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Device for marking tickets for game of chance with translucent, vibrant colored ink
Assignee: BINGLO Inc
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Filing: 1986-04-14
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Granted: 1993-06-29
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Expires: 2006-04-14
Abstract
Abstract A marking device for marking numbers on tickets of games of chance, such as "throw-away" bingo tickets, includes a container having a mouth and a porous applicator body mounted into the mouth. An aqueous, translucent, vibrant colored, substantially freely flowing liquid ink composition is contained in the container, and is applied to the game-of-chance tickets through the porous applicator body. The ink contains, in the aqueous medium, a dyed melamine copolymer resin which is known and available in the trade under the DAYGLO mark. The dyed melamine copolymer pigment provides the unusually bright color to the ink composition of the invention.
Inventors
- 👤 Patricia A. Conforti
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 05:27
CPC Classifications
B; B43; B43K; B43K8/00; B43K8/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S260/00; Y10S260/38
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
209 words
A device for making pre-existing printed numbers on a bingo ticket with a vibrant colored, translucent mark, such as a spot, without obscuring the pre-existing numbers, the device comprising in combination: a container having a mouth; a porous applicator body mounted into the mouth of the container, said applicator body closing the container; an aqueous, translucent, vibrant colored ink composition contained in the container, the ink composition and the applicator body being selected in such a manner that the ink composition is capable of penetrating the applicator, the ink composition comprising a vibrant, colored, bright pigment consisting essentially of: approximately 23 to 40 percent, by weight, of an aqueous slurry of a dyed melamine copolymer resin; an effective amount of a preservative agent adapted for substantially preventing bacterial and like growth in the ink composition; an effective amount of a defoaming agent adapted for substantially preventing formation of bubbles when the ink composition is applied to paper through a sponge rubber applicator; an effective amount of a stabilizer agent, selected from a group consisting of carboxymethylcellulose, clays, and aluminum silicate, approximately 60 to 77 percent, by weight, of water; and a cap removably mounted to the mouth of the container to seal the container for prolonged periods of time.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
209 words
A device for making pre-existing printed numbers on a bingo ticket with a vibrant colored, translucent mark, such as a spot, without obscuring the pre-existing numbers, the device comprising in combination: a container having a mouth; a porous applicator body mounted into the mouth of the container, said applicator body closing the container; an aqueous, translucent, vibrant colored ink composition contained in the container, the ink composition and the applicator body being selected in such a manner that the ink composition is capable of penetrating the applicator, the ink composition comprising a vibrant, colored, bright pigment consisting essentially of: approximately 23 to 40 percent, by weight, of an aqueous slurry of a dyed melamine copolymer resin; an effective amount of a preservative agent adapted for substantially preventing bacterial and like growth in the ink composition; an effective amount of a defoaming agent adapted for substantially preventing formation of bubbles when the ink composition is applied to paper through a sponge rubber applicator; an effective amount of a stabilizer agent, selected from a group consisting of carboxymethylcellulose, clays, and aluminum silicate, approximately 60 to 77 percent, by weight, of water; and a cap removably mounted to the mouth of the container to seal the container for prolonged periods of time.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the ink composition further comprises an effective amount of a substantially non-volatile antifreezing agent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the ink composition further comprises an effective amount of a thickening agent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The device of claim 3 wherein the ink composition comprises approximately 23.5 percent, by weight, of the aqueous slurry of the dyed melamine copolymer resin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
The device of claim 2 wherein the ink composition comprises approximately 23.5 percent, by weight, of the aqueous slurry of the dyed melamine copolymer resin, approximately 0.3 percent, by weight, of the stabilizing agent consisting essentially of carboxymethylcellulose, and approximately 3.5 percent, by weight, of the antifreezing agent consisting essentially of ethylene glycol.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
183 words
A device for making pre-existing printed symbols on paper with a vibrant colored, translucent ink composition, such as marking numbers selected by a player on a ticket for a game of chance, such as bingo tickets, the device comprising in combination: a container having a mouth; a porous sponge-type applicator body mounted into the mouth of the container, said applicator body comprising means for closing the container, sand for substantially preventing spillage of liquid from the container; a free flowing aqueous, translucent, vibrant colored ink composition contained in the container, the ink composition and the applicator body being selected in such a manner that the ink composition is capable of penetrating the applicator, the ink composition comprising a vibrant, colored, bright pigment consisting essentially of a dyed melamine copolymer resin, an effective amount of defoaming agent, an effective amount of a stabilizing agent, and an effective amount of a preservative agent; said ink composition comprises approximately 23 to 40 percent, by weight, of an aqueous slurry of the dyed melamine copolymer resin, and a cap removably mounted to the mouth of the container.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
183 words
A device for making pre-existing printed symbols on paper with a vibrant colored, translucent ink composition, such as marking numbers selected by a player on a ticket for a game of chance, such as bingo tickets, the device comprising in combination: a container having a mouth; a porous sponge-type applicator body mounted into the mouth of the container, said applicator body comprising means for closing the container, sand for substantially preventing spillage of liquid from the container; a free flowing aqueous, translucent, vibrant colored ink composition contained in the container, the ink composition and the applicator body being selected in such a manner that the ink composition is capable of penetrating the applicator, the ink composition comprising a vibrant, colored, bright pigment consisting essentially of a dyed melamine copolymer resin, an effective amount of defoaming agent, an effective amount of a stabilizing agent, and an effective amount of a preservative agent; said ink composition comprises approximately 23 to 40 percent, by weight, of an aqueous slurry of the dyed melamine copolymer resin, and a cap removably mounted to the mouth of the container.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The device in claim 6 wherein the ink composition comprises approximately 23.5 percent of the dyed melamine copolymer resin formulation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The device of claim 6 wherein the aqueous slurry of the dyed melamine copolymer resin comprises approximately 50 percent, by weight, of solid materials.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
The device of claim 2 wherein the antifreezing agent consists essentially of ethylene glycol.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
The device of claim 3 wherein the thickening agent is clay.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1996-06-28 | 1996-12-28 | 1997-06-29 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2000-06-28 | 2000-12-28 | 2001-06-29 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2004-06-28 | 2004-12-28 | 2005-06-29 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |