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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Richard Sokolov, Kingsford, AU;
Errol D'Souza, Hornsby, AU;
Vladimir Halic, Wollongong, AU;
Ian Frederick Johnson, Pennant Hills, AU;
Aristocrat Technologies Australia PTY LTD, Lane Cove, AU;
Abstract
A hinge assembly for a gaming machine including a hinge pin fixed to a door of the gaming machine and a outer sleeve fixed to a belly door frame. The outer sleeve includes first and second arms and is partially annular in cross-section defining a first gap between opposing ends of the arms. A pin element is fixed to a light chamber located behind the belly door frame and rotatably mounted inside the outer sleeve. A second gap is defined between free ends of the pin element. When the pin element is rotated to a particular orientation with respect to the outer sleeve, the first and second gaps align to allow the pin element and outer sleeve element to be simultaneously mounted around the hinge pin. Relative rotation of the pin element and outer sleeve misaligns the gaps thereby inhibiting the pin element and outer sleeve from becoming disengaged.