FI59306C - LOTTERIANORDNING - Google Patents

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Pafeant · och reflsterstynaisen Anaeka utiagd och uti.ikrifttn puUkarad 31.03.8l (32) (33) (31) ^ yy4 * t * y oanolkeiie-Begird prtorltat 05.11.71 06.12.71 Swedish i-Sveri ge (SE) lUl80 / 71, I561I + / 71 (71) Sveriges Förenade Tryckerier Försäljningsaktiebolag, Örebrogatan 33, S-252 50 Helsingborg, Sweden-Sverige (SE) (72) Nils Magnus H & kansson, Helsingborg, Malte Harald Märtensson, Helsingborg, Sweden-Sverige (SE) 7I +) Oy Heinänen Ab (5I +) Lottery Equipment - Lotterianordning

In lotteries where the lottery is held before the lottery is sold, it is a self-evident uncompromising requirement that the lottery number cannot be read from the lottery other than by first breaking a seal that cannot be resealed so that the person distributing or selling the lottery cannot unnoticed distinguishes profit odds from other values. Various roller and folding rafters have been proposed to meet this requirement.

The invention thus relates to a lottery device comprising numbered lotteries arranged in a roll of a single strip, on which the successive numbers on the strip are numbered in an irregular order and from which the numbers can be torn off one by one, the strip having lottery numbers a container from which the lotteries can be taken out through the slot and which prevents the reading of each lottery lot until the lottery is completely outside the container, and wherein the container is provided with a handle for feeding out the lotteries and means for preventing the partially withdrawn lottery from returning to the container.

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The object of the invention is to automate such lottery devices so that the withdrawal of lotteries is effected depending on the placement of one or more coins in the lottery device. The invention is characterized in that the container is arranged to be exchangeable and the handle is releasably connected to a rotating member which can be connected to a manually operated guide member by means of a coil mechanism which can be actuated by a coin mechanism, the rotating member being formed by a rotating mechanism the conveying device comprises a member connected to the guide area 1 by force and pivoting about a pivot pin, on which is mounted an actuator accessible from the inactive position by means of a coin mechanism, which in the operative position engages the pivoting member of the pivoting member.

The lottery device according to the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a container containing a lottery strip with certain parts of the container cut away to reveal the interior of the container, Figure 2 shows the container of Figure 1 in perspective, Figure 3 shows a fragment of the lottery strip perspective view of a lottery machine on which two lottery devices according to the invention are mounted, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a lottery device control mechanism with an associated locking mechanism in the inactive position, Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 with the locking mechanism in the position it enters when the lottery is fed forward but not yet detached, Fig. 7 illustrates the same as Fig. 5 with the locking mechanism in the position in which the lottery has just been detached, Fig. Θ shows the lottery device somewhat schematically in a side view and in the inactive position, Fig. 9 is a detail view taken along line IX-IX. Fig. 8 illustrates the same as Fig. 8 and shows the essential parts of the mechanism shown therein after the coin has been inserted, Fig. 11 illustrates the same as Fig. Θ with the parts in the position in which the 3 59306 lottery is fed forward, Fig. Fig. 12 is a detail view, substantially vertically, of a portion of the casing of the lottery device of Fig. 4, Fig. 13 is a schematic view of the sensor device in a position with a lottery strip in the lottery device, and Fig. 14 is a view similar to Fig. 13 with no lottery strip in the lottery device.

The lottery device shown in the drawing comprises a container 10, for example a mold, consisting of two identical halves, each having an end wall 11 and a jacket wall 12. Either or both halves are shaped or provided with tongues or other protrusions on the inner side of the jacket wall inside its jacket wall when both halves are put together. The halves may be welded or glued together, or mechanical fasteners may also be used for this purpose. The halves of the container may be provided with reinforcements or lugs for attaching the sealing members, for example in the form of lead sealing, so that the inside of the container, with both halves together, cannot be accessed from the outside except by breaking the seal. Inside the container, a central cylindrical pin 13 is fitted to the end wall of the second half for the rotating medicament of the paper strip 14 'roll 14. A wheel 15 is mounted on the other end wall of the container, on which guide pins 16 are fitted, which are intended to engage the holes in the strip, as described below, to feed this forward from the roller 14 by turning the wheel counterclockwise according to Fig. 1. The wheel is serrated along its circumference, with the teeth 17 acting together with the people of the locking spring 18 mounted on the container to prevent the wheel from rotating in the opposite direction to the direction in which the wheel must be rotated to feed the strip out of the container. In this way, the strip is prevented from being returned to the container after it has been partially pulled out of it. A passage must be provided between the wheel 15 and the wall 19 arranged inside the container for the strip, the wall preventing the strip from coming out of contact with the pins 16, and this passage leads to an outlet opening 20 in the container jacket wall on the outside of the container.

