EP0558307A3 - Gaming or amusement machine - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0558307A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: gaming; amusement machine; amusement; machine
Prior art date: 1992-02-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP93301384A

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EP0558307A2 (en

EP0558307B1 (en

Inventor

Arthur Edward Thomas

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

ARTHUR EDWARD THOMAS Ltd

Original Assignee

ARTHUR EDWARD THOMAS Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1992-02-24

Filing date

1993-02-24

Publication date

1995-12-27

1993-02-24 Application filed by ARTHUR EDWARD THOMAS Ltd filed Critical ARTHUR EDWARD THOMAS Ltd

1993-09-01 Publication of EP0558307A2 publication Critical patent/EP0558307A2/en

1995-12-27 Publication of EP0558307A3 publication Critical patent/EP0558307A3/en

1998-09-30 Application granted granted Critical

1998-09-30 Publication of EP0558307B1 publication Critical patent/EP0558307B1/en

2013-02-24 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
- G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
- G07F17/3204—Player-machine interfaces
- G07F17/3211—Display means
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
- G07F17/34—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

EP19930301384 1992-02-24 1993-02-24 Gaming or amusement machine Expired - Lifetime EP0558307B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB9203871		1992-02-24
GB929203871A GB9203871D0 (en)	1992-02-24	1992-02-24	Gaming or amusement machine

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0558307A2 EP0558307A2 (en)	1993-09-01
EP0558307A3 true EP0558307A3 (en)	1995-12-27
EP0558307B1 EP0558307B1 (en)	1998-09-30

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19930301384 Expired - Lifetime EP0558307B1 (en)	1992-02-24	1993-02-24	Gaming or amusement machine

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0558307B1 (en)
DE (1)	DE69321272T2 (en)
ES (1)	ES2124769T3 (en)
GB (1)	GB9203871D0 (en)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB2106682A (en) *	1981-07-16	1983-04-13	Bell Fruit Mfg Co Ltd	Gaming and amusement machines
GB2112984A (en) *	1981-12-31	1983-07-27	Marian Electronics Limited	Gaming machines
GB2157047A (en) *	1984-04-05	1985-10-16	David Jones	Entertainment machines
EP0388076A1 (en) *	1989-03-17	1990-09-19	Bell-Fruit Manufacturing Company Limited	Gaming and amusement machines
EP0449433A2 (en) *	1990-03-24	1991-10-02	Bell-Fruit Manufacturing Company Limited	Gaming and amusement machines

1992
- 1992-02-24 GB GB929203871A patent/GB9203871D0/en active Pending
1993
- 1993-02-24 EP EP19930301384 patent/EP0558307B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-02-24 DE DE1993621272 patent/DE69321272T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1993-02-24 ES ES93301384T patent/ES2124769T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
GB2106682A (en) *	1981-07-16	1983-04-13	Bell Fruit Mfg Co Ltd	Gaming and amusement machines
GB2112984A (en) *	1981-12-31	1983-07-27	Marian Electronics Limited	Gaming machines
GB2157047A (en) *	1984-04-05	1985-10-16	David Jones	Entertainment machines
EP0388076A1 (en) *	1989-03-17	1990-09-19	Bell-Fruit Manufacturing Company Limited	Gaming and amusement machines
EP0449433A2 (en) *	1990-03-24	1991-10-02	Bell-Fruit Manufacturing Company Limited	Gaming and amusement machines

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Publication number	Publication date
EP0558307A2 (en)	1993-09-01
DE69321272D1 (en)	1998-11-05
GB9203871D0 (en)	1992-04-08
ES2124769T3 (en)	1999-02-16
EP0558307B1 (en)	1998-09-30
DE69321272T2 (en)	1999-06-02

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