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US 6,599,189 B1Granted
Numbers drawing machine
OwnerClotaire Raoul Georges Chateauinventor
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Abstract
Machine for conducting a random drawing comprising at least one object randomly displaceable in space. A sensor is adapted to be impacted by the at least one object. At least two electric signals are generated by the machine. At least one of the at least two electric signals is a cyclically generated signal. At least another of the two electric signals is generated when the at least one object impacts the sensor.
Claims16
A machine for conducting a random drawing comprising:
- at least one object randomly displaceable in space;
- a sensor adapted to be impacted by the at least one object;
- at least two electric signals being generated by the machine;
- at least one of the at least two electric signals being a cyclically generated signal;
- and
- at least another of the two electric signals being generated when the at least one object is impacts the sensor wherein a coincidence of the at least two signals is used for maintaining the at least one display in a predetermined state.
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A machine for conducting a random drawing comprising:
- at least one display;
- a transparent enclosure defining a space;
- at least one object randomly displaceable in the space;
- a sensor adapted to be impacted by the at least one object;
- a mechanism for agitating the at least one object;
- a clock connected to a counter;
- the counter communicating with at least one decoder,
- wherein the sensor is adapted to generate a random signal by impact between the at least one object and the sensor wherein at least one output of the decoder is communicated to the at least one display and the coincidence of the random signal and the at least one output produce a random outcome.
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A machine for conducting a random drawing comprising:
- a plurality of displays;
- a transparent enclosure defining a space;
- a plurality of objects randomly displaceable in the space;
- a sensor adapted to be impacted by the objects;
- a mechanism for agitating the objects;
- a clock connected to a counter;
- the counter communicating with at least one decoder,
- the sensor being adapted to generate a random signal by impact between the at least one object and the sensor;
- each display being adapted to be switched on and off according to at least one of a defined and an adjustable rhythm;
- wherein at least one of the displays is adapted to remain switched on when the switching on of one of the displays coincides with the random signal.
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A machine for conducting a random drawing comprising:
- at least one object randomly displaceable in space;
- an impact sensor which is impacted by the at least one object;
- first and second electric signals;
- the first electric signal being a cyclically generated signal;
- the second electric signal being generated when the at least one object impacts the impact sensor;
- at least one display which can change states;
- one state of the at least one display being caused by the first electrical signal;
- and
- another state of the at least one display being caused by both the first and second electrical signals coinciding.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.