Roulette payout calculator
OwnerAlicia Marquezinventor
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Abstract
A mechanical calculator that computes payouts for combinations of roulette bets. A number wheel (50) has an array of payout numbers (54) for a combinations of two types of bets over a range of chips, such as up to 20 chips on a street bet and up to 20 chips on a line bet. A mask wheel (40) overlays the number wheel (50). Windows (44) on the mask wheel each reveal an individual number (54) on the number wheel, depending on the relative rotational positions of the mask and number wheels, which are manually selectable with knobs (28, 32). A cover plate (22) overlays the mask wheel, and has a window (26) that reveals a single combined payout number (54) on the number wheel under a mask window (1-20) and the cover plate window (26). Rotational index numbers (49, 68) indicate the number of chips selected for each bet.
Claims17
A roulette payout calculator comprising:
- a number wheel, a mask wheel, and a cover plate, forming an assembly wherein the mask wheel covers the number wheel, the cover plate covers the mask wheel, and the number wheel and mask wheel rotate relative to each other and relative to the cover plate about an axis;
- multiple concentric circular arrays of combined payout numbers printed on the number wheel, each combined payout number indicating a total payout in chips for a combination of a first type of bet with a first number of chips N and a second type of bet with a second number of chips M;
- multiple mask windows on the mask wheel, each mask window revealing one of the combined payout numbers on the number wheel, the combined payout number being revealed depending on a rotational position of the mask wheel relative to the number wheel;
- a window on the cover plate that reveals a given mask window depending on a rotational position of the mask wheel relative to the cover plate;
- first rotation means for manually rotating the mask wheel to a selectable rotational position representing N chips on the mask wheel;
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- second rotation means for manually rotating the number wheel to a selectable rotational position representing M chips on the number wheel;
- wherein the cover plate window and one of the mask windows reveal a combined payout number on the number wheel indicating the total payout in chips for the combination of the first type of bet with N chips and the second type of bet with M chips.
A roulette payout calculator comprising:
- a first axle attached to a base, the first axle comprising an axis;
- a number wheel mounted on the first axle;
- a plurality of combined payout numbers printed on the number wheel, each combined payout number indicating a total payout for a combination of a first type of bet of a first amount and a second type of bet of a second amount;
- a mask wheel rotatably mounted on the first axle covering the number wheel;
- a cover plate connected to the base and covering the mask wheel;
- a first manual input device attached to the mask wheel for manually turning the mask wheel about the axis to a first selectable position;
- a second manual input device engaged with the number wheel for manually turning the number wheel to a second selectable position;
- a cover window on the cover plate;
- a plurality of mask windows on the mask wheel;
- wherein for each of multiple selectable positions of the mask wheel and multiple selectable positions of the number wheel, one of the combined payout numbers of the number wheel is visible through both the cover window and a given one of the mask windows.
A roulette payout calculator, comprising:
- a base;
- a first vertical axle attached to the base;
- a mask wheel rotatably mounted on the first vertical axle;
- a plurality of windows on the mask wheel;
- a plurality of single payout numbers on the mask wheel;
- a ring of first index numbers on the mask wheel;
- a cover plate attached to the base and disposed above the mask wheel;
- a window on the cover plate;
- a first manual input device connected to the mask wheel that rotates the mask wheel to a first rotatable position indicated by a selected one of the first index numbers;
- a number wheel rotatably mounted on the first vertical axle below the mask wheel;
- a second manual input device that engages the number wheel, wherein the second manual input device comprises a ring of second index numbers, and rotates the number wheel to a second rotatable position indicated by a selected one of the second index numbers;
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- the number wheel comprising a surface with a plurality of combined payout numbers, each combined payout number indicating a combined payout for a first type of bet of a first amount plus a second type of bet of a second amount;
- wherein, when the first index number indicates the first bet amount and the second index number indicates the second bet amount, the combined payout number is visible through both the mask wheel window and the cover plate window, and one of the single payout numbers is also visible through the cover plate window indicating a payout for the first type of bet of the first amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.