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US 5,553,851 AGranted
Revolving rings gaming apparatus
AssigneeQuick Silver Development Co., Inc.
InventorsAlex Malavazos, Gregory Malavazos, Constantine Malavazos
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AssigneeQuick Silver Development Co., Inc.
InventorsAlex Malavazos, Gregory Malavazos, Constantine Malavazos
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Gaming apparatus in which a ball is traveled onto a revolving surface has a plurality of rings of differing diameters which jointly form the revolving surface. The rings are centered on a vertical axis of rotation and may rotate in opposite directions or in the same direction at different speeds. The rings have winning apertures and losing apertures through which a rolling ball may drop through the ring. The rings, other than the final ring along the path of travel of the ball, also have pass zones at which a ball may roll on to the next ring without dropping into an aperture. Progressively higher score values may be assigned to the winning apertures of the successive rings along the path of ball travel. In the preferred form, the apparatus includes a ball launcher and detectors for counting balls which drop through winning apertures.
Gaming apparatus comprising a ball, at least a pair of rings of differing diameters which rings are centered on a vertical vertical axis, a first of said rings having a first top surface and having a plurality of spaced apart first apertures which are of sufficient size to enable said ball to enter said first apertures, a second of said rings having a second top surface and having a plurality of second apertures which are of sufficient size to enable said ball to enter said second apertures, at least a portion of the apertures of said second plurality thereof being spaced apart to define pass zones at which said ball may roll across said second top surface without entering one of said second apertures, said first and second top surfaces being positioned to enable travel of said ball across said second top surface at said pass zones and onto said first top surface, and support means for enabling rotation of said second ring relative to said first ring about said vertical axis.
Gaming apparatus comprising at least one ball, an outer ring and an intermediate ring and an inner ring of progressively smaller diameters, each of said rings being centered on the same vertical axis of rotation and being rotatable thereabout, each of said rings having a circular array of spaced apart apertures which encircles said axis, the apertures being of sufficient size to enable said ball to drop into said apertures when said ball rolls thereover, at least some of the apertures of said outer and intermediate rings being spaced apart sufficiently to define radial pass zones thereon along which said ball may roll towards said axis without entering an aperture, a portion of the apertures on each of said rings being winning apertures and another portion of the apertures on each of said rings being losing apertures, said rings being positioned to enable rolling travel of said ball towards said axis on successive ones of said rings until such time as the ball drops into one of said apertures and ring support means for enabling said rotation of said rings including rotation of said intermediate ring relative to said outer and inner rings.
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