Ball delivery device, system, and method

US11148040B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• TRIPP ENTERPRISES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Warren Tripp · Reno, US
• Bryan Born · Snohomish, US
• Ray Duer · Sparks, US
• Al Grinsell · Reno, US
• Michael Hall · Sparks, US
• Ken Juenke · Reno, US
• Rick Smith · Whitney, US
• Matt Walsh · Reno, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 19, 2021
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/38
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A ball delivery device, system, and method housing a plurality of balls for a game session is presented. The ball delivery device includes a mixing chamber that receives the plurality of balls for the game session, a mixing arm (or arms) that mixes the plurality of balls within the mixing chamber during the game session, a ball holder disposed on the arm, wherein the ball holder captures a single ball from the mixing chamber during the game session and deposits the ball on a reading platform, an agitator mechanically coupled to the reading platform, wherein the agitator induces a vibration in the reading platform, a reader that scans an identifier printed on the ball as the ball rotates on the vibrating reading platform, and a camera that captures an image of the ball.