EP1179809A2 - Tampon de loto - Google Patents

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EP1179809A2
EP1179809A2 EP01108026A EP01108026A EP1179809A2 EP 1179809 A2 EP1179809 A2 EP 1179809A2 EP 01108026 A EP01108026 A EP 01108026A EP 01108026 A EP01108026 A EP 01108026A EP 1179809 A2 EP1179809 A2 EP 1179809A2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C15/00—Generating random numbers; Lottery apparatus
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/06—Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
    • A63F3/0625—Devices for filling-in or checking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K1/00—Portable hand-operated devices without means for supporting or locating the articles to be stamped, i.e. hand stamps; Inking devices or other accessories therefor
    • B41K1/02—Portable hand-operated devices without means for supporting or locating the articles to be stamped, i.e. hand stamps; Inking devices or other accessories therefor with one or more flat stamping surfaces having fixed images
    • B41K1/04—Portable hand-operated devices without means for supporting or locating the articles to be stamped, i.e. hand stamps; Inking devices or other accessories therefor with one or more flat stamping surfaces having fixed images with multiple stamping surfaces; with stamping surfaces replaceable as a whole
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K1/00—Portable hand-operated devices without means for supporting or locating the articles to be stamped, i.e. hand stamps; Inking devices or other accessories therefor
    • B41K1/08—Portable hand-operated devices without means for supporting or locating the articles to be stamped, i.e. hand stamps; Inking devices or other accessories therefor with a flat stamping surface and changeable characters

