EP0914843B1 - Game scoring and displaying device, especially for tennis - Google Patents

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EP0914843B1
EP0914843B1 EP98402777A EP98402777A EP0914843B1 EP 0914843 B1 EP0914843 B1 EP 0914843B1 EP 98402777 A EP98402777 A EP 98402777A EP 98402777 A EP98402777 A EP 98402777A EP 0914843 B1 EP0914843 B1 EP 0914843B1
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  • the present invention relates to a device for counting and view the points or scores of two-player sports games, or even two teams, especially with balls or even balloons, or board game points or scores.
  • the invention applies in particular, although not exclusively, to the marking scores in tennis or similar sports (half-court, squash).
  • Document FR A 2 637 508 discloses a device formed by a board equipped with a plurality of sliders which implies the presence of a umpire for maximum use and which otherwise presupposes a some dexterity to handle it.
  • document WO A 90/03021 describes a device display for games, especially for tennis, which is essentially formed a panel with two display lines where are arranged housings intended to receive sets of tilting cards bearing half characters, like station display panels or airports.
  • this device includes a service selector which designate by lot the player who takes service; this element is a small diameter cylinder which fits into the thickness of the panel.
  • This display device is intended to be arranged vertically, which requires in practical to have a wall to hang it on or a metal frame on which to fix it; such a device is nevertheless likely to give grip to the wind which, therefore, could change the score without the players' knowledge.
  • Magnetic boards have also been proposed, but it is not planned with these to memorize the points obtained during the various sleeves.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome these drawbacks, which are found in many other sports activities.
  • the document US A 2,561 498 cited below describes a score indicator following the preamble to the claim 1.
  • the invention proposes a counting device and display of points or scores for sports games and board games, comprising a housing and, in this housing, a compact assembly comprising a series of wheels mounted on a common axle and adapted to be driven manually in a step-by-step rotation, each wheel bearing on its edge a series of information relating to possible scores intended to appear successively through a window in the housing, this section being accessible from the outside of the housing, preferably through this window.
  • This information is in practice numbers, numbers, various letters or signs.
  • This device also includes a draw wheel mounted mad on an axis and carrying on its edge a series of alternating symbols intended to appear successively through a window in the housing, this section being manually accessible from the outside of the housing, preferably in favor of this window.
  • This axis can be that of the wheels provided with information (this allows a large overall compactness) or be parallel or perpendicular to the latter; he may nevertheless have a any orientation.
  • the wheels are mounted on an axle common parallel to the length of the housing, around which they are entrained manually in a stepping rotation for the wheels carrying a series of numbers, and in a single rotation for the wheel carrying a series of symbols.
  • the edge of the wheels bearing a series of numbers or a series of symbols protruding from through the window and comes at least flush with the plane of said window.
  • the wheel section can be subdivided in boxes that can each receive information (number, number, letter, sign) or a symbol.
  • the wheels bearing a series of numbers are associated with smaller wheels turning around the same axis and having on their periphery teeth, said teeth being in frictional contact with blades spring and thus ensuring the positioning of a figure through a window of the case relative to a lateral index.
  • the wheels with teeth can be separate connected elements mechanically to the wheels bearing numbers or even integral with said wheels to form a single block.
  • the number of teeth of wheels with teeth correspond to an equal number or to a multiple of the number of boxes or numbers on the wheels provided for in this effect.
  • the wheels bearing a series of numbers are the same color or colors different and contrasting; Likewise, the series of numbers are the same different or contrasting color or colors; each player or each team can be identified either by the color of the wheels or by the color numbers. The color of the wheels and the color of the numbers may be opposite. Wheels or series of numbers of the same color are grouped together or arranged alternately.
  • the wheel bearing alternating symbols is mounted madly on the common axis in the last position and the rotation of said wheel is stopped by its own inertia. It may have a different color from the wheels bearing a series of numbers. The symbols are the same or different color.
  • a rotation to balls is interposed between the common axle and the wheel bearing symbols for facilitate the rotational training of the latter.
  • the rotation of the wheel carrying symbols can be stopped prematurely by a means of braking slowing the rotation of said wheel until it stops, consisting a piston exerting a more or less strong pressure on the side of the wheel and manually operated.
  • the wheels carrying a series of numbers or symbols are provided on their edges and in border of small lugs facilitating manual pushing exerted on said slice.
  • the tranche of wheels carry raised information, whether numbers, numbers, letters, various signs or symbols, to allow more touch sure of the wheel and better rotation drive.
  • the wheel carrying symbols is balanced, so that couples of forces equidistant act around the common axis and allow immobilization of the wheel according to the position of the symbols opposite the index located nearby of a window of the box.
  • This balancing can be achieved by different means such as even number of spokes of the wheel or additional masses added to the wheel, in correlation with the number of boxes or symbols.
  • the braking of the wheel with symbols as well as its immobilization in a position corresponding to one of the symbols using the piston located laterally on the housing are improved by cavities regularly arranged on the blank said wheel with respect to the symbols, the imprint of the cavities corresponding to the shape of the piston.
  • the wheels carrying a series of numbers or symbols could be blocked in their significant position by blocking means such as pawls.
  • the wheels carrying a series of numbers or symbols could be on one or more additional axes parallel to the first to form several rows superimposed, depending on the number of players.
  • the wheel carrying symbols can be mounted loose on a separate horizontal or vertical axis.
  • the symbols could be numbers or colored fields.
  • the wheels carrying a series of numbers or symbols could be replaced by regular polyhedra.
  • the upper face of the housing comprises a succession of windows aligned parallel to the length of the case, each window revealing a projecting wheel bearing numbers or symbols.
  • some of the wheels bearing numbers can be mounted side by side to each other and appear through a single window.
  • the upper side of the case has a frame whose outline follows the periphery of the box and which surrounds the windows, this frame being subdivided into zones which have indexes located laterally in relation to the windows, as well as labels.
  • the framework, the descriptions and the indexes appear in relief on the upper face of the case; the indexes are of the same color or different and contrasting colors.
  • inside and on the bottom of the housing are fixed several supports on a line parallel to the length of the case, the supports located at ends being further fixed to the side faces.
  • the supports have in the middle of their upper face, a groove rounded in an arc of circle constituting a housing for the axis of the compact assembly; when the material used for the support has elasticity, said groove is designed in such a way that its shape prevents the axle from coming out of the support after its introduction in force.
  • the supports receive an element matching the shape of their upper part and aimed at closing the groove after introduction of the axis, said element having a clamping effect on the support.
  • spacers are mounted on the common axis and arranged on either side of the supports for eliminate any friction of the wheels with the supports, whether the wheels bearing numbers or symbols or the cogwheels.
  • the supports and the elements having a spring effect can also be fully integral with the housing.
  • a braking means consisting of a housing inside which are a piston and a spring, said piston being slightly projecting from the side face of the housing.
  • the wheels bearing series of numbers may, like the wheel bearing symbols, be hollow in shape and have spokes in even numbers.
  • the wheels bearing series of numbers are partially ballasted, and when triggering of a free rotation, undergo a pendulum effect before come to a stop in a position determined by the location of the ballast.
  • the elements having a spring effect are integral with each other and pivot around of an axis.
  • the spring-acting elements are held in position on the wheels toothed by springs.
  • the wheels carrying series of numbers can be automatically replaced in their initial position by a reset button, protruding from a face of the housing, and which, acting like a piston on the elements having an effect of spring, releases both the wheels with teeth and the wheels bearing series of figures, the latter immobilizing in their initial position by a suitable ballast.
  • the wheels carrying information and the wheel bearing symbols can be protected by a folded or sliding cover.
  • the shape of the housing is a parallelepiped, a cylinder, a prism or a combination of these forms.
  • the housing has the shape of a parallelepiped or a prism, the edges and the angles are rounded.
  • the constituent elements of the device according to the invention can be made from materials such as wood, metal, plastic, rubber, combining these materials as needed depending on the strength, aesthetics, and manufacturing cost.
  • a particular type of implementation makes it possible to record and display the games of the different rounds of a tennis game using the wheels bearing a series of numbers, and designate the player who will have the initiative of choice by lot, using the wheel bearing a series of symbols.
  • the device according to the invention consists of a housing and a compact assembly fixed inside the housing.
  • the case 1 of wood or plastic has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped.
  • the upper horizontal face has windows 5 of the same size, aligned and located equidistant from the edges upper 12 and lower 13 of the face.
  • a frame 2 inside which lines vertical 3 delimit zones 11, 24 by separating the windows 5 or two by two to materialize the sleeves or sets, either individually to differentiate the draw.
  • Each zone 11, 24 has a wording 4 relating to the sleeve or by lot as well as indexes 7 located near the windows and aligned. Through the windows 5, projecting wheels 6 and 9 appear, with numbers 8 or 10 symbols on their edges.
  • the compact assembly ( Figure 2) consists of a metal axis 14 or plastic material which fits into the supports 26 located inside the housing. On this axis 14 are mounted plastic wheels 6 and 9 of which the section is subdivided into eight boxes 17. The axial dimension of the wheels is much smaller than their diameter.
  • the wheel 9 bearing symbols 10 is mounted idly on the axle 14 common ; here it is placed last on this axis.
  • Said wheel 9 ( Figure 3) is for example hollow and is balanced by eight spokes 32 provided of metal rings 33 intended to ensure the precise stopping of the wheel 9 on a box 17 or a symbol 10, so that it is visible in its entirety through window 5.
  • the common axis 14 is advantageously maintained in the grooves 27 supports 26 by circlips 28, as shown in Figure 4, this to prevent the axis from coming out of the supports during a reversal or occasional fall.
  • the standard version includes seven wheels: six wheels 6 receive in their eight boxes 17 a series of numbers 8 in ascending order from 0 to 7 (possible number of games), each digit occupying a box, the seventh 9 receives in each of its eight boxes 17 a symbol 10 alternated, in this case, a racket and tennis balls.
  • three wheels 6 carry a series of numbers 8 of red color for example, and three other wheels 6 carry a series of figures 8 of blue color for example. These colors each correspond to a player.
  • the six wheels 6 are arranged alternately on the common axis 14 with respect to the color of the series of numbers 8, namely red, blue, and of this way form three pairs.
  • the wheels 6 carrying a series of numbers 8 are advantageously coupled with smaller wheels 15 having teeth continues on their periphery and mounted on the common axis 14, by simple nesting.
  • the plastic gear wheels 15 cooperate by ratchet with the ends of flexible elements 16 of the leaf spring type, fixed inside on the bottom 25 of the housing, and thus ensure the maintenance of wheels 6 carrying a series of numbers 8 in a position determined by relative to an index finger 7 located near the windows 5 laterally, position corresponding to the current result and modifiable by simple manual push.
  • the number of teeth of the gear wheels 15 is an equal number or multiple of the number of boxes 17 appearing on the wheels 6 carrying a series of digits 8.
  • the width of the spring leaves 16 is preferably slightly less than the width of the teeth, which aims to eliminate any friction with the flank of the wheel 6 carrying a series of numbers 8, and thereby suddenly prevent in the rotation of said wheel.
  • keeping the wheels in position can be obtained by simple rubbing of elastic blades on rough, not toothed drums, replacing the aforementioned wheels 15.
  • the numbers 8 and the symbols 10 are in relief on edge 30.
  • small lugs 31 juxtaposed along the periphery of the slice are for example made of a rubbery material; these lugs can, as a variant, be replaced by a rubber band extending over the entire circumference of the wheel.
  • the operation of the device according to the invention is as follows: two players choose a number color from the two colors identifying the series of numbers and then drawing lots for the one who will have the initiative of choice.
  • each player chooses a symbol appearing on the wheel of draw: one, the balls, the other, the racket, and one of the two turns the wheel giving it a strong boost.
  • FIGS. 6 to 14 illustrate different variants of the device according to the invention.
  • a version "Luxe” has a symbol wheel mounted on a ball bearing, fitted a stop button 38, as well as a reset button 48 consisting a piston and a spring enclosed in a housing, the piston coming abutment on an element integral with elements having a spring effect.
  • FIG. 5 describes in detail this wheel 9 carrying symbols in this improved version.
  • the raised figures 41 and the pins 31 arranged on the edge masses additional 34, distributed inside the wheel, cavities 36 formed in the sidewall of the wheel as well as a ball bearing 35 mounted on the axle 14 and at inside the wheel.
  • a stop or brake button 38 or piston mounted with a spring 39 in a housing 37 fixed to the wall of the housing.
  • the interest of the masses 34 is to ensure the balancing of the wheel, while that the cavities 36 distributed in a circle are each adapted to receive the end of the stop button.
  • the variant shown in Figure 7 differs only from the standard version by the shape of its case which is cylindrical and which comprises a flat, even a base 49.
  • This advantageously dimensioned variant has substantially the same footprint as a box of bullets tube shape, which makes the device particularly easy to transport.
  • a "Competition” version has eleven wheels, ten of which correspond to the five innings of a match final for men.
  • the ten wheels 6 carry numbers and numbers.
  • a "Club” version has eleven wheels also. However, the ten wheels 6 bearing numbers and numbers are arranged by color in two superimposed rows 19, 20. The wheel 9 with symbols 10 is located laterally and mounted on an axle separate. The "Club” version rests on a support or hangs using legs 21.
  • a "Referee” version includes fifteen wheels grouped by color, of which ten with numbers and numbers are mounted on a common axis symmetrically. On a second axis, parallel to the first axis and located below the first, five are mounted other wheels, four of which are arranged symmetrically with respect to wheel 9 bearing symbols 10 located in the center.
  • the four wheels 45 and 46 serve, respectively, to display the points during normal games or games decisive. Said wheels bear numbers, numbers and letters and are also grouped by color.
  • FIG. 12 represents a version for board games comprising twenty-one wheels, the wheel 9 bearing symbols being mounted on an axle separate and located in the middle of the case.
  • the other twenty wheels grouped by color five by five are mounted symmetrically on two axes Bunk.
  • Said wheels 6 carry numbers, numbers, letters, or signs. This choice of four groups of five wheels makes this device particularly well suited to games with three or four participants such as the little horses.
  • Figure 13 shows another version for board games comprising thirteen wheels, the wheel 9 bearing symbols also being mounted on a separate axis and located in the middle of the housing.
  • the symbols are advantageously related to the board game concerned.
  • the twelve other wheels 6 grouped by color three by three are also mounted symmetrically on two parallel axes, here superimposed. However, wheels juxtaposed by three appear through a single window 47 of dimension corresponding to three adjacent wheels. Said wheels carry a series of numbers. This choice of four groups of three side-by-side wheels makes this device particularly well suited to card games such as belote to count up to 999.
  • Figure 14 shows yet another version for games of society and sports games comprising seven wheels, wheel 9 bearing symbols being mounted on a separate axis and located in one of the corners of the housing whose shape is distinguished from other variants by the fact that it is triangular.
  • the six wheels 6 bearing a series of numbers are mounted on two axes Bunk.
  • the choice of this triangular arrangement to arrange two groups of three wheels, and a wheel at the top, makes this device particularly well suited to two-player games such as ladies, dominoes.
  • the device according to the invention can be used, even adapted, for many sports games with balls: half-court, squash, table tennis, but also with balls: volleyball, handball, football, rugby, basketball, or other sports such as badminton, polo, field hockey, ice hockey, etc. It is also usable for board games.

