Patents Assigned to 501 Atari Games
  • Patent number: 4875459
    Abstract: A Gattling-like gun provides for manual control of the rate of firing of projectiles in the form of balls. The balls are fed through two successive nip regions formed by pinch rollers. The first is manually controlled by a crank to vary the rate of firing. Balls delivered from the first nip region are fired at high speed by a fast rotating, fixed speed second pinch roller. The gun fires balls at round targets supported on rotating carousels. Dislodged targets roll to the front of an enclosure for dispensing to the player. The balls are separated and fed by an Archimides' spiral to a feed tube connected to the gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: 501 Atari Games
    Inventors: Daniel N. Van Elderen, Gerald J. Lichac