Pneumatically operated table game

Claim 1

A TABLE FOOTBALL GAME DEVICE, COMPRISING: MEANS DEFINING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED GAME SURFACE; A PLURALITY OF UPSTANDING SIDE MEMBERS PERIPHERALLY SURROUNDING SAID GAME SURFACE; A PLURALITY OF SYMMETRICALLY SPACED PLAYING ASSEMBLIES MOUNTED ON SAID DEVICE AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY ABOVE SAID GAME SURFACE, EACH PLAYING ASSEMBLY BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AXIS AND INCLUDING A PLAYER''S FIGURE, A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL NOZZLE, A PAIR OF LATERALLY AND FORWARDLY EXTENDING GUIDE MEMBERS SYMMETRICALLY FLANKING SAID NOZZLE, AND A NOZZLE FITTING COUPLED TO AND EXTENDING AXIALLY DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID NOZZLE THROUGH SAID GAME SURFACE; OPERATING MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY ROTATING EACH OF SAID ASSEMBLIES; CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID OPERATING MEANS AND ACCESSIBLY PROJECTING FROM SAID SIDE MEMBERS; AN AIR COMPRESSOR; A SUCTION MANIFOLD AND A PRESSURE MANIFOLD HAVING A VALVE BALL COUPLED TO SAID COMPRESSOR; AN AIR DISTRIBUTOR COUPLED TO EACH ASSEMBLY; OPERATING MEANS FOR SAID AIR DISTRIBUTOR INCLUDING CONTROL MEANS ACCESSIBLY PROJECTING FROM SAID SIDE MEMBERS; A SUCTION DUCT AND A PRESSURE DUCT CONNECTING EACH OF SAID ASSEMBLIES TO SAID SUCTION AND PRESSURE MANIFOLDS, RESPECTIVELY; AN ELONGATED VERTICALLY DISPOSED CHAMBER MEMBER INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE DUCT AND SAID PRESSURE MANIFOLD VALVE BALL; A SHUTTER MOVABLE IN SAID CHAMBER MEMBER BY AIR FLOWING UPWARDLY THERETHROUGH, SAID CHAMBER HAVING A RESTRICTED OUTLET AT ITS UPPER END CLOSABLE BY SAID VALVE BALL TO PROVIDE AN AIR PRESSURE BLAST OF LIMITED QUANTITY AND DURATION; EACH AIR DISTRIBUTOR HAVING A NORMAL REST POSITION PROVIDING A CONSTANT SUCTION THROUGH ITS CONNECTED NOZZLE; A GOALKEEPER NOZZLE ASSEMBLY MOUNTED AT EACH END OF SAID GAME SURFACE AND ROTATABLE ABOUT A VERTICALLY DISPOSED AXIS; MEANS MOUNTING SAID GOALKEEPER ASSEMBLY FOR LATERAL SLIDING MOVEMENT ACROSS A GOAL AREA OF SAID GAME SURFACE; AND EXTERNALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR RAISING A PLAYING BALL UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID GAME SURFACE.