EP0071455A2 - Verbesserungen an Spielautomaten - Google Patents

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EP0071455A2
EP0071455A2 EP82303955A EP82303955A EP0071455A2 EP 0071455 A2 EP0071455 A2 EP 0071455A2 EP 82303955 A EP82303955 A EP 82303955A EP 82303955 A EP82303955 A EP 82303955A EP 0071455 A2 EP0071455 A2 EP 0071455A2
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Juan Lao Hernandez
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G07F17/3216—Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/34—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

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  • the present invention refers to improvements introduced in slot machines.
  • the present invention refers to those machines which are normally installed in pubs, cafes, recreational centres, sports salons and similar establishments, which operate by the insertion of coins, or possibly tokens, having a predetermined value and which, in each operating cycle, following the dictates of chance, pay off prizes consisting in multiples of the value of the mentioned coins, or - in determined cases - in vouchers which can be exchanged for such prizes or by determined services rendered by the establishment itself in which the machine is installed, such as, for example, consumptions having a p reestablished value.
  • the improvements constituting the object of the present invention refer to those machines, known per se and divulged, which comprise a completely closed casing having at the front and at a height suitable to be conveniently observed, a screen comprising a reduced number of luminous digits, or possibly any other conventional signs or symbols which, when the assembly is operated for a pre-established period of time through an electronic system based on the use of digital techniques and by integrated circuits, are continuously and independently varied at a rapid speed to offer, by pure chance, when the detention is produced, a determined combination of signs from which the prizes paid off by the machine depend.
  • prior art machines comprise a slot for the insertion of coins, a push button which permits the initiation of each operating cycle to be determined, once the coin has been inserted and once same has duly been accepted by the corresponding selector device, and a battery of three push buttons, by means of each one of which the detention on each screen unit of a number or symbol can be determined.
  • the prize is obtained when pre-established combinations appear on said screen units, which combinations are valued differently, in accordance with a table, and which basically consists in the repetition of the same sign on all of them, or at least on two of them.
  • the assembly is provided with a system which permits, in a determined game, the signs which are of interest to be retained in order to increase the possibilities of success in the following game.
  • the improvements object of the invention refer and are mainly directed to reduce the general size of the machine, to facilitate and simplify the operations of assembly during manufacture as well as the operations of revision and repair to which the assembly should be subjected, to facilitate the adaptation to different operating schemes and, in short, to increase as much as possible the strength, the safety and the automatic functioning thereof.
  • figure 12 is a longitudinal section of the same assembly represented in the preceding figure conveniently assembled.
  • the mentioned casing 1 is open at its front and posterior faces, which are closed by gates hinged thereto through the corresponding suitable vertical axes, defined by corresponding sets of hinges 2-2', of any suitable type, preferably calculated so that they permit the complete dropping of the mentioned gates until they are situated in planes parallel or almost parallel to the corresponding bases, in order to facilitate handling of the mechanisms and the inner elements of the machine.
  • Both gates are secured in the closed position by means of safety locks 3 which can be of the type and model considered opportune, the assembly once closed forming a highly resistant and, naturally, completely tamperproof block isolated from the outside.
  • slots 5 On the surface or the upper base of the mentioned casing there are located the slots for the insertion of the coins by means of which the machine will be operated.
  • these slots 5 are arranged in two molded bodies 6-6', identical to each other, conveniently secured to the mentioned base, for example, by means of screws which thread in corresponding holes 7, wherefore they are completely inaccessible from the outside.
  • Each one of these elements adopt a stepped configuration, presenting an approximately L-shaped section which defines a protruding vertical surface 8, aligned with the slot in the same vertical plane or slightly inclined, so as to facilitate the insertion of the coins.
  • the mentioned coin receiving bodies 6-6' will be capable of receiving coins having two different values, for example, 5- and 25-peseta coins, respectively, this latter body serving only to proportion the players with small change, in the normal case in which the machine is programmed to operate with coins having the first mentioned value.
  • These two receiving elements are coupled to corresponding devices for controlling the size, weight and alloy of the coins 9-9', coupled to small grooves 10-10' into which the faulty or false coins are dropped and which can be collected through the corresponding side openings 11-11'.
  • control devices of the coins 9-9' are fixed to the casing in a readily dismountable manner, for example, fitted into corresponding fixed guides and locked by means of bolts or latches 12-12' which can be actuated from the outside.
  • it will be sufficient to render inoperative the body 6' which receives the 25-peseta coin and to dismount the two coin devices 9-9', removing the former and mounting in its stead the latter, for the assembly of the machine to be ready to operate with 25-peseta coins, without returning small change of the coins having a higher value.
  • the gate 14 with which the posterior or base opening of the casing is closed is mainly flat, in order to permit the possible installation of the machine against a wall or a similar vertical surface, and has only one continuous perimetral edge or flange 13 which fits into a corresponding step 15 provided at the edge of the mentioned base of the casing, forming a sufficiently sealed closure to prevent the penetration of dust or other impurities and any type of foreign elements with which the fraudulent handling could be attempted.
  • This gate serves as a support for the plate of the control circuit which will subsequently be described in detail. Thus, it is sufficient to open this gate completely, placing it in the position indicated in figure 4 of .
  • this posterior gate will, furthermore, have a countersunk zone, not represented in the drawings, in which there will be situated the plug connection element through which the machine will be coupled to the network supply, a general switch and a general safety fuse.
