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Gaming device comprising aligned word-forming discs rotatable in opposite directions

  • US 3,129,004 A
  • Filed: 10/24/1962
  • Issued: 04/14/1964
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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2. IN COMBINATION, A GAMING DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISCS OF SPOKE-LIKE CONSTRUCTION AND ADAPTED TO SPIN, THE SPOKES OF SAID DISCS HAVING BENT OVER END PORTIONS WHICH BEAR INSIGNIA, A PAIR OF SAID DISCS MOUNTED ON SHAFTS WHICH ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A FIRST SET, A SECOND PAIR OF SAID DISCS MOUNTED ON SHAFTS IN ALIGNMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A SECOND SET, SAID TWO SETS OF DISC PAIRS BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER, A PAIR OF SAID DISCS BEING MOUNTED ON SHAFTS WHICH ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A THIRD SET AND A PAIR OF SAID DISCS MOUNTED ON SHAFTS WHICH ARE IN ALIGNMENT TO FORM A FOURTH SET, THE THIRD AND FOURTH SETS OF DISC PAIRS BEING IN LINE WITH ONE ANOTHER BUT OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND SETS, IMPELLERS FOR ROTATING THE DISCS OF ALL SETS, EACH OF SAID IMPELLERS BEING OPERATED THROUGH A COMBINED CRANK ARM AND A RECIPROCATORY MECHANISM, SAID MECHANISM COMPRISING A DRIVE ROD EXTENDING ADJACENT THE FIRST AND THIRD SETS OF DISC PAIRS, A DRIVING ROD POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE SECOND AND FOURTH SETS OF DISC PAIRS, AND MEANS COUPLING SAID RODS TO SAID CRANK ARMS, SAID RODS BEING INTERCONNECTED BY A METAL BAR AT EACH END THEREOF, AND MEANS FOR PROVIDING A RECIPROCATORY MOTION TO BOTH OF SAID DRIVING RODS IN ORDER TO SPIN THE DISCS FIRST IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEN IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.

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