Casino chip cleaning method and equipment

• US 8,529,702 B1
• Filed: 09/03/2010
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kenneth Homer Magrini, Kevin Martin Magrini
• Original Assignee: Kenneth Homer Magrini, Kevin Martin Magrini
• Inventors: Magrini, Kenneth Homer, Magrini, Kevin Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chaudhry, Saeed T
• Application Number:
  US12/807,420
• Time in Patent Office: 1,103 Days
• Field of Search: 134/1, 134/25.1, 134/25.4, 134/26, 134/42, 510/405, 510/509, 510/510
• US Class Current: 134/1
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 3/12 by sonic or ultrasonic vibrations washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware using sonic or ultrasonic waves A47L15/13; of natural teeth, of prostheses using ultrasonic techniques similar to those used for natural teeth A61C17/20; application of ultrasonic vibrations to chemical, physical or physico-chemical processes in general B01J19/10

Abstract

A method for cleaning casino chips includes the step of providing a chip-cleaning system having an ultrasonic cleaning station with ultrasonic cleaning means. The method proceeds by taking a batch of chips to be cleaned out of service and cleaning the batch of chips at the ultrasonic cleaning station with the ultrasonic cleaning means. Preferably, the chip-cleaning system also includes a rinsing station, a coating station, and a drying station, and the method further comprises rinsing the batch of chips at the rinsing station, coating the batch of chips at the coating station, and drying the batch of chips at the drying station. A preferred chip-cleaning system includes a console with four tanks providing the above features, together with two foldable table-top extensions providing a chip staging area wing and a chip re-stacking area wing, and a counterbalancing arm for assisting an operator move the batch of chips between stations.

Claims

1. A method for cleaning casino chips, comprising:

providing a chip-cleaning system having an ultrasonic cleaning station with ultrasonic cleaning means;

taking a batch of casino chips to be cleaned out of service; and

cleaning the batch of casino chips at the ultrasonic cleaning station with the ultrasonic cleaning means;

wherein the step of providing a chip-cleaning system includes providing a chip-cleaning system having an ultrasonic cleaning station with ultrasonic cleaning means, a rinsing station, a coating station, and a drying station; and

wherein the method further comprises rinsing the batch of casino chips at the rinsing station, coating the batch of casino chips at the coating station with a stackability-enhancing substance, and drying the batch of casino chips at the drying station.