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The point counting and display device comprises a box (1) containing a series of wheels (6) mounted on a common spindle. The wheels are rotated manually step by step. Each wheel carries on its edge, accessible from outside the box, a series of information (8) which appear successively through a window (5). The box also contains a free draw wheel (9) carrying on its edge a series of symbols (10).

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif pour compter et visualiser les points ou scores de jeux sportifs se jouant à deux joueurs, voire deux équipes, notamment avec des balles voire des ballons, ou encore les points ou scores de jeux de société.The present invention relates to a device for counting and view the points or scores of two-player sports games, or even two teams, especially with balls or even balloons, or board game points or scores.

L'invention s'applique notamment, quoique non exclusivement, au marquage des scores au tennis ou sports similaires (half-court, squash).The invention applies in particular, although not exclusively, to the marking scores in tennis or similar sports (half-court, squash).

On connaít déjà divers dispositifs pour compter et marquer les points ou scores d'une rencontre sportive. Dans le domaine de sports tels que le tennis, on connaít ainsi les panneaux électriques, fixes et de grande taille, qui servent à l'information du public lors des manifestations importantes.We already know various devices for counting and scoring points or scores from a sports meeting. In the field of sports such as tennis, so we know the electrical panels, fixed and large, which are used to inform the public at important events.

On comprend néanmoins que de tels panneaux, compte tenu du coût qu'ils représentent (tant en frais d'investissement qu'en frais de fonctionnement), n'existent que pour certaines installations sportives de niveau international, et ne sont opérationnels qu'une partie du temps.It is nevertheless understood that such panels, taking into account the cost they represent (both in investment costs and in ), only exist for certain level sports facilities international, and are only operational part of the time.

Lors de manifestations plus modestes, voire lors de simples parties amicales en dehors de toute compétition officielle, les joueurs et éventuellement l'arbitre et le public ont tout autant besoin de disposer d'informations précises et fiables.During more modest events, even during simple games friendly outside of any official competition, players and possibly the referee and the public equally need to have accurate and reliable information.

