(19)
(11) EP 1 416 453 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/19

(21) Application number: 03025018.7

(22) Date of filing: 30.10.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G07F 17/32(2006.01)
G07D 11/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 30.10.2002 JP 2002316730

(71) Applicant: Aruze Corp.
Tokyo 135-0063 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Nagano, Hiroyuki
    Tokyo, 135-0063 (JP)

(74) Representative: TER MEER - STEINMEISTER & PARTNER GbR 
Patentanwälte, Mauerkircherstrasse 45
81679 München
81679 München (DE)

   


(54) Gaming machine with bill insertion slot


(57) A gaming machine is provided with a cabinet; a door (3), provided on a front face opening of the above-mentioned cabinet; a bill insertion slot (529), provided in the door (3); and a bill guide plate (52A), which extends outwards from below the bill insertion slot (529) and is for guiding a bill to the bill insertion slot (529); and here, the bill guide plate (52A) is equipped with slit openings (524), a guide part, which guides foreign matter from the exterior, is positioned in the direction substantially below the slit openings (524), and a drain bottle (7), for recovery of the foreign matter guided by the above-mentioned guide part, is equipped at the rear face side of the door (3). Thus even if foreign matter is spilled onto the bill guide plate, the foreign matter can be collected without getting on the various devices inside the cabinet.







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