Patents by Inventor Ludo DeMeutter
Ludo DeMeutter 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: 10706656Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and sorting disks includes a wheel having at least one well for receiving a disk, a motor coupled to the wheel, a collecting device positioned relative to the wheel, a disk sensor, an ejector, and a controller. The collecting device has at least a first collector and a second collector configured for receiving disks. The disk sensor is configured to detect a value of a parameter of a disk received in the well and generate a parameter value signal. The ejector is coupled to the wheel proximate the well and configured to eject a disk from the well in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the wheel in response to an eject signal. The controller is operably coupled with the disk sensor and the ejector.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KGInventors: Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Publication number: 20180286162Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and sorting disks includes a wheel having at least one well for receiving a disk, a motor coupled to the wheel, a collecting device positioned relative to the wheel, a disk sensor, an ejector, and a controller. The collecting device has at least a first collector and a second collector configured for receiving disks. The disk sensor is configured to detect a value of a parameter of a disk received in the well and generate a parameter value signal. The ejector is coupled to the wheel proximate the well and configured to eject a disk from the well in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the wheel in response to an eject signal. The controller is operably coupled with the disk sensor and the ejector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Patent number: 9990792Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and sorting disks includes a wheel having at least one well for receiving a disk, a motor coupled to the wheel, a collecting device positioned relative to the wheel, a disk sensor, an ejector, and a controller. The collecting device has at least a first collector and a second collector configured for receiving disks. The disk sensor is configured to detect a value of a parameter of a disk received in the well and generate a parameter value signal. The ejector is coupled to the wheel proximate the well and configured to eject a disk from the well in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the wheel in response to an eject signal. The controller is operably coupled with the disk sensor and the ejector.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KGInventors: Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Publication number: 20170169646Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and sorting disks includes a wheel having at least one well for receiving a disk, a motor coupled to the wheel, a collecting device positioned relative to the wheel, a disk sensor, an ejector, and a controller. The collecting device has at least a first collector and a second collector configured for receiving disks. The disk sensor is configured to detect a value of a parameter of a disk received in the well and generate a parameter value signal. The ejector is coupled to the wheel proximate the well and configured to eject a disk from the well in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the wheel in response to an eject signal. The controller is operably coupled with the disk sensor and the ejector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Patent number: 9589407Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and sorting disks includes a wheel having at least one well for receiving a disk, a motor coupled to the wheel, a collecting device positioned relative to the wheel, a disk sensor, an ejector, and a controller. The collecting device has at least a first collector and a second collector configured for receiving disks. The disk sensor is configured to detect a value of a parameter of a disk received in the well and generate a parameter value signal. The ejector is coupled to the wheel proximate the well and configured to eject a disk from the well in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the wheel in response to an eject signal. The controller is operably coupled with the disk sensor and the ejector.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KGInventors: Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Publication number: 20160196707Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and sorting disks includes a wheel having at least one well for receiving a disk, a motor coupled to the wheel, a collecting device positioned relative to the wheel, a disk sensor, an ejector, and a controller. The collecting device has at least a first collector and a second collector configured for receiving disks. The disk sensor is configured to detect a value of a parameter of a disk received in the well and generate a parameter value signal. The ejector is coupled to the wheel proximate the well and configured to eject a disk from the well in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the wheel in response to an eject signal. The controller is operably coupled with the disk sensor and the ejector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Patent number: 9330516Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and sorting disks includes a wheel having at least one well for receiving a disk, a motor coupled to the wheel, a collecting device positioned relative to the wheel, a disk sensor, an ejector, and a controller. The collecting device has at least a first collector and a second collector configured for receiving disks. The disk sensor is configured to detect a value of a parameter of a disk received in the well and generate a parameter value signal. The ejector is coupled to the wheel proximate the well and configured to eject a disk from the well in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the wheel in response to an eject signal. The controller is operably coupled with the disk sensor and the ejector.