A cet effet il a déjà été proposé des dispositifs individuels de marquage, qui ont toutefois l'inconvénient de ne pouvoir fournir d'information qu'à celui ou celle qui porte le dispositif (ils doivent en pratique être tenus à la main). On peut citer à titre d'exemple le document FR A 2 423 239 qui propose un dispositif individuel d'arbitrage, de forme sensiblement plane, à savoir une tablette sur laquelle sont fixés des disques coplanaires munis sur leurs faces d'informations.To this end, individual devices have already been proposed. marking, which however have the disadvantage of being unable to provide information to the person wearing the device (in practice they must be kept at the hand). By way of example, mention may be made of the document FR A 2 423 239 which proposes an individual arbitration device, of substantially planar shape, namely a shelf on which are fixed coplanar discs provided on their faces information.

Le document FR A 2 637 508 divulgue un dispositif formé d'une planchette muni d'une pluralité de curseurs qui implique la présence d'un juge-arbitre pour une utilisation maximale et qui suppose par ailleurs une certaine dextérité pour le manipuler.Document FR A 2 637 508 discloses a device formed by a board equipped with a plurality of sliders which implies the presence of a umpire for maximum use and which otherwise presupposes a some dexterity to handle it.

Quant au document FR A 2 377 676, il propose un indicateur de scores de petites dimensions essentiellement formé d'une plaque rigide qui présente diverses découpes et sur laquelle coulissent plusieurs curseurs munis de loupes pour mieux visualiser les informations. Ce dispositif qui se glisse dans une poche, ne sert que d'aide-mémoire pour chaque joueur.As for document FR A 2 377 676, it proposes an indicator of scores of small dimensions basically formed of a rigid plate which presents various cutouts and on which slide several sliders provided magnifying glasses to better visualize the information. This device that slides in a pocket, only serves as a memory aid for each player.

Dans un format un peu plus grand, il a été proposé des dispositifs d'affichage à commande manuelle qui sont destinés à être consultables par l'un quelconque des joueurs concernés, voire par le public.In a slightly larger format, devices have been proposed. manually operated display which are intended to be viewable by one any of the players concerned, or even by the public.

Ainsi, par exemple, le document WO A 90/03021 décrit un dispositif d'affichage pour jeu, notamment pour le tennis, qui est essentiellement formé d'un panneau comportant deux lignes d'affichage où sont disposés des logements destinés à recevoir des jeux de cartes basculantes portant des demi-caractères, à la manière des panneaux d'affichage des gares ou aéroports. Il est à noter que ce dispositif comporte un sélecteur de service qui désigne par tirage au sort le joueur qui prend le service ; cet élément est un cylindre de faible diamètre qui se loge dans l'épaisseur du panneau. Ce dispositif d'affichage est destiné à être disposé verticalement, ce qui impose en pratique de disposer d'un mur auquel l'accrocher ou d'une armature métallique sur laquelle le fixer ; un tel dispositif est néanmoins susceptible de donner prise au vent qui, dès lors, pourrait changer le score à l'insu des joueurs.Thus, for example, document WO A 90/03021 describes a device display for games, especially for tennis, which is essentially formed a panel with two display lines where are arranged housings intended to receive sets of tilting cards bearing half characters, like station display panels or airports. It should be noted that this device includes a service selector which designate by lot the player who takes service; this element is a small diameter cylinder which fits into the thickness of the panel. This display device is intended to be arranged vertically, which requires in practical to have a wall to hang it on or a metal frame on which to fix it; such a device is nevertheless likely to give grip to the wind which, therefore, could change the score without the players' knowledge.

Il a aussi été proposé des tableaux magnétiques, mais il n'est pas prévu avec ceux-ci de mémoriser les points obtenus au cours des diverses manches. Magnetic boards have also been proposed, but it is not planned with these to memorize the points obtained during the various sleeves.

Il apparaít que c'est une forme plane qui semble s'être imposée spontanément pour les différents formats d'indicateurs de scores proposés par les documents précités. Or, lorsque ces indicateurs sont destinés à être aisément consultables sans nécessiter d'être portés à hauteur des yeux de la personne intéressée, cette forme plane conduit à donner à ceux-ci un format important qui rend leur manipulation, et donc leur transport, malaisés : ils doivent alors être entreposés à proximité immédiate du court. En outre, ces documents ne permettent pas de façon pratique et vraiment aléatoire le tirage au sort d'un joueur.It appears that it is a flat shape that seems to have imposed itself spontaneously for the different formats of score indicators proposed by the above documents. However, when these indicators are intended to be easily searchable without having to be worn at eye level with the interested person, this flat shape leads to give them a format important which makes their handling, and therefore their transport, awkward: they must then be stored in the immediate vicinity of the court. In addition, these documents do not allow in a practical and really random way the drawing lot of a player.

L'invention a pour objet de pallier ces inconvénients, lesquels se retrouvent dans beaucoup d'autres activités sportives. Ainsi pour le golf, le document US A 2 561 498 cité ci-après, décrit un indicateur de scores suivant le préambule de la revendication 1.The object of the invention is to overcome these drawbacks, which are found in many other sports activities. Thus for golf, the document US A 2,561 498 cited below, describes a score indicator following the preamble to the claim 1.

Plus précisément, l'invention concerne un dispositif indicateur de scores qui soit à la fois :

  • facile à mettre en place, indépendamment de l'équipement du terrain de jeu ;
  • aisé à consulter, sans que cela nécessite de manipuler ce dispositif ;
  • facile à transporter, donc peu encombrant, trouvant par exemple sa place dans un sac de sport, et pouvant être présenté sans effort à un juge-arbitre ;
  • robuste et fiable, ne comportant pas de pièces susceptibles de se détacher ou de se déplacer de manière indue ;
  • dont les informations soient aisées à modifier (il s'agit en pratique d'une incrémentation), de préférence avec une seule main ;
  • et qui comprenne un élément de tirage au sort dont le résultat dépende vraiment du hasard.
More specifically, the invention relates to a score indicator device which is both:
  • easy to set up, regardless of the equipment on the playground;
  • easy to consult, without this requiring manipulation of this device;
  • easy to transport, therefore compact, finding for example its place in a sports bag, and can be presented effortlessly to a referee;
  • robust and reliable, with no parts liable to detach or move unduly;
  • whose information is easy to modify (this is in practice an increment), preferably with one hand;
  • and which includes a draw element whose outcome really depends on chance.

En fait, ce besoin se retrouve également dans les jeux de société, où il est souhaitable de pouvoir modifier facilement les informations, avec de préférence une possibilité de tirage au sort.In fact, this need is also found in board games, where it is desirable to be able to easily modify the information, preferably with possibility of drawing lots.

L'invention propose à cet effet un dispositif de comptage et d'affichage de points ou scores pour jeux sportifs et jeux de société, comportant un boítier et, dans ce boítier, un ensemble compact comportant une série de roues montées sur un axe commun et adaptées à être entraínées manuellement dans une rotation pas à pas, chaque roue portant sur sa tranche une série d'informations relatives à des scores possibles destinées à apparaítre successivement à travers une fenêtre ménagée dans le boítier, cette tranche étant accessible de l'extérieur du boítier, de préférence à la faveur de cette fenêtre. Ces informations sont en pratique des chiffres, des nombres, des lettres ou des signes divers.To this end, the invention proposes a counting device and display of points or scores for sports games and board games, comprising a housing and, in this housing, a compact assembly comprising a series of wheels mounted on a common axle and adapted to be driven manually in a step-by-step rotation, each wheel bearing on its edge a series of information relating to possible scores intended to appear successively through a window in the housing, this section being accessible from the outside of the housing, preferably through this window. This information is in practice numbers, numbers, various letters or signs.

Ce dispositif comporte en outre une roue de tirage au sort montée folle sur un axe et portant sur sa tranche une série de symboles alternés destinés à apparaítre successivement à travers une fenêtre ménagée dans le boítier, cette tranche étant accessible manuellement de l'extérieur du boítier, de préférence à la faveur de cette fenêtre. Cet axe peut être celui des roues munies d'informations (cela permet une grande compacité d'ensemble) ou être parallèle ou perpendiculaire à ce dernier ; il peut néanmoins avoir une orientation quelconque.This device also includes a draw wheel mounted mad on an axis and carrying on its edge a series of alternating symbols intended to appear successively through a window in the housing, this section being manually accessible from the outside of the housing, preferably in favor of this window. This axis can be that of the wheels provided with information (this allows a large overall compactness) or be parallel or perpendicular to the latter; he may nevertheless have a any orientation.

L'usage de roues coaxiales ou de roues montées sur des axes parallèles pour le simple affichage sur leurs tranches de points ou de scores a l'avantage de conduire à une grande compacité, ce qui facilite le transport (dans le domaine du tennis, on peut donner au boítier une forme allongée proche de celle d'une boíte de balles), tout comme la maniabilité (le dispositif peut être simplement posé et est facile à mettre à jour).The use of coaxial wheels or wheels mounted on axes parallels for the simple display on their slices of points or scores a the advantage of leading to a great compactness, which facilitates transport (in tennis, we can give the case an elongated shape close to that of a box of balls), just like the handling (the device can be simply installed and is easy to update).

