EP0603230A1 - Mecanismes a roue pour machines de jeu. - Google Patents

Mecanismes a roue pour machines de jeu.

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EP0603230A1
EP0603230A1 EP92918543A EP92918543A EP0603230A1 EP 0603230 A1 EP0603230 A1 EP 0603230A1 EP 92918543 A EP92918543 A EP 92918543A EP 92918543 A EP92918543 A EP 92918543A EP 0603230 A1 EP0603230 A1 EP 0603230A1
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Prior art keywords
reel
support
lamp
optical device
motor
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EP92918543A
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German (de)
English (en)
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EP0603230B1 (fr
Inventor
Robert Alan Holmes
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Starpoint Electrics Ltd
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Starpoint Electrics Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB919118773A external-priority patent/GB9118773D0/en
Priority claimed from GB919125844A external-priority patent/GB9125844D0/en
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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
    • G07F17/3204—Player-machine interfaces
    • G07F17/3211—Display means
    • G07F17/3213—Details of moving display elements, e.g. spinning reels, tumbling members

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to the construction of reel mechanisms for gaming machines which are sometimes referred to as fruit machines or amusement machines.
  • gaming machines can include adjacent reel mechanisms each comprising a reel marked around its circumferential surface with symbols such as fruit.
  • the reels are caused to spin about a common axis by pulling a handle or pressing a button.
  • the positions of the symbols on the different reels in relation to one or more predetermined lines decide whether or not a player has won.
  • Each predetermined line may take the form of a row of windows or other openings in the gaming machine.
  • Each reel is typically formed from a reel strip and a reel support.
  • the reel strip is usually formed of a plastics material. Typically it is a translucent plastics material with a predetermined number of the symbols printed or otherwise provided thereon.
  • the reel strip is usually illuminated from behind, with a respective lamp being provided for the or each of the openings associated with the reel strip.
  • the reel support is usually also formed of a plastics material. It may include a pair of co-axial rings joined by circu ferentially spaced cross-pieces to define a skeletal drum around which the reel strip is to be wrapped. Alternatively, it may include a single ring formed with an annular slot into which an edge of the reel strip is to be inserted. The or one of the rings may have several spokes extending radially inwardly therefrom to a central drive connector for releasable connection with a rotatable spindle of a motor such as a stepper motor.
  • the motor may be adjustably carried by a support which is to be mounted on support structure within the gaming machine, the support also being used to carry an optical device which is to be connected to electrical circuitry within the gaming machine.
  • Each of the optical devices may include an emitter and an associated sensor located in positions such that a part of the associated reel passes therebetween upon each revolution of the reel.
  • a projecting part of a reel in the form of a tab may be used to break a beam of light or infra-red radiation directed from an emitter to a sensor. The breaking of the beam may be detected by the electrical circuitry to provide information as to the angular position of the reel relatively to the optical device and/or the number of times that the reel has been spun.
  • the lamp(s) For each of the reel strips, the lamp(s) need to be in the correct position relatively to the associated opening(s) .
  • the relationship of the opening(s) to the support structure is known for any given gaming machine and is commonly different for different gaming machines. It is thus necessary to be able to adjust the positions of the lamp(s) and this capability is usually provided by mounting the lamp(s) for angular adjustment on the associated support.
  • the symbol(s) It is also necessary for the symbol(s) to be in the correct position relatively to the associated tab.
  • This capability has usually been provided by mounting the tab for angular adjustment around the periphery of the or one of the rings forming part of the reel support.
  • the angular position of the tab on the reel support is adjusted to locate the tab centrally between the emitter and the sensor of the fixed optical device, or less commonly at a known position relatively thereto.
  • the reel may not be in a position determined by the electrical circuitry, it may be necessary after energisation of the motor to adjust the position of the motor relatively to the support, and this is again usually achieved by a releasable pin-and-slot type connection, between a housing for the motor and the support.
  • An aim of the present invention has been to simplify the above-described adjustment procedures, especially when transferring a reel mechanism from one gaming machine to another gaming machine of different constructional characteristics.
  • a reel mechanism comprises a support which carries a motor, a reel, a lamp and an optical device; the motor carrying the reel, the reel including both a reel strip provided with symbols to be illuminated by the lamp as well as a reel support provided with a tab to be sensed by the optical device, and the lamp being adjustably movable relatively to the support; characterised in that the optical device is also adjustably movable relatively to the support.
  • the reel strip may be provided with identification such as a printed line, perforation or peripheral notch to be aligned with a complementary marking, peg or rib provided on the reel support in a known position relatively to the tab provided on the reel support.
  • identification such as a printed line, perforation or peripheral notch to be aligned with a complementary marking, peg or rib provided on the reel support in a known position relatively to the tab provided on the reel support.
  • the tab need not be ' adjustable it can be moulded or ixedly secured to the reel support.
  • the centre line between an emitter and a sensor of the optical device is in radial alignment with the centre line of a filament of the lamp.
  • the lamp is carried by a lamp housing and the optical device is also carried by the lamp housing to be movable in unison therewith.
  • the optical device may be of generally conventional construction. It may thus include its own electrical circuitry or alternatively be connectable to electrical circuitry by appropriate releasable or non-releasable connectors. In a modification, the need to effect realignment of the motor is avoided by arranging for the motor to be adjustably movable relatively to the support in unison with the adjustment of the lamp(s) and the optical device.
  • the lamp housing may carry each of the motor, the lamp(s) and the optical device.
  • the motor is powered-up and set in a desired position on the lamp housing and need never be adjusted again.
  • the sub-assembly, including the lamp housing, the motor, the lamp(s) and the optical device, may be clipped onto the support to be angularly adjustable relatively thereto.
  • Figure 1 is a partly fragmented schematic side view of one of the reel mechanisms
  • Figure 2 is a partly fragmented schematic cross- sectional view of the reel mechanism of Figure 1 taken along the broken line II-II but repositioned such that the tab is located centrally of the optical device;
  • Figures 3 and 4 are similar to Figures 1 and 2, respectively, but show the other of the reel mechanisms.
  • a reel mechanism 10 in accordance with the present invention comprises a support
  • a motor 14 carried by the support 12 a reel 16 carried by the motor 14 and including both a reel strip 18 provided with symbols 20 as well as a reel support 22 provided with a tab 24, a lamp 26 adjustably movable relatively to the support 12, and an optical device 28 also adjustably movable relatively to the support 12.
  • the support 12 may be a plastics lattice-like frame including a pair of legs 30 to be secured by screws to support structure (not shown) within a gaming machine.
  • the motor 14 may be adjustable angularly relatively to the support 12 by a known pin-and-slot type connection indicated at 32.
  • the reel strip 18, when wrapped into cylindrical shape, may have one edge of its translucent plastics material located within and .supported by an annular slot 34 provided by the reel support 22.
  • the angular position of the reel strip 18 in the annular slot 34 may be determined by providing said edge of the reel strip 18 with a notch (not shown) which locates as a push- fit on a rib protruding from the base of the annular slot 34.
  • the optical device 28 may include an infra-red emitter 40 and a phototransistor sensor 42 located on a plastics housing 44 which is connectable to electrical circuitry (not shown) or indeed contains its own electrical circuitry.
  • the tab 24 is moulded as a blade on, ' or otherwise fixedly secured to, one of three spokes 46 of the reel support 22; and b) the optical device 28 is fixedly secured to the common lamp housing 36 for movement in unison therewith. There may be a snap connection between the housing 44 of the optical device and a bracket 48 extending from the common lamp housing.
  • the motor 14 includes an apertured flange 50 secured by a screw 52 to a motor housing 54 formed of a plastics material with a cylindrical bearing portion 56 and a plurality of spaced-apart resilient clips 58. There may be three of the clips 58 on the motor housing 54 for snap assembly in respective arcuate slots (not shown) in the support 12 when the bearing portion 56 is received in a circular opening 60 in the support 12.
  • the motor housing 54 is engaged by a screw 62 of which only its shank can extend through a circumferentially extending slot in the support 12, with the screw 62 and its associated slot constituting the pin-and-slot type connection indicated at 32.
  • the lamp housing 36' carries each of the motor 14', the lamp(s) 26* and the optical device 28'.
  • the motor 14', the lamp(s) 26' and the optical device 28' are thus movable in unison with angular adjustment of the lamp housing 36'.
  • the lamp housing 36' is integrally formed with the motor housing to include the bearing portion 56' and the clips 58'.
  • the support 12' is engaged by a screw 66' of which only its shank can extend through a circumferentially extending slot 68' in the lamp housing 36', with the screw 66' and the slot 68' constituting the pin-and-slot type connection with calibrations indicated at 38'.
  • pin- and-slot type connection 70' there is another pin- and-slot type connection 70', allowing initial angular adjustment of the motor 14 ' relatively to the lamp housing 36', the pin-and-slot type connection 70' being constituted by a screw 72* and a circumferentially extending slot in the lamp housing 36', which is partially obscured by one of the spokes 4 '.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Slot Machines And Peripheral Devices (AREA)
  • Looms (AREA)
  • Organic Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds And Preparation Thereof (AREA)
  • Unwinding Webs (AREA)
  • Winding Of Webs (AREA)

