Electronic device for gaming chips
First Claim
1. A storage device for chips including an electronic circuit including a memory, said device comprising a storage structure (10) provided with at least one columnar storage section (34, 42, 43), hereinafter referred to as a column, adapted to receive chips (12), and a dialog electronic unit (20) including means for reading the memory in the chips to communicate via antenna means (46-51) with the chips present in at least one column (34) of said storage structure, the device being characterized in that the antenna means (46-51) include at least one antenna of the coil type comprising a ferrite rod (60) partly or wholly surrounded by a conductive wire coil (62) and having at each end at least one plane ferrite lug (64-67) lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the rod, the lugs being disposed face-to-face in pairs (64, 66;
- 65, 67) in whole or in part at the two ends of at least one column (42, 43).
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Abstract
The storage device for gaming chips with a memory electronic circuit includes a tray with a plurality of columns adapted to receive stacked chips and equipped with antennas associated with an electronic unit able to communicate in read/write mode with the chips in each column. Each antenna includes a ferrite rod surrounded by a conductive wire coil and having at each end two plane ferrite lugs lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the rod to form a wide V-shape, the free ends of the lugs being disposed face-to-face in pairs at the two ends of two adjacent columns.
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16 Claims
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1. A storage device for chips including an electronic circuit including a memory, said device comprising a storage structure (10) provided with at least one columnar storage section (34, 42, 43), hereinafter referred to as a column, adapted to receive chips (12), and a dialog electronic unit (20) including means for reading the memory in the chips to communicate via antenna means (46-51) with the chips present in at least one column (34) of said storage structure, the device being characterized in that the antenna means (46-51) include at least one antenna of the coil type comprising a ferrite rod (60) partly or wholly surrounded by a conductive wire coil (62) and having at each end at least one plane ferrite lug (64-67) lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the rod, the lugs being disposed face-to-face in pairs (64, 66;
- 65, 67) in whole or in part at the two ends of at least one column (42, 43).
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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