Des dispositifs d'affichage comportant des éléments rotatifs montés dans un boítier et dont les tranches portent des informations sont connus d'après les documents US A 2 549 248, US A 2 561 498 ou US A 2 801 054, mais ces documents ne décrivent ni ne suggèrent la présence de roues de tirage au sort. A titre subsidiaire, l'entraínement des éléments rotatifs impose la présence de molettes latérales ou d'oreilles transversales aux tranches, ce qui fait que les tranches portant les informations ne sont pas, en soi, accessibles de l'extérieur. Quant au document GB 173 179, il propose un dispositif sans boítier, ni élément de tirage au sort. Display devices with mounted rotating elements in a case and whose sections carry information are known according to documents US A 2,549,248, US A 2,561,498 or US A 2,801,054, but these documents neither describe nor suggest the presence of drawing lots. In the alternative, the drive of the rotating elements imposes the presence of side knobs or ears transverse to the edges, which fact that the sections containing the information are not, in themselves, accessible from the outside. As for the document GB 173 179, it proposes a device without housing, nor element of drawing lots.

De manière préférentielle, les roues sont montées sur un axe commun parallèle à la longueur du boítier, autour duquel elles sont entraínées manuellement dans une rotation pas à pas pour les roues portant une série de chiffres, et dans une rotation simple pour la roue portant une série de symboles.Preferably, the wheels are mounted on an axle common parallel to the length of the housing, around which they are entrained manually in a stepping rotation for the wheels carrying a series of numbers, and in a single rotation for the wheel carrying a series of symbols.

Selon une modalité particulière de l'invention, la tranche des roues portant une série de chiffres ou une série de symboles apparaít en saillie à travers la fenêtre et vient au moins en affleurement du plan de ladite fenêtre.According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the edge of the wheels bearing a series of numbers or a series of symbols protruding from through the window and comes at least flush with the plane of said window.

De manière avantageuse, la tranche des roues peut être subdivisée en cases pouvant recevoir chacune une information (chiffre, nombre, lettre, signe) ou un symbole.Advantageously, the wheel section can be subdivided in boxes that can each receive information (number, number, letter, sign) or a symbol.

Selon un mode de réalisation avantageux du dispositif conforme à la présente invention, les roues portant une série de chiffres sont associées à des roues plus petites tournant autour du même axe et possédant sur leur pourtour des dentures, lesdites dentures étant en contact par frottement avec des lames de ressort et assurant ainsi le positionnement d'un chiffre à travers une fenêtre du boítier par rapport à un index latéral.According to an advantageous embodiment of the device according to the present invention, the wheels bearing a series of numbers are associated with smaller wheels turning around the same axis and having on their periphery teeth, said teeth being in frictional contact with blades spring and thus ensuring the positioning of a figure through a window of the case relative to a lateral index.

Suivant une disposition avantageuse de ce mode de réalisation, les roues possédant des dentures peuvent être des éléments séparés reliés mécaniquement aux roues portant des chiffres ou encore solidaires desdites roues pour former un seul bloc.According to an advantageous arrangement of this embodiment, the wheels with teeth can be separate connected elements mechanically to the wheels bearing numbers or even integral with said wheels to form a single block.

Suivant une modalité particulière de cette disposition, le nombre de dents des roues possédant une denture correspond à un nombre égal ou à un multiple du nombre de cases ou de chiffres figurant sur les roues prévues à cet effet.According to a particular modality of this provision, the number of teeth of wheels with teeth correspond to an equal number or to a multiple of the number of boxes or numbers on the wheels provided for in this effect.

Suivant une disposition avantageuse de ce mode de réalisation, les roues portant une série de chiffres sont de même couleur ou de couleurs différentes et contrastées ; de même, les séries de chiffres sont de même couleur ou de couleurs différentes et contrastées ; chaque joueur ou chaque équipe pouvant être identifié soit par la couleur des roues, soit par la couleur des chiffres. La couleur des roues et la couleur des chiffres peuvent s'opposer. Les roues ou les séries de chiffres de même couleur sont regroupées ou disposées en alternance.According to an advantageous arrangement of this embodiment, the wheels bearing a series of numbers are the same color or colors different and contrasting; Likewise, the series of numbers are the same different or contrasting color or colors; each player or each team can be identified either by the color of the wheels or by the color numbers. The color of the wheels and the color of the numbers may be opposite. Wheels or series of numbers of the same color are grouped together or arranged alternately.

Selon un mode de réalisation avantageux du dispositif conforme à la présente l'invention, la roue portant des symboles alternés est montée folle sur l'axe commun en dernière position et la rotation de ladite roue est arrêtée par sa propre inertie. Elle peut avoir une couleur différente des roues portant une série de chiffres. Les symboles sont de même couleur ou de couleur différente.According to an advantageous embodiment of the device according to the presents the invention, the wheel bearing alternating symbols is mounted madly on the common axis in the last position and the rotation of said wheel is stopped by its own inertia. It may have a different color from the wheels bearing a series of numbers. The symbols are the same or different color.

Suivant une modalité particulière de cette disposition, un roulement à billes est interposé entre l'axe commun et la roue portant des symboles pour faciliter l'entraínement en rotation de cette dernière.According to a particular modality of this provision, a rotation to balls is interposed between the common axle and the wheel bearing symbols for facilitate the rotational training of the latter.

Selon une modalité particulière de l'invention, la rotation de la roue portant des symboles peut être arrêtée prématurément par un moyen de freinage ralentissant la rotation de ladite roue jusqu'à l'immobiliser, constitué d'un piston exerçant une pression plus ou moins forte sur le flan de la roue et actionné manuellement.According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the rotation of the wheel carrying symbols can be stopped prematurely by a means of braking slowing the rotation of said wheel until it stops, consisting a piston exerting a more or less strong pressure on the side of the wheel and manually operated.

Selon une autre modalité particulière de l'invention, les roues portant une série de chiffres ou des symboles sont pourvues sur leur tranche et en bordure de petits ergots facilitant la poussée manuelle exercée sur ladite tranche.According to another particular form of the invention, the wheels carrying a series of numbers or symbols are provided on their edges and in border of small lugs facilitating manual pushing exerted on said slice.

Suivant une autre modalité particulière de l'invention, la tranche des roues porte des informations en relief, que ce soit des chiffres, des nombres, des lettres, des signes divers ou des symboles, pour permettre un toucher plus sûr de la roue et un meilleur entraínement en rotation.According to another particular form of the invention, the tranche of wheels carry raised information, whether numbers, numbers, letters, various signs or symbols, to allow more touch sure of the wheel and better rotation drive.

Suivant une modalité particulière de l'invention, la roue portant des symboles est équilibrée, de manière à ce que des couples de forces équidistants agissent autour de l'axe commun et permettent une immobilisation de la roue selon la position des symboles en face de l'index situé à proximité d'une fenêtre du boítier. Cet équilibrage peut être réalisé par différents moyens tels que nombre pair de rayons de la roue ou masses supplémentaires ajoutées sur la roue, en corrélation avec le nombre de cases ou de symboles. According to a particular form of the invention, the wheel carrying symbols is balanced, so that couples of forces equidistant act around the common axis and allow immobilization of the wheel according to the position of the symbols opposite the index located nearby of a window of the box. This balancing can be achieved by different means such as even number of spokes of the wheel or additional masses added to the wheel, in correlation with the number of boxes or symbols.

Selon une autre modalité particulière de l'invention, le freinage de la roue portant des symboles de même que son immobilisation dans une position correspondant à l'un des symboles à l'aide du piston situé latéralement sur le boítier, sont améliorés par des cavités régulièrement disposées sur le flan de ladite roue par rapport aux symboles, l'empreinte des cavités correspondant à la forme du piston.According to another particular modality of the invention, the braking of the wheel with symbols as well as its immobilization in a position corresponding to one of the symbols using the piston located laterally on the housing, are improved by cavities regularly arranged on the blank said wheel with respect to the symbols, the imprint of the cavities corresponding to the shape of the piston.

Selon une autre modalité particulière de l'invention, les roues portant une série de chiffres ou des symboles pourraient être bloquées dans leur position significative par des moyens de blocage tels que des cliquets.According to another particular form of the invention, the wheels carrying a series of numbers or symbols could be blocked in their significant position by blocking means such as pawls.

Selon une autre modalité particulière de l'invention, les roues portant une série de chiffres ou des symboles pourraient se situer sur un ou plusieurs axes supplémentaires parallèles au premier pour former plusieurs rangées superposées, selon le nombre de joueurs.According to another particular form of the invention, the wheels carrying a series of numbers or symbols could be on one or more additional axes parallel to the first to form several rows superimposed, depending on the number of players.

