DE3433007A1 - Apparatus for randomly taking one of a plurality of articles - Google Patents

Abstract

A vessel (1) contains 49 balls, which are numbered from 1 to 49. By means of a push-button (2) seven balls are caused to drop, one after the other, into a receptacle which is accommodated in a housing (3). The entire arrangement consists completely of plastic. <??>Many lottery players have the habit of systematically entering the same combinations (e.g. date of birth). However, a significant proportion of players mark the playing squares each week at random. The apparatus according to the invention enables players in this category (who can be described as the "hesitators") to mark their playing fields by following chance "to the end"; that is to say, they are enabled to make their own draw. <IMAGE>

Description

Vincent Terrien, 18 Quai Duperre, F-17000 La Rochelle

Device for the random removal of one of several Objects

The invention relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 1.

The invention is based on the object of a device to create, with the aleatoric, i.e. random, an object from a certain number of objects can turn, which can be identical, but need not be, but at least similar dimensions must have. The device according to the invention

in particular allows a certain

Number of balls from a set or a set of balls can be taken one after the other, each with a marking such as a characteristic number that differs from ball to ball. For example the device according to the invention enables a lottery drawing or any other game of chance, e.g. to play the game "l'Arlequin" ("Harlequin").

Asamstrasse 8, D-8000 Munich 90 Telephone (089) 653665; Fax (089) 653218 Telex: 5214168 soza d

Patent attorney Dr. Ing. Dipl.-Ing. A. SoIf (Munich) Patent attorney Dipl.-Ing. Chr. Zapf (Wuppertal)

A large number of won lottery players have the habit of systematically using the same combinations (e.g. date of birth) A significant proportion of the players however, crosses the lottery fields at random every week.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which can accommodate this latter category of Allow players (i.e., those players who can be described as "reluctant") to mark their squares. to tick, proceeding "to the end" at random; i.e. they are enabled to create their own to carry out your own drawing. The composition of the fields is no longer uncomfortable and unpleasant, but becomes a real game.

Various devices have been proposed for this purpose. They have the disadvantage that they take up a lot of space and are expensive. The object of the invention is to provide a simple device create, the manufacturing cost of which is low, which allows wide distribution and reduced dimensions having, it is possible to hold the device in one hand or to put it in a pocket.

A device according to the invention for random drawing or removal of one of several objects has one Container for the objects, a drawing mechanism 3d and a receptacle and is particularly characterized by that the receptacle is connected to the container by an outlet channel which alternates in two places, corresponding to the dimension of an object

are separated from each other, can be closed by two flat and parallel walls that can be moved across the channel are, each wall having a full-walled area and an opening which can be aligned in the outlet channel are, and wherein the full-walled area of one wall is arranged opposite the opening of the other wall is. Advantageous developments of the invention Device are given by the subclaims.

Further characteristic features of the invention emerge from the following description of an advantageous exemplary embodiment and the drawing before. Show it:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the invention, the scale of which is approximately 1,

Fig. 2 is a view of the device shown in Fig. 1 from below,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the parts of the device.

The device according to the invention is characterized by its Simplicity. It essentially consists of three parts:

- A bubble-shaped vessel or container 1, the advantageous spherical shape (for aesthetic reasons; of course, very different Shapes possible) in which the objects can be accommodated, in the case of balls for example 49, numbered 1 through 49;

- ^ ground a contracting mechanism that only a bullet is discharged at once, thus the seven balls of a drawing (in the case of lottery 6 plus extra number) left out by sequentially seven pressing which allows mit.tels of a simple pressure on a button 2, . Before each press, the player transfers a circular motion to the vessel, which causes the balls to be mixed woolly; and

- a recording made with the pulling mechanism in a housing 3 can be accommodated, which has a clear parallelepiped shape and a receiving channel 4 includes. A front of the housing can be partially transparent, which makes the combination can be read and thus the seven balls can be seen, which are aleatoric with each draw have been selected.

The vessel 1 has an opening 5 which is arranged so that it is located at the lower region of the vessel, when the device is in use (effect of gravity). The vessel is through the opening 5 with the housing tied together. Opposite the opening 5, the pulling or removal mechanism is arranged, which is the outlet opening of the vessel can expose or cover a channel 6 which is arranged radially with respect to the vessel.

