Device and method for rolling a die or dice and ensuring outcome randomness

Abstract

A clear acrylic tube construction sealed on both ends is disclosed with a series of small acrylic rods that run through the center of the tube at approximately even intervals. These rods are disclosed to lie in parallel planes and positions to the linear axis of the tube so that they create a helix, spiraling down the length of the tube. Finally, the die or dice to be used for the game are disclosed to be sealed inside the tube. When it is a player's turn to “roll the dice,” said player simply flips the tube over. The dice tumble down the helix of acrylic rods and fall onto the landing surface at the base of the tube. The design of the invention guarantees a random outcome every time.

1 . A die-rolling mechanism device comprising a die with plural faces, a clear acrylic tube including the die, and a series of multiple obstacles within the die-rolling mechanism, wherein operation of the die-rolling mechanism randomly selects one of the plural faces while maintaining the die within the die-rolling mechanism device. 
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the die is selected from dies consisting of a multiple of plural faces. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the obstacles are a series of rods lying transverse to a travel path of the die to cause a rolling movement of the die as it moves along the path, said travel path initiated by changing the orientation of the die-rolling mechanism device and wherein said rods lie in planes parallel one to the other and lie perpendicular to the travel path of the die along the linear axis of the tube. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3  wherein changing the orientation of the die-rolling mechanism device is inverting the device along its linear axis. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1  comprising multiple dice. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the ends of the tube are sealed with acrylic discs having a diameter equal to the outer diameter of the tube. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6  wherein the end discs and rods are sealed to the tube with clear acrylic cement using a capillary sealing method. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the ends of the tube are sealed with acrylic discs having a diameter equal to the inner diameter of the tube. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 8  wherein the end discs and rods are sealed to the tube with clear acrylic cement using a capillary sealing method. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the ends of the tube are sealed with acrylic discs at least one of which has a diameter greater than the outer diameter of the tube. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 5  wherein at least one of the dice are of a different color than at least one other of the dice. 
     
     
         12 . A method of rolling a die comprising inverting from an upright position the device of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the device comprises multiple dice. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein at least one of the dice are of a different color than at least one other of the dice.