Symbol display device and gaming machine including the same

A symbol display device for a gaming machine, having a display window wherein any of a plurality of different symbols is stopped, said symbol display device comprising:

• a first pair of rollers, respectively disposed behind two opposite sides of said display window, for rotating in synchronism;
• an endless outer belt, disposed behind said display window, supported on and circulated by said first pair of rollers, said endless outer belt having a peripheral face with said symbols spaced apart therealong;
• said symbols including at least one transparent symbol, said peripheral face of said outer belt being opaque outside said transparent symbol;
• a second pair of rollers, disposed between said first pair of rollers, for rotating in synchronism;
• an endless inner belt, disposed behind said display window, supported on and circulated by said second pair of rollers;
• a plurality of different patterned portions, arranged on a peripheral face of said inner belt, any of said patterned portions being adapted to be stopped in said display window;
• whereby one of said patterned portions stopped in said display window is observable through said transparent symbol when said transparent symbol is stopped in said display window, and is combined with said transparent symbol, so as to constitute a compound symbol.

A symbol display device for gaming machine, having a display window wherein any one of a plurality of different text and graphic symbols is stopped, said symbol display device comprising:

• an outer reel rotatable behind said display window and having a peripheral face with a plurality of text and graphic symbols spaced apart peripherally thereon;
• said symbols including at least one transparent portion comprising a transparent one of said symbols and an opaque portion which defines a text or graphic content of said transparent symbol, said peripheral face of said outer reel being opaque outside said transparent portion;
• an inner reel rotatable inside said outer reel;
• a plurality of different patterned portions arranged on a peripheral face of said inner reel, any of said patterned portions being adapted to be stopped in said display window, wherein one of said patterned portions stopped in said display window is observable through said transparent symbol when said transparent symbol is stopped in said display window, and is combined with said transparent symbol to form a compound symbol.