Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Access or authorization
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-18
2007-12-18
Pezzuto, Robert (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Access or authorization
C463S016000, C463S017000, C463S018000, C463S019000, C163S001000, C163S001000, C163S001000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10755657
ABSTRACT:
A gaming apparatus is disclosed that includes a housing, a value input device, a transparent panel having an outer surface and an inner surface, and a plurality of mechanically rotatable slot reels disposed in the housing so that the mechanically rotatable reels are visible to a player through the transparent panel. The gaming apparatus also having a light valve that includes a suspended particle device disposed between the inner surface and the slot reels, and a controller coupled to the light valve to cause the light valve to become opaque to substantially block the view of the slot reels to the player.
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Griswold Chauncey W.
Mattice Harold E.
Wilder Richard L.
Beyer & Weaver, LLP
IGT
Pezzuto Robert
Shah Milap
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