ES1069631U - Draw simulator device (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Draw simulator device characterized in that it comprises a support; a drum with the ability to rotate around a horizontal axis and equipped with a turret, there being no communication between the drum and the turret; a turning wheel controlled and perpendicular to the turn of the drum, the wheel and the drum sharing the same center of rotation, and equipped with said wheel of peripheral compartments destined to each house a predetermined ball; a peripheral channel to the inner contour of the wheel, through which run the balls housed in the compartments of the wheel during the rotation of the same, endowed with said peripheral channel of a top window that in an open position allows access to an award-winning ball from its compartment on the wheel to the turret when the turret is in a position of reception and a lower return window that allows the return of the ball housed in the turret to its compartment on the wheel; a channel-ramp for closing and sliding the turret through which the prize-winning ball passes inside the turret during the travel of the turret towards a stop-display position, said channel being provided with a ramp for closing and sliding a window exhaust which, in an open position, allows the winning ball to leave the turret towards the lower window of ball return to the wheel; and a peripheral arc to prevent the winning ball from leaving the turret in the front sector of the course. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Draw simulator device.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a draw simulator device, in particular to a device which simulates the extraction of balls inside a bass drum rotating, such device being applicable for development of any game in which, disposing for the achievement and result of the play or raffle of a ball container cited above, it is necessary to check the result of each ball extraction. The simulator device of draws of the invention is applicable to be contained in machines recreational with prize, of the type of which, by insertion of the amount of the price of a game allow the achievement of bets on the result of successive and generated plays of automatically by the same machine and / or at the request of the player.

Background of the invention

In the field of gambling, it is known the case of automatic gaming machines which through the payment for the price of a game allows the player to develop of a play that may or may not be a winner, depending on the result of a draw. These machines usually have as usual means for the achievement of the plays a series of aligned rollers and with printed figures that determine the result of the draw and the move.

In some cases such machines can go equipped as an added incentive, an additional game that can consist of a roulette wheel, the roll of a dice, auxiliary rollers and, in general, any real or simulated mechanism capable of being contained in a machine of such characteristics and of being controlled their results in order to adapt the awards through them with what is required by the regulations that regulate the obtaining and amount of prizes in said machines.

Various mechanisms are known for development of them, and specifically in lotteries and games similar, the draw is made by rotating drums that allow you to see inside balls that, by turning the drum which contains them, are scrambled and mixed together, to finally enter one of them randomly in a turret or cabin attached to the bass drum and communicated with it internally.

When any of these additional games do not allows to be controlled in its result, as in the case of a hype with balls inside, the calculation of successes or prizes to to obtain must be done by mathematical calculations of probabilities, with which, so that the prize to obtain is high percentage with the price of the play, the possibilities of to achieve it must be scarce, resulting in a scarce game incentive, since the player evaluates and perceives the odds and understand that, although the prize can be substantial, the chances of getting it are highly unlikely.

For this reason, attempts to place a bass drum mechanism in a recreational machine with prizes they have had little success, unable to be controlled in their results said mechanism. Thus, if your awards are obtained with certain frequency, the amount of such awards will be low amount and, consequently, lacking great interest; for him On the contrary, if the prizes are of a certain amount and deserving of interest, said interest is lost when the player calculates the few possibilities offered by the mechanism to obtain prize.

It is well known that a determining condition for the success of a game is to bring the illusion of the player that the probabilities of obtaining a prize and the amount of same in a phase of the game are greater than the risk that may involve the play.

Description of the invention

The present invention defines a device draw simulator according to claim 1, which resolves from the problem was fully satisfactory before exposed. In the dependent claims are defined Preferred embodiments of the present invention.

The draw simulator device of the invention comprises a support of the whole device assembly, said support being further configured to maintain a sector of the device hidden from the eyes of the player. At the moment memory we will refer to this sector of the device as a sector posterior or hidden, as opposed to a frontal sector or seen, which remains in sight of the player during development of the draw.

The hype of the draw simulator device It has the ability to rotate around a horizontal axis and is equipped of a turret, in such a way that there is no communication of balls between hype and turret, that is, they cannot access balls from the hype to the turret or in the opposite direction. The hype is planned to contain balls inside, which are mixed by twists and They give more realism to the raffle.

