffolding or steel girders of a modern building, attached. The game facility also has a vertically movable transport station 34.

The above-described combination of movable stations 30, a transport station 34 and a framework 32 form an obstacle course over which a playing figure 36 is to walk in one or more predetermined sequences. That vertical framework 32 contains vertical pillars 38 at the four corners, which are interconnected by a number of horizontal components 40 are connected. Some stations 30 are attached to the horizontal members 40, such as will be described below.

The play figure 36, which traverses the obstacle course, is self-propelled and has a continuous drive device 50, as shown in FIGS. 10, 11 and 12. The drive device 50 is in particular on one Frame 52 attached, which is enclosed by a hollow housing 54, which is in the form of an imitated human Shape is formed (see. Fig.l). The housing 54

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has an opening or an eyelet 56 at its upper end for use in connection with one of the stations 30, as will be described hereinafter. The drive device 50 has a spring 58 which is attached at one end to a rotatable shaft 60 which is journalled on the frame 52 is. The other end of the spring 58 is connected to a second parallel rotatable shaft 62. The wave 62 carries a pair of ground-contacting drive wheels 64 which move the playing figure 36 along the obstacle course. A square shaft portion 66 extends outwardly beyond the right drive wheel 64, as shown in Figure 11 and can be opened with a wind-up key (not shown) be brought into engagement, which has a complementary shaped socket for tensioning the spring 58. Of the Key enters housing 54 through hole 68 (Figure 11) in the side of the housing.

A locking lever or "switch" 70 is rotatably mounted on the frame 52 by means of a rivet 72 and comes with the drive mechanism 50 engaged to prevent rotation of the drive device until the operator is ready as described below. The lock lever extends rearward through another hole 74 (Fig.10) in the rear section of the housing 54. On the shaft 62, a gear 76 is attached, which with a gear reduction 57 is in engagement, which serves as a controller for regulating the speed of the drive wheels 64. A final gear 78 of the gear reduction 77 is mounted on a shaft 79 which extends through the frame 52 to the right, as shown in Fig.11, and ends in a rectangular extension 79a. This shaft 79 stands with a Recess 70a at the inner end of the locking lever 70 (see Fig. 10) in contact, whereby a rotation of the drive mechanism

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direction is prevented in the locked position.

A second lever 80 (Figure 12) is rotatable in place of the frame 42 and prevents by engagement with a shoulder 83 that the spring 58 is completely the shaft 62 unwinds. A spring 84 biases the lever with respect to the shaft 62. A free-running, rotatable bearing guide wheel 86 is on frame 52 on shaft 60 near the midpoint between the drive wheels 64 attached to guide the pawn 36 along the obstacle course.

The further description is made up of a description of the objectives and the functioning of the entire gaming facility 20 relieved. The goal of the game is generally to get the highest score of all involved in the game Players to achieve. A certain number of points is awarded to the player who successfully completes the game character 36 to a certain point along the obstacle course, the transport station 34 is used to move the pawn to move through the different floors of the obstacle course. The mode of operation of the transport station 34 is shown in described below before entering into a discussion of the particular sub-stations and the sequence in which the stations must be crossed, is entered.

The transport station 34, as shown in particular in FIG is, represents or simulates an elevator that is perpendicular to within the vertical framework and can be moved from. The transport station has one upper plate 90 and a lower part 92, which are connected at a distance from one another by rods 94 arranged at four corners are. Both the top plate 90 and the bottom

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Part 92 are provided with two projections 96 which extend outwardly at opposite corners. the Projections 96 are slidingly engaged with elongated grooves 98 in two of the vertical pillars 38, as in FIG Figures 6, 7 and 8 are shown.

