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US 8,574,054 B2Granted
3D reels
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
InventorsSihua Chen, Linn McKay, Scott Stewart, Peter Mastera
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Abstract
A mechanical reel (32) for a gaming system (10) is disclosed. The reel (32) has a circumferential reel surface (48). The reel (32) has at least one symbol bearing surface (50) offset from the reel surface.
Claims21
A mechanical reel for a gaming system, the reel comprising:
- a circumferential reel surface;
- and at least one symbol bearing surface offset from the reel surface;
- and wherein at least a portion of the at least one symbol bearing surface is continuously tilted with respect to an adjacent part of the reel surface.
A mechanical reel for a gaming system, the reel comprising:
- a circumferential reel surface having at least one aperture therein;
- and a symbol carrier mounted relative to the at least one aperture so as to be movable relative to the at least one aperture, the symbol carrier comprising at least one symbol bearing surface carrying a symbol which is visible in at least one orientation of the symbol carrier, the symbol carrier being free floating within the aperture.
A reel strip for a gaming system, the reel strip comprising:
- a circumferential reel strip surface;
- and at least one symbol bearing surface offset from the reel strip surface;
- and wherein at least a portion of the at least one symbol bearing surface is continuously tilted with respect to an adjacent part of the reel strip surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.