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  • the invention relates to a lottery stamp for filling out a Contest ticket that has a regular field arrangement of optional number, letter or symbol fields has, by stamp printing.
  • Sweepstakes systems exist in most developed countries, where lottery tickets (betting slips) with a regular Arrangement of a plurality of numbered (or if necessary also designated with letters or symbols) Fields are used, of which a predetermined one by the player Number must be checked. After registration The competition tickets filled out in this way are stored in a so-called Drawing a lot of fields (or digits) as "correct” certainly. If a player has one with his pre-selection hit a certain percentage of "right”, he gets one Profit, the amount of which corresponds to the degree of agreement of his pre-selection with the later determined amount of the "right” one.
  • a lottery ticket (“lottery ticket”) is issued Tick a number from the total number of fields - at German Lotto by ticking 6 fields from a total of 49 possible - filled out.
  • a pre-printed competition ticket acquire and use as a personal ticket. While the first, traditional variant of the execution of the ticket is relatively cumbersome, most feel Patronized player by the second variant. The players are bothered by the fact that they do not make their own selection can, which is why such tickets are very limited Have spread.
  • the well-known lottery stamps have a housing in which one of the Field arrangement of a lottery ticket corresponding arrangement of small, individually movable stamps held and with which is connected to a spring-loaded stamp knob. Between the arrangement of the small stamps and one also in the Housing lying pressure plate, which is fixed with the stamp knob is connected, is in the rest position of the stamp knob Space provided. This forms with the housing wall a chamber in which a plurality of balls are housed is. By shaking the stamp, the balls in the Chamber hurled around and finally come at random to be on the top of certain stamps. If the stamp is actuated now, the force exerted is over the stamp plate and the balls on those stamps transfer on which a ball lies. These then generate an imprint on the ticket.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of an improved Lottery stamp with an inexpensive to implement To provide a structure that gives the player as much as possible allows independent, flexible game design.
  • This task is accomplished with a lottery stamp with the characteristics of claim 1 or 4 or 11 solved.
  • the stamp surface is made of an elastically deformable flat material with raised individual stamp areas, that correspond to the individual fields of the competition ticket, educated.
  • an elastically deformable flat Material is used in particular a rubber mat or layer, the one according to the arrangement of the stamp areas perforated bottom of the stamp housing or a carrier inserted and is precisely deformable at certain points.
  • the individual stamp areas are preferably essentially cylindrical extensions of the elastic plate. You wear one Relief-like raised marking, which corresponds to that of the concrete Contest usual way of marking the fields of the Field arrangement is adjusted. Usually it will act about a small cross, which with a sufficient precise working tool (if necessary a laser beam cutting device) incorporated into the stamp area is.
  • stamp areas in the Stamp area will be adjusted chosen for the specific field arrangement of the competition, for that the lottery stamp is intended.
  • German Lotto the stamp area 49 fields in a 7x7 matrix their size of course to the corresponding field arrangement of the lottery ticket is adjusted.
  • stamp surface For other national lottery systems to provide a correspondingly modified stamp surface.
  • stamp surface on the outer contour of the stamp surface provided for the lottery stamp to be placed on the lottery ticket.
  • This support surface is the stamp surface or are the stamp areas in the idle state of the stamp reset so that it covers the surface of the lottery ticket do not touch.
  • the lottery stamp will be opposite when actuated supported on a solid surface on which the lottery ticket for stamping.
  • a rectangular or Matrix-shaped arrangement of the stamp areas as in German lottery ticket is to be provided, preferably two side edges one contact surface is assigned to the stamp surface.
  • the lottery stamp has, according to another aspect of the invention an ink pad adapted to the shape of the stamp surface, which in particular as a cover for the stamp surface Is not used.
  • Stamp pad protects the stamp surface from damage and on the other hand is through the stamp area covered so that the stamp color when properly Use of the stamp practically cannot dry out.
  • the stamp pad is in one as transport and presentation packaging serving outer housing inserted.
  • the inner wall of this outer housing is on the outer shape of the actual stamp housing adjusted so that they do this with respect to the ink pad holds exactly - in such a way that the surfaces of the Stamp surface and the stamp pad exactly parallel to each other are. This will contaminate the stamp surface surrounding housing edges of the stamp housing with stamp color - which leads to an unsightly impression when the Can mark the ticket - effectively prevented.
  • the outer housing is so stable that the lottery stamp can be kept in the user at all times.
  • To the Removing the stamp has a hinged lid, for example.
  • a random generator device as a stamp area preselection device.
  • Such a random generator device is done in a simple and meaningful way by a Number of laterally located in a spherical chamber realized in this free moving balls that between the back of the stamp surface and one to the shape and Size of the stamp surface adapted printing plate.
  • the Number of balls corresponds to the number of stamp areas, according to the game system used by the player for a certain game are to be activated.
  • the balls transfer the pressure between the one Stamp knob rigidly connected pressure plate that the flat Ball chamber limited on one side (movable), and one Stamp areas of the stamp area over which they are in Use position of the lottery stamp when it is actuated. This causes these stamp areas to be pressed when the stamp knob is pressed in contact with the underlying surface of the competition ticket, and on the corresponding An imprint (e.g. cross) is generated in the field of the field arrangement.
  • the actual spherical chamber i.e. an area in which the Balls are laterally freely movable
  • the back of the A perforated plate with holes is provided, whose diameter is slightly larger than the diameter of the Balls and each aligned with a stamp area are.
  • the result is a distribution of the balls in the ball chamber (e.g. by shaking the lottery stamp) a ball in one of the holes, so that's it at the same time precisely positioned in relation to a stamp area and laterally for the subsequent actuation of the stamp fixed.
  • the back of the stamp area itself is in Type of such a perforated plate executed, d. H. the holes for Positioning the balls are - especially in flat cylindrical Shape, worked into the elastic plate.
  • the pressure plate is opposite the stamp surface (and thus in Position of use of the lottery stamp at the same time opposite the surface of the competition ticket) is elastically biased.
  • this cost-effective way becomes elastic preload by at least one acting as a compression spring Coil spring made of steel between a lower part and an upper part of the stamp are clamped.
  • the compression spring in particular surrounds this Bolt or pin, whereby it is guided at the same time.
  • an additional ball storage chamber provided with the Ball chamber is detachably connected.
  • This arrangement enables a change in the number of those in the spherical chamber and effective for the activation of stamp areas Balls. To do this, either from the ball storage chamber Ball chambers supplied or already in the ball chamber balls are returned to the ball storage chamber.
