EP0017880B1 - Device for filling out a betting slip, especially for lotto and football pool gaming systems - Google Patents

Description

• - stiftförmigen Stempeln, von denen je einer einem Markierfeld des Spielfeldes zugeordnet und auf das zugeordnete Markierfeld auf dem Wettschein niederfahrbar ist,
• - einem oberhalb der Stempel angeordneten Druckstück, das an dem obenliegenden Teil der Stempelführung federnd abgestützt ist, und
• - einem zwischen dem Druckstück und den oberen Stempelenden vorgesehenen, umrahmten Beaufschlagungsraum, innerhalb dessen mit Hilfe von Markierstücken bestimmt wird, welche der Stempel von dem Druckstück niedergedrückt werden.

The invention relates to a device for filling out a betting slip, in particular for lottery and lottery game systems, on which at least one playing field is provided, which is subdivided into a number of marking fields

• - pen-shaped stamps, one of which is assigned to a marking field on the playing field and can be moved down to the assigned marking field on the betting slip,
• - A pressure piece arranged above the stamp, which is resiliently supported on the overhead part of the stamp guide, and
• - A provided between the pressure piece and the upper die ends, framed loading space, within which it is determined with the help of marking pieces, which the stamp is pressed down by the pressure piece.

Such a device is known from DE-OS 2 425 709. In this device, the vertically displaceably guided pin-shaped punches are held in two spaced-apart guide plates, which in turn are guided in a housing parallel and independently of the punches. Balls serve as marking pieces, which can be rolled on the floor of the framed pressurization space.

In the idle state, the two guide plates are brought into a certain distance by means of springs acting on them. Likewise, the pen-shaped stamps are kept in alignment with their upper ends with the bottom of the pressurization chamber by means of other springs acting on them in retirement. If a marking process is to be carried out, a pressure piece is pressed against the balls. The balls press down on both the pin-shaped punches and the upper guide plate. In a manner not described in detail, an ink pad swings out when depressed, so that the stamps finally press against the betting slip.

This structure is complex and sensitive. The many bearing points of parts that can be moved against each other require a very precise design. The free running stamps on long routes hardly allow the use of plastics. The four different types of springs must be very well coordinated with each other with their spring constants. Irregularities quickly lead to tilting.

The large number of springs, which is absolutely necessary for functionality, and the use of a swiveling ink pad is also complex. When marking only one playing field, a swiveling device is still conceivable. However, if six or more fields of a betting slip are to be marked at the same time, then a swiveling stamp device cannot be used.

It is an object of the invention to provide a simplified and reliable device of the type mentioned in the introduction. In particular, the number of mutually movable and resilient parts to be used is to be reduced, the stamping ink task is to be simplified and the production in plastic injection molding is to be made possible.

• - deren Dicke etwa der Länge der Stempel entspricht,
• - durch die sich vertikale Führungskanäle für die Stempel erstrecken,
• - die in dem Gehäuse der Vorrichtung fest verankert ist,
• - in der die Stempel frei verschieblich geführt sind,
• - über deren Unterseite, die sich am den Wettschein aufnehmenden Stempelraum befindet, ein färbendes Stempelfarbtuch gespannt ist, auf dem sich die Stempel abstützen, und
• - deren Oberseite den horizontalen Boden des Beaufschlagungsraumes bildet, in dem sich die Markierstücke befinden.

The object is achieved according to the invention in a device of the type mentioned at the outset by a stamp guide plate,

• - whose thickness corresponds approximately to the length of the stamp,
• - through which vertical guide channels for the stamps extend,
• - which is firmly anchored in the housing of the device,
• - in which the stamps are freely movable,
• - On the underside, which is located on the stamp space receiving the betting slip, a coloring stamp ink sheet is stretched, on which the stamp is supported, and
• - The top of which forms the horizontal floor of the exposure space in which the marking pieces are located.