Suivant une autre modalité particulière de l'invention, la roue portant des symboles peut être montée folle sur un axe séparé horizontal ou vertical.According to another particular form of the invention, the wheel carrying symbols can be mounted loose on a separate horizontal or vertical axis.

Selon une autre modalité particulière de l'invention, les symboles pourraient être des nombres ou des champs colorés.According to another particular form of the invention, the symbols could be numbers or colored fields.

Selon une autre modalité particulière de l'invention, les roues portant une série de chiffres ou des symboles pourraient être remplacées par des polyèdres réguliers.According to another particular form of the invention, the wheels carrying a series of numbers or symbols could be replaced by regular polyhedra.

Selon un mode de réalisation avantageux du dispositif conforme à la présente invention, la face supérieure du boítier comporte une succession de fenêtres alignées parallèlement à la longueur du boítier, chaque fenêtre laissant apparaítre en saillie une roue portant des chiffres ou des symboles.According to an advantageous embodiment of the device according to the present invention, the upper face of the housing comprises a succession of windows aligned parallel to the length of the case, each window revealing a projecting wheel bearing numbers or symbols.

Selon un autre mode de réalisation avantageux du dispositif, certaines des roues portant des chiffres peuvent être montées juxtaposées les unes aux autres et apparaítre à travers une seule fenêtre.According to another advantageous embodiment of the device, some of the wheels bearing numbers can be mounted side by side to each other and appear through a single window.

Suivant une disposition avantageuse de ce mode de réalisation, la face supérieure du boítier comporte un cadre dont le tracé suit le pourtour du boítier et qui entoure les fenêtres, ce cadre étant subdivisé en zones qui comportent des index situés latéralement par rapport aux fenêtres, ainsi que des libellés.According to an advantageous arrangement of this embodiment, the upper side of the case has a frame whose outline follows the periphery of the box and which surrounds the windows, this frame being subdivided into zones which have indexes located laterally in relation to the windows, as well as labels.

Selon une modalité particulière de l'invention, le cadre, les libellés et les index apparaissent en relief sur la face supérieure du boítier ; les index sont de même couleur ou de couleurs différentes et contrastées.According to a particular form of the invention, the framework, the descriptions and the indexes appear in relief on the upper face of the case; the indexes are of the same color or different and contrasting colors.

Suivant un mode de réalisation avantageux du dispositif conforme à la présente invention, à l'intérieur et sur le fond du boítier sont fixés plusieurs supports sur une ligne parallèle à la longueur du boítier, les supports situés aux extrémités étant de plus fixés aux faces latérales.According to an advantageous embodiment of the device according to the present invention, inside and on the bottom of the housing are fixed several supports on a line parallel to the length of the case, the supports located at ends being further fixed to the side faces.

Selon une modalité particulière de l'invention, les supports présentent au milieu de leur face supérieure, une gorge arrondie en arc de cercle constituant un logement pour l'axe de l'ensemble compact ; lorsque le matériau utilisé pour le support possède une élasticité, ladite gorge est conçue de telle manière que sa forme empêche l'axe de sortir du support après son introduction en force.According to a particular form of the invention, the supports have in the middle of their upper face, a groove rounded in an arc of circle constituting a housing for the axis of the compact assembly; when the material used for the support has elasticity, said groove is designed in such a way that its shape prevents the axle from coming out of the support after its introduction in force.

Selon une modalité particulière de l'invention, les supports reçoivent un élément épousant la forme de leur partie supérieure et visant à fermer la gorge après introduction de l'axe, ledit élément ayant un effet de pince sur le support.According to a particular form of the invention, the supports receive an element matching the shape of their upper part and aimed at closing the groove after introduction of the axis, said element having a clamping effect on the support.

Selon une modalité particulière de l'invention, des entretoises sont montées sur l'axe commun et disposées de part et d'autre des supports pour éliminer tout frottement des roues avec les supports, que ce soit les roues portant des chiffres ou des symboles ou encore les roues à denture.According to a particular embodiment of the invention, spacers are mounted on the common axis and arranged on either side of the supports for eliminate any friction of the wheels with the supports, whether the wheels bearing numbers or symbols or the cogwheels.

Suivant une disposition avantageuse de ce mode de réalisation, dans l'alignement des supports et intercalés entre ces derniers sont également fixés sur le fond du boítier, des éléments ayant un effet de ressort, en cela même qu'ils effectuent un mouvement de fléchissement graduel dans un sens suivi par un mouvement de retour rapide dans l'autre sens.According to an advantageous arrangement of this embodiment, in alignment of the supports and inserted between them are also fixed on the bottom of the housing, elements having a spring effect, in this even they perform a gradual downward movement in one direction followed by a rapid reverse movement in the other direction.

Selon une modalité particulière de l'invention, les supports et les éléments ayant un effet de ressort peuvent également être entièrement solidaires du boítier. According to a particular form of the invention, the supports and the elements having a spring effect can also be fully integral with the housing.

Suivant une autre modalité particulière de l'invention, sur l'une des faces latérales du boítier est fixé horizontalement un moyen de freinage constitué d'un logement à l'intérieur duquel se trouvent un piston et un ressort, ledit piston étant légèrement en saillie par rapport à la face latérale du boítier.According to another particular modality of the invention, on one of the side faces of the housing is fixed horizontally a braking means consisting of a housing inside which are a piston and a spring, said piston being slightly projecting from the side face of the housing.

Selon un mode de réalisation avantageux du dispositif, les roues portant des séries de chiffres peuvent, comme la roue portant des symboles, être de forme creuse et comporter des rayons en nombre pair.According to an advantageous embodiment of the device, the wheels bearing series of numbers may, like the wheel bearing symbols, be hollow in shape and have spokes in even numbers.

Selon une disposition avantageuse de ce mode de réalisation, les roues portant des séries de chiffres sont partiellement lestées, et lors du déclenchement d'une rotation libre, subissent un effet de balancier avant de s'immobiliser dans une position déterminée par l'emplacement du lestage.According to an advantageous arrangement of this embodiment, the wheels bearing series of numbers are partially ballasted, and when triggering of a free rotation, undergo a pendulum effect before come to a stop in a position determined by the location of the ballast.

Selon un mode de réalisation avantageux du dispositif, les éléments ayant un effet de ressort sont solidaires les uns des autres et pivotent autour d'un axe.According to an advantageous embodiment of the device, the elements having a spring effect are integral with each other and pivot around of an axis.

Selon un dispositif avantageux de ce mode de réalisation, les éléments ayant un effet de ressort sont maintenus en position sur les roues dentées par des ressorts.According to an advantageous device of this embodiment, the spring-acting elements are held in position on the wheels toothed by springs.

Selon une autre modalité particulière de l'invention, les roues portant des séries de chiffres peuvent être replacées automatiquement dans leur position initiale par un bouton de réinitialisation, apparaissant en saillie sur une face du boítier, et qui, agissant tel un piston sur les éléments ayant un effet de ressort, libère à la fois les roues possédant une denture et les roues portant des séries de chiffres, ces dernières s'immobilisant dans leur position initiale par un lestage adapté.According to another particular form of the invention, the wheels carrying series of numbers can be automatically replaced in their initial position by a reset button, protruding from a face of the housing, and which, acting like a piston on the elements having an effect of spring, releases both the wheels with teeth and the wheels bearing series of figures, the latter immobilizing in their initial position by a suitable ballast.

Selon un mode de réalisation avantageux du dispositif, les roues portant des informations et la roue portant des symboles peuvent être protégées par un couvercle rabattu ou coulissant.According to an advantageous embodiment of the device, the wheels carrying information and the wheel bearing symbols can be protected by a folded or sliding cover.

Selon un mode de réalisation avantageux du dispositif, la forme du boítier est un parallélépipède, un cylindre, un prisme ou une combinaison de ces formes. According to an advantageous embodiment of the device, the shape of the housing is a parallelepiped, a cylinder, a prism or a combination of these forms.

Suivant une disposition avantageuse de ce mode de réalisation, lorsque le boítier a la forme d'un parallélépipède ou d'un prisme, les arêtes et les angles sont arrondis.According to an advantageous arrangement of this embodiment, when the housing has the shape of a parallelepiped or a prism, the edges and the angles are rounded.

Les éléments constitutifs du dispositif conforme à l'invention peuvent être réalisés à partir de matériaux tels que bois, métal, matière plastique, caoutchouc, en combinant au besoin ces matériaux en fonction de la solidité, de l'esthétique, et du coût de fabrication.The constituent elements of the device according to the invention can be made from materials such as wood, metal, plastic, rubber, combining these materials as needed depending on the strength, aesthetics, and manufacturing cost.

L'un des domaines où l'invention trouve sa pleine application est bien entendu le tennis.One of the fields in which the invention finds its full application is of course tennis.

