EP0175516B1 - Dispositif d'impression de tableaux de nombres quasi aléatoires - Google Patents

Dispositif d'impression de tableaux de nombres quasi aléatoires Download PDF

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EP0175516B1
EP0175516B1 EP19850306233 EP85306233A EP0175516B1 EP 0175516 B1 EP0175516 B1 EP 0175516B1 EP 19850306233 EP19850306233 EP 19850306233 EP 85306233 A EP85306233 A EP 85306233A EP 0175516 B1 EP0175516 B1 EP 0175516B1
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  • This invention relates to apparatus for printing quasi random number tables and has been devised particularly though not solely for printing tables for games of chance.
  • the invention consists in apparatus for printing quasi-random number tables (as herein defined) comprising a flexographic printing press of the type having at least two cylinders arrayed about a central drum, characterised by the provision of at least two of said cylinders in the form of table printing cylinders having different circumferences, the circumference of each cylinder being a multiple of a basic pitch value, each table printing cylinder being arranged to print one or more rows or columns of numbers arrayed in a matrix together with the rows or columns of numbers printed by the other table printing cylinders.
  • each cylinder is determined by the basic pitch value multiplied by a prime number.
  • the said table printing cylinders include a pair of table printing cylinders having different circumferences, each one of the pair of table printing cylinders being arranged to print a plurality of rows of numbers, the numbers in each row being spaced from one another and interspaced with numbers printed from the other of the pair of table printing cylinders.
  • each one of the table printing cylinders is arranged to print at least one column of numbers incorporating a predetermined number of numbers therein different from the number of numbers printed in a column by another of the said cylinders, the columns of numbers being arranged alongside one another in a predetermined matrix.
  • one or more background printing cylinders are provided, arranged to print background frameworks and/or supporting artwork in conjunction with the quasi-random number tables.
  • the flexographic press is provided with a further roller adapted to print a removable coating over numbers printed by the table printing cylinders.
  • a flexographic printing press for example a Victory Kidder Central Impression Press, is set up to print a series of quasi random number tables as follows.
  • the press comprises a central drum 1 around which is arrayed a plurality of printing cylinders 2 in the manner well known for use in, for example, a six-colour press.
  • Each cylinder has a circumference determined by the role that it plays in printing the quasi random number tables, each circumference being a multiple of a basic pitch value.
  • the cylinders are hereinafter referred to by reference numbers corresponding to the basic pitch value multiple which determines their circumference. It is preferred that the circumference of each cylinder is equal to the basic pitch value multiplied by a prime number as this gives the greatest number of variations before the printing pattern is repeated.
  • the material for example card, paper or plastic film packaging material, which is to be printed in the press is fed in as shown at 3 whereupon it wraps around the first cylinder A onto the drum 1, finally exiting by wrapping around the cylinder B and feeding off as shown at 4.
  • the first cylinder A is typically used to print a base colour for use under the scratch silver, and the second cylinder C may also be used for the printing of another base colour.
  • the numbers in the quasi random number tables are printed by the table printing cylinders 9, 5 and 7 in a format as will be described further below.
  • the final cylinder B is used to apply the scratch silver material over the numbers printed by the cylinders 9, 5 and 7.
  • the table printing cylinders 9, 5 and 7 are each of a different circumference which in each case is a multiple of a basic pitch value.
  • cylinder 7 has a circumference of seven times the basic pitch value and is arranged to print a column of seven numbers arrayed around the circumference around the cylinder.
  • the cylinders 5 and 7 have circumferences which are multiples of prime numbers (five and seven respectively) by the basic pitch value.
  • the cylinder 9 has a circumference which is a multiple of three as this gives a convenient size, but a greater number of different repetitions could be obtained by giving this third cylinder a circumference which is, for example, eleven times the basic pitch value.
  • One of the cylinders (in this case cylinder 9) may be the same circumference as the circumferences of the background and scratch silver printing cylinders A, B and C.
