Patent ID: 7485039
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a cabinet; at least one decoration panel disposed on the front of said cabinet; a display device including a mask panel having a plurality of display windows provided therethrough, the display device mounted on the front of said cabinet and adjacent the at least one decoration panel, the mask panel defining an imaginary plane; a plurality of rotary reels operative to rotate about a common axis of rotation and positioned in a juxtaposed manner inside the cabinet, each one of the plurality of rotary reels having a plurality of symbols disposed on respective outer peripheries thereof, forward most ones of the plurality of symbols being visible through respective ones of the display windows; and at least one light source unit disposed inside of said cabinet and behind the at least one decoration panel, the at least one light source unit extending longitudinally along and about a longitudinal axis and including an elongated illuminating lamp and an elongated reflection plate positioned adjacent the illuminating lamp, the illuminating lamp and the reflection plate extending parallel to one another and to the common axis of rotation, wherein the at least one decoration panel is illuminated by light illuminating from the illuminating lamp and the forward most ones of the plurality of symbols are illuminated by the light illuminating from the illuminating lamp and by light illuminating from the illuminating lamp reflected from the reflection plate, the at least one light source unit is disposed apart from the display windows and longitudinally contacts the imaginary plane, the illuminating lamp and the reflection plate are arranged so that the plurality of symbols are illuminated by light emitted from the illuminating lamp and by reflected light being light emitted from the illuminating lamp and reflected by the reflection plate and the at least one decoration panel is provided at least at either one of an upper side or a lower side of the display device and the elongated illuminating lamp directly illuminates the decoration panel from the inside of the gaming machine.