Patents by Inventor Joseph Wesley Cole

Joseph Wesley Cole 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).

  • Gaming machine currency apparatus and method therefore
    Patent number: 6068101
    Abstract: A gaming machine and method including a housing having a door which exposes a currency mechanism along a medial portion thereof and located between a side wall and a monitor. This strategic location of the currency mechanism allows clearance for an underlying coin hopper so as to minimize the need for an external currency mechanism and to provide access to the coin hopper in a much more maintenance friendly manner for tending to the coin hopper and currency mechanisms, e.g. for filling, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Casino Data Systems
    Inventors: Robert M. Dickenson, Richard Jay Schneider, Joseph Wesley Cole, Linn A. McKay
  • Electronic game housing
    Patent number: D388469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Casino Data Systems
    Inventors: Robert M. Dickenson, Richard Jay Schnelder, Joseph Wesley Cole, Linn A. McKay
  • Gaming device
    Patent number: D404077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Casino Data Systems
    Inventors: Robert M. Dickenson, Richard Jay Schneider, Joseph Wesley Cole, Paul Burnell
  • Electronic game housing
    Patent number: D424122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Casino Data Systems
    Inventors: Robert M. Dickenson, Richard Jay Schneider, Joseph Wesley Cole, Linn A. McKay