Slot machine reel mounting assembly
AssigneeBally Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsRaymond Heidel, Walerian Kojro, Herbert Hausmann, Kenneth B. Turnbaugh
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Abstract
A reel mounting assembly for a slot machine is disclosed. The reel mounting assembly includes a frame for supporting a reel. An actuator is provided to adjust the position of the reel when the reel is inserted into the slot machine. The reel mounting assembly includes a base plate having two rows of slots for engagement with at least one finger on the frame. Furthermore, a control means is provided to control the rotation of said reel. Means connecting the control means to said reel mounting assembly provide additional means to secure the reel mounting assembly to the frame.
Claims7
A slot machine reel mounting structure comprising:
- a base plate configured with a first plurality of slots aligned in a first row across said bas plate and a plurality of slots aligned in a second row across said plate, said slots in said first row being aligned with said slots in said second row;
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- a support member for rotatably securing a reel engaged to said base plate through said slot, said support member including a first and a second projection;
- wherein each of said slots is configured with a portion wider than said projections thereby permitting insertion of said projections into said base plate;
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- wherein said base plate is additionally configured with a row of apertures aligned with said slots in said first row wherein said apertures are spaced a distance sufficient from said front row slots to permit a raised portion of said first projection to engage with said aperture when said projection is inserted into said slot.
A slot machine reel mounting structure comprising a base plate configured with a first plurality of slots aligned in a first row across said base plate and a plurality of slots aligned in a second row across said plate, said slots in said first row being aligned with said slots in said second row and a support member for rotatably securing a reel engaged to said base plate through said slots;
- wherein said slots in said first and second rows are arranged in sets corresponding to a plurality of different support member arrangements having uniform spacing on said base plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.