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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2013
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Koto-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Yoshinori Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Hirato, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takehisa Itagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Aruze Gaming America, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
The gaming machine includes: a cabinet having a display window; one or more reels disposed in the cabinet so that the or each reel is visible from outside the cabinet through the display window, the or each of the one or more reels being provided with a reel band having symbols; and a light application device configured to apply visible light representing visual information which enables recognition of information related to games to the reel band. The or each of one or more reels has a mirror layer which reflects the visible light from the light application device. The light application device is disposed in an area outside the window frame of the display window so that the visible light is applied to the reel, on the side of the reel band.