Linkage mechanism for a door in a gaming cabinet and gaming cabinet having a door with a linkage mechanism
AssigneeAgs LLC
InventorsMatthew T. Rodgers, Kevin Green
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Abstract
A gaming machine cabinet for a mechanical reel based gaming machine is provided. A plurality of reel devices, each including a mechanical reel and a basket, provides fast and easy installation of the mechanical reels in the gaming machine cabinet. The reel devices are mounted to a self-adjusting sled. The gaming machine cabinet includes a belly door that is coupled to the gaming machine cabinet and provides closed, intermediate, and fully open positions for the belly door.
Claims15
A linkage mechanism for a door in a gaming machine cabinet, the gaming machine cabinet having a floor member, a lower edge of the door being rotatably coupled to the floor member by a hinge, comprising:
- an upright frame member mounted to the floor member and extending therefrom;
- a linking device coupled between the upright frame member and the door, the linking device including a slot and forming a locking portion and having a locked position and an unlocked position;
- and,
- a pin fastened being slidably located within the slot, the linkage device being configured to allow the door to be moved between a closed position and an intermediate position,
- wherein the pin moves within the slot towards the locking portion as the door is moved from the closed position towards the intermediate position, wherein the pin is positioned within the locking portion of the slot thereby preventing movement of the door when the door is in the intermediate position, wherein the pin is configured to be to the unlocked position thereby allowing the door to be opened past the intermediate position towards a fully opened position.
A door assembly for a gaming machine cabinet having a floor member, comprising:
- a door having a lower edge rotatably coupled to the floor member by a hinge;
- and,
- a linkage mechanism coupled between the door and the cabinet, the linking mechanism including:
- an upright frame member mounted to the floor member and extending therefrom;
- a linking device coupled between the upright frame member and the door, the linking device including a slot and forming a locking portion and having a locked position and an unlocked position;
- and,
- a pin slidably located within the slot of the bracket, the linkage device being configured to allow the door to be moved between a closed position and an intermediate position, the pin being at one end of the first guiding portions when the door in is the closed position,
- wherein the pin moves within the slot towards the locking portion as the door is moved from the closed position towards the intermediate position, wherein the pin is positioned within the locking portion of the slot thereby preventing movement of the door when the door is in the intermediate position and the linking member is in the locked position, wherein the pin is configured to be moved from the locking portion of the slot when the linking member is moved to the unlocked position thereby allowing the door to be opened past the intermediate position towards a fully opened position.
A gaming machine cabinet, comprising:
- a frame having a floor member;
- a door having a lower edge rotatably coupled to the floor member by a hinge;
- and,
- a linkage mechanism coupled between the door and the cabinet, the linking mechanism including:
- an upright frame member mounted to the floor member and extending therefrom;
- a linking device coupled between the upright frame member and the door, the linking device including a slot and forming a locking portion and having a locked position and an unlocked position;
- a pin slidably located within the slot of the bracket, the linkage device being configured to allow the door to be moved between a closed position and an intermediate position,
- wherein the pin moves within the slot towards the locking portion as the door is moved from the closed position towards the intermediate position, wherein the pin is positioned within the locking portion of the slot thereby preventing movement of the door when the door is in the intermediate position and the linking member is in the locked position, wherein the pin is configured ot be moved to the unlocked position thereby allowing the door to be opened past the intermediate position towards a fully opened position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.