  • the connection between the two chambers is simple through a ball channel with a manually operated gate valve or rotary valve manufactured.
  • Figures 1 to 4 is a lottery stamp 1 in several views shown on German lottery tickets with 49 number fields is adapted, which is arranged in the form of a 7x7 matrix and usually six of them for a game to be selected.
  • the lottery stamp 1 has a lower and upper housing part 3, 5, the two stud bolts 7 screwed into the lower part 5 vertically slidably connected to each other are.
  • the stud bolts 7 are each of a compression spring Surrounding steel coil spring 9, which are between one horizontal surface each of the upper part 3 and the lower part 5 supports and thus the two housing parts against each other biases.
  • a stamp pad is not in the figures shown.
  • the upper part 3 has a central rod in its center (Push rod) 11 having a lower portion 11a, a middle section 11b and an upper section 11c with each has a different diameter.
  • the top section is from a steel coil spring acting as a compression spring (Center rod spring) 13 surrounded. Otherwise there is the upper part 3 itself from several housing components, namely (in order from top to bottom) a stamp knob 15, a screw plug 17, a main part 19 and one Pressure plate 21.
  • the center rod is supported between the stamp knob 15 and the central portion 11b of the Center rod 11 from.
  • the lower part 5 comprises a support plate 23 a 7x7 hole grid, a rubber mat resting on this 25 with 7x7 cylindrical knobs 27 through the holes reach through the support or support plate, and a Perforated plate 29 with 7x7 holes, so on the holes 25 feels like their holes with those the support or support mat 23 are aligned.
  • the pimples 27 each carry a relief 35 designed as a cross, the forms the actual stamp area of the lottery stamp 1.
  • FIG. 1 and 2 Between the pressure plate 21 on the upper part 3 and the perforated plate 29 of the lower part 5 of the lottery stamp 1 is shown in FIG. 1 and 2 shown rest position of the stamp a flat cuboid Cavity 31 formed, which as a spherical chamber for "mixing" serves a predetermined number of small balls 33 and together with them the above mentioned random number generator forms. Mixing is done by manually shaking the Stamp, with the balls 33 flying around in the ball chamber 31 and finally in a hole in the perforated plate 29 fall.
  • the support plate 63 As best seen in Fig. 3 - suitable educated. It includes two in the bottom view approximately triangular side sections 23a two narrow, the ends of the ends are angled at right angles 23b. For the user, these indicate precisely the location of the through the rubber mat 25 or - more precisely - through the overall arrangement the knobs 27 formed stamp surface within of the lower part 5 and thus enable precise alignment the lottery stamp with the ticket.
  • the upper part contains an additional one Ball storage chamber 37, in which there are additional balls 33 ", which are optionally in a predetermined number can be supplied to the ball chamber 31.
  • the ball storage chamber 37 is via a vertical ball channel 39, which by means of a feed slide 41 can be shut off, with the ball chamber 31 connected.
  • the feed slide 41 is - as best can be seen in Fig. 4 - as one essentially rectangular plate formed with a grip portion 41a and has a ball bore 41b, in each of which a ball 33 ' can fall out of the ball channel 39 as soon as the feed slide 41 is brought into alignment with this.
  • the lottery stamp 1 held slightly inclined with the feed slide facing the user be, so that one ball from the ball reservoir safely reaches the ball channel 39. Is the feeding process completed, the stamp knob 13 is released, and the center rod 11 is supported by the center rod spring 13 pressed down again. This will cause the feed pusher 41 locked again and the intended for its inclusion Bore in the pressure plate (not specifically designated) 21 closed again. The stamp is now - with the desired number of balls in the ball chamber - ready for use.
  • Lottery stamp 101 described with a structure that is special light and inexpensive from plastic injection molded parts can be realized. Nevertheless, the lottery stamp 101 in structure and function, many similarities with that in the Figures 1 to 4 shown and described lottery stamp 1 according to the first embodiment. For those with the same effect Parts are corresponding reference numbers in both embodiments used, and these parts are below not all described in detail again.
  • the main parts of the lottery stamp 101 are a first housing part (Upper part) 103, a second housing part (lower part) 105 via a stud 107 with a central rod 111 to the around a steel coil spring 113 is arranged, connected Stamp knob 115, here molded onto the center rod 111 Pressure plate 121, one in a perforated case back 123 of the lower part 105 inserted rubber mat 125 and one A plurality of balls 133. It can be clearly seen in FIG.
  • the upper part 103 and the lower part 105 are by (not shown) Latches in the assembled state of the lottery stamp locked together. (Also the connection between a stamp knob upper part 115a and a stamp knob lower part 115b - in contrast to the illustrated embodiment, where is used to connect the stud bolts 107 - by a snap or snap connection must be made.)
  • the lottery stamp 101 is - analogous to the lottery stamp 1 the first embodiment - a cavity between the bottom the pressure plate 121 and the top of the rubber mat 125 designed as a spherical chamber 131 or a random generator device.
  • the ball chamber 131 one opens laterally into the Center rod 111 incorporated, vertically running ball channel 139, the upper end in a ball storage chamber 137 opens, which is here in the stamp knob upper part 115a.
  • she is limited at the bottom by a feed rotary valve 141, the angularly fixed in the stamp knob lower part 115b, with this together with regard to the stamp knob upper part 115a is rotatable.
  • the rubber mat 125 is shown enlarged and recognizable more precisely. It has a slightly concave arch Top of a recess grid 129 made of flat cylindrical Recesses 129a, the diameter of which is somewhat larger than that of the balls 133 is selected. Has at the bottom the rubber mat 125 essentially cylindrical knobs 127, on the lower face of each a relief 135 in the Form of the impression to be made on a betting slip is provided. It can be seen that the knobs or extensions 127 carry a barb-like extension section, a push back through the holes in the case back 123 (Fig. 5) in the event of a load and thus a loosening of the rubber mat prevented from acting as a bracket base 123.
  • the packaging case 145 has a lower housing part 145a and an upper housing part 145b, which are connected to one another via a molded hinge 149 are connected such that the housing for removing the lottery stamp can be opened.
  • an inner wall guide 151 is provided, which the lottery stamp when inserted into the packaging housing 145 such to the ink pad 147 leads to the case bottom 123 and the rubber mat 125 parallel to the surface of the stamp pad 147 can be positioned. This can be done by pressing the stamp knob 105 stamp color on the reliefs 135 on the lower end face of the knobs 127 (FIG.
  • Stamp housing can be contaminated with stamp ink.
  • the height of the packaging housing 145 is thus that of the lottery stamp 101 voted that this in the closed state of the packaging housing through the foldable housing upper part 145b something is pressed against the ink pad 147.
  • the described design of the packaging housing 145 enables its use as both transport and presentation packaging as well as a storage box for the stamp with the user. It is understood that it is attractive in color and can also be designed as advertising.
  • the Packaging housing prevents in an advantageous manner The ink pad dries out and the lottery stamp is with Can always be removed immediately for use because the stamp surface pressed against the ink pad during storage was.

