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Slot machine

  • US 4,198,052 A
  • Filed: 09/27/1978
  • Issued: 04/15/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a slot machine having at least three wheels disposed coaxially in side-by-side arrangement, wherein each wheel is provided with a plurality of symbols around the peripheries thereof such that with said wheels in prescribed rest positions said symbols define the results of play, said slot machine having a housing essentially enclosing said wheels, said housing having a plurality of windows through which at least one symbol of each wheel is visible, the improvement comprising:

  • said windows disposed in a plurality of columns, each dedicated to a single wheel, to define a triangular configuration wherein one end window column enables viewing of only a single symbol of the wheel associated with said one end window column, and wherein the number of visible symbols of successive window columns increases in proportion to the relative disposition of each wheel with respect to said one end window column, with the other end window column enabling viewing of the greatest number of said symbols on the wheel associated therewith.

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