WO2007012705A1 - Cylindre de roulette a correction d'assiette, et table de jeu comprenant un tel cylindre de roulette. - Google Patents
Cylindre de roulette a correction d'assiette, et table de jeu comprenant un tel cylindre de roulette. Download PDFInfo
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- WO2007012705A1 WO2007012705A1 PCT/FR2005/001995 FR2005001995W WO2007012705A1 WO 2007012705 A1 WO2007012705 A1 WO 2007012705A1 FR 2005001995 W FR2005001995 W FR 2005001995W WO 2007012705 A1 WO2007012705 A1 WO 2007012705A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F5/00—Roulette games
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
- A63F3/00895—Accessories for board games
- A63F2003/00974—Accessories for board games mounted, drawn on or designed as a table
- A63F2003/00977—Accessories for board games mounted, drawn on or designed as a table with adjustable legs
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F5/00—Roulette games
- A63F5/0011—Systems for braking, arresting, halting or stopping
- A63F5/0058—Systems for braking, arresting, halting or stopping with variable actuation means, e.g. handbrake
- A63F5/0064—Systems for braking, arresting, halting or stopping with variable actuation means, e.g. handbrake electrical
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- the present invention relates to a roulette cylinder, and a game table carrying such a cylinder.
- a roulette cylinder As is known per se, an essential member of the roulette game, French or American, is the roulette wheel.
- Such a cylinder comprises, conventionally, a generally wooden bowl inside which is rotatably mounted a plate itself generally made of metal.
- Numbers are marked on the periphery of this plate, and cells separated from each other by dividers are arranged opposite these numbers, radially inward with respect to the latter.
- the tray In operation, the tray is rotated by hand by means of a knob mounted in the center thereof, and a ball is launched on the upper track of the bowl. This ball turns on this track, then joins the turntable, and is finally positioned in one of the boxes of the board, allowing the designation of a random number.
- the bowl is conventionally mounted on manually adjustable feet, and periodically verifies the horizontality of the cylinder plate by means of a spirit level: if necessary, the adjustment of the feet is adjusted to find horizontality.
- the present invention satisfies this need with a roulette cylinder, of the type comprising a bowl and a rotatably mounted plate inside this bowl, and means for adjusting the plate of said bowl, remarkable in that said adjusting means comprise tilt detection means mounted integral with said bowl, and means for automatically correcting the attitude of said bowl according to the information provided by said inclination detecting means.
- tilt detection means it is possible to know continuously the effective attitude of the bowl of the roulette cylinder, and to correct it immediately and with great precision with the automatic correction means.
- said inclination detecting means comprises a bi-axis inclinometer.
- Such an inclinometer is commercially available in the form of an integrated circuit and makes it possible to achieve, with a small footprint and at low cost, the attitude correction function.
- said automatic correction means comprise a three-legged base supporting said bowl, said base incorporating on at least two of the three feet an actuator adapted to vary the effective length of the foot. corresponding.
- said automatic correction means comprise two actuators disposed under said bowl, each adapted to rotate said bowl about an axis passing through the other actuator and by a point d support provided under said bowl, and control means of said actuators according to the information provided by said inclination detection means.
- said actuators are of the linear electromechanical type.
- said control means comprise means for storing the information provided by said inclinometer corresponding to a calibration plate of said bowl, and for automatically bringing said bowl of any plate to said calibration base.
- the presence of means for memorizing a calibration plate makes it possible to store in memory the information provided by the inclinometer corresponding to the ideal attitude of the roulette cylinder, and to subsequently control the actuators so as to converge the current information. provided by the inclinometer to said information stored in memory.
- this cylinder comprises means for notifying an attitude correction impossibility taking into account the information provided by said inclinometer and the actual positions of said actuators.
- warning means makes it possible to indicate to the operator when the system according to the invention is not sufficient to perform the automatic attitude correction, and therefore when a manual intervention is necessary.
- said inclinometer and / or said actuators are mounted inside housing opening under said bowl.
- the present invention also relates to a spirit level for calibrating a roulette wheel in accordance with the above, notable in that it comprises a skylight containing a bubble, mounted on a three-point bearing structure bearings adapted to rest on the upper track of the bowl of this roulette cylinder.
- FIG. 1 represents a perspective view of a roulette cylinder according to the invention
- FIG. 2 represents a sectional view along line AA of FIG. 4 of this roller cylinder
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of a detail of FIG. 2
- FIG. 4 is a schematic view from below of the cylinder.
- Figure 5 is a schematic top view of the roller cylinder according to the invention, being calibrated.
- the roulette cylinder according to the invention comprises a bowl 1 preferably made of hardwood or synthetic material, inside which is rotatably mounted a plate 5 formed of preferably and conventionally a plurality of metal parts assembled together, which is not useful here to give details.
- a tank 3 preferably made of metal is fixedly mounted on the bowl 1 and serves as a housing for the plate 5.
- the plate 5 is pivotally mounted, with ball bearings appropriate, on an axis 7 itself attached to the bottom of the tank 3
- a knob 9 is integrally connected to the plate 5.
- the plate 5 has at its periphery numbers 11 and, radially to and in front of these numbers, boxes 13 separated from each other by dividers 15.
