Patent ID: 7530440

Claim:
A gaming machine capable of accepting bills, the gaming machine comprising: a cabinet; a door provided on a front face of the cabinet of said gaming machine; a control panel provided in an operating part of the door, the control panel having a notched part; a bill insertion slot provided in the door; and a bill guide plate provided on the door and extending forward from a lower end of the bill insertion slot for guiding a bill into the bill insertion slot, wherein the bill guide plate has a plurality of openings for dropping foreign matter separated from the bill; wherein the door has a mounting member; the mounting member has a first open end covered by the bill guide plate and located under the openings of the bill guide plate for receiving the foreign matter dropped from said openings, and a second open end located below and communicated with the first open end, second open end being opened downwards for directing the foreign matter further downwardly; the mounting member is located directly below the bill guide plate; the bill guide plate is mounted as a separate member onto the mounting member; a protrusion is formed on a rear wall of the bill guide plate and a cylindrical protrusion is formed on a front lower wall of the bill guide plate, the cylindrical protrusion comprising an internal thread; and a groove is formed in a rear inner wall of the first open end of the mounting member, and the protrusion of the bill guide plate is insertable into the groove and the bill guide plate is tiltable towards the mounting member in order to assemble the bill guide plate onto the mounting member.