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US 12,008,870 B2Granted
Electronic gaming machine having a reel assembly and method of making reel strips
AssigneeIgt
InventorsLauren Hillstrom, Gary Sanchez, Anton Walker, Kyle Rothchild
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Abstract
A gaming system including a housing and a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly including reel having a reel strip manufactured using an inkjet printing process and having one or move designated symbols that can be revealed or hidden depending on the lighting of the reel strip.
Claims20
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly comprising a physical reel comprising a reel strip, the reel strip comprising:
- an elongated strip comprising a front side and a back side,
- a first layer comprising a coat of a first color on the back side of the elongated strip,
- a second layer comprising a coat of a second color on a back side of the first layer and at an area of a hidden symbol of the reel strip, and
- a third layer comprising a coat of the first color on a back side of the second layer at the area of the hidden symbol;
- and
- back lighting supported by the housing and configured to selectively illuminate the hidden symbol to make the hidden symbol visible to a player at a first time and to make the hidden symbol not visible to the player at a subsequent second time.
5 more elements
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly comprising a physical reel comprising a reel strip, the reel strip comprising:
- an elongated strip comprising a front side and a back side,
- a first layer comprising a coat of a first color on the back side of the elongated strip,
- a second layer comprising a coat of a second color on a back side of the first layer in an area where a hidden symbol is formed in an integrated manner with a non-hidden symbol,
- a third layer comprising a coat of a third color on a back side of the second layer except at the area of the hidden symbol, and
- a fourth layer comprising a coat of a fourth color on a back side of the third layer except at the area of the hidden symbol and the non-hidden symbol.
5 more elements
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a reel assembly supported by the housing, the reel assembly comprising a physical reel comprising a reel strip, the reel strip comprising:
- an elongated strip comprising a front side and a back side,
- a first layer comprising a coat of a first color on the back side of the elongated strip with an opening for a non-hidden symbol of the reel strip,
- a second layer comprising a coat of a second color on the back side of the elongated strip in the opening,
- a third layer comprising a coat of a third color on a back side of the first layer and a back side of the second layer except in an area of a hidden symbol of the reel strip, wherein the hidden symbol has no color, and
- a fourth layer comprising a coat of a fourth color except in the area of the hidden symbol.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.