Player for table football machine
US5137276A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 1991 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F7/0676
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A player for a table football machine has two elements, one of which includes the torso and the head and the other of which includes the lower body and the legs of the player, each of the elements being of a length slightly greater than a part of the player it represents to allow for some overlapping upon assembly. The elements are arranged in order to be assembled to one another by partial nesting and wedging and/or snapping, totally enclosing a rod on which the elements are fixed. One of these elements has a male assembly end and the other has a female assembly end. Each player is rigidly connected in rotation and axially with the rod on which the player is mounted. Each element of a player has, at its end for assemblying with the other, a notch whose substantially semicylindrical base has a radius substantially equal to the outer radius of the rod. The element which possesses a male assembly end has, in the semicylindrical base of its notch, a radial stud. The rod intended to support this player has, on a segment intended to receive this player, an aperture whose perimeter corresponds to the cross-section of the stud and which is intended to receive the stud to connect the playe…
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