  • the flexographic printing press may be set up to print the quasi random number tables by column or by row.
  • the cylinders are set up to print quasi random number tables of the type shown in Fig. 2 wherein each sub-rectangle 10 forms part of a matrix of similar rectangles or "numbers".
  • the matrix is a 6 x 6 matrix.
  • the contents of each sub-rectangle 10 is referred to as a "number" although it will be appreciated that the rectangle may contain more than one number and may alternatively contain other devices such as symbols, etc.
  • Fig. 3 the 9 columns are shown broken down into three sub-sets of 3 columns, although in practice the 9 columns may be side-by-side in a continuous array.
  • each column in each sub-set has been headed with the designations LH, C, or RH which refer to lefthand, centre and righthand respectively.
  • LH, C, or RH which refer to lefthand, centre and righthand respectively.
  • cylinder 9 is used to print the lefthand column of the first sub-matrix, the righthand column of the second sub-matrix and the centre column of the third sub-matrix.
  • cylinder 9 prints an entire column as shown in Fig. 3 during one rotation of that cylinder.
  • cylinder 5 has a much lesser circumference than cylinder 9 the columns which are printed by cylinder 5 involve one revolution of that cylinder for each five numbers printed in that respective column.
  • Fig. 4 shows highlighted the numbers (shown as rectangles) which are printed by cylinder 5 during one revolution of that cylinder. The continuing numbers in that particular column or columns are then printed by further rotations of cylinder 5. Similarly the numbers shown printed by cylinder 9 are highlighted in Fig. 5 wherein it can be seen that nine numbers in each column are printed by a single revolution of cylinder 9.
  • cylinder 9 is the same basic circumference as the background cylinder A, B and C it may also be used to print the game grid and other directions if required.
  • each cylinder is used to print a different column in each sub-matrix as can be seen in Fig. 3.
  • cylinder 9 could be used to print the lefthand column in each sub-matrix, etc. but a higher degree of random- isation is achieved by using cylinder 9 to print different columns in each sub-matrix.
  • the quasi random number tables may be printed by rows as will now be described with reference to Figures 6 and 7, once again using a flexographic press shown diagrammatically in Figure 6.
  • the press comprises a central drum 101 around which is arrayed a plurality of printing cylinders 102 in the manner well known for use in, for example, a six colour press.
  • Each cylinder has a circumference determined by the role that it plays in printing the quasi random number tables, each circumference being a multiple of a basic pitch value.
  • the cylinders are hereinafter referred to by reference numbers corresponding to 100 plus the basic pitch value multiple which determines their circumference.
  • the cylinders comprise two background printing cylinders 110, each having a circumference by 10x the basic pitch value, which is typically 600 mm when used on a Victory Kidder machine.
  • the background printing cylinders are used to print material such as frameworks 104 or artwork 105 in the attractive presentation of the series of tables.
  • the background printing cylinders may also be used to print explanatory material onto the 600 mm x 390 mm preprint used for the printing of the tables.
  • the cylinders 102 further incorporate a first pair of table printing cylinders 108 and 112.
  • Cylinder 108 has a circumference which is 8x the basic pitch value (480 mm) and cylinder 112 has a circumference which is 12x the basic pitch value (720 mm).
  • the machine is further provided with a second pair of table printing cylinders 106 and 114 having circumferences of 6x the basic pitch value (360 mm) and 14x the basic pitch value (840 mm) respectively.
  • the table printing cylinders are arranged to print quasi random sequences of numbers as follows.
  • the rows of numbers in the table may be conveniently designated rows A to J as shown in Fig. 7.
  • One pair of table printing cylinders are arranged to print alternate rows, e.g. rows A, C, E, G and I and the other pair of table printing cylinders are arranged to print interspersed rows B, D, F, H and J.
  • One cylinder of each pair prints rows of numbers, each number in the row having a space to the next number, the other cylinder in the pair also printing rows of numbers aligned with the rows printed by the first cylinder, each number printed by the second cylinder being interspaced between the numbers printed by the first cylinder.
