Floating bezel for a peripheral component in a gaming machine
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorsGregory J. Tastad, Norman R. Wurz
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Abstract
A peripheral component arrangement for a gaming machine comprises a peripheral component and a floating bezel. The peripheral component is mounted within a housing of the gaming machine and includes an entry end with an entry slot. The bezel is floatably mounted to a front door of the housing and is mated to the entry end of the peripheral component when the front door is closed. Because the bezel is floatably mounted to the front door, the bezel can shift relative to the front door so as to align with and properly mate to the entry end of the peripheral component.
Claims22
A peripheral component arrangement for a gaming machine including a housing, the peripheral component arrangement comprising:
- a peripheral component mounted within the housing and including an entry end with an entry slot;
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- a bezel floatably mounted to a front door of the housing and mated to the entry end of the peripheral component, the bezel being adapted to shift relative to the front door of the housing so as to properly mate to the entry end of the peripheral component as the front door is closed,
- wherein the bezel defines an interior space, the mating between the peripheral component and the bezel including the entry end of the peripheral component penetrating the interior space of the bezel.
A floating bezel assembly for a gaming machine, the gaming machine including a housing and a peripheral component mounted within the housing, the floating bezel assembly comprising:
- a bezel defining an interior space and extending between a front door of the housing and an entry end of the peripheral component, the bezel being mated to the entry end wherein the mating includes the entry end extending into the interior space;
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- means for floatably mounting the bezel to the front door of the housing, the mounting means permitting the bezel to shift relative to the front door of the housing so as to properly mate to the entry end of the peripheral component as the front door is closed.
A method of making a peripheral component arrangement for a gaming machine, the gaming machine including a housing, the method comprising:
- mounting a peripheral component within the housing, the peripheral component including an entry end with an entry slot;
- floatably mounting a bezel to a front door of the housing so that the bezel can shift relative to the front door of the housing, the bezel defining an interior space;
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- aligning and mating the bezel to the entry end of the peripheral component as the front door is closed,
- wherein the mating includes the entry end of the peripheral component entering the interior space of the bezel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.