- FIG. 2 to 4 shows that the bowl 1 of the roller cylinder according to the invention comprises three housings opening on its underside.
- actuators 17a, 17b, and in the third housing is a bi-axis inclinometer 19.
- the bowl 1 comprises, on its lower external face, a support member 21.
- the support member 21 are arranged substantially at the three vertices of an equilateral triangle centered with respect to the bowl 1, and the inclinometer 19 may be arranged in the vicinity of the support member 21, on the mediator of the segment delimited by the two actuators.
- the two actuators 17a, 17b are preferably linear electromechanical actuators, such as those sold by HAYDON SWITCH & INSTRUMENT INC, located at Waterbury, CT 06705 USA.
- linear electromechanical actuators such as those sold by HAYDON SWITCH & INSTRUMENT INC, located at Waterbury, CT 06705 USA.
- these two actuators are dimensioned so as to be able to exert a thrust of the order of 80 kg, on a stroke of the order of 13 mm.
- the bi-axis inclinometer 19 may be an integrated circuit of the SCA100T type, sold by VTI TECHNOLOGIES, located in Dearborn, MI 48126, USA.
- Such an inclinometer is capable of detecting a variation of inclination angle of the order of 0.1 degrees in two perpendicular directions symbolized by two arrows 23 (see FIG. 3) marked on the top of the integrated circuit.
- the two actuators 17a, 17b and the inclinometer 19 are connected by appropriate electrical connections 25a, 25b, 25c to an electronic control member 27 which can comprise electrical supply means, calculation means and a memory zone 29.
- the control member 27 is preferably located outside the roller cylinder, but one could also imagine a variant in which this body would be integrated in the bowl 1.
- the roulette roll is intended to be placed on the plate 31 of a game table 33 (shown schematically in partial section) as shown in FIG. 2.
- a preliminary operation consists in calibrating the correction means of the plate of the bowl 1.
- This operation can be done either on the gaming table 33 or elsewhere, and in particular on another support that the gaming table where the roulette cylinder is intended to be installed.
- the plate of the bowl 1 is then manually adjusted so that the bubble 39 of the tripod 36 is exactly in the middle of the observation window 40 of this tripod, thus indicating that the plate of the bowl 1 is perfectly horizontal.
- the manual adjustment of the plate of the bowl 1 can be carried out in any appropriate manner, and in particular by placing shims under this bowl, or by adjusting the height of the feet of the support (game table or other) on which this bowl is placed.
- control member 27 is actuated (for example by means of a calibration button) so as to memorize in the memory means 29 the information supplied by the user. Inclinometer 19 corresponding to this plate.
- the tripod 36 can then be removed and the manual adjustment means (wedges, adjustable foot support, etc.) removed and the roulette wheel
- control unit 27 It then acts on the control unit 27 (for example by means of a suitable control button) so that this member controls the adjustment of the lengths of the rods 35 of the two actuators 17a, 17b until the current information provided. by the bi-axis inclinometer 19 coincide with the stored information corresponding to the horizontal attitude determined preliminary manner as indicated above.
- each actuator can rotate the bowl 1 about an axis passing through the other actuator and the fulcrum 21, which allows to change the base of the bowl 1 in all directions of space.
- the support member 21 it is possible alternatively to replace the support member 21 by a third linear electromechanical actuator of the type of actuators 17a and 17b.
- roller cylinder could rest on a base with three feet, at least two of the three feet, or even three feet, incorporating an actuator adapted to vary its effective length.
- warning means for example sound, can be provided, indicating to the operator that it is impossible to automatically correct the attitude of the bowl 1, taking into account the information provided by the inclinometer 19 and the actual positions of the plates. actuators 17a, 17b.
- warning means can be triggered in particular when the stroke of the rods 35 of the actuators 17a, 17b is insufficient to reach a horizontal attitude. It should be noted that other warning means can also be provided, indicating to the operator that automatic correction of the attitude of the bowl 1 is being carried out.
- this triggering occurs automatically whenever the attitude measured by the inclinometer 19 deviates from a predetermined amplitude of the ideal attitude established as indicated above.
- two mono-axis inclinometers could be used instead of a bi-axis inclinometer.
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CA002553950A CA2553950A1 (fr) | 2005-07-29 | 2005-07-29 | Cylindre de roulette a correction d'assiette, et table de jeu comprenant un tel cylindre de roulette |
DE602005006007T DE602005006007D1 (de) | 2005-07-29 | 2005-07-29 | Abgleichberichtigter roulettezylinder und damit versehener spieltisch |
AT05793274T ATE391539T1 (de) | 2005-07-29 | 2005-07-29 | Abgleichberichtigter roulettezylinder und damit versehener spieltisch |
EP05793274A EP1796799B1 (fr) | 2005-07-29 | 2005-07-29 | Cylindre de roulette a correction d'assiette, et table de jeu comprenant un tel cylindre de roulette |
US10/547,499 US20070026925A1 (en) | 2005-07-29 | 2005-07-29 | Roulette wheel with leveling correction and gaming table including this kind of roulette wheel |
PCT/FR2005/001995 WO2007012705A1 (fr) | 2005-07-29 | 2005-07-29 | Cylindre de roulette a correction d'assiette, et table de jeu comprenant un tel cylindre de roulette. |
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