Gaming machine

• US 20040214635A1
• Filed: 10/31/2003
• Published: 10/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
• Inventors: Okada, Kazuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,016,669 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/30
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means

Abstract

During a slot machine game, game effects are also displayed on a liquid crystal panel 39d provided in a reel display window unit 39, and thus the liquid crystal panel 39d serves as a new machine component for performing game effects. Therefore, new effects for the game can be performed on the liquid crystal panel 39d, which facilitates maintaining the novelty of game effects. Furthermore, since the peripheral corner portions in the rear side of the apertures 5c, 6c and 7c formed in the rear holder 39h are removed therefrom, the peripheral portions are prevented from being recognized by the player when a player observes the reels 2-4 behind the liquid crystal panel 39d through the transparent acryl plate 39a. Accordingly, the thickness of the rear holder 39h and the thickness of the entire reel display window unit 39 draw no attention of the player.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

variable display means for variably displaying designs; and

a front display means disposed in front of the variable display means, wherein the front display means includes an electrical display device for allowing said variable display means to be observed therethrough and a rear holder for holding the electrical display device from a rear side thereof, the rear holder having one or more windows allowing the designs variably displayed in said variable display means to be observed, and that the peripheral corner portions in the rear side of the windows are removed therefrom.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein said variable display means is one or more rotatable reels each having a reel band thereon, on which said designs are drawn.

3. The reel-based gaming machine according to claims 1 or 2, wherein the gaming machine is a slot machine.