  • Fig. 7 shows a print-out with the words "CYL NO. 12" etc. alongside each prize value, this is for reference only, showing the cylinder which would be used to print that particular row.
  • Each row will have printed therein three number values, e.g. 23, 16, 4, obtained from a matrix of random numbers from 1 to 99 set up on the relevant cylinder.
  • the object of this particular game is to get three numbers the same alongside a prize in order to win that prize.
  • the game can be varied by using a new control matrix to suit the particular requirements of that game.
  • row A (for example) do not appear in any other row. This forms part of the theory behind the game so that in each panel, i.e. rows A-J, a numeral cannot be printed more than once, so avoiding confusion on the part of the player.
  • a plurality of tables such as that shown in Fig. 7 would normally be printed across the length of a preprint (e.g. 10 tables side-by-side across the 600 mm dimension of a 600 x 390 preprint).
  • the apparatus enables a series of random number tables to be printed onto newspaper preprints which may be machine processed and wrapped for incorporation with a normal newspaper at the point of printing. This process therefore saves the cost of the separate printing of random number tables onto cards and does away with the additional handling costs necessary for the distribution of those separate random number tables with each newspaper.

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1. Dispositif d'impression de tableaux de nombres quasi aléatoires, comprenant une presse d'impression flexographique du type comportant au moins deux cylindres disposés autour d'un tambour central, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu qu'au moins deux des cylindres présentent la forme de cylindres d'impression de tableaux avec des circonférences différentes, la circonférence de chaque cylindre étant un multiple d'une valeur de pas de base, chaque cylindre d'impression de tableaux étant apte à imprimer une ou plusieurs rangées ou colonnes de nombres disposées dans une matrice conjointement avec les rangées ou colonnes de nombres imprimés par les autres cylindres d'impression de tableaux.
2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la circonférence de chaque cylindre est déterminée par la valeur du pas de base multiplié par un nombre premier.
3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les cylindres d'impression de tableaux comprennent une paire de cylindre d'impression de tableaux comportant des circonférences différentes, chaque paire de cylindres d'impression de tableaux étant apte à imprimer plusieurs rangées de nombres, les nombres dans chaque rangée étant espacés avec entre eux des nombres imprimés par l'autre cylindre de la paire de cylindres d'impression de tableaux.
4. Dispositif selon la revendication 3, dans lequel la presse d'impression flexographique est munie de deux paires de cylindres d'impression de tableaux de ce type, la seconde paire de cylindres étant apte à imprimer plusieurs rangées de nombres intercalés entre les rangées de nombres imprimés par la première paire de cylindres d'impression de tableaux.
5. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel chaque cylindre d'impression de tableaux est apte à imprimer au moins une colonne de nombres comportant un nombre prédéterminé de nombres, différent. du nombre de nombres imprimé dans une colonne par un autre de ces cylindres, les colonnes de nombres étant disposées en juxtaposition l'une par rapport à l'autre dans une matrice prédéterminée.
6. Appareil selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que sont prévus trois cylindres d'impression de tableaux apte à imprimer trois colonnes correspondantes de nombres côte à côte, le nombre de nombres dans chaque colonne correspondant au multiple de la valeur de pas de base de la circonférence de son cylindre respectif.
7. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 ou 6, dans lequel le cylindre d'impression de tableaux est apte à imprimer plusieurs colonnes espacées entre elles de telle manière que plusieurs tableaux puissent être créés sur la largeur du matériau imprimé.
8. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la presse d'impression flexographique est munie d'un rouleau supplémentaire apte à imprimer un revêtement amovible sur les nombres imprimés par les cylindres d'impression de tableaux.
9. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel il est prévu un ou plusieurs cylindres d'impression de fond, aptes à imprimer une trame de fond et/ou un dessin de support conjointement avec les tableaux de nombres quasi aléatoires.
10. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dans lequel la presse d'impression est apte à imprimer sur des prétirages de journeaux.
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