RU41900U1 - SLOT MACHINE - Google Patents

Abstract

The technical solution relates to entertaining games and is a gaming machine serving several game participants simultaneously. The vertically oriented case of the machine is made of vertical and horizontal panels bonded to each other made of profiled metal sheets forming a multifaceted spatial frameless structure.

Light-dynamic linear devices are placed in the vertical recesses formed at the corners. Front panels with display and control elements for the game are installed on the body panels. Functional blocks and a device for receiving payments are installed inside the case. The design of the machine is durable and reliably protected from vandalism.

Description

The technical field to which the utility model relates.

The proposed technical solution relates to entertainment complexes, and more specifically to slot machines with a random outcome of the game, serving several participants simultaneously.

A gaming machine with a control unit is known from the prior art, to which indicators, control switches and switches are connected. The control unit of the machine along with indicator devices is also used for the day of fault monitoring (see the description of patent GB 2171234, G 07 F 17/32, 11/21/1985) (1). However, this machine has small functionality, expressed, for example, in the impossibility of its simultaneous use by several players.

A known gaming machine for entertainment having a symbolic game mechanism located in a housing with free spaces on its lateral surface and / or lateral surfaces, which are made in the form of advertising blocks for displaying announcements of various shapes (see description of patent DE 19754294, G 07 F 17/32, 06/10/1999 g.) (2). This unit is multifunctional, but it has a rather complicated structure, which leads to an increase in its cost, as well as the cost of its maintenance, which in turn leads to a limitation of its use.

A known gaming machine comprising a housing and a coin acceptor located therein, a gaming device controller, a control computer, a payout device (see the description of the patent of the Russian Federation No. 2072560 C1, G 07 F 17/32, dated January 27, 1997) (7). The disadvantage of this machine is that it can only serve one player at a time.

Common disadvantages for all the above devices are their limited functionality, due to the impossibility of simultaneously participating in the game more than one player, as well as a rather complicated design that requires large costs for manufacturing and is also unreliable due to insufficient protection from vandalism.

The closest analogue to the claimed technical solution is a gaming machine containing a vertically oriented body configured to simultaneously serve several players on its game sides, a panel for displaying game results, a panel with an opening for receiving payments, a window for dispensing a win (see RU 34267 publ. . 11/27/2003).

This unit has the ability to simultaneously play several people (up to four) at once, however, to demonstrate the results of the game, a panel consisting of sections is used on the top of one of the sides. The section has a panel showing the results of the game in the form of a screen.

The objective of the claimed technical solution is to create a gaming machine made with the possibility of simultaneous servicing of several players, the possibility of autonomous operation (exchange of payment media on digital media and cash banknotes for tokens or coins), which would ensure simplicity and reliability of design, ease of manufacture and assembly , as well as reliable protection against vatalism.

The essence of the utility model lies in the fact that a gaming machine containing a multifaceted vertically oriented case consists of forming vertical panels and structural horizontal panels made of profiled metal sheets at the edges and fastened together by means of fasteners.

The number of faces of the machine body depends on the number of used vertical forming panels (from 3 or more).

As a result, a rigid frameless structure is formed, divided by horizontal panels into functional internal volumes.

The profiled edges of the forming panels form in place of their connection longitudinal vertical recesses, allowing you to place linear light-dynamic devices in them. Externally hiding the joints of panels and fasteners.

The lower horizontal panel — the base is equipped with height-adjustable supports to compensate for unevenness in the floor, and the upper one forming the housing cover is made with the possibility of attaching additional information and advertising sections to it.

The power cord can be supplied through either the upper or the lower panel, and all intermediate panels have holes formed for this purpose.

To facilitate access to the equipment, a pull-out shelf supporting the main serviced devices can be installed on the central horizontal panel.

Hinged front panels containing bodies for displaying information and controlling the game process are fixed on the forming panels of the case.

On one side of the machine, the front panels are equipped with internal loops for communication with the housing and locking devices, the mechanisms of which are located on the inner surfaces of the forming panels.

Together with a sliding horizontal shelf, this solution provides optimal access to the elements of the machine’s internal equipment for preventive and repair work.

The gaming machine can be made autonomous, for which on one of its sides there is an exchange complex.

Figure 1 presents a General view of the body of the gaming machine with the panels removed on one side.

Figure 2 shows a top view of a horizontal panel.

Figure 3 shows a top view of one of the corners of the housing.

Figure 4 presents the location of the executive bodies on one of the front panels.

