GB1476848A - Coin-freed gaming device - Google Patents

Abstract

1476848 Fruit machines LOWEN AUTOMATEN GERHARD W SCHULZE 23 May 1975 [30 May 1974] 22866/75 Heading G4V A fruit machine has reels 3, 4 and 5 and an arrangement whereby "special" games can be won, these are recorded on counter 12. Rollers 15, 16, 17 are indexable a step at a time in the direction of arrows 20, 21 and 22. The rollers 15, 16, 17 correspond to reels 3, 4, 5 respectively and when a joker is shown in window 19 the corresponding roller is indexed one step. If a winning combination as shown on plan 18 appears in window 14 the corresponding special games won and clocked up in window 12. The means for achieving this are as follows. Each reel has a disc 24 with recess 25 therein corresponding to the joker symbol. When lever 26 engages in the recess contacts 27 are closed and magnet 28 index a roller 15 through lever 29 and ratchet wheel 30. The roller is held in each stepped position by lever 32 and recesses 31. A straddle member 33 is associated with each win symbol to activate counting mechanism when a win row is achieved. In a further embodiment the rollers are replaced by a series of lights numeral 13 indicates a credit indication counter.