Patents by Inventor Silvester ZUPANCIC

Silvester ZUPANCIC 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: 10706668
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a roulette wheel apparatus, and in particular to a ball launcher for use in a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus and roulette wheel apparatus comprising the ball launcher. According to a first aspect, the ball launcher comprises a pair of launch tubes adapted to be connected to the airflow generator and defining different launching directions, wherein the ball gate for gating the ball into one of the launch tubes includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from a ball-receiving station to each one of said pair of launch tubes to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to one of said launch tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Novomatic AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Burgstaller, Miha Stegel, Silvester Zupancic, Sini{hacek over (s)}a Jojic
  • Publication number: 20200066087
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a roulette wheel apparatus, and in particular to a ball launcher for use in a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus and roulette wheel apparatus comprising the ball launcher. According to a first aspect, the ball launcher comprises a pair of launch tubes adapted to be connected to the airflow generator and defining different launching directions, wherein the ball gate for gating the ball into one of the launch tubes includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from a ball-receiving station to each one of said pair of launch tubes to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to one of said launch tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jürgen BURGSTALLER, Miha STEGEL, Silvester ZUPANCIC, Sinisa JOJIC
  • Patent number: 10504321
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a roulette wheel apparatus, and in particular to a ball launcher for use in a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus and roulette wheel apparatus comprising the ball launcher. According to a first aspect, the ball launcher comprises a pair of launch tubes adapted to be connected to the airflow generator and defining different launching directions, wherein the ball gate for gating the ball into one of the launch tubes includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from a ball-receiving station to each one of said pair of launch tubes to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to one of said launch tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Novomatic AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Burgstaller, Miha Stegel, Silvester Zupancic, Sini{hacek over (s)}a Jojic
  • Publication number: 20170256121
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a roulette wheel apparatus, and in particular to a ball launcher for use in a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus and roulette wheel apparatus comprising the ball launcher. According to a first aspect, the ball launcher comprises a pair of launch tubes adapted to be connected to the airflow generator and defining different launching directions, wherein the ball gate for gating the ball into one of the launch tubes includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from a ball-receiving station to each one of said pair of launch tubes to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to one of said launch tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jürgen BURGSTALLER, Miha STEGEL, Silvester ZUPANCIC, Sinisa JOJIC