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US3895808A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Selecting device

Assignee: Lee Raymond Organization Inc
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Filing: 1974-03-07
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Granted: 1975-07-22
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Expires: 1994-03-07
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Abstract

Abstract A selecting device comprises a housing having a base stand part combined therewith as one unit to house two cylinders aligned by a suspension alignment rod in the upper part and two off bearing channel units in the lower base stand part. First and second cylinders are coaxially positioned in closely spaced relation, one above the other. Each of the cylinders is rotatably mounted for free rotation about its axis. Each of the cylinders has a plurality of ducts formed therethrough, connecting holes in the top of each cylinder to holes in the bottom of each cylinder and spaced around the periphery thereof. No upper hole is connected to the lower hole directly below it. A plurality of channels in the two off bearing units are provided at the bottom of the housing in the base stand part, each extending from the position of a corresponding hole in the shelf of the base stand part below the duct of the second cylinder to a marked position at the front of the base stand part of the housing. A ball is adapted to be dropped through any one of the holes in the top of the housing into the randomly indexed duct of the first cylinder. The ball passes through the duct of the first cylinder into a randomly indexed duct of the second cylinder, under the duct of the first cylinder. The ball then passes through the duct of the second cylinder and through the hole in the shelf of the base stand part underlying the duct of the second cylinder and is received by one of the two off bearing channel units under the holes in the shelf of the base stand part. The off bearing channel units convert the circular fixed number arrangement of the cylinder ducts and the holes in the shelf of the base stand part to a straight line arrangement at the lower front of the base stand part, resulting in another number being the end result.

Inventors

  • 👤 Beauford E Averette

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 01:32
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F7/00; A63F7/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 232 words
A playing element drop chance selecting device, comprising a base supporting an upstanding closed housing; a plurality of substantially coaxially aligned upstanding cylinders mounted within the housing, each of the cylinders being independently rotatably mounted for rotation about its axis; a plurality of substantially vertically aligned holes through the top and bottom ends of the housing, the holes being substantially equianguarly arranged in a circular array; means in the housing whereby the cylinders may be individually rotated; index means for each of the cylinders, each of the cylinders having a plurality of openings in the top and bottom surfaces thereof corresponding to the vertically aligned holes in the housing at any indexed position of the cylinders; a plurality of ducts in each of the cylinders connecting the top and bottom openings of each respective cylinder, with no duct connecting the top opening of a cylinder to the bottom opening positioned directly below it; a plurality of channels in the base, one end of each channel underlying a respective hole in the bottom of the housing; and a playing element adapted to be dropped through any one of the top housing holes after the cylinders have been rotated and indexed whereby the discharge of the playing element into one of the underlying channels is dependent upon its gravity travel through the ducts of the cylinders as chance indexed with respect to each other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 232 words
A playing element drop chance selecting device, comprising a base supporting an upstanding closed housing; a plurality of substantially coaxially aligned upstanding cylinders mounted within the housing, each of the cylinders being independently rotatably mounted for rotation about its axis; a plurality of substantially vertically aligned holes through the top and bottom ends of the housing, the holes being substantially equianguarly arranged in a circular array; means in the housing whereby the cylinders may be individually rotated; index means for each of the cylinders, each of the cylinders having a plurality of openings in the top and bottom surfaces thereof corresponding to the vertically aligned holes in the housing at any indexed position of the cylinders; a plurality of ducts in each of the cylinders connecting the top and bottom openings of each respective cylinder, with no duct connecting the top opening of a cylinder to the bottom opening positioned directly below it; a plurality of channels in the base, one end of each channel underlying a respective hole in the bottom of the housing; and a playing element adapted to be dropped through any one of the top housing holes after the cylinders have been rotated and indexed whereby the discharge of the playing element into one of the underlying channels is dependent upon its gravity travel through the ducts of the cylinders as chance indexed with respect to each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
A playing element drop chance selecting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the playing element is a ball.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 55 words
A playing element drop chance selecting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the index means for each cylinder comprises a friction stop indexing unit in operative proximity with indentations in the cylinder for stopping and aligning any of the openings of the cylinder with any of the holes in the top of the housing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 39 words
A playing element drop chance selecting device as claimed in claim 1, the rotatable mounting comprising a suspension alignment rod mounted in the housing, and wherein two of said cylinders are rotatably mounted on the rod in the housing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 97 words
A playing element drop chance selecting device as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the playing element is dropped into any of the holes in the top of the housing it passes into a duct of the upper one of the cylinders randomly indexed with respect thereto, and through this duct into the duct of the lower one of the cylinders randomly indexed with respect thereto, and through the duct of the lower one of the cylinders to exit through the hole therebelow in the bottom of the housing and into its associated channel in the base.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1978-07-21 1979-01-20 1979-07-22 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1982-07-21 1983-01-20 1983-07-22 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1986-07-21 1987-01-20 1987-07-22 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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