Reciprocating Floor Patents (Class 273/145D)
  • Patent number: 5449174
    Abstract: An agitator for generating a random number for use in an associated game. The inventive device includes a vehicle body supported by a plurality of wheels. A transparent dome is coupled to the vehicle body and encloses a pair of dice therewithin. A spring plate positioned beneath the dice oscillates in response to a movement of the vehicle wheels to agitate the dice to generate a random number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Inventor: Delbert L. Criner
  • Patent number: 4892311
    Abstract: A vibrating feeder type die machine having a die retrieving feeder of a generally rectangular shape and a spot counting feeder of an elongated channel. Both feeders are integrally connected so that the die may roll down from the die retrieving feeder to the spot counting channel. The vibration of the spot counting channel will cause the die to move forward to the spot counting position in the channel. After the number of spots on a selected side of the die is counted automatically, the die is pushed up to the dice retrieving feeder plane. The die machine may be equipped with die rolling means, which can be controlled by a player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Assignee: Bonanza Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouji Zaitsu
  • Patent number: 4108431
    Abstract: Game apparatus is provided with a transparent cylinder containing a dice support platform. The platform is movable by a manually operable lever to toss the dice. At the top of the cylinder there is removably mounted a slot-fed coin or chip container which is secured in a closed, locked condition by each of a multiple of key-operated locks. Removably fitted into the cylinder so as to be accessible to the players is a number of keys, two or so, for each of the key-operated locks, to be selectively tried by preliminary winners to determine the final winner, the one who opens the last of the key-operated locks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Inventor: Manuel Camara