Marble game device with removable inserts

Claim 1

A marble game device comprising a circular disk plate, a circular wall around said disk plate, a base located below said disk plate and spaced therefrom, means for pivotally supporting, on said base, the said disk plate about a diameter thereof, elastic means mounted between said disk plate and said base and at 90* with said diameter for resiliently maintaining a parallel relationship between the disk plate and said base, a control handle fixed to said wall and diametrically disposed opposite the said elastic means, a groove in said disk plate adjacent said wall, a transversal partition in said groove disposed longitudinally along said diameter, the surface of said groove levelling with the surface of the disk plate for a short distance at about 90* from said partition, the groove adjacent the said partition, on the side of the said levelling, constituting the starting position of a playing marble, a target comprising an array of marble-seating depressions located in the surface of said disk plate and disposed adjacent said partition and over said diameter, a plurality of curved vanes, on said disk plate for defining parallel channels located between said target and a portion of the wall opposite said partition, the said channels being bisected by the said diameter, the outermost vane being located along the edge of said groove, wherein a movement of the playing marble located in the groove adjacent the partition is controlled by the vertical actuation of the said handle so as to guide the said marble through one of the said channels and to direct it towards one of the depressions of the target.