Patent ID: 6145836
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
A device for shuffling objects such as lottery balls, disposed at the base of a generally spherical enclosure of a lottery machine, into which are inserted objects, each having a means of identification, said shuffling device comprising:a first and a second rotating part (5, 6) each of said first and said second parts having an inner surface (5A, 6A) facing an inside of the enclosure, each of said surfaces carrying a plurality of substantially radial slender projecting elements (7) intended to hit said objects (1),said first and second parts further being concentric rotating parts (5, 6), each equipped with slender projecting elements (7), wherein said first part surrounds and rotates around said second part, and wherein said first and said second parts together form a substantially contiguous surface for supporting said objects, andmeans (8, 9) for driving said rotating parts (5, 6) at speeds that differ in terms of value and/or direction.