Manually actuated and electrically operated rotatable drum chance device and saving bank

Claim 1

A chance amusement machine comprising a housing having a plurality of viewing windows; a corresponding plurality of indicia bearing drums frictionally rotatable on a drum shaft rotatably supported in said housing, each drum having an indexing wheel and being peripherally aligned with a respective one of said windows with a periphery of each drum having a plurality of spaced notches therein; a plurality of rockable braking means each noramlly engaging a respective indexing wheel; pusher plate means rigidly mounted on a lever controlled shaft rotatably mounted in said housing for rocking said braking means out of engagement with said indexing wheels when manually actuated; a disc operated mechanism normally connected to and restraining said lever controlled shaft from actuation until released therefrom by insertion of a disc; a corresponding plurality of biased push-button means slideably mounted through said housing, each said push-button means being biased into a position holding a respective braking means out of engagement with its index wheel when said lever controlled shaft is actuated and released; a switch controlled electric motor for turning said drum shaft, said switch being closed by one of said braking means being held out of engagement with its index wheel by its respective pushbutton means and said switch being opened to stop said motor when said one of said push-button means is manually actuated so as to release its respective braking means for indexing its drum; a disc discharge mechanism; a plurality of operating frame members pivotally mounted in said housing, said frame members having extensions thereon for possibly entering said notches in said drums when rocked thereagainst through further manual actuation of said push-button means after indexing said drums, one of said frame members being rocked by at least one of said push-button means to operate said disc discharge mechanism if the extensions associated therewith enter the associated notches, and at least one other of said frame members being capable of being pivoted by another of said push-button means dependent upon the associated extensions and notches, with the pivoting of said at least one other frame member further pivoting saiD one of said frame members to thereby actuate said disc discharge mechanism.