Pool table with ball-releasing means

Claim 1

A COMPARTMENT FOR SELECTIVELY ENABLING AND DISABLING ACCESS TO POOL BALLS THEREIN COMPRISING A HOLLOW HOUSING HAVING A FIRST OPENING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF AND THROUGH WHICH POOL BALLS MAY PASS INTO SAID HOUSING AND A SECOND OPENING THEREIN THROUGH WHICH BALLS MAY EMERGE FROM SAID HOUSING; A BALL TRAP MEMBER ROCKABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID OPENINGS FOR MOVEMENT FROM A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH IT MAY ENGAGE BALLS ENTERING SAID HOUSING THROUGH SAID FIRST OPENING AND PREVENT THEIR MOVEMENT TOWARD SAID SECOND OPENING; A BARRIER MEMBER TILTABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID TRAP MEMBER AND SAID SECOND OPENING FOR MOVEMENT FROM A FIRST POSITION OUT OF THE PATH OF BALLS MOVING TOWARD SAID SECOND OPENING TO A SECOND POSITION TO ENGAGE SUCH BALLS AND PREVENT THEIR MOVING TOWARD SAID SECOND OPENING; ACTUATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TRAP MEMBER OPERABLE TO MOVE THE LATTER FROM ITS SAID FIRST POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH BALLS MAY PASS BY SAID TRAP MEMBER AND MOVE TOWARD SAID SECOND OPENING; AND CAM MEANS ON SAID TRAP MEMBER ENGAGEABLE WITH THE BARRIER MEMBER AND REACTING WITH THE LATTER IN RESPONSE TO ROCKING MOVEMENT OF SAID TRAP MEMBER FROM ITS SAID FIRST POSITION TOWARD ITS SECOND POSITION TO MOVE SAID BARRIER MEMBER FROM ITS SAID FIRST POSITION TOWARD ITS SECOND POSITION.