Patents by Inventor Chuck Miller

Chuck Miller 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: 10089821
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Anthony Peltz, Philip LaRoach, Chuck Miller, Gordon Myers, Kurt Spencer
  • Publication number: 20170221301
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Anthony PELTZ, Philip LAROACH, Chuck MILLER, Gordon MYERS, Kurt SPENCER
  • Patent number: 9711002
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Anthony Peltz, Philip LaRoach, Chuck Miller, Gordon Myers, Kurt Spencer
  • Publication number: 20160012670
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Anthony Peltz, Philip LaRoach, Chuck Miller, Gordon Myers, Kurt Spencer
  • Publication number: 20110009197
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Martin Anthony Peltz, Philip LaRoach, Chuck Miller
  • Patent number: 5344044
    Abstract: An injection system and method for blending an additive into a main fluid flow stream at a controlled ratio, characterized by a controller wherein the electrical circuitry thereof is contained in an explosion-proof housing having a window through which electromagnetic energy, such as an infrared command signal, can be transmitted. The circuitry contained within the explosion-proof housing includes a receiver for receiving the electromagnetic energy transmitted through the window and a processor or processors for decoding information included in the electromagnetic energy and for carrying out one or more functions based on such information. Also disclosed is an additive injection correction technique, a clean line technique and related and other features of the system and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Al P. Hayden, Patrick L. Hayden, Chuck Miller
  • Patent number: 5251785
    Abstract: An injection system and method for blending an additive into a main fluid flow stream at a controlled ratio, characterized by a controller wherein the electrical circuitry thereof is contained in an explosion-proof housing having a window through which electromagnetic energy, such as an infrared command signal, can be transmitted. The circuitry contained within the explosion-proof housing includes a receiver for receiving the electromagnetic energy transmitted through the window and a processor or processors for decoding information included in the electromagnetic energy and for carrying out one or more functions based on such information. Also disclosed in an additive injection correction technique, a clean line technique and related and other features of the system and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Al P. Hayden, Patrick L. Hayden, Chuck Miller