DE2558565C2 - Device for increasing the incentive to play in coin-operated gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a device serving to increase the gaming incentive in coin-operated gaming devices

that are equipped with symbol carriers and, if a certain symbol combination is achieved, the Provide players with a series of consecutive games with an increased chance of winning.

Such devices are known. You own in the

As a rule, three circulating bodies, which are equipped with different winning symbols on their circumference, the after. Game play form a combination of symbols that determines whether you win or lose. the heule select the coin-operated gaming devices on the market

play a series of successive single games when you reach a certain symbol combination an increased chance of winning, which is intended to encourage the player to operate the slot machine. These gaming devices allow you to enter one in and of themselves

any amount in the form of coins, which are listed in a credit system, and I. Depending on the amount thrown in, individual games will be played in immediate succession

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run is interrupted.

4. Apparatus according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the stepping element (M) which can be actuated by the operating voltage of the coin-operated game machine at a lower speed and the stepping element (N2) which can be actuated during the game is at a higher speed

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5 Device according to claim 1 to 4, characterized

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The underlying principle is to shorten these breaks in operation caused by the non-use of the device by the fact that the player is offered an incentive to use the gaming device even during breaks to take. The applicant has recognized that this can be achieved if there are; The slot machine temporarily offers some games with a higher chance of winning that are for immediate use Incentive use of the play equipment by a player. To prevent a player from entering one

Player can call up the amount shown in the credit system by pressing a button, which is issued in the form of coins from the device. Nipsp he recognized coin-operated gaming devices are in their structure 2h7 * Ki _{and e} ^P _rfo f _{dern a} correspondingly _high purchase price, which pays for itself the faster, depending on the game device is used by a player ^^ YÄe amortization of the purchase price ^ _n ⁿ _e ~ _n ⁿ _{z game} device thus also depends directly

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Operating voltage actuatable progressive element (M) is thirty minutes and a working cycle of the actuable progressive element (Nl) during the game is seven and a half minutes.

6. Apparatus according to claim 1 to 5, characterized in that each stepping element (M, A / 2) from one driven by a motor (Ml, M2), with a duration of five consecutive single games corresponding cutout provided cam disk consists that

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ten motors (Ml) ^^ ff. ^ T ^ Ko ^ <* gerTtes would need to be made available

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^Cr f nte-considering these conditions is S Frrindune object underlying ^thereby, fdaß two with different durations ^g -? N'änsig one another and preferably working with bottom ^Un h> dlichen speeds during ^S irbeitszyklus, for example, a round, a TSiSi switching elements that can be reached by the coin mechanism ^A Ξswitching elements are provided, with excitable rose continuously or

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^0P Ü κ rh? limited by the duration of Arbeitsstelft η de ^g Fo Steelemente certain number of ^ pursuer games with increased Gew.nn ^a we provide when they work Stel ·? en Seich «take flat. By the fact that ^IUN _e ^g i independently with different time period _tw ^ml \ ^{u "l} _{b itende} Fort switching elements-applying only then provide the games with increased? ^G -nSance for disposal when both c ^eW hi.eelemente their for triggering this Games ^ erch η working positions at the same time "rehe it is guaranteed that during a rest ^{6 of} the device the availability of the

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The actuation of the two progressive elements, which takes place independently of one another and with different durations of time can be achieved according to one embodiment of the invention that the one Switching element from the operating voltage applied to the device and the other Furt switching element can be operated during the course of the game by the control shaft of the slot machine operated at the start of the game

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Here, one embodiment of the invention is that the drive of the by the operating voltage of the coin operated game device actuatable progressing element is interrupted during the course of the game. Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that this is achieved by the operating voltage of the coin operated game device actuatable progression element at lower speed and during the Game sequences actuatable progressive element revolves at a higher speed.

Another embodiment of the invention is that a working cycle of the by the operating voltage actuatable progression element thirty minutes and a working cycle of during the game actuatable stepping element is seven and a half minutes.

