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US 6,206,371 B1Granted
Device for “flipping a coin”, or the like
OwnerJohn Doveinventor
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Abstract
A device for carrying out the operation of “flipping a coin” or “throwing dice” comprises a base on which a coin can rest in a number of stable orientations. An electromagnet projects the coin above the base and a sensor detects the orientation in which the coin comes to rest on the base.
Claims17
A device comprising an indicator member comprising or carrying at least one permanent magnet element;
- a base whereon the indicator member can rest;
- means for projecting the indicator member above the base, said means comprising an electrically energizeable coil having a magnetic core with an end portion disposed in or closely beneath said base, and means for energizing said coil for projecting the indicator member by magnetic repulsion;
- and means for detecting the orientation in which the indicator member rests on the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.