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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5377975 | Electronic gaming apparatus and method An electronic gaming apparatus which preferably corresponds to and effectively electronically automates games of chance as for example, that game of chance known as "Pull-Tab." A primary strip of a suitable substrate in the form of a roll is provided in t... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5168146 | Bi-directional snap-action register display mechanism A bi-directional snap-action register mechanism for an odometer-type mechanical register display. The mechanism includes at least one register display wheel and a bi-directional cam mounted coaxially along a common shaft with the register display wheel. T... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5162637 | Odometer apparatus An odometer apparatus having an error elimination mechanism for eliminating an error in an indication figure. The odometer apparatus includes a set of gears rotatably supported on a first shaft for indicating each digit of a set of digits in the indicatio... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5122642 | Reset device for the digit rollers of a counter A reset device (7) for the digit rollers (3) of a counter has a positioning spring (22) developed integrally on a shift drive bridge (9), the positioning spring being adapted to engage by means of a detent projection (21) into detent recesses (17-20) of t... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4970377 | Odometer An odometer having a reset mechanism with a single spring that has a torsion section acting on the reset mechanism to bias pinions into engagement with the odometer wheels and a compression section for biasing the pinions into a predetermined axial positi... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4970378 | Gearing for reset trip odometer Geared drive for reset trip odometer in which a transfer tooth on each of the rotatable odometer wheels is immediately ahead of the tooth space in the circular track on the wheels for tracking the wide teeth of the associated transfer pinion gear and late... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4914278 | Internally illuminated reset counter An internally illuminated reset counter employs a shaft and counter wheel portions which are manufactured from light transmissive materials. A series of axially spaced grooves in the shaft function to direct light through the counter wheels and axially ba... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4889976 | Tamper-proof odometer A tamper-proof odometer having an odometer register including a plurality of sequentially driven odometer dials carried on a common shaft with a pinion gear supported on an individual bracket disposed between each adjacent pair of dials to engage gears fo... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4829164 | Counter A counter employs a barrel for rotatably mounting high order counter wheels and a shaft integrally extending from the barrel for mounting the lowest order counter wheel. The barrel forms a groove in which the transfer pinion assembly is located. The walls... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4774398 | Counter A counter employs a barrel for rotatably mounting high order counter wheels and a shaft integrally extending from the barrel for mounting the lowest order counter wheel. The barrel forms a groove in which the transfer pinion assembly is located. The walls... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4572945 | Reset mechanism A reset mechanism for a cyclometer register employs teeth formed on an axially resiliently urged shaft to engage abutments formed on cyclometer drums to permit resetting of the cyclometer drums. The teeth are normally maintained out of alignment with the ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4493988 | Odometer using an electric motor disposed within annular figure wheels In a highly compact odometer an electric motor which drives a mechanical display thereof, is disposed within the set of annular figure wheels used in the display and drivingly connected to said wheels through a worm and worm wheel drive train. In the case... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4362927 | Preselection counter with continuous display and automatic repetition of a preset value A preselection counter having a switch-off counter which is adapted to actuate a desired function when a quantity of this function determined by a preset value has been reached includes presettable indicating means having number rollers adapted to have th... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4314149 | Daily mileage recording unit A daily mileage recording unit, of the type comprising a plurality of drums mounted side by side on the same shaft and supported in rotation by a frame, a swinging member mounted to pivot with respect to the frame, a series of gears carried by the swingin... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4284882 | Tamper resistive odometer A tamper resistive odometer having a construction whereby manual attempt to reverse the number setting thereon, by separating the pinion gear engagement with number wheel gears, results in a fractured pinion gear that permanently disengages all the pinion... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4281240 | Fuel pump counter transfer mechanism A fuel pump register cost counter having a transfer mechanism permitting count transfers at a substantially reduced torque through the use of a torsion spring drive of the transfer ring of the units wheel and the use of transfer pinions between the counte... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4273995 | Fuel pump counter transfer pinion A fuel pump register cost counter having a transfer pinion permitting count transfers from the units to the tens counter wheel at a substantially predetermined maximum torque through a torsion spring connection between input and output gear sections of th... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4218609 | Educational mechanical calculator A mechanical calculator employs a register consisting of gears. Each register gear has two sets of teeth. One set has teeth all around the circumference of the wheel while the other set consists of a single carry-over tooth. The register gears are spaced ... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4192136 | Adjustment of readout members in a digital clock A digital readout apparatus includes a housing, a plurality of members providing, respectively, a presentation of units-of-minutes, tens-of-minutes, and hours, a shaft for supporting the members within the housing for movement in rotation imparted either ... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4140899 | Recording distance measuring instrument attached to a vehicle hub A distance measuring meter includes counting wheels which are indexed by transfer pinions mounted on an axle parallel to the axis of the counting wheels. In order to prevent fraud by rotating the counting wheels back so as to decrease the distance display... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4096377 | Counter mechanism A resettable mechanical counter having a plurality of number wheels and transfer pinions is mounted in a molded plastic housing in which are integrally formed fixed bosses that index the transfer pinions when the number wheels are reset. The transfer pini... | 06/20/1978 |
| 3945563 | Transfer pinion carrier plate for odometers This invention has for its object to do away with the defects of the prevailing transfer pinion carrier plates made of metal. In the process of manufacturing a metallic carrier plate, a separately prepared small shaft for supporting the transfer pinion sh... | 03/23/1976 |