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DE3136727A1 (de) 1981-09-16 1983-03-31 Wilfried 7768 Stockach Eisenhardt Stempelvorrichtung zur kennzeichnung von lottoscheinen oder aehnlichen registrierpapieren
DE29611590U1 (de) 1996-07-03 1996-11-07 Peischl, Werner, 73565 Spraitbach Stempel zum Ausfüllen von Wettscheinen

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EP0017880B1 (fr) * 1979-04-18 1984-01-25 Boumediene Bousahba Dispositif permettant de remplir un bulletin de jeu, en particulier pour le loto et les paris sportifs
DE8127028U1 (de) * 1981-09-16 1982-02-25 Eisenhardt, Wilfried, 7768 Stockach Stempelvorrichtung zur kennzeichnung von lottoscheinen oder aehnlichen registrierpapieren
US4875411A (en) * 1988-08-05 1989-10-24 Lanny Turner Random lotto marker
DE20013619U1 (de) * 2000-08-08 2000-11-23 Hoefer, Christian, 83620 Feldkirchen-Westerham Lottostempel

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DE3136727A1 (de) 1981-09-16 1983-03-31 Wilfried 7768 Stockach Eisenhardt Stempelvorrichtung zur kennzeichnung von lottoscheinen oder aehnlichen registrierpapieren
DE29611590U1 (de) 1996-07-03 1996-11-07 Peischl, Werner, 73565 Spraitbach Stempel zum Ausfüllen von Wettscheinen

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ITTO20010045U1 (it) 2002-09-20
EP1179809A3 (fr) 2003-05-14
ATE315260T1 (de) 2006-02-15

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