1. A toy game for measuring a player’s ability to exert a predetermined amount of controlled force, said toy game comprising:
a front plate having first and second centrally oriented apertures formed therein;
a ramp partially seated within said first aperture and diverging outwardly therefrom;
a semi-circular hollow tube having a bottom end in fluid communication with said first aperture and said ramp respectively;
a pair of primary support brackets directly coupled to a rear face of said front plate in such a manner that said pair of primary support brackets rest on a ground surface during playing conditions;
a linear plank having a proximal end in fluid communication with said semi-circular tube, said plank extending distally and forwardly from said second aperture, said plank having an aperture formed at a distal end thereof;
an auxiliary bracket directly secured to said plank and said front plate in such a manner that said plank remains statically and horizontally conjoined to said front plate during playing conditions; and
a spherical ball suitably sized and shaped for traveling through said first and second apertures, said ball being positional along said semi-circular tube and said plank such that said spherical ball becomes lodged and anchored in said aperture of said plank when the user exerts successfully discharges said spherical ball upwardly through said semi-circular tube.
2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said front plate being vertically oriented and having an apex seated above said plank.
3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein said front plate having a linear bottom edge and corrugated sides converging upwardly towards a center of said front plate such that said front plate defines a shape of a mountain.
4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said ramp having a sloped top surface rising from the ground surface and terminating at an elevated height intermediately of front and rear faces of said front plate.
5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said semi-circular tube being statically and directly affixed to a rear face of said front plate, said semi-circular tube having a fixed and predetermined radius such that said semi-circular tube is hidden and not visible from a front side of said front plate.
6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said first aperture being registered below said second aperture wherein said first and second apertures are aligned with said bottom and top ends of said semi-circular tube respectively.
7. A toy game for measuring a player’s ability to exert a predetermined amount of controlled force, said toy game comprising:
a front plate having first and second centrally oriented apertures formed therein;
a ramp partially seated within said first aperture and diverging outwardly therefrom;
a semi-circular hollow tube having a bottom end in fluid communication with said first aperture and said ramp respectively;
a pair of primary support brackets directly coupled to a rear face of said front plate in such a manner that said pair of primary support brackets rest on a ground surface during playing conditions, said pair of primary brackets being coextensively shaped and equidistantly offset from said semi-circular tube;
a linear plank having a proximal end in fluid communication with said semi-circular tube, said plank extending distally and forwardly from said second aperture, wherein said plank is registered subjacent said second aperture, said plank having an aperture formed at a distal end thereof;
an auxiliary bracket directly secured to said plank and said front plate in such a manner that said plank remains statically and horizontally conjoined to said front plate during playing conditions; and
a spherical ball suitably sized and shaped for traveling through said first and second apertures, said ball being positional along said semi-circular tube and said plank such that said spherical ball becomes lodged and anchored in said aperture of said plank when the user exerts successfully discharges said spherical ball upwardly through said semi-circular tube.
8. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said front plate being vertically oriented and having an apex seated above said plank.
9. The assembly of claim 8, wherein said front plate having a linear bottom edge and corrugated sides converging upwardly towards a center of said front plate such that said front plate defines a shape of a mountain.
10. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said ramp having a sloped top surface rising from the ground surface and terminating at an elevated height intermediately of front and rear faces of said front plate.
11. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said semi-circular tube being statically and directly affixed to a rear face of said front plate, said semi-circular tube having a fixed and predetermined radius such that said semi-circular tube is hidden and not visible from a front side of said front plate.
12. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said first aperture being registered below said second aperture wherein said first and second apertures are aligned with said bottom and top ends of said semi-circular tube respectively.
13. A toy game for measuring a player’s ability to exert a predetermined amount of controlled force, said toy game comprising:
a front plate having first and second centrally oriented apertures formed therein;
a ramp partially seated within said first aperture and diverging outwardly therefrom;
a semi-circular hollow tube having a bottom end in fluid communication with said first aperture and said ramp respectively;
a pair of primary support brackets directly coupled to a rear face of said front plate in such a manner that said pair of primary support brackets rest on a ground surface during playing conditions, said pair of primary brackets being coextensively shaped and equidistantly offset from said semi-circular tube;
a linear plank having a proximal end in fluid communication with said semi-circular tube, said plank extending distally and forwardly from said second aperture, wherein said plank is registered subjacent said second aperture, said plank having an aperture formed at a distal end thereof;
an auxiliary bracket directly secured to said plank and said front plate in such a manner that said plank remains statically and horizontally conjoined to said front plate during playing conditions, wherein said auxiliary bracket is connected directly to a bottom surface of said plank and said front face of said front plate respectively; and
a spherical ball suitably sized and shaped for traveling through said first and second apertures, said ball being positional along said semi-circular tube and said plank such that said spherical ball becomes lodged and anchored in said aperture of said plank when the user exerts successfully discharges said spherical ball upwardly through said semi-circular tube.
14. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said front plate being vertically oriented and having an apex seated above said plank.
15. The assembly of claim 14, wherein said front plate having a linear bottom edge and corrugated sides converging upwardly towards a center of said front plate such that said front plate defines a shape of a mountain.
16. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said ramp having a sloped top surface rising from the ground surface and terminating at an elevated height intermediately of front and rear faces of said front plate.
17. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said semi-circular tube being statically and directly affixed to a rear face of said front plate, said semi-circular tube having a fixed and predetermined radius such that said semi-circular tube is hidden and not visible from a front side of said front plate.
18. The assembly of claim 13, wherein said first aperture being registered below said second aperture wherein said first and second apertures are aligned with said bottom and top ends of said semi-circular tube respectively.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Valves and fittings apparatus comprising:
a valve with a closure member (2) rotating in unison with a shaft (3),
an actuator (A) driving the shaft (3) in rotation, and
an annular sensor of the rotational position of the shaft (3) fitted on the shaft (3), characterised in that
the sensor is interposed, in the longitudinal direction of the shaft (3), between the valve and the actuator (A) and has a thickness, that is, the dimension in the longitudinal direction of the shaft (3), between 1.5 and 4 mm,
the sensor including:
an annular target-holder (4a) carrying a target (4) sensitive to an action at a distance and fitted on the shaft (3) in such a way as to rotate in unison therewith and to be able to be displaced in translation along the shaft (3),
a plate-holder (5), the thickness of which is higher than the thickness of all the other components of the sensor,
a small plate (6) fitted on the shaft (3) by way of an annular portion (6a) without being rotationally unified therewith, this portion (6a) containing two detectors (7, 8) of the target (4), at 90\xb0 one with respect to the other, and
the target-holder (4a) and the annular portion (6a) are in the same plane.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that the plate-holder (5) is gripped between a fixed plate (1a) of the valve and the actuator (A) so that the three parts are unified.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that the upper face of the small plate (6) is coated with a resin until it is flush with the upper face of the plate-holder (5).
4. Apparatus according to claim 3, characterised in that the small plate (6) contains a hole (16) opening into a casing (9) filled with resin arranged underneath the lower face of the small plate.
5. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterised in that the casing (9) has an opening (11a) for connection of an element for transmission of an electrical signal emitted by printed circuits of the small plate (6).
6. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that the target (4) is fixed in the target-holder (4a) by moulding resin thereon.
7. Apparatus according to claim 5, characterised in that, after introducing and polymerising of the resin in the casing (9) and until the resin is flush with the upper face of the plate-holder (5), all the components comprising the plate-holder (5) the small plate (6), the detectors (7, 8), the casing (9), a battery (12), a connector (10) and an antenna (11), are bound in a sensor assembly (CP) without any possibility to separate them.
8. Sensor comprising:
an annular target-holder (4a) carrying a target (4) sensitive to an action at a distance and fitted on a shaft (3) in such a way as to rotate in unison therewith and to be able to be displaced in translation along the shaft (3),
a plate-holder (5) which forms the body of the sensor and the thickness of which is higher than the thickness of all the other components of the sensor,
a small plate (6) fitted on the shaft (3) by way of an annular portion (6a) without being rotationally unified therewith, this portion (6a) containing two detectors (7, 8) of the target (4), at 90\xb0 one with respect to the other, and
the target-holder (4a) and the annular portion (6a) are in the same plane.
characterised in that:
the small plate (6) contains a hole (16) opening into a casing (9) filled with resin arranged underneath the lower face of the small plate, and
the plate-holder (5) the small plate (6), the detectors (7, 8), the casing (9), a battery (12), a connector (10) and an antenna (11), are bound in a sensor assembly (CP) without any possibility to separate them.