Computerized pin ball machine
CA 1092709 A · Owner: Bally Manufacturing Corporation · Inventors: Englehardt, William H.; Bracha, Marion F.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A pin ball machine which incorporates a micro processor instead of relays and hard wiring wherein the processor is programmed such that when the coin switches the flipper switches, and the various scoring switches of the machine are energized the computer accumulates and drives indicators to indicate the score as well as drives the flippers, the sling shots and other units of the playfield to provide an improved machine.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted December 30, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 30, 1997.
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