Roulette wheel with leveling correction and gaming table including this kind of roulette wheel

Abstract

Roulette wheel including a bowl, a disk rotatably mounted inside the bowl, and an assembly for adjusting the leveling of the bowl. The adjustment includes an inclination detector attached to the bowl ( 1 ) and actuators for automatically correcting the leveling of the bowl as a function of information supplied by the inclination detector. This roulette wheel with leveling correction is placed on the playing surface of a roulette table.

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       11 . A roulette wheel, comprising: 
 a bowl;    a disk rotatably mounted inside the bowl;    an adjustment assembly for adjusting the leveling of the bowl comprising an inclination detector attached to the bowl, and an automatic correction assembly for correcting the leveling of the bowl as a function of information supplied by the inclination detector.    
   
   
       12 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 11 , wherein the inclination detector comprises a two-axis inclinometer.  
   
   
       13 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 11 , wherein the automatic correction assembly comprises a tripod stand having three feet to support the bowl; and 
 at least two of the feet comprise an actuator structured and arranged to vary an effective length of the corresponding foot.    
   
   
       14 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 11 , wherein the automatic correction assembly comprises: 
 two actuators disposed under the bowl, in which each actuator is structured and arranged to pivot the bowl about an axis that passes through the other actuator and through a bearing point under the bowl; and    a control unit that controls the actuators as a function of information supplied by the inclination detector.    
   
   
       15 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 14 , wherein the actuators comprise linear electromechanical actuators.  
   
   
       16 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 14 , wherein the control unit comprises a storage device for storing information supplied by the inclination detector corresponding to a calibration leveling of the bowl and for automatically moving the bowl from any leveling to the calibration leveling.  
   
   
       17 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 14 , further comprising: 
 a warning device for warning that, given the information supplied by the inclination device and positions of the actuators, the leveling of the bowl cannot be corrected.    
   
   
       18 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 12 , wherein the two-axis inclinometer is mounted inside an open housing under the bowl.  
   
   
       19 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 14 , wherein the actuators are mounted inside open housings under the bowl.  
   
   
       20 . A spirit level for calibrating the roulette wheel according to  claim 11 , the spirit level comprising: 
 a supporting structure with three bearing points structured and arranged to rest on an upper track of the bowl of the roulette wheel; and    a window containing a bubble mounted on the supporting structure.    
   
   
       21 . A roulette gaming table structured and arranged to carry the roulette wheel according to  claim 11 .  
   
   
       22 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 11 , wherein the automatic correction assembly comprises linear electromechanical actuators.  
   
   
       23 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 11 , wherein the automatic correction assembly comprises a storage device for storing information supplied by the inclination detector corresponding to a calibration leveling of the bowl and for automatically moving the bowl from any leveling to the calibration leveling.  
   
   
       24 . The roulette wheel according to  claim 11 , further comprising: 
 a warning device for warning that the leveling of the bowl cannot be corrected given the information supplied by the inclination device and the automatic correction assembly.    
   
   
       25 . A method for automatically leveling a roulette wheel, comprising: 
 monitoring an inclination of the roulette wheel relative to a calibrated leveling; and    automatically controlling the inclination of the roulette wheel.    
   
   
       26 . The method according to  claim 25 , further comprising predetermining the calibrated leveling and storing the calibrated leveling.  
   
   
       27 . The method according to  claim 26 , further comprising comparing the stored calibrated leveling to the monitored inclination, and, when the monitored inclination departs from the stored calibrated leveling by a predetermined amount, controlling actuators to adjust the inclination.