(19)
(11) EP 0 903 164 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/52

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/12

(21) Application number: 98117683.7

(22) Date of filing: 17.09.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: A63B 47/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 17.09.1997 JP 272152/97

(71) Applicant: Konami Co., Ltd.
Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yamashita, Akihisa
    Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken (JP)
  • Kotani, Hideki
    Nagata-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken (JP)
  • Minami, Kojiro
    Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken (JP)
  • Hirasawa, Katsunori Berufore Kamitsutsui 202,
    Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken (JP)
  • Oishi, Toshimitsu
    Okubocho, Akashi-Shi, Hyogo-ken (JP)
  • Fujimoto, Hirofumi
    Nishi-Ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte 
Grafinger Strasse 2
81671 München
81671 München (DE)

   


(54) Table tennis ball-sorting device


(57) In a table tennis ball-sorting device, a plurality of rails are disposed side by side in substantially a horizontal direction along the side of at least one playing surface of a table tennis table at intervals that are capable of having passed therethrough only deformed balls, and a plurality of rails are disposed side by side in substantially a horizontal direction along the rear part of the playing surface at intervals that are capable of having passed therethrough only deformed balls. The former rails are disposed to be inclined towards downstream, while the downstream side thereof is overlapped on the upstream part of the latter rails so that balls can be transferred. A table tennis apparatus using the table tennis ball-sorting device is also disclosed.






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