Abstract

Mécanisme à roue (10) comprenant un support (12) portant un moteur (14), une roue (16), une lampe (26) ainsi qu'un dispositif optique (28). Le moteur entraîne la roue, celle-ci comprenant une bande (18) munie de symboles (20) devant être illuminés à l'aide de la lampe ainsi qu'un support de roue (22) doté d'une patte devant être détectée par le dispositif optique. La lampe peut se déplacer par rapport au support. Le mécanisme de roue est caractérisé en ce que le dispositif optique (28) et de préférence le moteur peuvent se déplacer simultanément avec la lampe (26) par rapport au support (12).
EP92918543A 1991-09-02 1992-09-01 Mecanismes a roue pour machines de jeu Expired - Lifetime EP0603230B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB919118773A GB9118773D0 (en) 1991-09-02 1991-09-02 Reel mechanism for gaming machines
GB9118773 1991-09-02
GB919125844A GB9125844D0 (en) 1991-12-04 1991-12-04 Reel mechanisms for gaming machines
GB9125844 1991-12-04
PCT/GB1992/001597 WO1993005484A1 (fr) 1991-09-02 1992-09-01 Mecanismes a roue pour machines de jeu

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EP0603230A1 true EP0603230A1 (fr) 1994-06-29
EP0603230B1 EP0603230B1 (fr) 1996-01-17

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EP (1) EP0603230B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP3148241B2 (fr)
AT (1) ATE133279T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU659209B2 (fr)
DE (1) DE69207772T2 (fr)
ES (1) ES2085032T3 (fr)
GR (1) GR3019518T3 (fr)
WO (1) WO1993005484A1 (fr)

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DE69207772T2 (de) 1996-05-23
ATE133279T1 (de) 1996-02-15
DE69207772D1 (de) 1996-02-29
EP0603230B1 (fr) 1996-01-17
WO1993005484A1 (fr) 1993-03-18
AU659209B2 (en) 1995-05-11
ES2085032T3 (es) 1996-05-16
AU2489592A (en) 1993-04-05
GR3019518T3 (en) 1996-07-31
JP3148241B2 (ja) 2001-03-19
JPH06509962A (ja) 1994-11-10

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