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(11) EP 0 580 450 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.07.1994 Bulletin 1994/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.01.1994 Bulletin 1994/04

(21) Application number: 93305842.2

(22) Date of filing: 23.07.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G07F 5/18, G07F 17/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 23.07.1992 GB 9215674
08.08.1992 GB 9216878

(71) Applicant: BARCREST LIMITED
Ashton-under-Lyne Lancashire OL7 0QQ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Wain, John Laurence
    Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire SK8 6HA (GB)

(74) Representative: Quest, Barry et al
Wilson, Gunn, M'Caw, 41-51 Royal Exchange, Cross Street
Manchester M2 7BD
Manchester M2 7BD (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Entertainment machines


    (57) A coin-operated entertainment machine system has one or more coin-operated game-playing machines (1, 2) such as fruit machines, and a separate coin-mechanism (16) which is connected to the machine or machines through a control link (13, 14). The coin-mechanism (16) may be in a separately housed, stand-alone structure (15). When used with two or more machine (1, 2), there may be a common coin mechanism (16) and the arrangement may be such that each machine (1, 2) is operable to the exclusion of the (or each) other machine (1, 2).






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