One embodiment of the invention is characterized in that each progressive element consists of a a motor can be driven, with a duration of five consecutive individual games The cam disk is provided with a cutout that the contact spring set is connected to the operating voltage lying motor has a contact that closes when it hits the cam cutout and the contact spring set of the cam which can be actuated during the course of the game when it falls into the cam cutout closing contact and a second contact breaking the circuit of the associated motor has that the two closing contacts are arranged one behind the other in a circuit are, in which a relay is located, which when excited via a closing contact, the games with increased chance of winning releases and via a second closing contact a holding circuit for the motor during the Game processes actuatable cam forms, and that on the control shaft of the slot machine a the Motor of the cam disk, which can be operated during the game, which maintains tension is arranged.

The drawings show an exemplary embodiment of the invention. It shows

F i g. 1 Representation of one of the indexing elements designed as a cam disk in a side view

and front view,

F i g. 2 illustration of the other progressive element according to FIG. 1,

3 shows an exemplary circuit diagram of the two Update elements.

As the F i g. 1 and 2 show, the two progressive elements consist of the cam disks M and N2, which are set in rotation by separate motors Mi, Ml, possibly via different reduction drives, in such a way that the time for carrying out one revolution for the cam disk Nl is thirty minutes, the time for the rotation of the cam disk N2 is seven and a half minutes. A contact Sl is assigned to the cam disk / Vl, which when it hits the section of the cam disk Nl

is closed. The cam Nl is a changeover contact 52, associated with 53, wherein at incident in the section of the cam of the contact Nl Sl opened and the contact S3 is closed.

3 shows the circuit diagram of the two motors Ml, Ml during a break in the slot machine. On the not shown control shaft of the slot machine, a contact 54 is arranged, which is in the position shown during the pause time of the slot machine, while it is switched to the other position at the beginning of each game. In the FIG. The pause time of the slot machine shown in FIG . 3 is thus connected to the operating voltage, so that the cam disk Nl is rotated while the motor Ml is switched off so that the cam disk Nl is in the rest position. During the game operation, the switch 54 is operated by the control shaft of the slot machine at the beginning of each individual game, the motor Ml being switched off and the motor Ml being switched on, so that during the duration of the game, i.e. for a period of fifteen seconds, the cam disc Ml is rotated by a corresponding amount. If several individual games run in direct succession, the contact S4 is briefly switched to the position shown in FIG. 3 moved and switched again at the beginning of the next single game, so that between two successive single games, the motor Ml receives a short current impulse, so that the cam disc Nl is rotated further by a corresponding amount. When the motor MI reaches its working position in which the contact 51 falls into the recess of the cam disk NX , the contact 51 is closed. The contact 51 is in the circuit of a relay, the magnet R of which operates its contacts rl and fl when it is energized. This only happens when the contact S1 of the cam disk NI and the contact 53 of the cam disk Nl are closed at the same time. The magnet R of the relay is excited by the closed contacts S1 and S3 , whereby the contact Λ provides a certain number of individual games with an increased chance of winning. This only happens when, for example at the end of a single game, the cam disk N2 reaches its working position in which the contact spring set with the contacts 52, S3 falls into the recess of the cam disk. If the contact S4 is now brought into the position shown in FIG. 3 by the control shaft of the slot machine at the end of the single game, the motor MI receives voltage so that the cam disk Ni continues to rotate. If the cam disk / Vl also reaches its working position during this pause, the magnet R of the relay is excited by the consecutive contacts SI and S3, so that the closing of the contact fl indicates that a player using the device has five games available when he immediately actuates the slot machine. The length of the sections of the cam disks Nl and / Vl corresponds to the length required for five successive individual games. Since the cam disk / VI is rotated when the device is at a standstill, a player must hurry if he is to enjoy all five individual games with an increased chance of winning. If he does not do this, he will lose one or more games due to the continued rotating cam disk / VI, and if the gaming device is not operated during the five single games, the offer of single games with an increased chance of winning will not be maintained because of the rotation the cam disk / Vl the contact Sl is opened again. Simultaneously with the closure of the contact S3 of the cam disk Nl , the contact Sl is opened and the contact rl is opened by the magnet R of the relay

ίο closed, so that when the coin-operated game device is operated, the contact S4 is operated by the control shaft of the device, so that the motor Ml is switched off and its cam disk / Vl is stopped, while the motor Ml is sunk in via the holding contact rl '.' icl is so that its cam disk Nl is rotated.

