Patent ID: 9552685
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G07C

Claim:
1. A ball blower comprising: an air pump configured to supply pressurized air for mixing a plurality of balls in a mixing chamber; a ball extractor pipe configured to extract, one-at-a-time, one or more of the plurality of balls from the mixing chamber by means of the pressurized air; a ball carrier mechanism configured to capture, transport and release balls, one-at-a-time, extracted from the mixing chamber by the ball extractor pipe into a ball accumulator compartment, wherein the balls released into the ball accumulator compartment by the ball carrier mechanism fall into the ball accumulator compartment by means of gravity and without assistance by a source of air pressure, said ball carrier mechanism configured to rotate along an upper surface of the mixing chamber between the ball extractor pipe and the ball accumulator compartment to roll captured balls extracted via the extractor pipe along an upper surface of a top cover of the mixing chamber to a drop location over the ball accumulator compartment; and a ball return gate configured to hold the balls accumulated in the ball accumulator compartment during game play and release the balls accumulated in the ball accumulator compartment into the mixing chamber at the end of game play.