Figure 5 is a functional block diagram of a gaming machine.

The casing 1 of the machine is made of multifaceted vertically oriented, consisting of several forming panels 2 connected with horizontal panels 3 made of profiled metal sheets having bent edges 4 fastened to vertical panels by means of fasteners 5.

At the junction of the panels, vertical recesses 6 are formed in which linear light-dynamic devices 7 are placed, which cover the joints of the panels and fasteners 5.

On the front panel 8 there are means for switching on the power supply unit 9 of the device activating the Control units 10 (Fig. 5) as well as turning on the electronic switches 11 of the game panel 12 located inside the device’s body behind the opening front panel 8.

When you turn on the game panels 12 are installed by the control units 10 in the working game mode, which is expressed by the activation of the control button switches 13, linear light dynamic devices 7 and personal information panels 14.

Information panels 14 can be made either in the form of a set of indicator devices or a monitor screen that displays information about the game progress, its results and the possibility of choosing the proposed actions with the push-button switches 13. Interactive monitors can also be used.

At the request of the player using the push buttons 13 and information panels 14 can be selected additional game modes.

The game process on each of the independent consoles begins with the activation of the payment receiving device 15, which transmits the corresponding signal to the control unit 10 and the selected game mode is automatically launched and the built-in random number generator is triggered. If the dropped combination of numbers coincides with one of the winning combinations, the control unit 10 transmits the corresponding signals to information panels 14, linear light-dynamic devices 7, acoustic devices 16 and to the payout device 17, which are located inside the case. The payout device, in turn, pays the winnings to the tray 18 for dispensing the winnings. In the event of a mismatch of the combination of numbers, the payment made by the player remains in the capacity of the payout device located inside the housing of the device (not shown in FIG. 4).

When the capacities of the devices for dispensing winnings 17 are overfilled, the means of payment through the directing channel enter the accumulative capacity 19 of the payments of the apparatus, from where they can be withdrawn for subsequent payment of large winnings using the operator.

It is also possible to place an exchange complex (not shown in the diagram) on one side of the machine, which allows for the exchange of payment methods on digital media and cash banknotes for tokens or coins.

When using means of payment on magnetic or other digital media, the guide channel and the cumulative capacity of 19 payments are modified in accordance with the selected payment processing technology.

The operations of the control unit 10 during the game or the ability to select options for actions are performed using the push buttons 13.

When the device is turned on, external indicators of the corresponding devices on the information panel 14 are activated, showing its readiness to start a “standard” game or select additional modes. Further activation of the payment accepting device 15 leads to the automatic start of the process of the selected game mode with the subsequent payment of the win, provided that the combination of digits coincides with one of the winning combinations stored in the memory of the control unit 9.

The game process after the program is triggered automatically stops, either until the next activation of the payment acceptance device 15 in the standard mode, or using the push buttons 13 in accordance with the indication on the information panel 14 in the additional game modes.

This machine is made with the possibility of playing in real time by using local and other information networks using a remote access device.

The simplicity and reliability of the machine’s body structures is due to the use of steel rolling bending as the main method of forming parts, in combination with the riveting technology of the main joints.

To ensure maintainability, screw connections are used in the fixtures of the corresponding parts.

Simplicity of manufacture and assembly is also ensured by the application of the above technology.

Adequate reliability of protection against vandalism is achieved through the use of rolled steel, as the main structural material of the machine case, as well as a special configuration of profiles of the joined parts of the case, which do not make it possible to disassemble the game machine case without much effort.

Claims (7)

1. A gaming machine comprising a multifaceted, vertically oriented housing made of vertical panels fastened together and horizontal panels structurally associated with them, forming a rigid spatial multifaceted structure, on the hinged face panels of which are mounted information display and control process of the game, characterized in that all panels are made forming and made of profiled metal sheets at the edges connected in a rigid, frameless design july 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the profiled edges of the forming panels form longitudinal vertical recesses at their junction, in which linear light-dynamic devices are placed that externally hide the panel joints and fasteners. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the number of faces is three or more. 4. A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the gaming machine is autonomous and contains an exchange complex on one side of the housing. 5. A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the lower horizontal panel is equipped with height-adjustable supports. 6. The gaming machine according to any one of paragraphs.1 and 2, characterized in that on the forming panels mounted hinged front panels containing the bodies for displaying information and controlling the game process. 7. The gaming machine according to claim 6, characterized in that on one of the sides the front panels are equipped with locking devices, the mechanisms of which are located on the inner sides of the forming panel.