Method of manufacturing gaming dice and die made thereby

Abstract

Method of manufacturing a gaming die or dice and die or dice made thereby. The method includes pad printing at least one of spots and text on at least one surface of the die or dice.

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[0001] 1. Field of the Invention[0002] The present invention relates to a method of making or manufacturing gaming dice and to a die which is made by the method. The invention can be used to make any kind of dice, e.g., board game dice, but has particular application to making gaming dice (whether a single die or a pair of dice) which are used in major casinos or professional gambling establishments.[0003] It should be noted that the term gaming dice, as used throughout this application, is intended to encompass either a single die or a pair of dice, whether used for gaming or otherwise. Moreover, the invention is not limited to dice which are cube shaped, and may have application to dice which have more or less than 6 sides, e.g., 4-sided, 5-sided pyramid shaped dice or dice having more sides, e.g., 8, 10, 12, sides etc., whether cube-shaped or otherwise.[0004] 2. Discussion of Background Information[0005] The gaming dice used in casinos in the United States typically are used for ...

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Problems solved by technology

Moreover, if the holes are made too deep on a particular side, i.e., thereby removing even more material from the sides, this can make the die or dice unbalanced.

The drilling is typically performed manually by an operator and is very labor intensive.

If the differences between the depths of the holes on different sides is too great, there may result a weight difference between the sides or faces of the die which can produce a die which is biased and / or otherwise unbalanced, i.e., one or more sides of the die may have greater or lesser weight and one of more other sides of the die.

The reason for this is that the paint may have a tendency to shrink during the drying or solidification process.

Moreover, the paint may need to be subjected to a polymerizing process or treatment, which can further cause the paint 9 to shrink.

Spotting is typically a hand operation performed by an operator and is similarly very labor intensive.

If the differences between the density of the paint versus that of the dice material is too great, there may result a weight difference between the sides or faces of the die, resulting in the die being biased and / or otherwise unbalanced, i.e., one or more sides of the die may have greater or lesser weight and one of more other sides of the die.

However, this has the effect of displacing material from the surface 2" outwardly, thereby causing some of the displaced material to project from the surface 2", i.e., the surface 2" is no longer flat and smooth as a result of the logo stamping.

Moreover, this logo stamping or monogramming procedure also tends to produce text 12 which is too thick, i.e., each letter has the appearance of being made by wide lines, thereby giving an appearance of smudged letters.

As should be apparent, such a large number of procedures and / or such elaborate procedures for making gaming dice tend to make such dice made thereby relatively expensive.

Moreover, a direct result of having so many procedures means that less dice can be produced in a given manufacturing area and in a given time period.

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