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: SHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KGInventors: Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Publication number: 20140202825Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and sorting disks includes a wheel having at least one well for receiving a disk, a motor coupled to the wheel, a collecting device positioned relative to the wheel, a disk sensor, an ejector, and a controller. The collecting device has at least a first collector and a second collector configured for receiving disks. The disk sensor is configured to detect a value of a parameter of a disk received in the well and generate a parameter value signal. The ejector is coupled to the wheel proximate the well and configured to eject a disk from the well in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the wheel in response to an eject signal. The controller is operably coupled with the disk sensor and the ejector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KGInventors: Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Patent number: 8678164Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and sorting disks includes a wheel having at least one well for receiving a disk, a motor coupled to the wheel, a collecting device positioned relative to the wheel, a disk sensor, an ejector, and a controller. The collecting device has at least a first collector and a second collector configured for receiving disks. The disk sensor is configured to detect a value of a parameter of a disk received in the well and generate a parameter value signal. The ejector is coupled to the wheel proximate the well and configured to eject a disk from the well in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the wheel in response to an eject signal. The controller is operably coupled with the disk sensor and the ejector.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KGInventors: Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Publication number: 20130052925Abstract: An apparatus for receiving and sorting disks includes a wheel having at least one well for receiving a disk, a motor coupled to the wheel, a collecting device positioned relative to the wheel, a disk sensor, an ejector, and a controller. The collecting device has at least a first collector and a second collector configured for receiving disks. The disk sensor is configured to detect a value of a parameter of a disk received in the well and generate a parameter value signal. The ejector is coupled to the wheel proximate the well and configured to eject a disk from the well in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the wheel in response to an eject signal. The controller is operably coupled with the disk sensor and the ejector.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicants: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KGInventors: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG, Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Patent number: 8298052Abstract: A device for sorting disks or disk-like members of different identities (e.g., roulette chips) that ejects the disks from a receptacle by means of a rotating wheel with numerous wells, such as multi-chip storage compartments. Ejection of an article from the numerous 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 rotating wheel, into a receiving space. The disks in the receiving spaces are continually replaced by newly arriving disks, which force the previously positioned disks upward into a column.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KGInventors: Peter Wolfgang DeRaedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Publication number: 20100230233Abstract: A device for sorting disks or disk-like members of different identities (e.g., roulette chips) that ejects the disks from a receptacle by means of a rotating wheel with numerous wells, such as multi-chip storage compartments. Ejection of an article from the numerous 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 rotating wheel, into a receiving space. The disks in the receiving spaces are continually replaced by newly arriving disks, which force the previously positioned disks upwards into a column.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KGInventors: Peter Wolfgang De Raedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Publication number: 20070209975Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: September 13, 2007Inventors: Peter De Raedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Patent number: 7201268Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Streamline Innovations GmbHInventors: Ludo DeMeutter, Peter Wolfgang De Raedt
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Publication number: 20070023500Abstract: A note validating and storage assembly for a gaming table having a table top includes a storage box for storing notes received at the gaming table. A validator, adjacent the storage box, validates, authenticates and determines the value of the notes. A controller having a memory is in operative communication with the validator for receiving and storing data corresponding to the authenticity and value of the notes. A separator adjacent the validator grips one of the notes and separates it from a plurality of notes. A fan assembly is operably associated with the separator for aiding in separating the notes. A holding area is disposed below the table top such that notes may be pushed through a note entry slot in the table top and into the storage area with a plunger. An RFID system can be employed in conjunction with gaming chips for various table management purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2006Publication date: February 1, 2007Inventors: Peter DeRaedt, Bernd Witzany, Ludo DeMeutter
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Patent number: 7028826Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Streamline Innovations GmbHInventors: Peter Wolfgang De Raedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Patent number: 6976589Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Streamline Innovations GmbHInventors: Peter Wolfgang De Raedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Publication number: 20050155838Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2005Publication date: July 21, 2005Inventors: Peter Raedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Publication number: 20050139528Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2005Publication date: June 30, 2005Inventors: Peter De Raedt, Ludo DeMeutter
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Publication number: 20040149539Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Peter Wolfgang De Raedt, Ludo DeMeutter