At the beginning of the game, the lower part 92 rests on the base plate 22, as shown in Fig.l. When the game progresses, and the game figure is to be moved to another floor, the transport station 34 can after moved above within the framework 32 by means of a cable 100 attached to the top of the top plate 90 is attached by a hook 102. The cable 100 extends up through the center of the framework and through a hole 104 provided in a lid or roof part 106 and then horizontally to the left, as in FIG Fig.l is shown to a second hole 108, which is in a horizontal projection or arm 110 on the roof part 106 is attached, is provided, and then down to a point at which the cable is attached to a handle is attached in the form of a mimicked I-beam 112. The I-beam can be held between the fingers of a player be taken and pulled down in the direction of the arrows X (Fig.l) to an upward movement the transport station within the framework 32 to cause. The player can use the transport station at each Stop the step along the vertical path of movement.

As shown in Figures 3 to 5, the lower part 92 of the transport station has a generally flat inner stiffener or plate 120, which is supported by a vertical Wall 122 is limited. A generally flat disc-shaped or circular platform 124 is rotatable

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supported on the plate 120 by means of a downwardly extending shaft portion 126 of the platform which engages in an upwardly extending cylindrical shaft support on the plate 120. A fixed upper platform 129 (Figure 3) is connected to or integrally formed with the wall 122 and is flush with the top of the platform 124. A track means 130 extends along the diameter of the platform 124 for engagement with the guide wheel 86 of the playing figure 36 to guide the character across the platform 124. The track device 130 consists of two generally parallel ones
upwardly facing ribs 134 and a second pair of parallel upwardly facing ribs 136 of less height than ribs 134. Inner ribs 136 are on
their ends further apart to provide the guide
of the guide wheel 86 to facilitate between them.

An idle device 140 (FIGS. 4 and 5) is provided on the transport station to allow the platform to rotate
124 by 90 ° after the engagement with the game figure 36
cause. The idling device 140 has two wheels 142 and 144 which are mounted on the platform 124 so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis. The wheels 142 and 144 are positioned just outside of the track device 130 for engaging the drive wheels 6 4 of the playing piece
get. The wheel 142 is freely rotatable. The other wheel
14 4 is connected to a shaft 14 8, at the end of which a
Pinion gear 150 is attached. The pinion gear 150
meshes with a ring gear 152 (FIGS. 4 and 5) which is attached to the plate 120. When the playing figure 36 moves over the track device 130 of the transport station, its drive wheels 64 come with the wheels 142 and 144 in
Intervention. As the drive wheels keep turning, will

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they also turn wheels 144 and 142. The rotation of the wheel 144 causes the pinion gear 15O, which is connected to the Ring gear 152 on top of plate 120 meshes which rotates platform 124. On the top the plate 120 is provided with stop devices in the form of angularly spaced projections 156, which prevent further rotation of the platform 124 when the pinion gear is used as a stop Projections comes into engagement. As shown, the projections 156 serving as a stop allow only one rotation of the platform 124 by approximately 90 °. When the pinion gear 150 meshes with a protrusion 156, it becomes Wheel 144 is prevented from rotating and the playing figure 36 will then move over the wheels 144 and 142 and continue its journey along the railway facility 130 to another station or an obstacle.

So when the game figure enters the transport station in the direction of arrow Y (Fig.3) and engages with the idle device 140 comes, a rotation of the platform 124 in the direction of the arrow Z (Figure 3) is effected by 90 °. if the playing figure 36 the transport station 34 from the opposite end, i.e. in an opposite direction to the arrow Y. Similarly, engagement with idler 140 becomes rotation of the platform in the opposite direction to the arrow Z by 90.

With the knowledge of the goal of the game and the functioning of the transport station, the obstacle course can now be in described individually.

The obstacle course can be at the bottom of Fig.l with a

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inclined ramp 16O on which the game figure is placed will start. The inclined ramp v / eist in its center on a guide groove 16 2, which with the guide wheel 86 of Game piece comes into engagement. The ramp 16O is on the bottom plate 22 by means of a depending flange and a U-profile support 16 6 mounted.