The draw simulator device comprises a controlled, substantially vertical turning wheel perpendicular to the turn of the bass drum, both sharing the same center rotation. This ferris wheel is equipped with peripheral compartments destined to each house an identified and predetermined ball.  As many compartments are required as results are desired Simulate in the draw. In a preferred embodiment the compartments are formed by a series of flaps radial ball separators. These flaps can be used additionally as identifier flaps of the housed balls. In addition, a different configuration tab can be provided to the rest to mark the zero point of rotation of the ferris wheel. In this way you can count the steps from the zero point to know in what position are the balls passing through a point. In this preferred embodiment the identifying separator flaps They can be read by an optical sensor. However, it is equally possible to shape the compartments and their identification so different.

The peripheral channel to the inner contour of the Ferris wheel, through which the balls housed in the Ferris wheel compartments during its turn, it is equipped of an upper window that in an open position allows the access to a prize ball from its compartment in the ferris wheel to the turret when the turret is in a position of reception, that is, located under the upper window, with a opening facing the upper window to receive the ball awarded, which falls inside the turret as a result of the gravity. The peripheral channel further comprises a lower window return that allows the return of the ball housed in the turret to his compartment in the ferris wheel.

The draw simulator device comprises also a turret slide ramp channel, which prevents the exit of the ball from inside it during the Tour of the turret through the back of the device towards a stop-view position. In its travel through the frontal sector to the position of stop-viewing the peripheral arc of the draw simulator device prevents the ball from leaving the turret. Said stop-display position in the context of the present invention refers to a position in the that the turret with the prize ball inside stops its movement to allow the player to observe the result of draw. The sliding rear ramp channel is equipped with an escape window that in a closed position allows the course of the winning ball inside the turret and in an open position allows the winning ball to exit the turret towards the lower return ball window to the ferris wheel.

The draw simulator device is suitable to cooperate with control means to move the ferris wheel to a position in which a ball chosen as a winning ball is left facing the upper window of the peripheral channel. Sayings control means may be integrated in the device or be external to him.

With the draw simulator device of the invention the objective pursued of allowing to control is achieved the results of the draw, so that they obey some previously established instructions, while for the Player has the appearance of a real draw.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as part member of that description, a set of drawings where with illustrative and non-limiting nature, what has been represented next:

Figure 1.- Shows the support of the device, with the ferris wheel mechanism, from a view higher.

Figure 2.- Shows the same set of the Figure 1 from a bottom view.

Figure 3.- Shows an exploded view. ordered of the set of the previous figures.

Figure 4.- Shows a section of zone top of ferris wheel with perimeter teeth, toothed bush, closure upper window through cam, motor and cover assembly closing.

Figure 5.- Shows a section of zone upper of ferris wheel with opening of upper window by shifting the closing lid and dropping a ball to the turret entrance.

Figure 6.- Shows a zone section bottom of the sliding ramp channel turret, with window opening mechanism for ball escape a lower ramp for driving the ball to its replacement in the noria.

Figure 7.- Shows a first stage of Game execution of the device.

Figure 8.- Shows a second stage of Game execution of the device.

Figure 9.- Shows a third stage of Game execution of the device.

Figure 10.- Shows a fourth stage of Game execution of the device.

Figure 11.- Shows a front view in orderly exploded view of the device.

Figure 12.- Shows the complete device in working order and in a frontal view.

In all the previous figures the front or side view of the draw simulator device has been represented On the right side.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention List of numerical references used in the figures

one.-

Ferris wheel or vertical turning wheel, transporter of balls by radial flaps

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serrated profile on the ferris wheel to cause the turn vertical of it

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radial flap separator and identifier of balls

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peripheral channel to the inner contour of the ferris wheel for the circulation of balls, with two windows, upper (5) and bottom (6) for exit and replacement of the winning ball

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upper window exit ball to the turret

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lower window return ball to your compartment established in the ferris wheel

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bass drum frame with turntable shaft motor and turret incorporated

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turret for award-winning ball housing

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bass drum motor

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peripheral arch to the turret, which prevents the exit of ball in the sector of the frontal route

eleven.-

Ferris wheel turning gear with toothed pinion in its axis

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toothed bushings in triangular position with the motor pinion (11) to prevent lateral displacement of the noria

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sliding cover for upper window opening (5)

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cam for window opening (5) by sliding cover movement (13)

fifteen.-

identified ball, with ferris wheel exit, entry in turret and return to the same point of the ferris wheel

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closing ramp channel and turret slide with ball exhaust window to the passage of the turret

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opening mechanism in the channel-ramp (16) and ball escape to the window (6)

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window for ball escape in the ramp channel (16)

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parts set support

twenty.-

lower driving ramp to the ferris wheel

twenty-one.-

stop position of the turret to show the ball to the player

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exterior window of communication with the ferris wheel (one)

2. 3.-

inner window on the inner side of coupling with the hype

In Figures 10-12, represents a preferred embodiment of the simulator device of draws of the invention, in which some of its elements: a support (19), a bass drum (7) with a rotation motor (9) and turret (8) incorporated and a ferris wheel (1) of vertical rotation perpendicular to the bass drum (7). Figure 11 shows a view exploded front of the device: in the background, the support (19) of all the pieces that make up the different device mechanisms; in a medium plane, the hype (7) with a rotation motor on the left pole of its axis of rotation, the turret (8) in its upper part, and in the foreground, the peripheral arc (10) to the movement of the turret (8) in the frontal sector.

