Catapult play feature for a pinball machine

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EP 0 294 923 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.09.1989 Bulletin 1989/36

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	14.12.1988 Bulletin 1988/50

(21)	Application number: 88303288.0

(22)	Date of filing: 13.04.1988

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁴: A63F 7/30, A63F 7/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR IT

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Priority:

15.05.1987 US 50070

(71)	Applicant: Williams Electronics Games, Inc.
	Chicago, Illinois 60618 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Ritchie, Mark D. Chicago Illinois 60652 (US) Joos, Joseph Jr. Chicago Illinois 60618 (US)

(74)	Representative: Crawford, Andrew Birkby et al
	A.A. THORNTON & CO. Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn London WC1V 7LE London WC1V 7LE (GB)

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(54)	Catapult play feature for a pinball machine

(57) A play feature for a flipper-type pinball game consisting of a lever arm (13) having a first end supporting a ball receiving cup (35) and a second end pivotably linked to the plunger (9) of a solenoid (7). A midpoint of the lever arm is pivotably secured to a bracket (5) supported from the bottom surface of the playfield. A catapult-like device results whereby a ball located in the cup will be hurled across the playfield by the pivoting movement of the lever arm when the solenoid is energised.

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