The strip forming the roll 14 is formed by a plurality of co-draws intended to be separated by a uniform division along a line 22. The lottery number 23 is printed on the lottery, the text indicating the organizer of the lottery and containing other information 4 59306 in item 24 and the number identifying the roll, which is the same in all values, in item 25. The lottery is not numbered in random order but in random order. it is not possible to deduce the number of the next lottery, which, of course, must not be possible in a lottery where the lottery was held before the lottery was sold. Circular holes 26 are punched in the strip to engage the wheel 15 in the lottery strip by the protrusions 16, while the circumferential division of the protrusions coincides with the division of the holes in the lottery strip.

Thanks to the latch device 17, 18, after the lottery has been fed out so far that the number can be read from it, it is not possible to push the lottery again into the tank when it has been established that no profit has been made on the drawn lottery. This prevents such a scam procedure from placing the non-winning lotteries back in the tank. Thus, it appears that the sequentially numbered consecutive lotteries are well sealed inside the container 10 after it has been sealed, protecting the lottery numbers from being seen by unauthorized persons, and that the lotteries one or more at a time can be fed out of the container without the possibility of re-inserting the strip. into the container after the present lottery number has been determined from the withdrawn strip. The lottery number is thus kept secret until the lotteries have been entered out, which is a requirement that cannot be compromised in lotteries of the type referred to here.

The lottery device described is well suited to the security measures required in lotteries and also to the distribution and sale of lotteries.

To supply lotteries from the described container 10, a coin-operated steering mechanism may be connected thereto, which will now be described in more detail with reference to Figures 4-14. The guide mechanism may be common to two or more containers, with each container having its own coin mechanism, so that the lottery strip in the container or containers in which the coin mechanism is coin is fed out by manually actuating the guide mechanism. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the two containers are fitted in an outer jacket 27, on the outside of which a guide handle 28 is fitted. on which is provided with a lockable coin collection box 29 'in which coins passing through the coin mechanism accumulate.

Each container 10 may be releasably attached to the body by known means, e.g. wedge springs, which hold the container in a fixed position in the body with the wheel 15 releasably connected to a rotating member they could detachably receive a handle 33 (Fig. 2) fitted to the wheel 15 and projecting from the container 10 on the outside thereof. The pin 31, supported by the body 30, also has a drive device 34 comprising on the one hand a reciprocating member in the form of a gear 35 rotatably mounted on the shaft pin 32, on the other hand a spring-loaded drive gear 36- , which is a rotation rigidly connected to the shaft pin 32. The conveyor 37 is provided with two recesses 38, to which the conveyor rod 36 is adapted to engage. It is brought into such contact by the action of the spring 36 '. However, the release latch 39, which is pivotable by a pin 39 *, is adapted to be held by the latch 40 in a position in which it in turn holds the carrier latch 36 in an inactive position against the load formed by the counterweight 41 fitted to the other side of the release latch 39. The latch 40 is a pivot pin 40 'and is loaded by a tension spring 40' 'anchored to the frame to engage the notch 39' in the release 39 ''.

It is released from the release 39 by the coin in the coin mechanism slot 42.

Along the shaft pin 32 extends a shaft 43 on which a gear portion 44 is mounted, which engages the gear 35. The shaft 43 can be actuated via a gear transmission by a guide handle 28, this gear transmission comprising a gear 45 rotatably rigidly mounted on the shaft 43. 43, parallel to the axis of the shaft 47 which carries a maneuvering handle 28. the maneuvering lever pivoting movement is a response of the limited angular range that causes a half-turn rotations at-a toothed pulley 35 ·, and the steering handle can be spring-loaded in a rest position at one end of this angular range. An eccentric 48 48 is also fitted to the shaft 43 to re-engage the release 39 with the latch 40. Shafts 43 and 47 are mounted on a frame 30.

The lottery device also comprises scissors 49 to 50 located in the lottery feed path from the container 10. Scissors comprising a fixed part 49 supported by the frame and a movable part 50 pivotally mounted on the frame can be actuated by a guide handle 28 so that the arm 51 placed on the shaft 43 is adapted to move 50 to cut the lot from the immobile part 49.