The hype configuration of the embodiment is spherical and consists of rods as meridians, of so that the player can see inside it and the balls containing. The bass drum contains at least two games inside of numbered balls, in order to justify the possible observation of two balls of the same number on the turret and inside the hype, respectively.

The hype as such does not intervene in the draw, since that there is no real draw, since in each draw the winning ball it is extracted from the ferris wheel (1) in a controlled way and transferred to the turret (8). The turret (8) is used to show the player the result of a play, simulating the transfer of one of the balls contained in the drum (7) towards said turret (8), and the balls contained inside the bass drum to simulate that it takes conducted a real draw, but none of the balls contained in it moves to the turret (8) or vice versa, since there is no communication between bass drum (1) and turret (8).

In the embodiment that exemplifies the turret it comprises an interior window (23) on an inner side of coupling with the bass drum, that is, the connecting side of the bass drum (7) with the turret (8). Said interior window (23) is configured with an amplitude sufficiently smaller than the diameter of the balls, understood as sufficiently minor in the present context small enough to prevent them from passing between turret (8) and bass drum (7), while simulating the possibility that the amplitude of said interior window (23) could allow free circulation between turret (8) and bass drum (7).

Similarly, the turret (8) of the embodiment is provided with an exterior window (22) of communication with the ferris wheel (1), located on an outer side of coupling with the bass drum, that is, the side opposite the side interior defined above. Configuring said window exterior (22) with an amplitude greater than the diameter of the balls Ball communication between the ferris wheel (1) and the turret is allowed (8).

Figures 1-3 show different views of the ferris wheel mechanism (1), peripheral channel (4) and support (19) of the draw simulator device. In Figure 3 an exploded view of these elements is presented: in backplane the support (19) of the entire device; flat middle, rotating ferris wheel ring (1) with radial flaps and balls in its interior; and in the foreground, peripheral channel (4) fixed to the support and serving as a closure to the ferris wheel (1), which prevents the balls transported by the ferris wheel (1) have access to the outside, except for the upper (5) and lower (6) windows.

Ferris wheel (1) has the ability to turn in a vertical plane and comprises a certain number of compartments radial and equal to each other to accommodate each of them A predetermined ball. The compartments are conformed to from a series of radial flaps (3) ball separators. In this embodiment each compartment is numbered and houses a ball identified with the same number of the compartment in which it lodge

By means of optical control sensors, the start, stop rotation and change of direction can be monitored.
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The device cooperates with technical means of movement, stop and control of the ferris wheel (1) (not shown) a in order to place the compartment of a chosen ball, the ball awarded (15), on the zenith of the ferris wheel.

The peripheral channel to the inner contour of the Ferris wheel (4) constitutes the inner peripheral wall that prevents it from the balls housed in the ferris wheel compartments fall during the turn of it. The peripheral channel (4) is provided with a upper window (5) that in an open position allows access of the prize ball from its compartment in the ferris wheel to the turret, once the turret is in a receiving position, and of a lower return window (6) that allows the return of the ball (15) housed in the turret to its compartment in the ferris wheel (1). A section of the upper area is shown in Figures 4 and 5 of the ferris wheel (1), where the upper window (5) can be seen in closed position and open position, respectively. In these figures can also be seen a jagged profile (2) in the ferris wheel as a mechanism to cause its rotation. In Figure 5 it is they also observe the interior (23) and exterior (22) windows of the turret.

Figures 7-10 show views sequential draw simulator device in an example of several phases of the process of execution and realization of operation, the views being located with the semicircle right as the front area shown to the player, the semicircle left hidden from the player's eyes and the central area between two vertical lines, as the support of all the pieces. TO The following describes the development of a raffle using the draw simulator device of the invention.

As the result of the draw is known as in advance, the ferris wheel (1) moves with the balls lodged in its respective compartments until placing the winning ball (15) on a sliding cover (13) where the opening for the opening of the upper window (5) with the device stopped waiting for instructions.