The game character 36 advances to a station Λ, which includes a horizontally rotatably mounted ramp portion 168 having two upwardly directed rib-like track means or guide rails 170. The guide rails diverge outward near the inclined Ramp 160 to facilitate movement of the pawn across the link. The ramp section 16 8 is for a movement about a horizontal axis rotatable on the upper end of two upwardly directed, with the bottom plate 22 connected flanges 172 supported.

The ramp section 168 (when the left end, see Fig. 1, rotates downwards under the weight of the playing figure) directs the playing figure 36 to station B, which contains a rotatably mounted disc 178. The disk 178 can be rotated by hand by about 90 ° with the help of a handle 18Ο, which is in the form of stop devices a pair of posts 182 which define the limits of rotation. The disk 178 must be rotated by about 90 ° in the direction of arrow M until the handle with the left post 182 (Fig.l) in Intervention comes in order to guide the playing figure onto a fixed path device formed by ribs, of which the game figure is then directed to the transport station 34. The playing figure will then load the idle device

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stir and cause a rotation of the platform 124 in the direction of the arrow Z. During this time the user must move the transport station up to the second floor at least until the platform 124 completed its 90 ° turn. At this point, the idle device stops and causes the game fiqur to move from platform 124 and, if the transport station has been properly moved, onto a stationary one Track means formed by ribs on the top of a platform 191 that extend outward from the framework 32, as shown on the second floor in FIG.

The playing piece is then brought up by the lane device 190 guided a spiral track device defined by spaced spiral ribs 192 formed on a rotatable drum 194 of station C. are. The drum 194 is rotatable about a horizontal axis and contains a handle 195 in the form of a Spoked wheel to facilitate hand rotation. The drum is perpendicular to the bottom plate 92 by two extending projections 196 supported with a pair of bearing members 19 8 attached to the bottom plate 22 are engaged. The user must rotate the drum 194 to align the ribs 192 of the web device the next station to align and to prevent the playing figure 36 from falling off the drum 19 4.

The next obstacle or the next station D has a ladder-like arrangement 200 which is rotatable a shaft 202 is mounted at an angle. The shaft has a generally cruciform cross-section and is supported by a shaft carrier 204. Of the

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Shaft carrier 204 enables rotation and vertical rotation Up and down movement of the shaft 202. The ladder-like arrangement 200 has a generally undulating of ribs 208 formed path device which comes into engagement with the guide wheel 86 of the playing figure. The top of the Ladder-like arrangement 200 has an L-shaped lip 210 which is designed to be in contact with the top to come into engagement with a ledge 212 on the horizontal component of the next floor (Figs. 1 and 6). A player must first set the left end of the ladder-like arrangement (Fig. 1) in order to receive the pawn from the drum 194, and then rotate and lift the ladder-like assembly 200 to align with the lip 210 on the ledge 212 to position before the game figure runs off the other end of the ladder-like arrangement. Must at the same time the user also move the transport station to the third floor for alignment with the ladder-like assembly 200, to prevent the playing figure 36 from falling out of the obstacle course.

The play figure will then move onto platform 124 to engage the idle device to rotate the platform 124 move 90 ° in a direction opposite to arrow Z. The player must do the at the same time Transport station back up to align with the fourth floor, which the stations or obstacles E and F contains move.

The playing figure is then directed away from the transport station towards station E. The station E contains a through ribs formed on a platform or plate 218 which can be rotated through 180 °, in order to direct the pawn back to the transport station 34

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ten. An adjustment knob 219 (see Fig. 7) is on the underside attached to the plate 218 and extends through a hole in a free floating support arm 220 (Figure 7). Of the Adjustment knob has a locking pin 221, which engages with a bar 222 bent by 180 ° with as Stop serving edges 222a in the support arm comes into engagement to allow only 180 ° rotation.

