EP1457938B1 - Group of combinational displays for recreational machines - Google Patents

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EP1457938B1
EP1457938B1 EP02732783A EP02732783A EP1457938B1 EP 1457938 B1 EP1457938 B1 EP 1457938B1 EP 02732783 A EP02732783 A EP 02732783A EP 02732783 A EP02732783 A EP 02732783A EP 1457938 B1 EP1457938 B1 EP 1457938B1
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Joaquín FRANCO MUÑOZ
Jesús FRANCO MUÑOZ
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/326—Game play aspects of gaming systems
    • G07F17/3262—Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
    • G07F17/3265—Influencing the position of stopped moving members to achieve a winning arrangement, e.g. nudging, shuffling, holding
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G07F17/3204—Player-machine interfaces
    • G07F17/3211—Display means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/34—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

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  • the present invention refers to a group of displays of those used in recreational machines which give cash prizes to the player, displays that, based on providing changing images, permit establishing different combinations among the figures of the different displays that are susceptible to the prize in accordance with a duly pre-established winning plan.
  • the object of the invention is to provide said group of displays with a series of services that are complementary to the conventional and previously mentioned services, allowing for a considerable enhancement of the game capacity of this type of machine, occupying a minimum space on the screen thereof, providing said displays with a multifunctional character.
  • a series of displays or rollers are used, each one bearing a plurality of figures or images generally established on a continuous band, such that said figures cyclically appear in the corresponding display for the player to directly see them, three displays being the conventional number participating in the combination, and three figures also which can simultaneously be seen in each display through the corresponding window.
  • Claim 1 discloses the present invention. Preferred embodiments are disclosed in claims 2-4.
  • the group of displays proposed by the invention has been designed and structured so as to permit a wide variety of game systems, duly solving the problems of space, duplication of mechanisms and the previously mentioned versatility, specifically permitting in only one space, that which corresponds to only one group of displays or rollers, the establishment of a wide range of alternatives or game possibilities that are complementary to the basic game.
  • each one of said displays additionally incorporates three numerical displays, positioned in accordance with the three aforementioned figures, such that independently from the combinations to obtain with said figures, specifically three horizontal alignments and two diagonal alignments, it is possible to obtain, due to said numerical displays, three other horizontal combinations, three vertical ones and two diagonal ones, which are completely independent from those obtained based on the figures and which can be used for different types of complementary games.
  • alphanumerical displays can also be used as meters, for example meters of the number of "advances" the machine offers the player in one play, for validating a combination, for identifying double or simple plays, etc.
  • each display is aided by an obturator cover, which permits, in addition to visualizing the three figures in each display, hiding one or two of them, which in turn implies another wide range of possibilities in the development of the game by being able to more or less restrict the images that can be seen through the group of displays.
  • said displays (1), (1'), (1'') are provided with, as is conventional, respective groups of figures or images (2) that can cyclically appear before the observer through the windows of said displays (1), preferably three, as can especially be seen in figure (2).
  • each display (1), (1'), (1'') additionally incorporates three alphanumerical displays (3), positioned in correspondence with the three figures (2) that are visible in each display (1), these displays (3) being stationary and non-operative depending on whether they are lit or not and, logically, depending on the number they express at all times.
  • each display additionally incorporates an obturator cover (4) capable of permitting visualization of the three figures (2) of the corresponding display (1), (1'), (1''), hiding one of said figures or hiding two of them, as can be seen in figure 1.
  • the obturator covers permit validating, varying, restricting or amplifying the extension or value of a play.

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EP02732783A 2001-12-21 2002-05-30 Group of combinational displays for recreational machines Expired - Lifetime EP1457938B1 (en)

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ES200102862A ES2189690B1 (es) 2001-12-21 2001-12-21 Grupo de visores combinatorios para maquinas recreativas.
ES200102862 2001-12-21
PCT/ES2002/000259 WO2003054818A1 (es) 2001-12-21 2002-05-30 Grupo de visores combinatorios para máquinas recreativas

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MXPA04005920A (es) 2004-11-01
US20050104285A1 (en) 2005-05-19
AU2002304597A1 (en) 2003-07-09
EP1457938A1 (en) 2004-09-15
DE60215696D1 (de) 2006-12-07
BR0215347A (pt) 2004-11-16

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