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Roulette wheel with leveling correction and gaming table including this kind of roulette wheelRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), In A Chance Application, Lot Match Or Lot Combination (e.g., Roulette, Lottery, Etc.)Roulette wheel with leveling correction and gaming table including this kind of roulette wheel description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070026925, Roulette wheel with leveling correction and gaming table including this kind of roulette wheel. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is a U.S. National Stage of International Patent Application No. PCT/FR2005/001995 filed Jul. 29, 2005. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a roulette wheel and to a gaming table carrying this kind of wheel. [0004] 2. Discussion of Background Information [0005] An essential element of French or American roulette is the roulette wheel, as is known in the art. [0006] This kind of wheel conventionally comprises a bowl, generally of wood, within which is rotatably mounted a disk, generally of metal. [0007] Numbers are marked at the periphery of this disk, and compartments separated from each other by dividing walls are disposed radially inside and facing the numbers. [0008] In use, the disk is rotated manually by a knob at its center and a ball is launched onto the upper track of the bowl. [0009] The ball runs around this track, moves onto the rotating disk, and finally settles in one of the compartments of the disk, thereby designating a number at random. [0010] For the disk to be able to rotate correctly relative to the bowl and for the trajectory of the ball not to be influenced in any way by any slope whatsoever, it is essential that the bowl can be leveled so that it is perfectly horizontal. [0011] To achieve this result, the bowl is conventionally mounted on feet with thumbwheels that can be adjusted manually from time to time. A spirit level is used to check that the wheel is horizontal: if necessary, the feet are adjusted to return the wheel to the horizontal. [0012] These periodic adjustments necessitate great care and take a long time. [0013] There is therefore a need for a system for leveling a roulette wheel quickly and with great accuracy. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0014] The present invention relates to a roulette wheel comprising a bowl, a disk rotatably mounted inside the bowl, and an adjustment assembly for adjusting the leveling of the bowl. The adjustment assembly comprises an inclination detector attached to the bowl and an automatic correction assembly for automatically correcting the leveling of the bowl as a function of information supplied by the inclination detector. [0015] The inclination detector allows the actual leveling of the bowl of the roulette wheel to be determined continuously and corrected immediately and with great accuracy by the automatic correction assembly. [0016] According to one aspect of the invention, the inclination detector comprises a two-axis inclinometer. [0017] An inclinometer of this kind is commercially available in the form of an integrated circuit and provides the leveling correction function compactly and at low cost. [0018] According to another aspect of the invention, the automatic correction assembly comprises a tripod stand supporting the bowl, in which at least two of the three feet of the stand incorporate an actuator adapted to vary the effective length of the corresponding foot. [0019] According to a further aspect of the invention, the automatic correction assembly comprises two actuators under the bowl, each adapted to pivot the bowl about an axis passing through the other actuator and through a bearing point under the bowl. The automatic correction assembly further comprises a control unit for controlling the actuators as a function of information supplied by the inclination detector. [0020] Two actuators are sufficient to modify the leveling of the roulette wheel in all directions in space and enable simple and economical leveling correction. [0021] According to another aspect of the invention, the actuators are of the linear electromechanical type. 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