A ball launcher and a ball gaming system including such ball launcher
AssigneeNovomatic AG
InventorChristian Kulhanek
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a ball gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus, and in particular to a ball launcher for use in a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus and to a gaming system such as a roulette wheel apparatus comprising the ball launcher, wherein the ball launcher includes a ball shuttle for transporting a ball from at least one ball-receiving station to at least one launch tube. According to the present invention, said ball shuttle is configured to move to a reject-ball station in response to a reject-ball signal to transport any old and/or defective ball to said reject-ball station instead of said at least one launch tube.
Claims21
The ball launcher for launching a ball into a roulette playing area, comprising:
- at least one launch tube, and a ball gate for gating the ball into the launch tube;
- said ball gate includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from at least one ball-receiving station to said at least one launch tube to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to said at least one launch tube;
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- said ball shuttle is adapted to move to a reject ball station in response to a reject ball signal to transport any ball to be replaced to said reject-ball station instead of said at least one launch tube.
The ball launcher as set forth in claim 14, wherein the airflow generated by said airflow generator is controlled by an airflow controller adapted to increase an/or decrease and/or reverse airflow and/or to cause airflow in a direction opposite to the ball moving direction, thereby increasing or decreasing ball speed and/or ball spin.
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