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US 10,475,276 B2Granted
Gaming machine having door with extended opening and closing control
AssigneeAgs LLC
InventorsKevin Lee Hohman, Mark Robert Brandau
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Abstract
A gaming machine has a cabinet which defines one or more interior areas and has at least one access door or panel which is movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively provide access to the interior area(s). A door control comprises a scissor arm and a door shock. The scissor arm comprises first and second links which are rotatably connected at a joint and connect to the cabinet and access door, thus permitting a wide range of movement of the access door. The door shock mounts to the cabinet and the scissor arm, thus controlling movement of the scissor arm.
Claims19
A gaming machine comprising:
- a cabinet defining at least one interior space and having an access door, said access door mounted to said cabinet by at least one hinge allowing said access door to move between a first closed position and a second open position;
- at least one display device;
- at least one player input device;
- a memory device;
- a controller;
- machine-readable code stored in said memory device and executable by said controller to present one or more wagering games comprising the display of game information via said at least one display device;
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- an access door control comprising a scissor arm and a shock, said scissor arm comprising a first link having a first end and a second end and a second link having a first end and a second end, said first end of said first link connected to said cabinet, said first end of said second link connected to said access door, and said first and second links pivotally connected to one another, and said shock comprising a shock body and an arm extendable therefrom, said shock mounted to said cabinet and said scissor arm, whereby said shock opposes a pivoting of said first and second links relative to one another.
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A gaming machine comprising:
- a cabinet defining at least one interior space and having an access door, said access door mounted to said cabinet by at least one hinge allowing said access door to move between a first closed position and a second open position;
- at least one display device;
- at least one player input device;
- a memory device;
- a controller;
- machine-readable code stored in said memory device and executable by said controller to present one or more wagering games comprising the display of game information via said at least one display device;
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- said access door connected to said cabinet by a scissor arm comprising first link and a second link which are pivotally connected to one another, said scissor arm movable between a first collapsed position corresponding to said first closed position of said access door and a second extended position corresponding to said second open position of said door, and a shock comprising a shock body and an arm extendable therefrom, said shock mounted to said cabinet and said scissor arm, said shock exerting a biasing force against movement of said scissor arm between its first collapsed position and its second extended position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.