  • the gate 17, by means of which the front face or base of the casing 1 is closed, adopts a slightly bulged shape, preferably forming two inclined planes 18-18' joined by a rounded horizontal edge 19.
  • the plate 20 which supports the circuit of the luminous displays, to which referecce will be made subsequently, which images are visible from the outside through the screen units 21-21'-21" which, in conjunction, form the playing screen 22.
  • This gate is also provided with openings through which there project to the outside, ready to be actuated, the control elements of the push button 23, by means of which the machine is operated, once the corresponding coin has been inserted in the slot 5 and has been duly accepted, and with the battery of push buttons 24-24' -24", by means of which the dual function of interrupting, when desired, the rapid succession of signs or symbols on the corresponding screen unit and of retaining the symbol obtained in a determined game, for the following game, in the conditions which will subsequently be studied, is achieved.
  • This gate is also provided with one or more plates 25, on which there are reflected and represented the distinct combinations of prize awarding signs, together with the amounts thereof, forming a sort of table, as well as one or more plates 26 which contain the indications for use of the machine and a luminous screen 27 with the pertinent indication which will be illuminated notifying the public when the machine is out-of-order for example, because of breakdown, because the supply of coins for paying off the prizes has been worn out, or for any other reason.
  • a large sized groove 28 readily accesible from the outsdide in which the coins corresponding to the prizes obtained by the players in the successive games will be dropped, being in a position to be picked up.
  • a case 29 capable of sliding horizontally on guides 30-30', so that it is in a position to be partially extracted, for example, towards the front part, before the gate 17 is opened, by merely pulling a handle 31 of any suitable type.
  • This case serves to store the coins which constitute the takings corresponding to the operation of the machine, and is secured in the closed position by means of a safety lock 32, wherefore to have access to the contents it is necessary to have at least two keys corresponding, respectively, to this latter lock and to the lock of the front gate.
  • the guides 30-30' are in a position to slide, in turn, on a system of guides fixed to the casing 1, forming part of a frame 33 which could preferably be partially or completely withdrawn from the casing by horizontal sliding both through the front and through the posterior part thereof, in order to facilitate any repair, control or maintenance operations which should be carried out.
  • a transformer 35 with a primary prepared to operate at any normal voltage, i.e. normally at 125 or 220 V, and three independent secondaries of 9, 14 and 24 V, respectively, which proportion the operating voltages of the distinct elements.
  • the outputs of the transformer are connected to the plate 34 which supports the input circuit, which has at least on disperser, for example, of black anodized aluminium, to dissipate the heat.
  • this frame 33 there is likewise installed an amplifier 36 which emits different sounds during operation of the machine, specially emphasizing, by duly selected melodies, the obtention by the player of the different possible prizes, also emitting determined melodies when the machine is out-of-order for a pre-established period of time.
  • this amplifier is used to emit alarm signals, for example, in the form of a siren, when the assembly is subjected to blows, pushes, inclinations or any type of fraudulent handling.
  • the elements which guide and control the passageway of the coins from the inlet slots towards the case 29 or towards the groove 23 accessible from the outside, in which the coins originating from the small change and prizes are dropped.
  • These elements are basically comprised of a coin registering and rejecting mechanism 37, of the rotary type, known per se, which conveniently controlled by the electronic control circuit, drives towards the groove 28 the amounts corresponding to the distinct prizes obtained by the player, as well as the small change corresponding to the coins having a value higher than the price of the game, which are inserted through the corresponding slot 5, i.e.
  • the chute 38 is provided with a safety device which cooperates with the electronic coin metering systems of the machine and which can, for example, consist in a microtimer 41 or a similar element which operates under pressure, being activated by the weight itself of the coins, so that when the reserve coins are reduced to below a p reestablished level, the machine will no longer operate and further games cannot be played, since the existing reserve does not permit the prizes which could possibly be obtained by the player to be paid off.
  • the machine is equipped with three meters 42-42'-42" installed, for example, on a support plate 43 directly fixed to the frame, which register, respectively, the insertions of coins having a higher value (i.e.
  • the references 50-50'-50" correspond to the decodifiers by means of which there are fed the displays 51-51'-51" integrated in the screen 22 which will subsequently be studied.
  • the displays or devices for producing the rapid succession of luminous signs or symbols adopt an already known structure, incorporating a certain number of sign bearing transparent plates 52 mounted parallely on a frame.
  • each one of the mentioned metal blocks has a countersunk zone, opposite to the mentioned grooves, in which there fits and is fixed, by means of a mere screw 57, an insulating plate 53-58'.
  • One of the faces of each one of these plates is provided with a printed circuit 59, while the opposite face has, emerging in an orthogonal di- rectioa, a certain number of lamps 60 (as many lamps as transparent plates of which the display is comprised) duly connected to said circuit.
  • the lamps 60 are housed in corresponding orifices 51 provided in the corresponding metal block,being in conditions to illuminate the transparent plate which corresponds to its position, with the possible interposition of different coloured filters, duly folded and fitted at the edges of said plate. Due to this arrangement, each one of the mentioned transparent plates, at the time at which it should be visible on the screen, is illuminated at two opposite edges and not at a single one of these edges, as is normal. Thus, there are obtained much better conditions of visibility of the signs from the outside and, besides, especially due to a suitable distribution of the lamps on the assembly, there is obtained a practically complete uniformity in the intensity of illumination of the successive signs.
  • cover 62 for example, a stamped metal sheet, which conveniently fits into the position of assembly and is fixed therein, for example, by means of screws, and which is provided with a large central window 63 through which the transparent plates bearing the signs are visible from the outside, when they are conveniently illuminated.

