Electrically timed pool table

Claim 1

A POOL TABLE COMPRISING MEANS FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PLANAR PLAYING TOP INCLUDING A CUSHION MEANS UPSTANDING AROUND THE MARGIN THEREOF, SAID TOP HAVING A PLURALITY OF POCKETS THERETHOUGH IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATION FOR RECEIVING POOL BALLS PLAYED THEREIN, A MANUALLY ACCESSIBLE COMPARTMENT IN SAID TABLE FOR RETAINING A PLURALITY OF POOL BALLS GRAVITATED THEREIN, RUNWAY MEANS CONNECTING SAID POCKETS WITH SAID COMPARTMENT FOR CONDUCTING EACH OF SAID BALLS BY GRAVITY FROM EACH OF SAID POCKETS INTO SAID COMPARTMENT, A HOLDING MEANS MOVABLY RETAINED IN SAID TABLE BELOW SAID POCKETS FOR MOVEMENT FROM AN IDLE HOLDING POSITION INTERSECTING SAID RUNWAY MEANS TO A RELEASE POSITION WITHDRAWN THEREFROM FOR TEMPORARILY HOLDING AND RELEASING SAID BALLS DESCENDED IN SAID POCKETS WHEN OPERATED, ELECTRO-MOTIVE MEANS IN SAID TABLE OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID HOLDING MEANS FOR MOVING SAME FROM SAID HOLIDNG TO SAID RELEASE POSITION AND RETURN TO SAID HOLDING POSITION FOR RELEASING EACH OF SAID BALLS HELD IN SAID RUNWAY MEANS BY SAID HOLDING MEANS FOR DESCENT INTO SAID COMPARTMENT WHEN ENERGIZED, AN ELECTRIC TIMER MEANS ADAPTED AND CONSTRUCTED TO OPERATE AN ELECTRIC SWITCH MEANS FOLLOWING A PREDETERMINED TIME PERIOD FOR PLAY WHEN ENERGIZED, A COIN RECEIVING DEVICE INCLUDING A COIN SWITCH FOR OPERATION BY THE DEPOSIT OF EACH OF SAID COINS OF PREDETERMINED VALUE, A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY, ELECTRIC CIRCUIT AND CONTROL MEANS CONNECTING SAID ELECTRO-MOTIVE MEANS AND SAID ELECTRIC TIMER MEANS AND SAID ELECTRIC SWITCH MEANS AND SAID COIN SWITCH AND SAID SOURCE OF ENERGY WHEREBY THE DEPOSIT OF ONE OF SAID COINS IN SAID RECEIVING DEVICE WILL OPERATE SAID COIN SWITCH AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ENERGIZE SAID TIMER MEANS FOR ONE OF SAID TIME PERIODS AND SAID ELECTROMOTIVE MEANS FOR RELEASING EACH OF SAID BALLS HELD IN SAID RUNWAYS FOR DESCENT INTO SAID COMPARTMENT FOR MANUAL PLAY ON SAID TABLE DURING SAID TIME PERIOD.