Random number selector device and method
First Claim
1. A random number selection device comprising:
- a first circular disk having a first circumferential outer ring of first equal-sized ring segments, each first ring segment having first indicia thereon, and a second ring concentric with said first outer ring and spaced inwardly therefrom, said second ring having second equal-sized ring segments having second indicia thereon;
a second circular disk having a third ring of third equal-sized ring segments, each segment having a third indicia in the form of at least one random number, said second disk having a diameter less than the diameter of said first disk; and
a third circular disk mounted on top of said second circular disk covering said third ring segments from visual display, said third circular disk having means to visually display at least one of said third indicia; and
first, second, and third circular disks being rotatably coupled about a common central axis such that all of said first and second ring segments are in visual display at all times.
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Abstract
A random number selector device includes a plurality of disks rotatably mounted about a common axis. A first disk includes an outer ring divided into segments where each ring segment contains one or more number arranged sequentially around the disk. A second ring of ring segments is disposed concentrically within the first ring. The ring segments of the second ring include letters arranged alphabetically around the disk. A second disk superimposed on the first disk includes a pointer and a plurality of ring segments, each ring segment includes one or more random numbers. A third disk is superimposed over the second disk and includes a window to view one of the random numbers on the second disk.
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20 Claims
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1. A random number selection device comprising:
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a first circular disk having a first circumferential outer ring of first equal-sized ring segments, each first ring segment having first indicia thereon, and a second ring concentric with said first outer ring and spaced inwardly therefrom, said second ring having second equal-sized ring segments having second indicia thereon; a second circular disk having a third ring of third equal-sized ring segments, each segment having a third indicia in the form of at least one random number, said second disk having a diameter less than the diameter of said first disk; and a third circular disk mounted on top of said second circular disk covering said third ring segments from visual display, said third circular disk having means to visually display at least one of said third indicia; and
first, second, and third circular disks being rotatably coupled about a common central axis such that all of said first and second ring segments are in visual display at all times. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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2. The device according to claim I, wherein said third disk has a diameter less than the diameter of said second disk.
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17. A random number selection device comprising:
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a first circular disk having a first circumferential outer ring of first equal-sized ring segments each first ring segment hereby number thereon the numbers on each first ring segment are arranged sequentially around said first ring, and a second circumferential ring concentric with said first ring and spaced inwardly therefrom, said second ring having two second equal-sized ring segments corresponding to each first ring segment, said second ring segments include letters arranged alphabetically around said disk; a second circular disk having a third ring comprising a number of third uniform-sized ring segments equal to the number of said second ring segments, each of said third ring segments comprises at least one random number, said second disk has a diameter less than said first ring; and a third circular disk mounted on top of said second circular disk covering said third ring segments from visual display, said third circular disk having cut-out means to visually display selectively said numbers in said third ring said first, second, and third disks being rotatably coupled together about a common central axis such that all of said first and second ring segments are in visual display at all times. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method for randomly selecting a number by using a random number selection device having:
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a first circular disk having a first circumferential outer ring of first equal-sized ring segments, each first ring segment has numbers arranged sequentially around said first ring, and a second circumferential ring concentric with said first ring and spaced inwardly therefrom, said second ring having two second equal-sized ring segments corresponding to each first ring segment, said second ring segments including letters arranged alphabetically around said disk said first and second ring segments being in visual display at all times; a second circular disk having a third ring comprising a number of third uniform-sized ring segments equal to the number of said second ring segments, each of said third ring segments comprising at least one random number, said second disk having a diameter less than said first ring and having a first radial indicator means located at the edge of said second disk; and a third circular disk mounted on top of said second circular disk covering said third ring segments from visual display, said third circular disk having cut-out means to visually display selectively said numbers said third ring segment and having a second radial indicated means located at the edge of said third disk; and
first, second, and third disks being rotatably coupled together about a common central axis wherein said first indicator means is in close proximity to any one of said first ring segments, and wherein said second indicator means is in close proximity to any one of said second ring segments;
said method comprising;a rotating said second disk with respect to said first disk; aligning said first indicator means with a randomly selected keeping fixed the alignment of the first indicator means with the randomly selected number while number in said first ring; rotating said third disk with respect to said second disk; aligning said second indicator means with a randomly selected letter in said second ring; and recording said random number being displayed in said cut-out means.
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