This pulling mechanism comprises a button 2 at the end of a shaft 7 which is firmly connected to a slide which is formed by two flat and parallel walls 8, 9. One wall, i.e. wall 8, has one full-walled section 10 and an opening 11, and

the other wall 9 has an opening 12 opposite the full-walled section 10 and a full-walled section 13 opposite the opening 11 of the first wall 8 on. The two walls are slidably arranged in four slots 15, 16, 17, 18, each in pairs in the both walls 20, 21 of the channel 6 are arranged, which is in a clearly vertical arrangement below the opening 5 of the vessel 1 is located. The walls 8, 9 can also have two openings arranged opposite one another 23 and 24 respectively. In the embodiment shown the openings 12 and 24 of the wall 9 form a common opening. The slide can be guided by a slide rail 25 which is guided on a pin 26. However, a different type of guide can also be used will. Such guidance is also not absolutely necessary.

The slide can be arranged in three positions: In a middle position, which is shown in FIG and in which the passage in the channel 6 is closed by the full-walled section 10 of the partition 8, this being arranged at the top; in a push position in which the button in Fig. 1 is pressed to the left and in which the channel 6 is closed by the full-walled section of the partition 9; and in a train position, in which the button in Fig. 1 is pulled to the right and in which the channel 6 is released and the two Openings 23, 24 of the two partition walls 8, 9 in the channel 6 are aligned.

The channel 6 is connected to a receptacle 4 which serves as a receptacle and which can be arranged at an incline. In the embodiment shown, the recording is

in addition to the bottom of the housing 3 arranged horizontally. The dimensions and the shape of the channel 6 and the receptacle 4 are selected depending on the diameter of the balls.
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The pulling or pulling mechanism is held in the middle position by a spring. With an advantageous Exemplary embodiment of the invention is the spring designed as a strip 31 made of plastic material that is firmly connected to the slider, which is made of plastic material, and the strip is between two Pins 32, 33 held, which are firmly connected to the housing 3. The strip 31 can be integral with be formed the slide. This embodiment is simpler, both in manufacture and in the Mounting than is the case with a system with a metal spring, but which is also used according to the invention can be.

The device according to the invention works as follows. In the rest position, the 49 balls are hidden in the jar. The player takes the rectangular case between the fingers and puts the thumb on the control element, i.e. on the push button 2. He exerts a pressure off: A ball falls into the mechanism. He releases the button: the ball appears in the recording. These Operation is carried out seven times. When seven balls appear, the combination is done. These The combination can now be entered on a lottery ticket. To remove the balls from the mount and To form a second lottery combination, the player turns the device over and exercises a pull on the shaft 7 off, for example by means of button 2. The balls

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now suddenly appear in the vessel again.

All parts of the device according to the invention can be made in plastic, in particular injection-molded plastic.

The invention is of course not restricted to the exemplary embodiment described, and the device can be modified, especially using equivalent techniques.

In particular, the number of available in the vessel Bullets may be different from 49. The number of balls removed or drawn can be different from 7 (bigger or smaller) according to the game the player is interested in. Of course you can Other shapes can also be used instead of spheres, such as cubes or other polyhedra.

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Claims (1)

10 15th 20th Expectations Device for the random removal of one of several Objects with a container for the objects, a mechanism for the drawing and a receptacle, d a d u r c h characterized in that the receptacle (4) with the container (1) through an outlet channel (6) connected alternately to two according to the size of an object from each other distant points can be closed by two flat and parallel walls (9) which run across the canal are displaceable, each wall having a full-walled section (10, 13) and an opening (11, 12), which can be aligned in the outlet channel (6), and wherein the full-walled section of a wall opposite the opening the other wall is arranged. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the walls (8, 9) go through a spring (31) are resiliently held in one position. Device according to claim 2, characterized in that the walls (8, 9) also each have an opening (23 or 24) which are each arranged opposite one another 25th Asamstrasse 8, D-8000 Munich 90 Telephone (089) 653665; Fax (089) 653218 Telex: 5214168 soza d Patent attorney Dr. Ing. Dipl.-Ing. A. SoIf (Munich) Patent attorney Dipl.-Inq. Chr. Zapf (Wuppertal) and are held outside the outlet channel (6) by the spring (31). 4. Apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, characterized characterized in that the spring (31) is a strip of plastic material, one end of which is is fixedly arranged with respect to the channel (6). 5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, d a characterized in that the The pulling mechanism and the receptacle are housed in a housing (3), at least a part of which is transparent to allow viewing of the removed balls.
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