Un type particulier de réalisation permet de comptabiliser et d'afficher les jeux des différentes manches d'une partie de tennis à l'aide des roues portant une série de chiffres, et de désigner le joueur qui aura l'initiative du choix par tirage au sort, à l'aide de la roue portant une série de symboles.A particular type of implementation makes it possible to record and display the games of the different rounds of a tennis game using the wheels bearing a series of numbers, and designate the player who will have the initiative of choice by lot, using the wheel bearing a series of symbols.

Les avantages liés au dispositif selon l'invention sont notamment :

  • un tirage au sort facilité en début de partie : plus de perte de temps à trouver par exemple une marque déterminante sur la raquette ;
  • les joueurs et joueuses sont libérés du souci de mémorisation des jeux pendant la partie ou le match, d'où une meilleure concentration sur le jeu proprement dit ;
  • la visualisation des résultats par le juge-arbitre ;
  • une utilisation peu sensible aux différences climatiques, puisque le dispositif ne fait pas appel à de l'énergie accumulée, telle que piles, et ne peut donc être hors d'usage.
The advantages linked to the device according to the invention are in particular:
  • easier draw at the start of the game: no more time wasted finding, for example, a decisive mark on the racket;
  • the players are freed from the concern of memorizing the games during the game or the match, hence a better concentration on the game itself;
  • visualization of the results by the referee;
  • a use that is not very sensitive to climatic differences, since the device does not use accumulated energy, such as batteries, and therefore cannot be out of use.

Pour mieux appréhender le dispositif, on se reportera aux dessins annexés sur lesquels :

  • la figure 1 représente le dispositif selon l'invention dans la version standard vu de face et de dessus ;
  • la figure 2 représente l'ensemble compact à l'intérieur du boítier en coupe longitudinale ;
  • la figure 3 représente en vue de côté la roue portant des symboles ;
  • la figure 4 représente un support du boítier vu de profil ;
  • la figure 5 représente une variante de réalisation de la roue de la figure 3, en coupe transversale ;
  • et les figures 6 à 14 représentent différentes variantes du dispositif de la figure 1.
To better understand the device, reference is made to the appended drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 shows the device according to the invention in the standard version seen from the front and from above;
  • Figure 2 shows the compact assembly inside the housing in longitudinal section;
  • Figure 3 shows a side view of the wheel bearing symbols;
  • Figure 4 shows a housing support seen in profile;
  • 5 shows an alternative embodiment of the wheel of Figure 3, in cross section;
  • and FIGS. 6 to 14 represent different variants of the device of FIG. 1.

Toutefois, le mode de réalisation décrit ci-après et choisi pour faciliter la compréhension de l'invention est donné à titre d'exemple non limitatif au dessin.However, the embodiment described below and chosen for to facilitate the understanding of the invention is given by way of nonlimiting example to the drawing.

Tel que représenté sur les figures 1 et 2, le dispositif selon l'invention se compose d'un boítier et d'un ensemble compact fixé à l'intérieur du boítier.As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the device according to the invention consists of a housing and a compact assembly fixed inside the housing.

Le boítier 1 en bois ou en matière plastique a la forme d'un parallélépipède rectangle. La face horizontale supérieure présente des fenêtres 5 de même dimension, alignées et situées à égale distance des bords supérieur 12 et inférieur 13 de la face.The case 1 of wood or plastic has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. The upper horizontal face has windows 5 of the same size, aligned and located equidistant from the edges upper 12 and lower 13 of the face.

Sur cette face est dessiné un cadre 2 à l'intérieur duquel des traits verticaux 3 délimitent des zones 11, 24 en séparant les fenêtres 5 soit deux par deux pour matérialiser les manches ou sets, soit unitairement pour différencier le tirage au sort. Chaque zone 11, 24 comporte un libellé 4 relatif à la manche ou au tirage au sort ainsi que des index 7 situés à proximité des fenêtres et alignés. A travers les fenêtres 5 apparaissent des roues 6 et 9 en saillie, portant sur leur tranche des chiffres 8 ou des symboles 10.On this face is drawn a frame 2 inside which lines vertical 3 delimit zones 11, 24 by separating the windows 5 or two by two to materialize the sleeves or sets, either individually to differentiate the draw. Each zone 11, 24 has a wording 4 relating to the sleeve or by lot as well as indexes 7 located near the windows and aligned. Through the windows 5, projecting wheels 6 and 9 appear, with numbers 8 or 10 symbols on their edges.

L'ensemble compact (figure 2) est constitué d'un axe 14 en métal ou en matière plastique qui s'emboíte dans les supports 26 situés à l'intérieur du boítier. Sur cet axe 14 sont montées des roues 6 et 9 en matière plastique dont la tranche est subdivisée en huit cases 17. La dimension axiale des roues est très inférieure à leur diamètre.The compact assembly (Figure 2) consists of a metal axis 14 or plastic material which fits into the supports 26 located inside the housing. On this axis 14 are mounted plastic wheels 6 and 9 of which the section is subdivided into eight boxes 17. The axial dimension of the wheels is much smaller than their diameter.

La roue 9 portant des symboles 10 est montée folle sur l'axe 14 commun ; elle est ici placée en dernière position sur cet axe. Ladite roue 9 (figure 3) est par exemple creuse et est équilibrée par huit rayons 32 pourvus de bagues 33 en métal destinées à assurer l'arrêt précis de la roue 9 sur une case 17 ou un symbole 10, de manière que celui-ci soit visible dans sa totalité à travers la fenêtre 5.The wheel 9 bearing symbols 10 is mounted idly on the axle 14 common ; here it is placed last on this axis. Said wheel 9 (Figure 3) is for example hollow and is balanced by eight spokes 32 provided of metal rings 33 intended to ensure the precise stopping of the wheel 9 on a box 17 or a symbol 10, so that it is visible in its entirety through window 5.

L'axe 14 commun est avantageusement maintenu dans les gorges 27 des supports 26 par des circlips 28, comme représenté à la figure 4, cela pour empêcher que l'axe ne sorte des supports lors d'un retournement ou d'une chute occasionnels.The common axis 14 is advantageously maintained in the grooves 27 supports 26 by circlips 28, as shown in Figure 4, this to prevent the axis from coming out of the supports during a reversal or occasional fall.

Dans l'exemple considéré ici, la version standard comprend sept roues : six roues 6 reçoivent dans leurs huit cases 17 une série de chiffres 8 en ordre croissant de 0 à 7 (nombres possibles de jeux), chaque chiffre occupant une case, la septième 9 reçoit dans chacune de ses huit cases 17 un symbole 10 alterné, en l'occurrence, une raquette et des balles de tennis.In the example considered here, the standard version includes seven wheels: six wheels 6 receive in their eight boxes 17 a series of numbers 8 in ascending order from 0 to 7 (possible number of games), each digit occupying a box, the seventh 9 receives in each of its eight boxes 17 a symbol 10 alternated, in this case, a racket and tennis balls.

Le nombre de roues, le nombre de cases, le nombre de chiffres, le nombre et le type de symboles décrits et représentés ne sont bien sûr pas limitatifs.The number of wheels, the number of boxes, the number of digits, the number and type of symbols described and represented are of course not limiting.

De même couleur, blanche par exemple, trois roues 6 portent une série de chiffres 8 de couleur rouge par exemple, et trois autres roues 6 portent une série de chiffres 8 de couleur bleue par exemple. Ces couleurs correspondent chacune à un joueur. La roue 9 de tirage au sort, blanche par exemple, porte des symboles 10 aux contours noirs.In the same color, white for example, three wheels 6 carry a series of numbers 8 of red color for example, and three other wheels 6 carry a series of figures 8 of blue color for example. These colors each correspond to a player. The draw wheel 9, white by example, bears symbols 10 with black contours.

Les six roues 6 sont disposées alternativement sur l'axe 14 commun par rapport à la couleur des séries de chiffres 8, soit rouge, bleue, et de cette façon forment trois paires.The six wheels 6 are arranged alternately on the common axis 14 with respect to the color of the series of numbers 8, namely red, blue, and of this way form three pairs.

Ainsi, l'utilisation de couleurs distinctes et alternées présente le double avantage de pouvoir identifier chaque participant et de mettre clairement en évidence les manches gagnées ou perdues par chaque joueur.Thus, the use of distinct and alternating colors presents the double advantage of being able to identify each participant and put clearly show the innings won or lost by each player.

Les couleurs indiquées ne sont aucunement limitatives.The colors indicated are in no way limiting.

Les roues 6 portant une série de chiffres 8 sont avantageusement couplées avec des roues 15 de plus petite dimension possédant une denture continue sur leur pourtour et montées sur l'axe 14 commun, par simple emboítement. The wheels 6 carrying a series of numbers 8 are advantageously coupled with smaller wheels 15 having teeth continues on their periphery and mounted on the common axis 14, by simple nesting.

