| US 7,344,442 B2 | ||
| Symbol display device for game machine | ||
| Haruo Inoue, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to DRAGON Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 15, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/940,784. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-161931 (JP), filed on May 31, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0277460 A1, Dec. 15, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A63F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 463—20 [273/143 R] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A symbol display device for a game machine, wherein whether the win or the loss is judged from combinations of symbols
displayed on prize-winning lines crossing a display window, said symbol display device comprising:
a plurality of reel unit disposed to cross said prize-winning lines, at least one of said reel unit being a double unit comprising
an inner reel and an outer reel, said inner reel and said outer reel being rotatable independently from each other and having
transmittance at least in part;
a plurality of inner symbols provided on a periphery of said inner reel, said inner symbols being displayed through said display
window via at least a part of a periphery of said outer reel;
a plurality of outer symbols provided on the periphery of said outer reel;
a first light-emitting device disposed inside said inner reel to illuminate said inner symbols;
a second light-emitting device disposed between the inside of said outer reel and the outside of said inner reel to illuminate
said outer symbols;
an inner reel board for supporting a first motor;
an inner reel mounting plate for securing said inner reel board;
an outer reel board for supporting a second motor;
an outer reel mounting plate for securing said outer reel board; and
a connecting member for connecting said inner reel mounting plate and said outer reel mounting plate,
wherein said inner reel is mounted on an output shaft of said first motor and said outer reel is mounted on an output shaft
of said second motor, said output shafts of said first motor and said second motor are concentric,
wherein said first light-emitting device and said second light-emitting device are mounted on said inner reel board.
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