Patent ID: 9539496
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. An arcade game having a housing, player controls, and an acquisition device, comprising: a first platform mounted in the housing, the first platform supporting a first motor having a drive shaft, first and second pulley wheels, and a first belt connecting the first and second pulley wheels, where the pulley wheels have a groove to receive the first belt and allow slip of the first belt, and a first block connected to the first belt and translatable on a rod from a first end of the first platform to a second end upon actuation of the first motor; a second platform extending from said first block in a perpendicular direction, the second platform supporting a second motor having a drive shaft, third and fourth pulley wheels, and a second belt connecting the third and fourth pulley wheels, where the pulley wheels have a groove to receive the second belt and allow slip of the second belt, and a second block connected to the second belt and translatable along the second platform upon actuation of the second motor; a bracket mounted to the second block, the bracket supporting a third motor having a drive shaft and a cable connected thereto, the cable connected to the acquisition device, wherein activation of the third motor moves the acquisition device in the vertical direction; wherein the player controls actuate the first, second, and third motors to maneuver the acquisition device throughout a playing field of the arcade game.