- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Electro-Ball Company, Inc.
- ipdb_id
- 5535
- ipdb.image_urls
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- ipdb.notable_features
- Spinning metal disc on the playfield. Cabinet measures 26 1/4 inches long, 15 inches wide, 9 1/2 inches high in the back, and 7 1/2 inches high in the front.
Patent #1894469 [GAME BOARD] filed February 23, 1932. Granted January 17, 1933 to Silas H. Lynch.
- ipdb.notes
- The owner of the game pictured here provided these comments:
The instruction label was glued over an original label. The original label includes a patent, patent date, name and address of company. The patent number is 1894469 dated Feb. 23, 1932. Label states: Electro-Ball Mfg. Co. 120 Camp St. Dallas, Texas.
The patent text does not specify an exact means of powering the rotating disc. This particular game is powered by a General Electric A.C. phonograph motor. The motor has an adjustable speed control. It appears that newer wiring was added to the motor assembly, including an on-off switch located on the right side of the cabinet. The patent drawing shaws an on-off switch located at left side front of the game. It appears that modern leg levelers were added to the game.
See also Electro-Ball Company, Inc.'s 1932 'Jig-alo Electro-Ball'.
- player_count
- 1
- technology_generation
- electromechanical