ANTHONY J LORRAINE
Broker in Chicopee, MA
License number
Massachusetts 49886
Expiration Date
Feb 10, 1996
Type
Salesperson
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.