Push-button arrangement for a gaming machine and a gaming machine
AssigneeOy Veikkaus Ab
InventorJukka LEHTONEN
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Abstract
The push-button arrangement for a gaming machine includes a push-button panel including an opening for receiving a push-button, a push-button arranged in the opening and having a rest position and a pushed position, a push detector configured to detect moving of the push-button to the pushed position, and at least two bendable spring elements having a fixed end attached to the push-button panel and a free end, where a force exerted on the free end causes bending of the spring element. The arrangement is configured such that pushing of the push-button from the rest position to the pushed position exerts a force on the free ends of the spring elements, and the spring elements are configured to push the push-button back to the rest position when the push-button is released.
Claims15
A push-button arrangement for a gaming machine, the push-button arrangement comprising:
- a push-button panel comprising at least one opening configured to receive a push-button;
- a push-button disposed in the at least one opening of the push-button panel and having a rest position and at least one pushed position;
- a push detector configured to detect moving of the push-button to the at least one pushed position;
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- at least two bendable spring elements, each of the spring elements having a fixed end that is attached directly or indirectly to the push-button panel and a free end, wherein a force exerted on the free end in a direction that is perpendicular to the plane of the push-button panel causes bending of the spring element,
- wherein the push-button arrangement is configured such that pushing of the push-button from the rest position to the at least one pushed position exerts the force on the respective free ends of the spring elements such that the spring elements are bent, and
- the spring elements are configured to push the push-button back to the rest position when the push-button is released.
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