EP 1571623 A1 20050907 - Gaming machine
Title (en)
Gaming machine
Title (de)
Spielgerät
Title (fr)
Machine de jeu
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 04004724 A 20040301
Abstract (en)
With liquid crystal provided in front of reels, a gaming machine includes a plurality of reel belts 340 each on which a plurality of symbols are placed, a plurality of reel wheels 330 to which the symbol strips are attached annularly, liquid crystal 504 provided in front of the reel wheels 330 for displaying an image concerning game play, and reel backlights 513 for illuminating the symbols from behind the symbols. The reel wheels 330 are made transparent or semitransparent for transmitting light from the reel backlights 513 in the direction of the liquid crystal 504. The shadow of the reel is not cast over an image, enabling the player to clearly visually check the essential image. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 17/3211 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] US 2001031658 A1 20011018 - OZAKI MASAAKI [JP], et al
- [Y] US 2003087690 A1 20030508 - LOOSE TIMOTHY C [US], et al
- [Y] EP 1376497 A2 20040102 - ARUZE CORP [JP]
- [X] EP 1365366 A2 20031126 - ARUZE CO LTD [JP]
- [A] JP 2001087458 A 20010403 - TAKASAGO DENKI SANGYO KK
- [A] GB 2336233 A 19991013 - ASTRA GAMES LIMITED [GB]
- [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 21 3 August 2001 (2001-08-03)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 04004724 A 20040301