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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1980
Donald E Hooker, Wilmette, IL (US);
Roman A Tojza, Chicago, IL (US);
Bally Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An improved amusement or game device is disclosed which is of the type that has a number of rotatable reels having symbols or other indicia on the outer surface thereof, which reels are rotated and subsequently preferably sequentially stopped during each play. The game device has an operating handle that is pulled through its operating stroke by a player and the reels are rotating at a speed that is directly proportional to the speed with which the handle is pulled. Electrical circuitry detects the speed of movement of the handle and varies the strength of an electrical signal that is applied to a drive mechanism which accordingly drivingly rotates the reels at a speed that is proportional to the strength of the signal. The circuitry is also adapted to vary the time duration of rotation of the reels as a function of the detected speed.