The transport station 34 is then only by 90 ° in the direction of the arrow Z by engagement of the game figure with the Rotate wheel 144 and steer the playing figure onto a fixed path device determined by ribs 223, which is also located is on the fourth floor, as shown in Fig.l and 7 is shown. This stationary railway facility directs the Playing figure on a station F, which has a path device defined by ribs 224. The rotatable track device is formed on a disk 225, which is in a recess 225a on an extension of a holding arm 228 is arranged. A button 226 is located on the underside of the disc 225 and extends downward through a hole with edges 225b serving as a stop, which allows the disc to be rotated by 180 ° as in station E. allow. The user has to turn the disc by 180 ° again to bring the pawn 36 back onto the ribs 22 3 formed stationary railway facility to direct. A locking pin similar to the locking pin 221 of station E (not shown) is provided on button 226. The stationary railway facility directs the pawn back to the Transport station, which in turn rotates the pawn by 90 °.

The transport station must then be moved to the fifth floor, where the playing figure 36 is diverted from the transport station.

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Tet is applied to a stationary track device formed by ribs 23O. This stationary track device guides the playing figure 36 onto a rotatable track device 232 of a Station G, which can be rotated by hand in a similar manner to stations E and F, except that the railway facility at station G can only be rotated by 90 °. The game figure is then moved by the rotatable pathway 2 32 to a fixed Bahnexnrichtung 238, which the game piece on another rotatable Bahnexnrichtung 2 40, which is connected to a station H, conducts. The station H is in its functionality with the station G identical. The rotatable track direction 240 guides the game piece onto a fixed track device 244, which then directs the playing piece onto a rotatable pathway 246 which is connected to a station I. How it works Station I is identical to the way stations H and G work. The lane facility 246 conducts the game figure then on a stationary Bahnexnrichtung 250, which the game figure back to the transport station directs. It is noted that the player must have rotated the transport station by hand in order to bring it up with the lane facility 250 to align. This is done by turning your hand of the wheel 144 accomplished. The idler rotates then the pawn tan 90 ° and directs it back to the stationary bahing device 23Oi The stationary bahing device 2 30 leads the game figure in turn to the movable Bahneinrichtutif 232 of station G,

Instead of the eleventh continuation to the fixed railway facility 2 38 asw * around uitt the fifth floor will be a terminus K (Fig.l and 9} used to end the obstacle course. The station K has a mimicked crane 254, which is rotatably loaded on the part 106 serving as a roof.

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device is. The crane 254 includes an arm 256 which moves a hook and which moves along with the aid of a fork carriage 258 of the crane can slide back and forth and is used to engage a hook 26O for engagement with the eye 56 to position the playing figure. The hook 260 is connected to a cable 262 which runs the length of the crane and down to the table or other support surface where there is a counterweight in the form of a bucket 264 is connected (Fig.l and 9).

The hook 260 must be near the end of station G in alignment with the track device 2 30 and the rotatable Lane means 232 are positioned so that when the pawn 36 moves outward toward the end of the station, the eyelet 56 of the pawn engages the hook 260 (FIG. 9) (before the pawn over the end station G passes) and then slowly move the pawn back to the table or another support surface lowers. Of course, a player may have difficulty hooking the pawn and can move quickly the playing figure maintained on the railway facilities on the upper floor, possibly including the transport station, while he continues to try to single the game piece uhaken.

It should be noted that stations F, G, H and / or I may be optional and the player will receive extra points for theirs Traverse can get. The player can skip the fifth floor and the station K crane can be used to hook the pawn at stations E or F on the fourth floor without the player allowing that the pawn moves to the fifth floor and through one or more of the stations G, H and I.

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The evaluation can be made by a number of stamps, which are printed on eleven plates 270 to 280, which are set up along the obstacle course. The signs give ten points for crossing as shown the inclined ramp 160, twenty points for crossing station A, thirty points for crossing the Station B, forty points for reaching the fixed railway facility 190, fifty points for crossing the Station C, sixty points for a successful crossing of the ladder-like arrangement 200, seventy points for reaching station G and eighty points for successful completion Hooking the hook 260 of station K, and finally a grand total of one hundred points is scored if the Game character successfully reached the end of the obstacle course. It is noted that fifty bonus points are awarded if you approach stations E and P and successfully complete them. Seventy-five bonus points are awarded if a Player successfully traverses stations G, H and I.

