High striker

A Luke ( colloquially Hau den Lukas ) is a fairground attraction, in which the participant strikes a sprung head with a hammer. Depending on the applied here clout a in- one tube metal body is accelerated, which rises in a transparent tube or a bar up. The more power one spends at impact, the higher the body increases. Should the body have enough speed to reach the upper end of the tube / rail, so it will either mechanical or electrical means a ringing signal.

Cultural Significance

The Luke plays in many animated films like Popeye a role as a device for means of force measurement. In a Tom - and - Jerry - film he is part of a complex mousetrap.