Plural rotatable drum chance device

Claim 1

An amusement wheel device comprising: a base having a plurality of upwardly extending stanchions; a plurality of axles supported by said stanchions, said axles being coaxially disposed and longitudinally spaced; a plurality of amusement wheels, one wheel being mounted on each one of said plurality of axles, said plurality of amusement wheels being mounted for free-wheeling rotation, each amusement wheel being rotatable independently of each other amusement wheel; a plurality of drive means for imparting rotational movement to said plurality of wheels, each of said plurality of wheels being driven by an individual drive means; a plurality of means connecting each said individual drive means to one of said plurality of wheels, each means connecting each said individual drive means to one of said plurality of wheels comprising a first sheave operably connected to said one wheel, a second sheave operably connected to said drive means and belt means for transmitting rotational movement between said first and second sheaves; means for retarding rotational movement of each of said plurality of wheels, each said means for retarding comprising a plurality of pins arranged concentrically of the axis of rotation of an associated wheel, each of said plurality of pins being secured to said associated wheel and extending perpendicularly from a radially extending surface thereof, each of said pins being equally arcuately displaced from the next adjacent pins, a roller having a diameter greater than the arcuate distance between adjacent ones of said pins, said roller mounted on an arm, said arm being pivotally connected at one end to one of said upwardly extending stanchions, and means attached to the other end of said arm for pivoting said arm away from the axis of rotation of said wheel, said roller being positioned between the pivotally connected end of said arm and said other end of said arm, said means for pivoting said arm providing sufficient displacement of said arm to displace said roller to disengage said roller with said pins; and circuit means connecting a plurality of manually actuable means to said drive means and said pivoting means for actuating said drive means and said pivoting means and deactuating said drive means and said pivoting means upon selective actuation and deactuation of any one of said manually actuable means.