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EP82303955A 1981-07-28 1982-07-27 Verbesserungen an Spielautomaten Expired EP0071455B1 (de)

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AT82303955T ATE25162T1 (de) 1981-07-28 1982-07-27 Verbesserungen an spielautomaten.

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ES504937A ES504937A0 (es) 1981-07-28 1981-07-28 Perfeccionamientos introducidos en las maquinas recreativas
ES504937 1981-07-28

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DE3424594A1 (de) * 1984-07-04 1986-01-09 Paul 4992 Espelkamp Gauselmann Geldspielgeraet mit einem grund- und einem vorderkasten
GB2202983A (en) * 1987-01-29 1988-10-05 Nsm Apparatebau Gmbh Kg Housing for a coin-freed games machine
EP0316175A3 (de) * 1987-11-10 1990-01-24 Bell-Fruit Manufacturing Company Limited Spiel- und Unterhaltungsgeräte
EP1074956A1 (de) * 1999-08-05 2001-02-07 Wms Gaming, Inc. Spielautomat mit seriellen Verbindungen
WO2005024740A1 (en) * 2003-09-03 2005-03-17 Igt Articulated player tracking panel
US7618314B2 (en) * 2000-10-17 2009-11-17 Atlantic City Coin & Slot Service Company, Inc. Image alignment gaming device and method

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DE2205993A1 (de) * 1972-02-09 1973-08-23 Nsm Apparatebau Gmbh Kg Muenzbetaetigter spielautomat
US3918716A (en) * 1972-07-20 1975-11-11 Clarion Co Ltd Game apparatus for trying coincidence between randomly selected characters
DE2506419C2 (de) * 1975-02-15 1977-01-27 Winfried Adams Spielgeraet
GB1545301A (en) * 1976-04-22 1979-05-10 Barcrest Ltd Entertainment machines
GB1560542A (en) * 1976-07-22 1980-02-06 Frederiksen J E Plyer operated game apparatus
DE2644679C2 (de) * 1976-10-02 1986-11-06 Paul 4992 Espelkamp Gauselmann Überwachungseinrichtung für die Münzausgabe eines Münzspielgerätes
FR2421648A1 (fr) * 1978-04-04 1979-11-02 Staal Ensemble electronique pour la commande et le controle d'un appareil de jeu, notamment d'un billard electrique

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3424594A1 (de) * 1984-07-04 1986-01-09 Paul 4992 Espelkamp Gauselmann Geldspielgeraet mit einem grund- und einem vorderkasten
GB2202983A (en) * 1987-01-29 1988-10-05 Nsm Apparatebau Gmbh Kg Housing for a coin-freed games machine
GB2202983B (en) * 1987-01-29 1990-10-24 Nsm Apparatebau Gmbh Kg Housing for games machine
EP0316175A3 (de) * 1987-11-10 1990-01-24 Bell-Fruit Manufacturing Company Limited Spiel- und Unterhaltungsgeräte
EP1074956A1 (de) * 1999-08-05 2001-02-07 Wms Gaming, Inc. Spielautomat mit seriellen Verbindungen
US7618314B2 (en) * 2000-10-17 2009-11-17 Atlantic City Coin & Slot Service Company, Inc. Image alignment gaming device and method
WO2005024740A1 (en) * 2003-09-03 2005-03-17 Igt Articulated player tracking panel
US7758429B2 (en) 2003-09-03 2010-07-20 Igt Articulated player tracking panel

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EP0071455A3 (en) 1984-12-05
ES8201332A1 (es) 1981-12-16
DE3275246D1 (en) 1987-02-26
FR2510784A1 (fr) 1983-02-04
EP0071455B1 (de) 1987-01-21
ATE25162T1 (de) 1987-02-15
ES504937A0 (es) 1981-12-16

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