In this device, only the pin-shaped stamp and the pressure piece pressing it down are movable relative to one another. The stamp ink sheet is used to apply ink to the betting slip and to hold the stamp up. There is therefore no need to exert any spring force on the punches, and the application of the stamping ink is self-releasing. In the entire device, only the springs are required which hold the pressure piece up in the idle state.

If the marking pieces, as in DE-OS 2 425 709, are designed as balls, then the stamp ink sheet holds the upper ends of the stamp in the idle state at the bottom of the loading space, so that ball rolling is possible at random. For a fixed bet, according to a further embodiment of the invention, the upper ends of the punches stand at rest over the floor of the loading space by a length which corresponds approximately to the ball diameter, the protruding pieces of the punches acting as marking pieces. The address field can also be designed in a corresponding manner.

The markings made by the stamps on the marking fields are generally extremely small and must be clearly recognizable. A color-rich impression is therefore necessary. This is achieved according to a further embodiment of the invention by a pressure roller, which can be rolled in the stamp space and can be pressed against the betting slip, by a shifting bracket carrying it pressing from above over the pressure piece against the marking pieces and thereby the pressure piece, marking pieces, stem pel and betting slip pressed between the pressure roller.

When the marking pieces, the stamp and the betting slip are pressed together between the pressure piece and the pressure roller, high pressure forces are generated at the marking points. These high forces are based on the pliers function between the pressure roller and the pressure piece, which is exerted via the sliding bracket. The applied pressing forces are not immediately transferred to all stamps, but gradually to the stamps that get under the pressure roller.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the pressure plate is provided with a pressure bar with which the rear betting slip end, as seen in the insertion direction, can be clamped. The betting slip is thus tensioned from its clamping point. This means that the stamps on the multi-sheet betting slips, which are usually designed as a set of forms, are exactly aligned with the corresponding check boxes.

• Fig. 1 einen Wettschein mit mehreren Spielfel; dem und einem Adressenfeld;
• Fig. 2 eine zum Markieren dieses Wettscheines vorbereitete Führungsplatte mit in ihr geführten Markierstempeln;
• Fig. 3 einen vergrösserten Schnitt durch die Gesamtvorrichtung unter Einbeziehung der Führungsplatte, wobei der Schnitt durch die Führungsplatte längs der Linie A-A geführt ist und die Stempel nach dem Gesetz des Zufalles wirken soll;
• Fig. 4 einen Schnitt längs der Linie A-A durch die in Fig. 2 dargestellte untere Spielfeldreihe, wobei die Stempel nach einem vorgegebenen festen Markierplan gesetzt sind;
• Fig. 5 eine schaubildliche Darstellung der Vorrichtung im Schnitt längs der Linie A-A, wobei die Stempel des linken Spielfeldes nach dem Gesetz des Zufalles wirken und die Stempel des rechten Spielfeldes nach einem vorgegebenen Plan wirken;
• Fig. 6 die Vorrichtung mit einer zum Drucken vorgesehenen Andruckrolle in der Pressstellung;
• Fig. 7 einen Andruckrolle und Pressstücke tragenden Bügel, der die Vorrichtung umspannt und die verschieblichen Vorrichtungsteile beim Markieren zusammenpresst, in schaubildlicher Darstellung;
• Fig. 8 die Stellung des Bügels in der drucklosen Ausgangsstellung (Schnitt VIII-VIII);
• Fig. 9 die Stellung des Bügels in der Pressstellung.

The invention is explained in more detail with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawing. Show it:

• 1 shows a betting slip with several playing fields; that and an address field;
• 2 shows a guide plate prepared for marking this betting slip with marking stamps guided in it;
• 3 shows an enlarged section through the entire device including the guide plate, the section through the guide plate being taken along the line AA and the stamp being intended to act according to the law of chance;
• 4 shows a section along the line AA through the lower row of playing fields shown in FIG. 2, the stamps being set according to a predetermined fixed marking plan;
• 5 shows a diagrammatic representation of the device in section along the line AA, the stamps of the left playing field acting according to the law of chance and the stamps of the right playing field acting according to a predetermined plan;
• 6 shows the device with a pressure roller provided for printing in the press position;
• 7 shows a pressure-carrying bracket and pressing pieces, which spans the device and presses the displaceable device parts together during marking, in a diagrammatic representation;
• Figure 8 shows the position of the bracket in the unpressurized starting position (section VIII-VIII).
• Fig. 9 shows the position of the bracket in the press position.

