Player activated electrical random selection device

Claim 2

A random selection circuit comprising: a. a source of dc potential; b. a switch adapted for momentary manual actuation; c. means for advancing incrementally when electrically energized; d. circuit means interconnecting said source, said switch and said advancing means; and e. said circuit means comprising a combination charging and discharging circuit including a resistance in series with a capacitance and a unidirectional conducting means bypassing said resistance so that on manual actuation of said switch the advancing means is energized, the capacitance is charged from said source to a state dependent upon the duration of the manual actuation of said switch, and on deactuation of said switch the low impedance discharge path provided by said unidirectional conducting means between said capacitance and said advancing means keeps said advancing means energized to advance incrementally until said capacitance is substantially discharged.

Claim 3

An electrical dice game for randomly selecting and displaying dice combinations comprising; a. a display panel disposed for view by the players for displaying the individual faces of at least one die through selective illumination; b. five pairs of stationary switch contacts each associated with a respective movable contact, said contacts being connected to said display panel to control illumination of selected ones of said individual faces, all of said contacts being interconnected so that any combination of closed contacts results in illumination of one and only one of said individual faces at a time; c. player actuation means providing an electrical signal related to the random lengths of time of actuation by the players; and d. random selection means responsive to said signal and connected to said plurality of switch contacts to select an individual die face at random upon each actuation of said player actuation means, said selection means being operated for each such actuation over a time interval unequal to the length of time of actuation by a player.

Claim 4

An electrical dice game for randomly selecting and displaying dice combinations comprising; a. a display panel disposed for view by the players for displaying the individual faces of at least one die through selective illumination; b. five pairs of stationary switch contacts each associated with a respective movable contact, said contacts being connected to said display panel to control illumination of selected ones of said individual faces, all of said contacts being interconnected so that any combination of closed contacts results in illumination of one and only one of said individual faces at a time; c. player actuation means providing an electrical signal related to the random lengths of time of actuation by the players; and d. random selection means responsive to said signal and connected to said plurality of switch contacts to select an individual die face at random upon each actuation of said player actuation means, said selection means being operated for each such actuation over a time interval unequal to the length of time of actuation by a player.

Claim 5

An electrical dice game according to claim 2, wherein said random sElection means includes a cam and a motor energized by said electrical signal for driving said cam, said cam being mechanically coupled to said movable switch contacts.

Claim 6

An electrical dice game according to claim 3, further comprising: a second and like-connected set of movable and stationary contacts associated with an illuminable display of the faces of a second die; and a second motor and a cam driven thereby, said second motor being mechanically independent of the first motor and connected for simultaneous energization by said electrical signal.

Claim 7

A random selection circuit for electric games and the like, comprising: a. a source of direct current potential; b. player-operated manual actuation means for activating the selection circuit by the source for a random period of time; c. first and second charge accumulating means capable of being charged by said source and having significantly unequal charging time constants associated therewith so that the first charge accumulating means is partially charged and the second charge accumulating means is charged when the circuit is activated upon the normal actuation by the player; d. means for interconnecting said source and said first and second charging accumulating means upon manual actuation of the activating means thereby to charge the first accumulating means to a degree related to the duration of a normal actuation by the player and to charge the second accumulating means at least to said predetermined potential; e. electrically activable incrementing means providing an output function related to the game; and f. means providing a path through said incrementing means for the discharge in different times of each of said first and second charge accumulating means upon deactuation of the actuating means, the incrementing means being operative in response to such discharges to increment by a random amount.

Claim 8

A random selection circuit for electric games and the like, comprising: a. a source of direct current potential; b. player-operated manual actuation means for activating the selection circuit by the source for a random period of time; c. first and second charge accumulating means capable of being charged by said source and having significantly unequal charging time constants associated therewith so that the first charge accumulating means is partially charged and the second charge accumulating means is charged when the circuit is activated upon the normal actuation by the player; d. means for interconnecting said source and said first and second charging accumulating means upon manual actuation of the activating means thereby to charge the first accumulating means to a degree related to the duration of a normal actuation by the player and to charge the second accumulating means at least to said predetermined potential; e. electrically activable incrementing means providing an output function related to the game; and f. means providing a path through said incrementing means for the discharge in different times of each of said first and second charge accumulating means upon deactuation of the actuating means, the incrementing means being operative in response to such discharges to increment by a random amount.

Claim 9

A random selection circuit comprising: a. a source of dc potential; b. first and second charge accumulating means capable of being charged by said source; c. manual actuation means for activating the selection circuit for a random period of time; d. means interconnecting said source and said first and second charge accumulating means upon actuation of the activating means such that the first charge accumulating means is charged to a degree related to the duration of actuation and the second charge accumulating means also is charged; e. incrementing means providing a path for the discharge of said first and second charge accumulating means upon deactuation of the activating means, and being operative in response to such discharge to increment by a random amount; and f. unidirectional conducting means connected to be biased by the potential acquired by at least one of said charge accumulating means and providing a connection btween said first charge accumulating means and the discharge path when the second charge accumulating means has become at least partially discharged.

Claim 10

A random selection circuit comprising: a. a source of dc potential; b. first and second charge accumulating means capable of being charged by said source; c. manual actuation means for activating the selection circuit for a random period of time; d. means interconnecting said source and said first and second charge accumulating means upon actuation of the activating means such that the first charge accumulating means is charged to a degree related to the duration of actuation and the second charge accumulating means also is charged; e. incrementing means providing a path for the discharge of said first and second charge accumulating means upon deactuation of the activating means, and being operative in response to such discharge to increment by a random amount; and f. unidirectional conducting means connected to be biased by the potential acquired by at least one of said charge accumulating means and providing a connection btween said first charge accumulating means and the discharge path when the second charge accumulating means has become at least partially discharged.