The coin mechanism 42 included in the device, which may be of a conventional type and is therefore not shown in detail, comprises a coin shaft marked with dashed lines 52. An arm 53 protrudes into this shaft and is connected to the other end of the latch link 40.

Before other parts of the steering mechanism are described, the operation of the part of the steering mechanism described so far will be described in more detail.

Fig. 8 shows the steering mechanism when it is completely inactive and the steering handle 28 in its rest position, with the notches 38 in the positions of Fig. 8, one up and the other down. In its locking position, the latch link 40 engages the groove 39 '' at the y-top of the release liner 39. The engaging link 36 rests under the action of the spring 36 'against the release member 39, which means that the engaging link 36 is released from the adjacent notch 38 and only after passing by acting on the guide handle 28 when the gear 34 is rotated.

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this comes into contact with the engagement 37 to slide along its casing surface without engaging the engagement in the rotational movement of the gear 34.

Figure 10 shows some of the details included in the mechanism after the coin has been inserted into the coin mechanism 42 and passed through the coin shaft 52. A coin opening 54, one for each coin mechanism, is fitted in the coin mechanism housing 27 to insert the coin. . As the coin passes through the shaft 52, the latch link 40 acts through the shaft 53 projecting into the shaft. When the coin strikes this arm, the latch link 40 pivots about the pivot pin 40 'and releases the release 39, which pivots in a direction 7 59306 away from the engagement strap 36 under the action of the counterweight 41, so that the entanglement stroke now under the action of the spring 36' engages and engages 38 in the introducer 37. Fig. 11 shows what happens when the guide member 23 is now turned to the right with respect to the position shown in Fig. 5 so far that the lot 21 is fed out but not cut by the scissors 49 »50.

As the handle 28 is turned to the right with respect to that shown in Figure 5, the shaft 43 and with it the shaft 51, the gear 44 and the eccentric 48 rotate counterclockwise with respect to that shown in Figures 8 and 11. The arm 51 then moves in a direction facing the moving part 50 of the scissors. The gear part 44 rotates the gear 35 clockwise with respect to Figures 5-7 and counterclockwise with respect to Figures 8 and 11. As the gear 35 rotates, the introducer hammer 36 engaging the engagement 37 rotates in the same direction, with the shaft pin 32 engaging the handle 33 in the container 10 also being acted upon so that the handle is rotated and the lot 21 is fed out of the lottery strip. When the shaft 43 is rotated clockwise with respect to Figures 8 and 11, the comb 48 rotates in the same direction and acts on the lower portion of the release latch 39, returning it to its initial position shown) so that this coin latch is inserted into the coin shaft 52 and prevents additional coins from being inserted into the coin mechanism until the above lottery has been fed out and cut out.

When the handle 28 is further actuated after the lot has been fed, the scissor portion 50 is acted upon by an arm 51 fitted to the shaft 43 so that the scissors 49, 50 cut off the lottery; see Figure 7.

When the handle 28 is returned or returns to its initial position, all the elements of the steering mechanism return to their initial positions and the device can now be used again after a new coin has been inserted.

If several lotteries have been fed out of the container but are not cut out, there could be a risk that the lottery strip will come out far enough from the device to be pulled out of the container by hand without inserting a number of coins equal to the number of lotteries into the coin mechanism. However, a special blocking device is provided 8 59306 to prevent this procedure. Such a blocking device is illustrated in Figures 5-7, and comprises on the shaft 43 a locking arm 56 rotating at one end thereof, rotating with the shaft, having a notch 57 at the free end. projecting from the body 30, the bearing point being positioned on the blocking link so that it, in its own weight, remains in a substantially vertical position with the other end facing upwards. This end is chamfered to form a peak 60. The body 30 has a stop pin 61 near the blocking link 58, which prevents the blocking link from rotating throughout.

Fig. 5 shows the locking device in the inoperative position, with the locking arm 56 and the locking link 58 not engaging each other, so that the handle 28 can be unimpeded to rotate the shaft 43 counterclockwise as required to eject the lottery after inserting the coin, as previously described. In Figure 6, actuation of the guide handle 28 is continued to feed the lottery out of the lottery container as previously described, but not far enough to cut the lottery. The shaft 43 is then rotated so much by means of the gear 45, 46 that the arm 51 is in contact with the scissors 49, 50 but has not yet acted upon them. The stopper arm 56 has become engaged with this tip from the notch 57 during removal of the tip 60 of the stopper link 58. If an attempt is made in this position to return the guide handle 28 to its original position, this is prevented by preventing the shaft 43 from rotating clockwise. However, continued action on the guide member is possible, in which case the scissor part 50 is brought towards the second scissor part 49, so that the lot is cut off. During cutting, the blocking arm 56 pivots past the blocking link 58, which goes away from the blocking arm and thus gradually releases from it to turn under its own weight to the position behind the blocking arm.