Les roues à denture 15 en matière plastique coopèrent par effet de cliquet avec les extrémités d'éléments flexibles 16 du type lame de ressort, fixés à l'intérieur sur le fond 25 du boítier, et assurent ainsi le maintien des roues 6 portant une série de chiffres 8 dans une position déterminée par rapport à un index 7 situé à proximité des fenêtres 5 latéralement, position correspondant au résultat en cours et modifiable par simple poussée manuelle.The plastic gear wheels 15 cooperate by ratchet with the ends of flexible elements 16 of the leaf spring type, fixed inside on the bottom 25 of the housing, and thus ensure the maintenance of wheels 6 carrying a series of numbers 8 in a position determined by relative to an index finger 7 located near the windows 5 laterally, position corresponding to the current result and modifiable by simple manual push.

Le nombre de dents des roues à denture 15 est un nombre égal ou multiple du nombre de cases 17 figurant sur les roues 6 portant une série de chiffres 8. La largeur des lames de ressort 16 est de préférence légèrement inférieure à la largeur des dents, ce qui a pour but d'éliminer tout frottement avec le flan de la roue 6 portant une série de chiffres 8, et par là même d'empêcher tout à-coup dans la rotation de ladite roue.The number of teeth of the gear wheels 15 is an equal number or multiple of the number of boxes 17 appearing on the wheels 6 carrying a series of digits 8. The width of the spring leaves 16 is preferably slightly less than the width of the teeth, which aims to eliminate any friction with the flank of the wheel 6 carrying a series of numbers 8, and thereby suddenly prevent in the rotation of said wheel.

En variante, le maintien en position des roues peut être obtenu par simple frottement de lames élastiques sur des tambours rugueux, non dentés, remplaçant les roues 15 précitées.Alternatively, keeping the wheels in position can be obtained by simple rubbing of elastic blades on rough, not toothed drums, replacing the aforementioned wheels 15.

Pour éviter le glissement des doigts sur la tranche des roues 6, 9 lors de l'entraínement en rotation, les chiffres 8 et les symboles 10 sont en relief sur la tranche 30. Pour rendre la prise plus facile encore, même au bord des roues 6, 9 de petits ergots 31 juxtaposés jalonnent le pourtour de la tranche. Ces ergots sont par exemple réalisés en un matériau caoutchouteux ; ces ergots peuvent, en variante, être remplacés par une bande caoutchouteuse s'étendant sur toute la circonférence de la roue.To prevent fingers from sliding on the edge of the wheels 6, 9 during the rotary drive, the numbers 8 and the symbols 10 are in relief on edge 30. To make the grip even easier, even at the edge wheels 6, 9 small lugs 31 juxtaposed along the periphery of the slice. These pins are for example made of a rubbery material; these lugs can, as a variant, be replaced by a rubber band extending over the entire circumference of the wheel.

Le fonctionnement du dispositif selon l'invention est le suivant : les deux joueurs choisissent une couleur de chiffre parmi les deux couleurs identifiant les séries de chiffres, puis tirent au sort celui qui aura l'initiative du choix.The operation of the device according to the invention is as follows: two players choose a number color from the two colors identifying the series of numbers and then drawing lots for the one who will have the initiative of choice.

Pour cela, chaque joueur choisit un symbole figurant sur la roue de tirage au sort : l'un, les balles, l'autre, la raquette, et l'un des deux fait tourner la roue en lui donnant une forte impulsion.For this, each player chooses a symbol appearing on the wheel of draw: one, the balls, the other, the racket, and one of the two turns the wheel giving it a strong boost.

Après avoir consommé son énergie cinétique et du fait de son équilibrage la roue s'arrête sur un symbole. Le symbole visible à travers la fenêtre en face de l'index désigne celui des joueurs qui choisit alors lui-même entre le côté et être serveur ou relanceur, ou encore oblige son adversaire à choisir.After consuming its kinetic energy and because of its balancing the wheel stops on a symbol. The symbol visible through the window in front of the index indicates that of the players who then chooses himself between the side and being waiter or raiser, or even forces his opponent to to choose.

Ensuite, au fur et à mesure des jeux, chaque joueur qui gagne un jeu fait avancer manuellement sa roue d'une case et donc d'un point, cela pour la première manche puis, pour la deuxième manche, et la troisième manche le cas échéant.Then, as the games progress, each player who wins a game manually advances its wheel by one space and therefore by one point, this to the first round then, for the second round, and the third round the optionally.

Enfin, si les joueurs ont disputé un match en tournoi, ils rapportent alors le dispositif sans contestation possible des jeux totalisés au juge-arbitre qui lit aisément les résultats.Finally, if the players have played a match in a tournament, they report then the device without possible dispute of the totalized games to the referee who easily reads the results.

Sans constituer de limitation, les figures 6 à 14 illustrent différentes variantes du dispositif selon l'invention.Without constituting a limitation, FIGS. 6 to 14 illustrate different variants of the device according to the invention.

Telle que représentée dans son ensemble à la figure 6, une version "Luxe" possède une roue à symboles montée sur roulement à billes, munie d'un bouton d'arrêt 38, de même qu'un bouton de réinitialisation 48 constitué d'un piston et d'un ressort enfermés dans un logement, le piston venant en butée sur un élément solidaire des éléments ayant un effet de ressort.As shown as a whole in Figure 6, a version "Luxe" has a symbol wheel mounted on a ball bearing, fitted a stop button 38, as well as a reset button 48 consisting a piston and a spring enclosed in a housing, the piston coming abutment on an element integral with elements having a spring effect.

La figure 5 décrit de manière détaillée cette roue 9 portant des symboles dans cette version améliorée. Sur cette vue de profil, on note, outre les chiffres en relief 41 et les ergots 31 disposés sur la tranche, des masses supplémentaires 34, réparties à l'intérieur de la roue, des cavités 36 ménagées dans le flanc de la roue ainsi qu'un roulement à billes 35 monté sur l'axe 14 et à l'intérieur de la roue. On distingue aussi le bouton d'arrêt ou de freinage 38 ou piston monté avec un ressort 39 dans un logement 37 fixé sur la paroi du boítier. L'intérêt des masses 34 est d'assurer l'équilibrage de la roue, tandis que les cavités 36 distribuées selon un cercle sont chacune adaptées à recevoir l'extrémité du bouton d'arrêt.FIG. 5 describes in detail this wheel 9 carrying symbols in this improved version. In this profile view, we note, in addition the raised figures 41 and the pins 31 arranged on the edge, masses additional 34, distributed inside the wheel, cavities 36 formed in the sidewall of the wheel as well as a ball bearing 35 mounted on the axle 14 and at inside the wheel. There is also a stop or brake button 38 or piston mounted with a spring 39 in a housing 37 fixed to the wall of the housing. The interest of the masses 34 is to ensure the balancing of the wheel, while that the cavities 36 distributed in a circle are each adapted to receive the end of the stop button.

La variante représentée à la figure 7 diffère uniquement de la version standard par la forme de son boítier qui est cylindrique et qui comporte un méplat, voire un socle 49. Cette variante avantageusement dimensionnée possède sensiblement le même encombrement qu'une boíte de balles en forme de tube, ce qui rend le dispositif particulièrement facile à transporter.The variant shown in Figure 7 differs only from the standard version by the shape of its case which is cylindrical and which comprises a flat, even a base 49. This advantageously dimensioned variant has substantially the same footprint as a box of bullets tube shape, which makes the device particularly easy to transport.

La variante représentée à la figure 8 diffère de la version standard par le fait que la roue 9 qui porte des symboles, de dimension plus petite, est montée séparément sur un axe vertical et apparaít sur l'une des faces latérales du boítier.The variant shown in Figure 8 differs from the standard version by the fact that the wheel 9 which carries symbols, of smaller dimension, is mounted separately on a vertical axis and appears on one of the side faces of the case.

Telle que représentée à la figure 9, une version "Compétition" comporte onze roues dont dix correspondent aux cinq manches d'un match final pour les hommes. Les dix roues 6 portent des chiffres et des nombres.As shown in Figure 9, a "Competition" version has eleven wheels, ten of which correspond to the five innings of a match final for men. The ten wheels 6 carry numbers and numbers.

Telle que représentée à la figure 10, une version "Club" comporte onze roues également. Cependant les dix roues 6 portant des chiffres et des nombres sont disposées par couleur sur deux rangées superposées 19, 20. La roue 9 portant des symboles 10 est située latéralement et montée sur un axe séparé. La version "Club" repose sur un support ou s'accroche à l'aide de pattes 21.As shown in Figure 10, a "Club" version has eleven wheels also. However, the ten wheels 6 bearing numbers and numbers are arranged by color in two superimposed rows 19, 20. The wheel 9 with symbols 10 is located laterally and mounted on an axle separate. The "Club" version rests on a support or hangs using legs 21.

