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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1976
Donald E Hooker, Wilmette, IL (US);
Bally Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A game device comprising a plurality of reels which are rotated and stopped at random and in which each reel has different symbols arranged on its circumference and wherein the reel is made of magnetic material and is formed with openings such that one or more magnets mounted ajacent the reel will detect and produce an output that can be supplied to a counter so as to indicate the position where the reels stop and thus energize an output circuit. A second magnet mounted adjacent each reel can detect and produce an indexing output so as to reset the counter for each rotation of the reel. Additionally, a magnetic operated locking device for the reels are provided.