Removable Ball Reception Member for Roulette Wheel Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing roulette gaming machines have complex and costly mechanisms for ball recovery and launching, leading to inefficient maintenance, high manufacturing costs, and a lack of variety in gameplay, with players unable to track game progress remotely.
Innovation Solution
A roulette apparatus with removably attached ball reception members and compressed air for ball propulsion, allowing for easy maintenance and varied ball trajectories, along with illumination features to enhance player engagement and remote game state monitoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If ball reception members are formed integrally with the roulette wheel, then the structure is simpler, but maintenance becomes difficult when partition walls wear out
Solution Approach 1:
The ball reception members are divided into separate units that can be independently removed and replaced from the roulette wheel. Each ball reception member contains its own partition walls, allowing wear to be addressed locally without affecting the entire wheel structure.
2Reliability
If a complex ball recovery mechanism is used, then ball handling is reliable, but manufacturing cost and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The ball recovery function is integrated into the ball reception members themselves, which automatically receive and hold the ball using their partition wall structures. This eliminates the need for separate complex recovery mechanisms while maintaining reliable ball handling.
3Reliability
If the roulette wheel structure is made more complex to accommodate multiple ball reception members, then ball reception is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The ball reception function is segmented into multiple independent members that can be manufactured separately and then assembled onto the roulette wheel. This modular approach simplifies individual component manufacturing while maintaining comprehensive ball reception capability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution reduces maintenance costs, enhances gameplay variety, and improves player engagement by allowing remote tracking of game progress, while maintaining efficient ball handling without complex mechanisms.
Implementation Method 1
A roulette apparatus with removably attached ball reception members and compressed air for ball propulsion
Data Source
AI summary
A roulette apparatus includes: a roulette wheel having a rolling region where a ball rolls; and a ball reception member provided contiguously to the rolling region to receive the ball. The ball reception member includes: a plurality of reception portions that receives the ball in one of the reception portions; and a plurality of separation walls that separates the reception portions from one another, wherein the ball reception member is formed separately from the roulette wheel and removably attached to the roulette wheel.