When the guide handle is now returned, the locking arm 56 will take out the locking link 58 at its beveled end, after which the locking device assumes its inactive position. A new operation to enter a new lottery can be started after the coin has been inserted.

In the device according to Fig. 4, an outlet opening 27 'for the lottery is arranged inside the protective canopy 62 of the jacket 27, and a trough-sized collecting compartment 63 is arranged in connection with the opening. The canopy 62 consists of a protruding tongue of the plate 64, which plate is fixed to the casing 27. The tongue is bent so that it first runs mainly parallel to the collecting compartment 63 between the side walls of the trough-like collecting compartment 63 and then deeper * down the end of the casing a small distance from the bottom of this. This design of the canopy 62 makes it impossible to reach the lottery strip before the single lottery fed out has been cut off by the axes 49-50 when the lottery is in the position according to Fig. 6.

The lot is then located under a canopy 62 from which it cannot be accessed from the outside. Only when the lottery has been cut off and rolls down into the collection tray 63 »can it be removed from the device.

Figures 13 and 14 show a latch device belonging to a lottery device, comprising a reversing sensor 65 which, under the action of a spring, rests against the lottery strip 14 '. It is mounted on the frame 66 for a linear movement towards and away from the edge of the lottery strip and is pressed back against the spring action. The sensor is connected to a two-arm, pivot-mounted lever arm 67 which, when the sensor 65 is held in the position shown in Fig. 13, is held in an inactive position. However, the lever arm can be inserted into the coin shaft 52, and when the last lot is fed out of the container 10, the spring action takes the spring-operated sensor into the track of the lottery strip, simultaneously acting on the lever arm 67 so that it enters the coin shaft 52 to prevent the coin from rolling down the coin shaft. The lever arm then acts as an exit, which in a known manner leads to the return path of the coin. The casing 27 of the device has a coin slot 68, see Figure 4, through which the coin is then returned.

The jacket 27 may be provided with instructions for the use of the lottery device as well as indicating devices indicating when the lottery strip in the tank is out or when a fault has occurred.

Claims (6)

10 59306 A lottery device comprising numbered lotteries arranged in a roll of a uniform strip, on which a strip of consecutive numbers are numbered in an irregular order and from which the numbers can be torn off one by one, the strip having lottery numbers prominently printed on the individual lottery, the strip being numbered from which the lottery can be taken out through the slot and which prevents the lottery number of each lottery from being read until the lottery is completely outside the tank, and the tank being provided with a handle for feeding the lottery and means for preventing the partially withdrawn lottery from returning to the tank. ] is arranged to be exchangeable and the handle (33) is releasably connected to a rotating member (31) which, by means of a conveying device (34) which can be actuated by a coin mechanism (42) with a coin inserted, can be connected by hand. the rotating member consists of a shaft pin (32) shaped to engage with the handle, and the introducing device comprises a member (35) connected to the steering member by force and pivoting about the shaft pin, the bearing being mounted in an inactive position an retractable retainer (36) which, in the operative position, engages the shaft pin to engage the pivoting member. Lottery device according to claim 1, characterized in that the pivot consists of a pivotable peg (36) which is rearwardly loaded into the gripping position, and that the pivotable release (39) is arranged to remain in the position in which it picks up the peg (36) by the coin mechanism. against the effect of the load (41). Lottery device according to claim 2, characterized in that the release device (39) is held in said position by the latch link (40) influenced by the money in the coin mechanism so that, depending on the coin inserted during loading (41), the release device (36) is released by the release device. (39) control! by the action of the member, it is possible to return the latch link (40) to its locked position when the pivoting member (35) acts via the guide member to rotate the shaft pin (32). 11 59306 Lottery device according to claim 3, characterized in that the pivoting member consists of a gear (35) rotatably mounted on the shaft pin (32) and that the guide member is connected to a shaft (43) parallel to the shaft pin and engaging the gear (35) by the gear member (44). Lottery device according to Claim 4, characterized in that the shaft (43) is provided with a cam member (48) which acts on the release (39). Lottery device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the scissors (49, 50) for cutting out the lottery (14) can be cut off by means of a guide, which acts continuously after the lottery has been fed out. 59306 1? LATLNTKRAV