DE2425895C2 - Coin operated gaming machine - Google Patents

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The invention relates to a coin operated gaming machine with a prospect of winning several, profit and loss symbols carrying circulating items, in which the profit and loss determination as a function of a displayed by the recirculating body that has come to rest at the end of the game Symbol combination, the symbols of which are scanned individually, takes place.

Such coin-operated play devices are known in a wide variety of embodiments. In the As a rule, the game device has three circulating bodies, which can be designed in the shape of a cylinder or disk and on their circumference or their surface equipped with symbols used to determine the winnings are. When a coin is inserted, the circulating bodies are put into circulation and come through suitable ones Braking devices one after the other to rest, with one in a window after they come to rest shows appearing symbol combination, which is formed from one symbol of each circulating body. Certain combinations of symbols are shown on a winning plan on the device Combinations shown as winning combinations, when they appear in the reading window the Device pays out the profit corresponding to the respective winning combination.

In order to stimulate the player to use the device in these known game devices and him during Various measures have already been taken to provide entertainment for the duration of the game. So you have, for example, the individual recirculating bodies additional switching devices that can be operated by the player assigned, through which the run of the individual circulating body braked prematurely or after their of the Game device certain rest can be restarted. This is how it is Players are given the opportunity to change the course of the game through their own intervention. This provides the game with the entertainment it needs; on the other hand, the player gets the Conviction conveys that he can play the game in one for him by pressing the additional switch beneficial senses. Hence the additional actuators for the individual Recirculating bodies are common today.

From the German utility model 18 88 815 there is already a coin-operated play device known, in which a plurality of reading windows are provided, which when the rotating body is at a standstill show several symbol combinations, but always one of them for general purposes is decisive. In another embodiment of a play device (German Auslegeschrift 17 74 450) each player can determine at any time how many winning games since the last winning game have been made. Here is a device for registration that can be controlled by the circulating body and displaying the games provided, this device for registering and displaying the number which indicates winning games or rivets that have occurred after a profitable game

But it is already an electric coin-operated game device from the German Offenlegungsschrift 14 74 940 known in which two recirculating bodies with different ones are the same on each recirculating body Winning symbols are provided, and a third revolving body indicating different winnings Owns markings, and in which winnings are paid out after everyone has rested Recirculating body in the corresponding to the indicated identification of the third recirculating body Height occurs when the other two circulating units show the same profit symbol. Here is a Fourth recirculating body is provided, which carries a switching element rotating with it, which is dependent on its respective position either the closed by the remaining circulating body, the payout magnet the power circuit providing the impulses required to pay out the displayed amount of winnings leaves unaffected or closes a circuit that gives the payout magnet a repeated number of pulses granted. The fourth circulating body creates the possibility for the player, the one on the third Recirculating body doubles in its height displayed profit.

The invention is based on the object, in a game device of the type mentioned, the sequence of the To make the game more interesting and thus provide the player with more extensive entertainment and thus to offer a greater incentive to play by making the game more varied and offer the player additional opportunities to win.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that a specially marked symbol (joker) a separate display is assigned to each rotating body, the individual displays in different running directions through the respective symbol (joker) of the associated recirculating unit step-

wise can be switched, and that if they are in agreement the symbols on the advertisements are granted special games.

So the essence of the invention is, depending on a particular symbol on each Recirculating unit to set one display per recirculating unit and if all displays agree Grant special games. If a joker appears in the symbol combination of the circulating units, the This revolving body assigned, different symbols representing display by one step forwarded. By the possibility of achieving an additional profit in the form of special games with increased profit distribution with the same symbols on the advertisements, the incentive to play and the entertainment of the player is also increased significantly

In an embodiment of the subject matter of the invention, the displays are designed as rows of lamps, in each with a lamp switched on, with special games granted if a lamp column lights up It is advisable to use an arrangement of three rows of lamps one on top of the other the lamps of the upper and lower row of lamps by appropriate circuit control left to right and the lamps in the middle row of lamps can be switched on from right to left. Of course, this horizontally lying lamp system can also be arranged vertically for reasons of space will.

Two exemplary embodiments of the invention are described below with reference to the drawing. Show it F i g. 1 is a schematic representation of the front view of the game device with additional rollers,

F i g. 2 a schematic representation of the front view of a play device according to the invention with several Rows of lamps,

F i g. 3 shows a basic diagram of the forwarding an additional roller according to FIG. 1 and

4 shows a basic diagram of the forwarding a row of lanipes according to FIG. 2.

