Gaming and amusement machines and reels for them
AssigneeBell-Fruit Manufacturing Company Limited
InventorTerence Howard
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Abstract
A reel for a gaming or amusement machine, of the type commonly known as a fruit machine, has a reel strip which has symbols at least partially within sunken regions of the reel strip. The symbols may be formed in relief in the sunken regions but do not project above a frame which surrounds the sunken regions. The surface of the frame may be arcuate, such that the reel is cylindrical in shape, or flat, such that the reel is polygonal.
Claims21
A reel strip for a gaming or amusement machine comprising a first surface region and at least one sunken region, said at least one sunken region being provided below the level of said first surface region and said at least one sunken region being provided with at least one symbol or fruit, wherein said at least one symbol is formed in relief and said at least one sunken region and said at least one symbol are integrally formed.
A reel strip for a gaming or amusement machine comprising a first surface region and at least one sunken region, said at least one sunken region being provided below the level of said first surface region, said reel strip having an inner surface and an outer surface wherein said inner surface and said outer surface both have variable relief.
A reel strip for a gaming or amusement machine comprising a first surface region and at least one sunken region, said at least one sunken region being provided below the level of said first surface region, one or more of said at least one sunken region being provided with a symbol or fruit, wherein said reel strip is formed from a plurality of segments being interconnected by lines of interconnection, and said segments being permitted to flex along said lines of interconnection.
A reel strip for a gaming or amusement machine comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, said outer surface having a first surface region and a region which is sunken relative to said first surface region, said sunken region being provided with a symbol or fruit, wherein said first surface region extends around the periphery of said sunken region.
A reel strip for a gaming or amusement machine having an outer surface and an inner surface, said outer surface having a first surface region and a region which is sunken relative to said first surface region, said sunken region being provided with a symbol or fruit, wherein said inner surface has a sunken region and a raised region, said sunken region on said inner surface corresponding with said first surface region on said outer surface and said raised region on said inner surface corresponding with said sunken region on said outer surface such that said reel strip has a substantially constant thickness throughout.
A reel strip for a gaming or amusement machine comprising a raised region and a plurality of lower, sunken regions, each of said plurality of sunken regions being provided with a symbol or fruit and being surrounded and framed by respective portions of said raised region.
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