Pivoted Pawl Patents (Class 273/142JD)
  • Patent number: 5441259
    Abstract: A double match jackpot with (2) separate identical operating mechanisms in the machine is the invention. The two (2) identical mechanisms operate independently with no set combinations of play. Each play is with random results. A winning play is not determined by the number of plays made previously. The matching of two (2) identical symbols on pairs of facing discs determines a win. Operating sections can be attached separately to other identical operating sections to increase the odds in any play of the machine. Odds can be increased also by addition of identical symbols to the edges of facing discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Inventor: Marion Stevenson
  • Patent number: 5123648
    Abstract: A device for selecting a particular number, letter or other symbol for a lottery game or the like, and which includes a body adapted to be held by a user and carrying a wheel which is manually rotatable relative to the body and which has a series of numbers or other markings movable to a predetermined viewing position in different settings of the wheel. A member is mounted to the body for movement between a position blocking viewing of the markings during rotation of the wheel and permitting viewing of a single marking when the wheel is stopped. Preferably, the member acts to lock the wheel in a particular setting when in viewing condition, and is yieldingly urged by a spring to the position in which the wheel is free to turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Inventor: Frank A. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 4643425
    Abstract: The electronic roulette comprises, in a box-like body, a roulette wheel, including a plurality of numbered sectors, an electric motor for driving it, launching assembly to be operated by the player to launch a ball into the roulette wheel, a playing selecting keyboard to be actuated by the player for defining the stake value, and a ball position sensing optical encoder for sensing the position of the ball on the roulette wheel, an inlet channel for introducing tokens in order to set the stake value, a token supplying hopper for supplying a predetermined number of tokens in the case of a win by the player, and a microprocessor circuit operatively coupled to all of the mentioned elements to control them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Inventor: Mario Herzenberger
  • Patent number: 4036502
    Abstract: An indicator device comprises a base member provided with a plurality of numbers, characters or other indicia arranged in a circle, a disc positioned on the base member for rotary movement relative thereto about the center of the circle, the disc having indicating effective at the same distance from the center of the circle as the numbers, characters or other indicia whereby a number, character or indicium can be indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Inventor: Barnett Levy