Universal reel backlight for reel-type gaming machines
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1. A backlight assembly for a mechanical reel-type gaming machine, the backlight assembly including:
- a board substrate, the board substrate (i) including a rectangular light-supporting region defining four corners and (ii) being flexible along a longitudinal axis thereof to allow the board substrate to assume any one of a number of different radii about a point spaced from the longitudinal axis perpendicular to a plane of the board substrate in a relaxed state;
a number of attachment openings, the number of attachment openings including a respective attachment opening at each respective corner of the rectangular light-supporting region;
a number of rows of illumination elements mounted on the board substrate in the light-supporting region, the rows of illumination elements extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the board substrate; and
a mounting bracket having a number of mounting stand-offs, each respective mounting stand-off operable to align with a respective one of the attachment openings and form an attachment therewith so that the light-supporting region of the board substrate is bent out of the planar, relaxed state and is forced to assume a desired radius.
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Abstract
A reel backlight structure for a mechanical reel-type game includes an undifferentiated array of LED backlights. The rows of LEDs are closely spaced apart and may extend over an arc that encompasses both three vertical stop positions and four vertical stop positions. The LEDs are mounted on a flexible substrate that may be bent to match the radius of a reel strip and held in the desired radius with mounting attachment points.
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14 Claims
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1. A backlight assembly for a mechanical reel-type gaming machine, the backlight assembly including:
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a board substrate, the board substrate (i) including a rectangular light-supporting region defining four corners and (ii) being flexible along a longitudinal axis thereof to allow the board substrate to assume any one of a number of different radii about a point spaced from the longitudinal axis perpendicular to a plane of the board substrate in a relaxed state; a number of attachment openings, the number of attachment openings including a respective attachment opening at each respective corner of the rectangular light-supporting region; a number of rows of illumination elements mounted on the board substrate in the light-supporting region, the rows of illumination elements extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the board substrate; and a mounting bracket having a number of mounting stand-offs, each respective mounting stand-off operable to align with a respective one of the attachment openings and form an attachment therewith so that the light-supporting region of the board substrate is bent out of the planar, relaxed state and is forced to assume a desired radius. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 14)
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6. A backlight assembly for backlighting a mechanical reel-type game, the backlight assembly including:
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a board substrate, the board substrate being flexible along a longitudinal axis thereof; four attachment openings, each attachment opening located at a periphery of the board substrate; a number of rows of LEDs extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the board substrate; and a mounting bracket having a number of mounting stand-offs, each respective mounting stand-off operable to align with a respective one of the attachment openings and form an attachment therewith so that the board substrate is bent out of a planar, relaxed state and is forced to assume a desired radius. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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