Amusement devices: games – Chance devices – Rotating disk
Patent
1987-04-28
1989-06-13
Croyle, Carlton R.
Amusement devices: games
Chance devices
Rotating disk
446 9, A63F 504
Patent
active
048385549
ABSTRACT:
A toy money box resembling a slot machine has one money slot where the money enters a store and is returned if the slot machine when operated gives a jackpot. The money box has a second slot where money passes to a store separate from the slot machine and acts as a conventional money box. A mechanism for controlling the slot machine is provided which is simpler than previous mechanisms. In one aspect, the chance wheels are rotated by a gear drive which rotates one chance wheel through a one-way clutch and similar one-way clutches between adjacent pairs of chance wheels impart the rotation sequentially to all of the wheels. A clutch mechanism between the operating handle and the gear drive can comprise a pawl rotatably engaged within a cylindrical sleeve, the end of the pawl engaging a opening in the sleeve for transmitting rotary motion from the pawl to the sleeve and a cam being provided to disengage the end of the pawl when a particular extent of rotation has been reached. Also, single means are provided both to stop the chance wheels at an arbitrary position and to detect a winning orientation and so release money as a jackpot. To delay the stopping of the wheels, the sensor may be linked to a damper mechanism.
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Roberts Marvin
Sutter James J.
Croyle Carlton R.
Szczecina Jr. Eugene L.
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