Both the game device 1 according to FIG. 1 has three disc-shaped recirculating bodies 3, 4, 5, each one Bear set of win and loss symbols. The front of the device shows the at the top right Coin slot 6 and below the payout tray 7. Switching elements are located above the payout tray 7 8, 9, 10 for influencing, d. H. for braking or restarting the individual recirculating units. Everyone Recirculating body 3, 4, 5 shows a wildcard symbol 11 instead of a number at one point on its circumference. The special game counter 12 and the coin storage display are immediately below the circulating body 13 arranged.

In the game machine 1, between the special game counter 12 and the coin storage display 13 on the one hand and the switching elements 8, 9, 10 on the other hand, the reading window 14 of the additional reels 15, 16, 17, which carry different symbols. If the same symbol appears in the reading window 14 on all reels according to the winning plan 18, a corresponding number of special games with increased chances of winning are given in accordance with the winning plan 18, which are added up in the special game counter 12. The two external reels 15, 17 are each time the joker symbol 11 appears in the reading window 19 of the revolving bodies 3, 4, 5 by one step _{in the clockwise direction according to the arrows 2O 5} 21, while the roller 16 when the joker symbol 11 appears in the reading window 19 is incremented counterclockwise by one step according to arrow 22.

Each circulating body 3, 4, 5 is a sensing body 24 with a recess 25 in the periphery of the same assigned The recess 25 corresponds to the position of the joker symbol 11 in the reading window 19 of the corresponding Recirculating body. If the joker symbol appears in the reading window 19, the scanning lever 26 falls into the recess 25 and thereby closes a contact 27, which in turn actuates a magnet 28 This magnet 28 engages via a lever 29 as shown in FIG. 3 in a tooth-shaped ratchet 30, which is immediately is connected to the roller 15, a. Each time the magnet 28 is actuated, the roller 15 is thus turned shifted one step further Depending on how this ratchet wheel 30 is designed, the Advance clockwise or counterclockwise. At the periphery of the roller 15 are Latching notches 31 attached, into which a latching tongue 32 when the roller 15 is fully indexed occurs to the roller 15 to lock. A microswitch 34 is an adjustable tab 33, which is assigned to a certain Gewirinsymbol, operated When a meeting is available, i. H. at If the same symbols appear in the reading window 14 of the rollers 15, 16, 17, a series connection occurs. This through-connected circuit is led via a pulse cam 33a and controls the Counter magnets 35 of the special game counter 12.

In the game device 2, the wild symbol 11 of the rotating body 3 is a row of lamps 36, the wild symbol 11 of the circulating body 4 a row of lamps 37 and the wild symbol 11 of the circulating body 5 a Lamp row 38 assigned. The upper and lower rows of lights 36, 38 are when the joker symbol appears 11 in the reading window 19 according to the arrows 39, 40 switched from left to right by one step, while the middle row of lamps 37 when the joker symbol 11 of the rotating body 4 appears in the reading window 19 is incremented according to the arrow 41 from right to left. For example, lights the lamps 42 of the rows of lamps 36,37,38 lying one above the other in the vertical, so become 50 special games are added up in the special game counter 12. Also in this embodiment of the game device Each circulating body is assigned a scanning body 24 with a recess 25 into which a scanning lever 26 is incident, via which a contact 27 can be actuated. This contact 27 in turn actuates a magnet

28, which in turn uses the lever 29 to operate an indexing mechanism 43 controls. About the wiper 44 and corresponding contacts 45 of the stepping mechanism 43 are now the individual lamps of the row of lamps 36 are switched on. The club combinations are made via line 46 in

a magnet 47 in the event of a meeting, d. H. three superposed lamps of the lamp rows 36, 37, 38 light up, switched through to the special game counter 12 via a switching cam 47a and to the player displayed.

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Claims (3)

Patent claims: 1. Coin-operated gaming device with the prospect of winning several, winning and Circulating bodies bearing loss symbols, in which the profit and loss determination is dependent on from a symbol combination displayed by the recirculating body that has come to rest at the end of the game, the symbols of which are individually scanned takes place, characterized in that that a specially marked symbol (joker) of each circulating body (3, 4, 5) one separate display (15, 16, 17) is assigned, the individual displays (15, 16, 17) in different running directions through the respective symbol (joker) of the associated recirculating unit (3 or 4 or 5) step by step, and that if the symbols match the Ads (15,16,17) special games are granted. 2. Coin-operated game device according to 1, characterized in that the displays as rows of lamps (36, 37, 38) are formed, in each of which a lamp is switched on, and that special games are granted when a lamp column (42) lights up 3. Coin-operated game device according to claim 2, characterized in that in one arrangement of three rows of lamps (36, 37, 38) lying one above the other by means of appropriate circuitry Control the lamps of the upper and lower row of lamps (36, 38) from left to right and the Lamps in the middle row of lamps (37) can be switched on from right to left.