ANTHONY J LORRAINE
Radio and Television Technicians in Chicopee, MA
License number
Massachusetts 1758
Issued Date
Oct 5, 1983
Expiration Date
Dec 31, 1985
Type
Master Technician
Address
Address
Chicopee, MA 01020
Professional information
Number-Combination Selector
US Patent:
4583736, Apr 22, 1986
Filed:
Sep 5, 1985
Appl. No.:
6/772864
Inventors:
Anthony J. Lorraine - Chicopee MA
International Classification:
A63F 900
US Classification:
273144B
Abstract:
An apparatus for randomly selecting combinations of numbers for lottery-type games of chance. In the preferred embodiment, the invention comprises an adaptor hood which sits on a downsized, bingo-ball blower. The hood includes a lower access hole to receive lightweight numbered balls from an underlying blower chamber in which the balls are blown about; a spring-biased selector arm that normally straddles and blocks the hole, but which can be manually pivoted to allow a ball to pop up the hole and which can then be released to spring back and kick the ball away during its return movement; an adjacent inclined ramp that receives the kicked ball to feed it downwardly; and a clear display chute that catches the balls from the ramp and allows them to be viewed by a user.
To operate the selector, a player pulls a control end of the selector arm that extends beyond the hood. This causes a ball to be blown up into the adaptor hood and trapped under a finger mechanism.