Fig. 1 shows a betting slip 1 with eight fields. The eight playing fields 3 'each consist of 49 marking fields 5', which are arranged in a square. Below the eight playing fields there is an address field 7 'in which the betting person writes their address. In addition, there is another marking 9 'on the betting slip for further game information.

In Fig. 2, a guide plate 11 is shown in plan view, which forms the core of the device with stamps 13 (Fig. 3, 4). The guide plate has a thickness that corresponds approximately to the length of the punch; it is adapted to the formation of the betting slip 1. Accordingly, there are eight playing fields 3. Each playing field 3 includes guide channels 15 running vertically from the top (playing field floor 33) to the underside 10 of the guide plate 11. On the upper side of the guide plate there are playing fields 3 'corresponding to betting slip fields 3' and at Underside of the stamp space 53. In the guide channels 15, stamps 13 are guided so as to be freely movable; they are supported by a stamping ink cloth 51, which is stretched over the underside of the guide plate 11, and are thus kept at a distance from the betting slip in the rest position above the stamp space 53. The guide channels 15 and the pin-shaped punch 13 have a round cross section in the drawing. However, it is easily possible to design the guide channels and pins differently in cross-section, for example angular or oval. The stamp 13 "'and the associated guide channels in the address field show an angular design.

FIG. 3 shows, on the basis of the section A-A through the guide plate 11 according to FIG. 2, the overall structure of the device in an enlarged view. The guide plate 11 is fixed in place in a housing 17 and rests on a support 19. The guide plate 11 is laterally provided with upstanding projections 21, on which a pressure plate 25 is resiliently supported by means of springs 23. Just as high as the approaches 21 are frames 27 which delimit the individual playing fields 3. Frame 27 and lugs 21 also serve to guide pressure pieces 29 which protrude downward from the pressure plate 25. Between the underside 45 of the pressure piece 29, the bottom 33 of the playing field 3 - at the same time the upper side of the guide plate 11 - and the frame 27, a loading space is formed in which the balls 31 are held captive. There are six balls 31 in the loading space of each playing field, which is set up for random play. These balls 31 can be freely rolled on the floor 33 as long as the pressure plate 25 is lifted off the balls 31 by means of the springs 23. For this it is necessary that the upper ends 37 of the punches 13 'form a plane with the bottom 33. The upper ends 37 of the stamp 13 can be provided with slight depressions.

The ball 31 shown in solid lines in FIG. 3 has remained due to free rolling on one of the punches 13 '. For marking, a bar 39 is tilted in the direction of an arrow B by means of a handle 41 (see FIG. 5). Since a strip 56 of the housing 17 acts as a counter bearing, a tilting extender 43 presses the pressure plate 25 down. The underside 45 of the pressure piece 29 lowers down to the dashed line Line 47 shown and depresses the ball 31, which is shown in dashed lines. The ball 31 in turn now presses the punch 13 'down. A cross 49 provided on the underside of the stamp is thereby pressed against the coloring stamp ink sheet 51 and with it against the betting slip 1, which is located in the stamp space. The bottom of the stamp space is formed by a resilient material layer 55 which rests on a counter bearing plate 57.

Fig. 4 shows the use of the device for a predetermined bet. Stamps 13 "are inserted into the guide channels 15, which are assigned to marking fields 5 to be marked. These stamps 13" protrude beyond the base 33. The protruding length 58 of the punches 13 ″ corresponds to the diameter D of the balls 31, which means that these protruding punch lengths 58 as well as the balls transmit marking force and thus act as marking pieces. In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG The stamps 13 "for a given bet can be replaced at any time by stamps 13 'for a random bet. In Fig. 2 the upper left playing fields are designed as random fields and the lower left fields as playing fields of fixed choice. The other playing fields can also be equipped as desired.