An alternate embodiment 290 of a portion of the obstacle course is shown in Fig.2. In this alternate embodiment, 290 is the inclined ramp 160 and the station C has been omitted. The playing figure starts on a platform 29 2 in front of station A and moves on the second Floor directly onto the ladder-like arrangement 200 of station D.

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Claims (10)

Claims 1.) Game device, characterized in that a self-propelled toy figure (36) is provided and a device (20) determining an obstacle course with track devices (130,162,170,186,190,19 2,208, 216,223,224,230,232,238,240,244,246,250) for the game figure and with a number of stations (30; A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K), which the pawn in a certain As a result, each station must go through manually operated alignment devices (12 4,168,178,194,200,218,225) comprises to direct the playing figure to another station that the alignment means between a Receiving position, in which the playing figure is continued on the obstacle course, and an alignment position, in which the game figure is directed to the next following station, is movable and that the game figure can only be moved to a station along the obstacle course if the alignment device is in the receiving position, whereby the playing figure only moves successfully over the obstacle course, when a player controls the movements of the alignment devices in relation to the speed of the self-propelled pawn correctly. 2. Game device according to claim 1, characterized in that the obstacle course is fixed Has railway facilities (162,186,190,223,230,238,244, 250) between at least some stations (30), - 17 - 609812/0324 25.Ί8842 that the alignment devices (124,168,178,194,200, 218,225) movable track devices (130,170,192,208, 216,224,232,240,246) in at least some stations (34, A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I) have the movable track devices are selectively and manually aligned with respect to the stationary track devices to a To determine the running track for the game figure (36). 3. Game device according to claim 2, characterized in that the game figure (36) guide devices (86,56) for engagement with the fixed and movable railway devices (130,162,170,186,190,192, 208,216,223,224,230,232,238,240,244,246,25O; 26O), to maintain movement of the playing piece in alignment with the track facilities, wherein a Errors in the exact alignment of the movable track devices has the consequence that the game figure with the Railway facilities come out of action. 4. Game device according to claim 3, characterized in that the alignment devices one by hand in at least one station (B, F, G, H, I) have rotatable disc (178,225) on which the movable track device (224,232,240,246) is arranged is. 5. Game device according to claim 3, characterized in that the alignment devices have in at least one station (A) a horizontally rotatably mounted plate (168) on which the movable Track device (170) is arranged. - 18 609812/0324 6. Game device according to claim 3, characterized in that the alignment devices in at least one station (C) have a drum (194) which is rotatable about a horizontal axis, and that the movable track means (192) is arranged spirally across the outer surface of the drum. 7. Game device according to claim 3, characterized in that the alignment device in at least one station has a rotatably mounted, imitated ladder-like arrangement (200) on which the web means (208) is arranged in a corrugated shape. 8. Game device according to claim 1, characterized in that the obstacle course is a general columnar structure (32) with a number of floors that in at least some floors some Stations are attached that a station is a transport station (34), which is optionally between the Floors is movable to move the moving character (3G) from one floor to the other floor. 9. Game device according to claim 8, characterized in that the alignment device (124) on this transport station (34) an idle drive device connected to the track device (130) (140) has to rotate the track device (13O) that the game figure (36) guide devices (86) for Having engagement with the rotatable track device to move in alignment with the track device To maintain game piece that the game piece has the ground contacting wheels (64) with the drive - 19 - 609 3 12/0324 2518842 means (140) are engageable to the rotatable To rotate the track system while the playing figure remains in the same position on the transport station, until the rotatable track device is aligned with the subsequent track section. 10. Game device according to claim 9, characterized in that stop devices (156) are provided are to preclude further rotation of the rotatable track device (130) after a certain rotation, according to which the wheels (64) of the game figure (36) move over the drive device (140), to continue driving over the obstacle course. - 20 - 609812/0324 Blank page