Rotary serial play feature.

摘要

A play feature for a pinball game having a plurality of wheels (11,12) rotatable about a horizontal axis and having a plurality of ball receiving sockets (14-17) formed therein. Each wheel can pick up a pinball from a first position on the playfield and after rotating through approximately 180 degrees discharge the pinball at a second position on the playfield. The wheels are arranged in a series whereby the discharge position of the upstream wheel (11) corresponds to the pick up position of the downstream wheel (12). In this manner the pinball can be conveyed across the playfield in a stepped fashion as it is transferred from the upstream wheel to the downstream wheel. The rotation of the wheels is coordinated by using a single drive motor (33) operatively connected to each of the wheels by a transmission member (30). Finally, downfield wheels can be arranged at different elevations relative to the playfield such that the pinball can be raised or lowered relative to the playfield by the successive wheels as the pinball is conveyed across the playfield. <IMAGE>