Patents by Inventor Kurt Spencer
Kurt Spencer 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).
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Patent number: 10546456Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine including a cabinet housing which houses a receiver and a dispenser. An opening extends through the housing. A receiver chute extends between the opening and the receiver, with the receiver chute having a first receiver portion. Similarly, a dispenser chute extends between the opening and the dispenser, with the dispenser chute having a first dispenser portion. The first receiver portion and the first dispenser portion are coextensive, such that the cabinet housing both receives and dispenses currency and currency-type media at the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Martin Anthony Peltz, Philip Laroach, Charles R. Miller, Sr., Gordon Myers, Kurt Spencer
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Publication number: 20180308310Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine including a cabinet housing which houses a receiver and a dispenser. An opening extends through the housing. A receiver chute extends between the opening and the receiver, with the receiver chute having a first receiver portion. Similarly, a dispenser chute extends between the opening and the dispenser, with the dispenser chute having a first dispenser portion. The first receiver portion and the first dispenser portion are coextensive, such that the cabinet housing both receives and dispenses currency and currency-type media at the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Martin Anthony PELTZ, Philip LAROACH, Charles R. MILLER, SR., Gordon MYERS, Kurt SPENCER
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Patent number: 10089821Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine including a cabinet housing which houses a receiver and a dispenser. An opening extends through the housing. A receiver chute extends between the opening and the receiver, with the receiver chute having a first receiver portion. Similarly, a dispenser chute extends between the opening and the dispenser, with the dispenser chute having a first dispenser portion. The first receiver portion and the first dispenser portion are coextensive, such that the cabinet housing both receives and dispenses currency and currency-type media at the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Martin Anthony Peltz, Philip LaRoach, Chuck Miller, Gordon Myers, Kurt Spencer
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Publication number: 20170221301Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine including a cabinet housing which houses a receiver and a dispenser. An opening extends through the housing. A receiver chute extends between the opening and the receiver, with the receiver chute having a first receiver portion. Similarly, a dispenser chute extends between the opening and the dispenser, with the dispenser chute having a first dispenser portion. The first receiver portion and the first dispenser portion are coextensive, such that the cabinet housing both receives and dispenses currency and currency-type media at the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Martin Anthony PELTZ, Philip LAROACH, Chuck MILLER, Gordon MYERS, Kurt SPENCER
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Patent number: 9711002Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine including a cabinet housing which houses a receiver and a dispenser. An opening extends through the housing. A receiver chute extends between the opening and the receiver, with the receiver chute having a first receiver portion. Similarly, a dispenser chute extends between the opening and the dispenser, with the dispenser chute having a first dispenser portion. The first receiver portion and the first dispenser portion are coextensive, such that the cabinet housing both receives and dispenses currency and currency-type media at the opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Martin Anthony Peltz, Philip LaRoach, Chuck Miller, Gordon Myers, Kurt Spencer
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Publication number: 20160012670Abstract: The present invention provides a gaming machine including a cabinet housing which houses a receiver and a dispenser. An opening extends through the housing. A receiver chute extends between the opening and the receiver, with the receiver chute having a first receiver portion. Similarly, a dispenser chute extends between the opening and the dispenser, with the dispenser chute having a first dispenser portion. The first receiver portion and the first dispenser portion are coextensive, such that the cabinet housing both receives and dispenses currency and currency-type media at the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Martin Anthony Peltz, Philip LaRoach, Chuck Miller, Gordon Myers, Kurt Spencer
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Publication number: 20080293476Abstract: A new ergonomic game cabinet with a unique layout is disclosed. The gaming machine cabinet includes a display mounted nearly vertically, combined with a player deck extending towards a player having more space at a more useful angle than previously available. The player deck will have open space usable by a player for small items (wallets, purses, chips, etc.), a player device area (typically buttons), and then a further area where a player can rest their arms, wrists, or elbows and comfortably reach the player device area. This further area may also be used for small player items, such as chips, tickets, etc. In addition, the new cabinet provides side panels on each side of the gaming machine cabinet that creates a feeling of being “surrounded” by the game experience due to reduced noise and visual distractions from nearby gaming machines, other patrons, waitrons, and the like. A version of the cabinet including electromechanical reels is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Luciano, JR., Thomas N. Taxon, Kurt Spencer, Timothy F. Kelley
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Publication number: 20080261703Abstract: A new ergonomic game cabinet with a unique layout is disclosed. The gaming machine cabinet includes a display mounted nearly vertically, combined with a player deck extending towards a player having more space at a more useful angle than previously available. The player deck will have open space usable by a player for small items (wallets, purses, chips, etc.), a player device area (typically buttons), and then a further area where a player can rest their arms, wrists, or elbows and comfortably reach the player device area. This further area may also be used for small player items, such as chips, tickets, etc. In addition, the new cabinet provides side panels on each side of the gaming machine cabinet that creates a feeling of being “surrounded” by the game experience due to reduced noise and visual distractions from nearby gaming machines, other patrons, waitrons, and the like. A version of the cabinet including electromechanical reels is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Robert A. Luciano, Thomas N. Taxon, Kurt Spencer, Timothy F. Kelley
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Publication number: 20050129449Abstract: The present invention comprises a printer system for a device that comprises a secure compartment and a top surface displaced at an acute angle relative to a floor. A portion of the secure compartment includes interior of an opening from the top surface. The printer system comprises a support frame attachable to the device and displaced in the secure compartment of the device. The support frame comprises at least one glide rail. The printer system further comprises a printer assembly attached to the support frame. The printer assembly comprises a media holder adapted to hold printable media, a chassis intermediate and attached to the media holder, and a printer attached to the chassis and adapted to print on the media. In a first position, the printer assembly is displaced substantially inside the secure compartment. In a second position, the printer assembly is extended away from the secure compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2005Publication date: June 16, 2005Applicant: Sierra Design GroupInventors: Robert Luciano, Kurt Spencer, Michael Souza, Timothy Kelley, Robert Anderson
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Patent number: 6742059Abstract: There is disclosed a client-server configuration including a peripheral device wherein multiple servers interface with both the client and the peripheral. Management software for determining the operating state of the peripheral, known as server agent software, is employed in the multiple servers under control of the client. In order to avoid conflicting information reflecting multiple operating states of the peripheral, a primary/secondary algorithm is used to enable the client to determine only one peripheral operating state while allowing each server to also verify its connectivity to the peripheral and to the client.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2000Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: EMC CorporationInventors: Stephen Todd, Andreas Bauer, David Kurt Spencer, Walter T. Dobberpuhl
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Patent number: D740888Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.Inventors: Michael DePalma, Gordon Myers, Kurt Spencer, Donovan Gilletti