The cam disk / Vl revolves, for example, within thirty minutes, while the cam disk Nl revolves within seven and a half minutes, so that the cam disk Nl performs a full revolution when thirty individual cycles are actuated. Since the player can be provided with five single games as games with increased chance of winning during one revolution of the cam disk Nl , namely when the cam disk / Vl has also reached its working position, twenty-five must in any case before the five single games with increased chance of winning are made available Individual games have been carried out regularly. This guarantees that in each case the availability

jo of the five single games with an increased chance of winning can only take place if twenty-five regular individual games have run out beforehand.

In the illustration according to FIG. 3, the motor Ml is switched off during the running time of each individual game and receives only one short power surge between two consecutive individual games. Therefore In this case, the length of the recess of the cam disk / VI only needs to be so great that the contact Sl is only opened when the cam / Vl has covered a rotation that the between the corresponds to four power surges occurring in five successive single games.

It is of course also possible to have the motor Ml continuously, that is to say also while the individual games are being carried out to put on tension, so that the cam disc / VI rotates continuously when the slot machine is under There is tension. In this case, of course, the length of the recess of the cam disk / Vl se be measured so that it corresponds to the duration of the course of the five successive individual games, since with the contact S1 during the time of 75 seconds necessary to carry out the five individual games is, remains closed.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 3, the five single games are made available with increased chances of winning not only during the break in the machine, but also during normal game play, so that the five single games can also be made available while the game is in progress, when the sections of the cam disks ben Λ / l and Nl reach their working position at the same time. Since the cam disc Nl rotates within a time of thirty minutes, this cam disc reaches its working position once within thirty minutes, so that the five individual games are only made available once within thirty minutes, and only if the Section of the Nockcnscheil

/ Vl reached its working position at the same time as the cutout of the cam disk N2. Since this cannot be done within each individual downtime of the slot machine due to the cam disk Λ / 2 operated in a different rhythm, a player cannot be induced not to use the slot machine for thirty minutes because he knows that the additional individual games are available with an increased chance of winning within this rest period can only occur randomly.

Of course, it is also possible to use the circuit arrangement according to FIG. 3 in such a way that the five individual games with an increased chance of winning cannot be made available during the course of a game. For this purpose, it is only necessary to arrange another contact in the circuit of the magnet R , which is opened at the start of the game by the control shaft of the slot machine, so that despite the closed contacts S1 and 53, the magnet R is not energized.

For this purpose 2 sheets of drawings

Claims (3)

Patent claims: 1. The increase of the game incentive nende device with equipped with symbol carriers coin-operated gaming devices, which provide the player with a series of successive games with increased chance of winning when a certain symbol combination is achieved, characterized in that two with different duration independently and preferably work at different speeds, _{Progressing elements (M 1} Nl) that can be excited by the slot machine are provided during a work cycle, for example one cycle, for example, one cycle, whereby one stepping element (M) can be operated continuously or during pauses, and the other stepping element (Aß) can be actuated during each game of the slot machine is, and that both progressive elements (M, A / 2) with optical and / or acoustic display then an arbitrarily limited number of one another determined by the duration of the working positions of the progressive elements (M, A / 2) Make them available to subsequent games with an increased chance of winning if they take up their working positions at the same time. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the one stepping element (M) of the operating voltage applied to the device and the other switching element (A / 2) during the course of the game can be actuated by the control shaft of the coin-operated game device, which is actuated at the start of the game. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that the drive of the actuated by the ".! -T .. ,,,""ri» _t Mrinysnielserätes with increased chance of winning and via a second closing contact (rl) forms a holding circuit for the motor (Ml) of the cam disk (N2) that can be actuated during the game, and that on the control shaft of the slot machine, the motor (Ml) of the cam that can be actuated during the game (Λ / 2) is arranged on tension-holding contact spring set (S4).