5 summarizes the explanations according to FIGS. 3 and 4. The left playing field shows the version according to FIG. 3, and the right playing field shows the version according to FIG. 4. To the right of the playing fields is the address field 7. Stamps 13 "'are inserted into this address field, with the desired ones on their underside The length of the stamp 13 "'corresponds to that of the stamp 13", so that the respective pressure piece 29 acts directly on the upper ends 37 of the stamp 13' ". The stamps of the stamp field 7 are angular, in contrast to the round stamps of the playing fields 3. This is necessary in order to be able to press the letters in the correct position on the betting slip.

The printing process on the betting slip, which is shown in the simplest way in FIG. 5, is preferably carried out with a pressure roller 69, the mode of operation of which is explained with reference to FIGS. 6 to 9. In FIG. 6, a bracket 61 extends transversely to the longitudinal direction of the betting slip and the device and extends from the underside of the housing 17 around the guide plate 11 to over the pressure plate 25. The legs 63 of the bracket 61 carry at their free ends 65 the stub axle 67 of a pressure roller 69. The yoke 71 of the bracket 61 is provided with pressing pieces 73 and 75 which point in the direction of the pressure plate 25 and are in two parallel rows along the yoke 71 extend.

In the pressure position according to FIG. 6, the pressing pieces 73 and 75 press down the pressure plate 25, with which the balls 31 - for the sake of clarity only one ball is shown - are pressed down and the stamps which they act on penetrate into the stamp chamber 53. The displaced stamp 13 ', which is shown as an example for all depressed stamps, presses with its marking stimulus 49 against the stamping ink sheet 51 and the betting slip 1, which the pressure roller 69 simultaneously presses upward. The pressure roller 69 and the pressing pieces 73 and 75 therefore ensure from below and above that the betting slip is marked in a pair of pliers between each of the stamps which have been driven down and the pressure roller. When the bracket 61 is rolled over the length of the device, all of the marking stamps pressed down for marking mark the betting slip 1 in the forceps pressing between them and the pressure roller 69.

FIG. 7 shows the device according to FIG. 6 in the same functional position with the pressure plate 25 depressed. The pressing piece 73 consists of a cam-like projection 73 projecting downward from the yoke 71, which protrudes against the upper side 77 of the pressure plate 25. The press piece 75 is provided at its rear end with a tip 79 projecting in the direction of the pressure plate 25, which is also pressed against the top side 77 of the pressure plate 25. Both press pieces 73 and 75, like the other not shown, correspondingly designed press pieces, project equally far in the direction of the pressure plate 25, so that it is pressed down in a plane parallel to the plane of the guide plate 11.

A pressure bar 81 extends downward from the pressure plate 25. The lower terminating edge 83 of the pressure bar is directed towards an insertion support 85. When the pressure plate 25 is depressed, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the edge 83 of the pressure bar 81 clamps the betting slip 1 on the insertion pad 85. If the bracket 61 is now rolled away from the clamping side in the direction of the arrow 87, the pressure roller 69 tightens the betting slip 1, which is designed as a set of forms, between itself and the pinching point. This means an exact mutual alignment of the marking fields and marking stamps.

FIG. 8 differs from FIG. 9 in that the bracket in FIG. 8 is in the non-pressing starting position, while in FIG. 9 it assumes the pressing position. In the illustration according to FIG. 8, the tip 79 of the pressing piece 75 rests in front of an inclined run-up plane 89 and thus does not load the pressure plate 25. The cam-like shaft 91 of the press piece 73 rests in a corresponding wave-shaped recess 93 of the pressure plate 25. The cam-like shaft 91 of the press piece 73 does not press against the pressure plate 25 either. The insertion slot 95 between the edge 83 and the insertion support 85 is open, so that the betting slip 1 can be inserted freely.

