Patents by Inventor Ghislain Toulemonde

Ghislain Toulemonde 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).

  • Lottery ball shuffling device and drawing machine equipped with said device
    Patent number: 6145836
    Abstract: A device for shuffling objects such as lottery balls is provided, disposed at the base of a generally spherical enclosure of a lottery machine carrying separately identifiable objects, the shuffling device including first and second concentric rotating parts which together form a substantially contiguous support surface for the objects, and the surfaces of which carry substantially radial slender projecting elements which, in operation, are intended to hit the objects, and also including a driver for rotating the first and second parts at speeds which differ in terms of value and/or direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventors: Ghislain Toulemonde, Xavier Delgrange