Equipment for transporting chips and chip carrier structure therefor
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The equipment for transporting chips carrying coded information includes a movable structure carrying chips with an electronic circuit arranged in columns in stacked racks and a docking station for the carrier structure in the place of storage of the chips, for example the vault of the casino, or at their place of use, for example a gaming table. The carrier structure includes a plane base divided by a partition with a handle for carrying two stacks of racks of chips and a lid. The docking station integrates part of an RFID contactless radio-frequency reading station for reading the coded information carried by the chips of at least one column to determine or verify the content of at least one batch of chips present in the carrier structure, in particular to draw up or to check an inventory thereof. The read station includes a read unit with a digital section and an analog section provided with a wide-loop antenna with three loops respectively integrated into the walls of the lid and the median partition fixed to the plane base.
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24. Equipment for transporting gaming chips carrying coded information between a place of storage and a place of use, comprising:
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a carrier structure which is structured and arranged for carrying chips arranged in columns or stacks; and
at least one docking station including at least a part of at least one read station that reads the coded information carried by the chips of at least one column or stack to determine or verify a content of the chips of the at least one column or stack. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A carrier structure for transporting gaming chips, comprising:
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at least one wide-loop antenna integrated into the carrier structure and arranged to face tops of columns or stacks of chips in the carrier structure, wherein the at least one wide-loop antenna is structured and arranged to read coded information contained in an electronic memory circuit of each chip in the columns or stacks of chips, where the coded information comprises at least one of chip identification and chip face value.
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49. A carrier structure for transporting gaming chips, comprising:
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a label circuit integrated with the carrier structure and comprising an RFID-type read/write electronic circuit with memory, wherein the label circuit is structured and arranged to communicate with at least one docking station, and to store and communicate information including at least one of;
identification of the carrier structure, contents of at least one batch of chips in the carrier structure, inventory of at least one batch of chips in the carrier structure, contents of all chips in the carrier structure, and inventory of all chips in the carrier structure.
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50. Equipment for transporting chips carrying coded information between a place of storage and a place of use, comprising:
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a carrier structure which is structured and arranged for carrying chips arranged in columns or stacks; and
at least one docking station including at least a part of at least one read station that reads the coded information carried by the chips of at least one column or stack to determine or verify a content of the chips of the at least one column or stack. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53)
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