The draw begins with several turns of the hype (7) turning in a direct direction (clockwise in the views of figures 7-10) and the turret (8) empty until it finely stops with the turret (8) at the most high drum rotation (7), reception position. Cover Slider (13) opens, giving way to the ball (15) from the ferris wheel (1) to the turret (8), where it is deposited (Figure 7).

In a second phase the drum (7) rotates in the direction reverse, as shown in figure 8. The turret (8) with the ball awarded (15) inside runs through the closing channel and sliding (16), passes through the bottom of the circumference of rotation of the drum (7) and continues its rotation until reaching the stop position (21), indicated in Figure 8, where it stops to be shown to and checked by the player. Peripheral arc (10) prevents the exit of the ball (15) from the turret (8) in its tour of the frontal sector.

After a prudential time, in which consider that the player has identified the ball (15) in the turret (8) and noted the draw data, the hype (7) makes a turn direct while the opening mechanism (17) of the channel-ramp (16) is activated. At the passage of the turret (8) through the opening of the exhaust window (18) in the sliding ramp channel (16), the ball (15) is detaches from the turret (8) and falls through the window (18) until a lower ramp (20), which leads to the lower window return (6) of the peripheral channel (4) (Figure 9). In Figure 6 a section of the lower zone of the turret sliding ramp channel (16), opening window exhaust mechanism (18) and lower ramp driving to ferris wheel (20).

In a final phase of the draw (Figure 10), the Ferris wheel (1) is set in motion by a presence detector of ball with the winning ball (15) object of the previous draw on the lower window (6). Since all compartments are occupied with their respective balls, except the compartment of the prize ball (15), the ferris wheel (1) continues its rotation until the ball (15) finds its free compartment, in which it returns to stay because of gravity. Missing the ball on the window (6) the ball presence detector controls the ferris wheel (one). The draw has ended.

If the drum (7) and the entire mechanism are available described inside a passenger compartment with a window in the face frontal, so that it can be seen only in half a sphere (the right hemisphere of Figures 7-10), being located the axis of rotation, horizontally and to left-right front view, the rest of the mechanisms remain advantageously hidden behind the support (19) of the set of pieces.

Claims (9)

1. Draw simulator device characterized in that it comprises a support; a drum with the ability to revolve around a horizontal axis and equipped with a turret, with no communication between the bass drum and turret; a wheel of controlled rotation and perpendicular to the rotation of the drum, the wheel and the drum sharing the same center of rotation, and equipped with said wheel of peripheral compartments destined to each house a predetermined ball; a peripheral channel to the inner contour of the ferris wheel, through which the balls housed in the ferris wheel compartments run during the turning of the ferris wheel, said peripheral channel provided with an upper window that in an open position allows access to a prize ball from its compartment in the ferris wheel to the turret when the turret is in a reception position and a lower return window that allows the return of the ball housed in the turret to its compartment in the ferris wheel; a channel-closing ramp and sliding turret through which the winning ball runs inside the turret during the path of the turret towards a stop-viewing position, said channel-closing ramp and sliding of a window being provided Exhaust which, in an open position, allows the winning ball to exit the turret towards the lower window of return of the ball to the ferris wheel; and a peripheral arc to prevent the winning ball from leaving the turret in the frontal sector of the course. 2. Draw simulator device according to claim 1, characterized in that the ferris wheel comprises a series of radial ball-identifying flaps. 3. Draw simulator device according to claim 2, characterized in that the ferris wheel comprises a differentiating flap of different configuration to the rest of the identifying radial flaps that mark the zero point of rotation of the ferris wheel. 4. Draw simulator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises control means for moving the ferris wheel to a position in which a ball chosen as a winning ball faces the upper window of the peripheral channel. 5. Draw simulator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a ball presence detector to detect a ball presence in the lower return window. 6. Raffle simulator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the opening of the upper window of the peripheral channel is carried out by means of a sliding cover and a cam mechanism. 7. Draw simulator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the opening of the exhaust window in the closing and sliding ramp channel is carried out by means of a gate actuated by a connecting rod mechanism and the conduction of the ball up to The lower return window to the ferris wheel is made by a lower driving ramp. 8. Raffle simulator device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the turret attached to the drum comprises a window on an inner side of engagement with the bass drum, said window being configured with an amplitude smaller than the diameter of the balls. 9. Raffle simulator device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the turret attached to the drum comprises a window on an outer side of engagement with the bass drum, said window being configured with an amplitude greater than the diameter of the balls.