(19)
(11) EP 0 903 166 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: 98117682.9

(22) Date of filing: 17.09.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: A63B 67/04, A63B 69/40
(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 272149/97

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

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

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

   


(54) Table tennis training apparatus


(57) A table tennis apparatus includes a ball projecting section disposed rearward of one playing surface of a table for projecting balls towards the other playing surface, a moving mechanism for allowing ball projecting section to be moved laterally, a detecting unit for detecting which side the balls have dropped on one playing surface in the lateral direction, and a driving and controlling unit for driving the moving mechanism according to the drop positions of the balls detected by the detecting unit, and for moving the ball projecting section towards the drop positions of the balls. The moving mechanism includes a guide rail disposed along a lateral direction, and a base having the ball projecting section mounted thereon, and slidably disposed on the guide rail.






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