Patents by Inventor Achiel Verstraeten

Achiel Verstraeten has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4685673
    Abstract: In a slot machine having a cabinet in which a grab is suspended by means of a cable from a crab which can move in various directions, the grab being capable of picking up prizes from a surface over which the grab is suspended, a traveller travels on first horizontal rails over a horizontal surface for prizes, a crab travels on second horizontal rails perpendicular to first horizontal rails and carried by and on a lower part of the traveller, the traveller includes two vertical side plates on the outwardly facing surface of the upper parts of which are mounted respective rollers for running on the first rails, the second rails are supported at their respective ends by the lower parts of the respective side plates which lower parts are contiguous with the upper parts and include contiguous horizontally outwardly and vertically downwardly bent portions, and the respective ends of the second rails are mounted on the vertically downwardly bent portions whereby the second rails extend over substantially the entire
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Elektro Automaten Verstraeten PVBA
    Inventor: Achiel Verstraeten
  • Patent number: 4684128
    Abstract: In a slot machine having a cabinet in which a grab is suspended by means of cable from a crab which can move in various directions, the grab being capable of picking up prizes from a surface over which the grab is suspended, swinging of the grab during movement and directional changes of the crab and tipping of the grab upon picking up of a prize is restricted by means of a tube through which the cable passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Assignee: Elektro Automaten Verstraeten p.v.b.a.
    Inventor: Achiel Verstraeten