Patents by Inventor Ray Duer

Ray Duer 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: 11148040
    Abstract: A ball delivery device, system, and method housing a plurality of balls for a game session is presented. The ball delivery device includes a mixing chamber that receives the plurality of balls for the game session, a mixing arm (or arms) that mixes the plurality of balls within the mixing chamber during the game session, a ball holder disposed on the arm, wherein the ball holder captures a single ball from the mixing chamber during the game session and deposits the ball on a reading platform, an agitator mechanically coupled to the reading platform, wherein the agitator induces a vibration in the reading platform, a reader that scans an identifier printed on the ball as the ball rotates on the vibrating reading platform, and a camera that captures an image of the ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TRIPP ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Warren Tripp, Bryan Born, Ray Duer, Al Grinsell, Michael Hall, Ken Juenke, Rick Smith, Matt Walsh
  • Patent number: 9737791
    Abstract: A ball delivery device, system, and method housing a plurality of balls for a game session is presented. The ball delivery device includes a mixing chamber, at least one instruction to start the game session, an identifier, at least one arm, a ball holder, a reader and a tube. The mixing chamber receives the balls for the game session. After receiving an instruction to begin the game session, balls are singly drawn from the mixing chamber. The identifier disposed on each ball uniquely identifies each ball. The arm mixes the balls in the mixing chamber. The ball holder disposed on the arm holds a single ball that is randomly selected from the mixing chamber. The reader reads the identifier of the ball selected by the ball holder. The tube receives each selected ball and holds the selected balls after the identifier reads the ball and until completion of the game session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TRIPP ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Warren Tripp, Bryan Born, Ray Duer, Al Grinsell, Michael Hall, Ken Juenke, Rick Smith, Matt Walsh
  • Patent number: 9061199
    Abstract: A ball delivery device, system, and method housing a plurality of balls for a game session is presented. The ball delivery device includes a mixing chamber, at least one instruction to start the game session, an identifier, at least one arm, a ball holder, a reader and a tube. The mixing chamber receives the balls for the game session. After receiving an instruction to begin the game session, balls are singly drawn from the mixing chamber. The identifier disposed on each ball uniquely identifies each ball. The arm mixes the balls in the mixing chamber. The ball holder disposed on the arm holds a single ball that is randomly selected from the mixing chamber. The reader reads the identifier of the ball selected by the ball holder. The tube receives each selected ball and holds the selected balls after the identifier reads the ball and until completion of the game session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: TRIPP ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Warren Tripp, Bryan Born, Ray Duer, Al Grinsell, Michael Hall, Ken Juenke, Rick Smith, Matt Walsh
  • Publication number: 20150045103
    Abstract: A ball delivery device, system, and method housing a plurality of balls for a game session is presented. The ball delivery device includes a mixing chamber, at least one instruction to start the game session, an identifier, at least one arm, a ball holder, a reader and a tube. The mixing chamber receives the balls for the game session. After receiving an instruction to begin the game session, balls are singly drawn from the mixing chamber. The identifier disposed on each ball uniquely identifies each ball. The arm mixes the balls in the mixing chamber. The ball holder disposed on the arm holds a single ball that is randomly selected from the mixing chamber. The reader reads the identifier of the ball selected by the ball holder. The tube receives each selected ball and holds the selected balls after the identifier reads the ball and until completion of the game session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: TRIPP ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Warren Tripp, Bryan Born, Ray Duer, Al Grinsell, Michael Hall, Ken Juenke, Rick Smith, Matt Walsh
  • Patent number: 6099362
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing magnetic heads that interact with magnetic disks includes a translational slide and a rotatable arm mounted to one end of the slide. The translational slide moves the rotatable arm in a longitudinal direction parallel to the surface of a magnetic disk. The arm rotates the magnetic head to different positions relative to data tracks on the disk. A second translational slide moves the magnetic head vertically above the disk to adjust the vertical position of the head. The three movements of the head, (1)horizontally across the disk, (2)rotationally by the arm, and (3)vertically relative to the disk surface are controlled by servomechanisms. A read/write amplifier circuit is connected to the head under test. The test apparatus is controlled by a computer that interfaces with circuitry connected to the servomechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Read-Rite Corporation
    Inventors: Elliot Viches, Mostafa Mahmoudian, Jagdeep S. Buttar, Oleg A. Gergel, Patrick A. Weber, Victor Rudman, Harry Ray Duer
  • Patent number: 5801531
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing magnetic heads that interact with magnetic disks includes a translational slide and a rotatable arm mounted to one end of the slide. The translational slide moves the rotatable arm in a longitudinal direction parallel to the surface of a magnetic disk. The arm rotates the magnetic head to different positions relative to data tracks on the disk. A second translational slide moves the magnetic head vertically above the disk to adjust the vertical position of the head. The three movements of the head, (1)horizontally across the disk, (2)rotationally by the arm, and (3)vertically relative to the disk surface are controlled by servomechanisms. A read/write amplifier circuit is connected to the head under test. The test apparatus is controlled by a computer that interfaces with circuitry connected to the servomechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Read-Rite Corporation
    Inventors: Elliot Viches, Mostafa Mahmoudian, Jagdeep S. Buttar, Oleg A. Gergel, Patrick A. Weber, Victor Rudman, Harry Ray Duer