Abstract: A device for sorting discs or disk-like members of different identities (e.g. roulette chips) ejects the disks from a receptacle by means of a rotating wheel with numerous wells—(multi-chip storage compartments). Ejection of an article from the wells is achieved by an ejector lever making contact with an activated solenoid thus forcing the article at the bottom of the well, in conjunction with the momentum of the moving wheel, into a receiving space. The discs in the receiving spaces are continually replaced by newly-arriving discs which force the previously-positioned discs upwards into a column.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2007
Assignee:
Streamline Innovations GmbH
Inventors:
Ludo DeMeutter, Peter Wolfgang De Raedt
Abstract: A device for sorting discs or disk-like members of different identities (e.g. roulette chips) ejects the disks from a receptacle by means of a rotating wheel with numerous wells—(multi-chip storage compartments). Ejection of an article from the wells is achieved by an ejector lever making contact with an activated solenoid thus forcing the article at the bottom of the well, in conjunction with the momentum of the moving wheel, into a receiving space. The discs in the receiving spaces are continually replaced by newly-arriving discs which force the previously-positioned discs upwards into a column.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2006
Assignee:
Streamline Innovations GmbH
Inventors:
Peter Wolfgang De Raedt, Ludo DeMeutter
Abstract: A device for sorting discs or disk-like members of different identities (e.g. roulette chips) ejects the disks from a receptacle by means of a rotating wheel with numerous wells—(multi-chip storage compartments). Ejection of an article from the wells is achieved by an ejector lever making contact with an activated solenoid thus forcing the article at the bottom of the well, in conjunction with the momentum of the moving wheel, into a receiving space. The discs in the receiving spaces are continually replaced by newly-arriving discs which force the previously-positioned discs upwards into a column.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2003
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2005
Assignee:
Streamline Innovations GmbH
Inventors:
Peter Wolfgang De Raedt, Ludo DeMeutter