Patents by Inventor Steven William Acton

Steven William Acton 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).

  • Roulette wheel apparatus
    Patent number: 10843065
    Abstract: A roulette wheel apparatus comprising a rotatable roulette wheel located in a wheel bowl and a ball launcher adapted to launch a roulette ball into the wheel bowl with a predetermined variable launch speed, the ball launcher comprising at least one rotatable element adapted to accelerate a roulette ball in contact with the rotatable element and/or at least one element adapted to spin a roulette ball in contact with the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TCS John Huxley Europe Limited
    Inventors: Steven William Acton, Peter Skinner
  • ROULETTE WHEEL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170136344
    Abstract: A roulette wheel apparatus comprising a rotatable roulette wheel located in a wheel bowl and a ball launcher adapted to launch a roulette ball into the wheel bowl with a predetermined variable launch speed, the ball launcher comprising at least one rotatable element adapted to accelerate a roulette ball in contact with the rotatable element and/or at least one element adapted to spin a roulette ball in contact with the element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: TCS John Huxley Europe Limited
    Inventors: Steven William Acton, Peter Skinner