Tipp-Kick Ball Dispenser

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This is a ball dispenser for the popular Tipp-Kick table football game. I have always been annoyed that the Tipp-Kick balls usually lie around like this. Since the wear and tear of the balls is extremely high during frequent matches, it is advisable to have several balls ready and to change them again and again so that the wear and tear can evenly affect the entirety of the balls. In this respect, the current play ball always ends up in this proposed ball dispenser, together with the other balls. The dispenser ensures that always another ball gets into the new game and therefore everyone is on it.
By the way, the part is a nice gimmick in the style of the game. The part needs a pressure spring for the mechanism. Here I use a spring made of spring steel from BAUHAUS with the dimensions 9.90x43.0x0.9. Further 4 screws for plastics are needed. I Used some with head diameter 4.3mm, length 8mm and screw diameter of 2.4mm.
There is an alternative with modified slider and a lever, which gives an impulse into the ball supply when triggered to release the next ball, so that the cornered Tipp-Kick balls do not get stuck in the dispenser.
This alternative requires an additional screw with nut as well as a spring (torsion spring), which I could take out of a mini clothespin for example. Lever and spring are held and preloaded by the additional screw.
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