9, the bracket 61 is rolled in the direction of arrow 87 in FIG. 7. The tip 79 of the pressing piece 75 and the cam-like shaft 91 have run onto the upper side 77 of the pressure plate 25. As a result, the pressure plate 25 is depressed and the betting slip 1 is clamped between the edge 83 and the insertion support 85 (section IX-IX).

By rolling over the bracket 61 in the direction of the arrow 87, the roller is moved under all the depressed marking stamps, which then apply the corresponding stamp imprint. At the end of the rollover process, in which the stub axles 67 of the pressure roller 69 are guided in a guide slot 96, the guide slot 96 widens in an area where a marking stamp can no longer be depressed. The pressure roller 69 can therefore dodge to the bottom 10 of the guide plate 11. This is sufficient to give the springs 23 the opportunity to push the pressure plate 25 upward, so that the pinching of the betting slip between the pressure bar 81 and the insert support is ended. The stub axles 67 run up on the upper edge 97 of the widening 99. This is indicated in FIG. 9 with dashed lines.

The pressing pieces 73, 75 do not necessarily have to be rigid. It is just as possible to train them as roles.

Claims (9)

1. A device for filling out a competition form, in particular for lotto- and toto-games, on which at least one play field is provided which is subdivided into a plurality of marking fields comprising

- pin-shaped stamps (13), each of which is associated with a marking field (5') of the play field (3') and can be lowered onto the associated marking field (5') on the competition form,

- a pressing piece (29) arranged above the stamps and resiliently supported on the upper part of the stamp guide and

- a framed selection space provided between the pressing piece (29) and the top ends (37) of the stamps, within which it is decided with the aid of marking pieces (31, 58) which of the stamps (13) will be pressed down by the pressing piece (29), characterized by a stamp guide plate (11),

- the thickness approximately corresponds to the length of the stamps,

- through which extend vertical guide channels (15) for the stamps (13),

- which is firmly anchored in the housing (17) of the device,

- in which the stamps (13) are guided so as to be freely slidable,

- above the underside (10) of which, located at the stamp space (53) receiving the competition form (1), is stretched a stamping colour cloth (51), on which the stamps (13) are bearing and

- the top side of which constitutes the horizontal bottom (33) of the selection space comprising the marking pieces (31, 58).

2. A device as claimed in Claim 1 in which marking pieces in the form of balls (31) are adapted to roll on the bottom (33) of the selection space, characterized in that the stamp cloth (51) retains the top ends (37) of the stamps (13') in the rest position of the device in the plane of the bottom (33) in order to form a flat surface.

3. A device as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that for a predetermined game the top ends of the stamps (13") protrude in the rest position above the bottom (33) of the selection space by a length (D) approximately corresponding to the ball diameter (D), the protruding parts (58) of the stamps (13") serving as marking pieces.

4. A device as claimed in Claim 3, characterized in that at the side of the play field(s) an address field (7) is provided with character stamps (13"') selected in accordance with the desired address.

5. A device as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in that each individual pressing piece (29) is part of a pressing plate (25) resiliently held opposite the guide plate (11).

6. A device as claimed in Claim 1, characterized by a pressing roller (69), which can roll in the stamping space (53) and can be pressed against the competition form (1) by causing a displaceable bracket (61) carrying the same to press from above via the pressing piece (29) against the marking pieces (31, 58) whilst pressing together the pressing piece (29), marking pieces (31, 58), stamps (13) and competition form between itself and the pressing roller (69).

7. A device as claimed in Claim 6, characterized in that the pressure between the pressing pieces (29) and the displaceable bracket (61) is obviated in the starting and end positions of the displaceable bracket (61).

8. A device as claimed in Claim 6, characterized in that in the starting position of the displaceable bracket (61) pressing pieces (73, 75) arranged on the displaceable bracket (61) extend into cavities (89, 93) of the pressing plate (25) and exert pressure in the pressing region on the top side (77) of the pressing plate (25).

9. A device as claimed in Claim 1, characterized in thatthe pressing piece (29) or the pressing plate (25) respectively is provided with a pressing fillet by which the rear end of the competition form, viewed in the direction of insertion, can be clamped tight.

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