Telle que représentée à la figure 11 sur laquelle on ne distingue que l'emplacement des roues, une version "Juge-Arbitre" comprend quinze roues regroupées par couleur, dont dix portant des chiffres et des nombres sont montées sur un axe commun de manière symétrique. Sur un deuxième axe, parallèle au premier axe et situé en dessous du premier, sont montées cinq autres roues dont quatre disposées symétriquement par rapport à la roue 9 portant des symboles 10 située au centre. Les quatre roues 45 et 46 servent, respectivement, à afficher les points au cours des jeux normaux ou des jeux décisifs. Lesdites roues portent des chiffres, des nombres et des lettres et sont regroupées par couleur également.As shown in Figure 11 on which we only distinguish wheel location, a "Referee" version includes fifteen wheels grouped by color, of which ten with numbers and numbers are mounted on a common axis symmetrically. On a second axis, parallel to the first axis and located below the first, five are mounted other wheels, four of which are arranged symmetrically with respect to wheel 9 bearing symbols 10 located in the center. The four wheels 45 and 46 serve, respectively, to display the points during normal games or games decisive. Said wheels bear numbers, numbers and letters and are also grouped by color.

La figure 12 représente une version pour jeux de société comportant vingt et une roues, la roue 9 portant des symboles étant montée sur un axe séparé et située au milieu du boítier. Les vingt autres roues regroupées par couleur cinq par cinq sont montées de manière symétrique sur deux axes superposés. Lesdites roues 6 portent des chiffres, des nombres, des lettres, ou des signes. Ce choix de quatre groupes de cinq roues rend ce dispositif particulièrement bien adapté à des jeux à trois ou quatre participants tels que les petits chevaux.FIG. 12 represents a version for board games comprising twenty-one wheels, the wheel 9 bearing symbols being mounted on an axle separate and located in the middle of the case. The other twenty wheels grouped by color five by five are mounted symmetrically on two axes Bunk. Said wheels 6 carry numbers, numbers, letters, or signs. This choice of four groups of five wheels makes this device particularly well suited to games with three or four participants such as the little horses.

La figure 13 représente une autre version pour jeux de société comprenant treize roues, la roue 9 portant des symboles étant également montée sur un axe séparé et située au milieu du boítier. Les symboles sont avantageusement en rapport avec le jeu de société concerné. Les douze autres roues 6 regroupées par couleur trois par trois sont aussi montées de manière symétrique sur deux axes parallèles, ici superposés. Toutefois, les roues juxtaposées par trois apparaissent à travers une seule fenêtre 47 de dimension correspondant à trois roues adjacentes. Lesdites roues portent une série de chiffres. Ce choix de quatre groupes de trois roues accolées rend ce dispositif particulièrement bien adapté à des jeux de cartes tels que la belote pour compter jusqu'à 999.Figure 13 shows another version for board games comprising thirteen wheels, the wheel 9 bearing symbols also being mounted on a separate axis and located in the middle of the housing. The symbols are advantageously related to the board game concerned. The twelve other wheels 6 grouped by color three by three are also mounted symmetrically on two parallel axes, here superimposed. However, wheels juxtaposed by three appear through a single window 47 of dimension corresponding to three adjacent wheels. Said wheels carry a series of numbers. This choice of four groups of three side-by-side wheels makes this device particularly well suited to card games such as belote to count up to 999.

La figure 14 représente encore une autre version pour jeux de société et jeux sportifs comportant sept roues, la roue 9 portant des symboles étant montée sur un axe séparé et située dans un des angles du boítier dont la forme se distingue des autres variantes par le fait qu'elle est triangulaire. Les six roues 6 portant une série de chiffres sont montées sur deux axes superposés. Le choix de cette disposition triangulaire pour disposer deux groupes de trois roues, et une roue au sommet, rend ce dispositif particulièrement bien adapté à des jeux qui se jouent à deux tels que les dames, les dominos.Figure 14 shows yet another version for games of society and sports games comprising seven wheels, wheel 9 bearing symbols being mounted on a separate axis and located in one of the corners of the housing whose shape is distinguished from other variants by the fact that it is triangular. The six wheels 6 bearing a series of numbers are mounted on two axes Bunk. The choice of this triangular arrangement to arrange two groups of three wheels, and a wheel at the top, makes this device particularly well suited to two-player games such as ladies, dominoes.

Quelle que soit la version concernée, le dispositif selon l'invention est susceptible d'utilisation, voire d'adaptation, pour de nombreux jeux sportifs avec des balles : half-court, squash, tennis de table, mais aussi avec des ballons : volley-ball, handball, football, rugby, basket-ball, ou d'autres sports tels le badminton, le polo, le hockey sur gazon, sur glace, etc... Il est également utilisable pour les jeux de société.Whatever the version concerned, the device according to the invention can be used, even adapted, for many sports games with balls: half-court, squash, table tennis, but also with balls: volleyball, handball, football, rugby, basketball, or other sports such as badminton, polo, field hockey, ice hockey, etc. It is also usable for board games.

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  1. A scoring or tallying and displaying device for sports and parlour games, comprising a housing (1) and in this housing a compact assembly comprising a series of wheels (6) mounted on a common shaft (14) and adapted to be rotated by hand in a rotation step by step, each wheel (6) carrying on its edge (30) a series of indicia (8) adapted to be exposed successively through a window (5) adjusted in the housing (1), this edge (30) being reached exteriorly of the housing, wherein said device further comprises a balloting wheel (9) mounted for free rotation on a shaft and carrying on its edge (30) a series of symbols (10) set by turns, adapted to be exposed successively through a window (5) adjusted in the housing (1), this edge (30) being reached by hand exteriorly of the housing.
  2. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said edge (30) provided with indicia (8) or symbols (10) extends upwards from said window (5) to be rotated by hand.
  3. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in claims 1 and 2, wherein the edge of the wheels (6, 9) is split up into portions (17) provided with raised indicia (8) and symbols (10).
  4. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the edge (30) of the wheels (6, 9) is provided on each side with projections (31) equally spaced around the whole periphery of the wheel.
  5. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the wheels (6) carrying a series of indicia (8) have various colours, said colours being set one another off and set by turns.
  6. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the several series of indicia (8) have various colours and face the carrying wheels with colours put in contrast ; indicia colours are set one another off and set by turns.
  7. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the wheel (9) carrying a series of symbols (10) stands out against other wheels (6) with a specific colour and the symbols (10) embody the several games.
  8. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the wheels (6) carrying a series of indicia (8) are coupled with other wheels (15) which are thereby mechanically connected or formed integral therewith, the latter cooperating with position holding means (16).
  9. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the wheels (15) are provided with uninterrupted teeth, with a number of teeth equal to the number of portions (17) or equal to a multiple number, said wheels (15) cooperate through slight frictional movement with operating spring members (16) and secure an accurate positioning of the portion (17) facing the adjusted window (5) likewise the holding of said portion in desired position.
  10. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 9, wherein the wheels (6) carrying a series of indicia (8) are provided with a reset piston (48) projecting from one side of the housing (1).
  11. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 10, wherein the wheel (9) carrying symbols (10) is mounted for free rotation on an horizontal or vertical shaft and is provided with balancing means (33, 34).
  12. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the wheel (9) carrying symbols (10) is mounted on ball-bearing (35), said ball-bearing being mounted on the shaft.
  13. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 12, wherein the wheel (9) carrying symbols (10) is mounted on the common shaft of the compact assembly.
  14. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the wheel (9) carrying symbols (10) is mounted on the common shaft (14) on ball-bearing (35).
  15. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 14, wherein the wheel (9) carrying symbols (10) is provided with a stop-piston (38) projecting from one side of the housing (1) and comprises on its face depressions (36) equally spaced around its periphery, the impression of said depressions corresponding to the shape of the piston.
  16. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 15, wherein the shaft is housed in supports (26) which separate wheels (6,9) from one another.
  17. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 16, wherein the shaft (14) is held in the supports (26) by means of circlips (28).
  18. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 17, wherein the specific shape of the groove (27) in the supports (26) serves as blocking-up means for the shaft (14) of the compact assembly in said support.
  19. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 18, wherein the wheels (8, 9, 15) are radially retained with spacing washers at a proper distance from supports (26) in which the shaft (14) is housed.
  20. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 19, wherein the housing (1) presents an elongated form parallel to the shaft (14) supporting wheels (6, 9) with a cylindrical or polygonal section. The edges or the angles of a parallelepiped or a prism are rounded off.
  21. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 20, wherein the top of the housing (1) is provided with a frame (2) subdivided in areas (11, 24) comprising wording (4) and mark (7).
  22. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 21, wherein all the wheels (6, 9) included in the housing are mounted on parallel shafts.
  23. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 22, wherein at least some wheels (6) carrying indicia (8) are adjacent and viewable together through a common window (47).
  24. A scoring and displaying device as claimed in any of claims 1 to 23, wherein wheels (6, 9) are provided with detent locking means.
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