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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
Hideaki Imura, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Omomo, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Imura, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Omomo, Tokyo, JP;
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
With liquid crystal provided in front of reels, a gaming machine includes reelshaving symbol placement faces shaped like curved surfaces on which a plurality of symbols are placed for variably displaying of a plurality of symbol rows each made up of the plurality of symbols, liquid crystalbeing provided in front of and opposed to the reelsfor displaying the symbols through a flat symbol transmission face and also displaying an image concerning game play, reel backlightsfor illuminating the symbols, and reel side reflectorsbeing provided on a side of the reelsfor covering an area sandwiched between the symbol placement face and the symbol transmission face on a face on the side of the reelsfor assisting image display of the liquid crystal