Ball delivery and control means

Claim 1

IN A BALL-ROLLING GAME, BALL-CONTROL AND DELIVERY MEANS FOR PLAYING MULTIPLE SHOTS EXCEEDING IN NUMBER THE NUMBER OF BALLS ACTUALLY PROVIDED IN THE GAME, SAID MEANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION WITH A BALL PROJECTING MEANS FOR LAUNCHING A BALL TO ROLL UPON A PLAYFIELD, A BALL POCKET ON SAID FIELD TO RECEIVE A PLAYED BALL, POCKET SWITCH MEANS ACTUATED BY A BALL IN SAID POCKET; BALL KICKOUT MEANS OPERABLE UNDER CONTROL OF SAID POCKET SWITCH MEANS TO EXPEL A BALL IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY BACK INTO THE PLAYFIELD WITH PROPULSIVE FORCE IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION FROM SAID POCKET; A BALL DELIVERY RAMP MEANS ON SAID PLAYFIELD HAVING AN ENTRANCE LOCATED ON THE PLAYFIELD WITH RESPECT TO SAID POCKET AND SAID EJECTING DIRECTION TO RECEIVE AN EJECTED BALL AND TO GUIDE MOVEMENT OF SAID BALL TO AN EXIT THEREFROM JUXTAPOSED WITH SAID BALL PROJECTING MEANS TO DELIVER A BALL NEGOTIATING SAID RAMP MEANS INTO PLAYING POSITION RELATIVE TO THE PROJECTING MEANS; SAID KICKOUT MEANS IMPARTING TO THE BALL EJECTED THEREBY A FORCE IN SAID DIRECTION SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE SAID BALL TO TRAVEL FROM SAID ENTRANCE TO THE EXIT OF SAID RAMP MEANS FOR THE PURPOSES AFORESAID, AND MEANS DEFINING A BARRIER ACROSS SAID RAMP MEANS BETWEEN SAID ENTRANCE AND EXIT THEREOF OF BLOCK RETURN OF AN EJECTED BALL WHICH HAS PASSED SAID BARRIER TOWARD SAID EXIT.