Gaming machine with belly located media dispenser
A gaming machine has a media dispenser, such as a ticket printer. The media dispenser is located in a belly portion of the gaming machine below a console portion. The media dispenser may be located in front of a cabinet portion of the gaming machine and behind a door thereof. The media dispenser preferably extends horizontally through the gaming machine. A portion of the media dispenser may be located in front of a currency box of a currency acceptor of the machine. The location of the media dispenser simplifies the configuration of the gaming machine as well as access to the media dispenser.
1 . A gaming machine component configuration comprising:
a cabinet comprising a housing having a front and a door located at said front, said cabinet having a top portion, a console portion below said top portion, and a belly portion below said console portion;
one or more player input devices associated with said console portion;
a currency acceptor, said currency acceptor having a currency box, at least a portion of said currency box located in said belly portion of said cabinet; and
a media dispenser, said media dispenser located in said belly portion of said cabinet, wherein at least a portion of said media dispenser is located in front of said currency box of said currency acceptor.
2 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said currency acceptor further comprises a currency accepting slot located at said console portion and wherein an outlet of said media dispenser is located below said slot in general vertical alignment therewith.
3 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said media dispenser comprises a media generator, a media outlet, and a media transport extending between said media generator and said media outlet.
4 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 3 wherein said media transport comprises a conduit defining a vertically oriented slot and wherein said outlet comprises a corresponding vertically oriented slot, whereby media are dispensed in a vertical orientation.
5 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 3 wherein said media transport extends in front of said currency box of said currency acceptor.
6 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said media dispenser is located in a space behind said door and forward of said housing.
7 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said media dispenser is located behind a panel of said door at said belly portion of said cabinet.
8 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said media dispenser is oriented so that a lengthwise dimension thereof extends generally horizontally.
9 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 1 wherein said door has a belly portion corresponding to said belly portion of said cabinet, and wherein an opening is located in said door corresponding to an outlet of said media dispenser.
10 . A gaming machine component configuration comprising:
a cabinet comprising a housing having a front and a door located at said front, said cabinet having a top portion, a console portion below said top portion, and a belly portion below said console portion;
at least one gaming controller configured to provide game information;
at least one display located above said console portion of said cabinet; said at least one display configured to present game information provided by said at least one gaming controller; and
a media dispenser, said media dispenser located in said belly portion of said cabinet behind said door and forward of said housing.
11 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 10 wherein said door has a depth and said media dispenser is substantially within said depth of said door when said door is in a closed position relative to said housing.
12 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 10 wherein said media dispenser comprises a media generator having an elongate housing, a lengthwise dimension of said housing oriented horizontally.
13 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 12 wherein said media generator is oriented to dispense media in a horizontal orientation.
14 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 13 wherein said media dispenser further comprises a media transport, said media transport configured to change the orientation of media dispensed from said media generator to a vertical orientation.
15 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 10 wherein said media dispenser extends from a first side laterally across said belly portion of said cabinet towards a second side thereof.
16 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 10 wherein at least a portion of said media dispenser is mounted to said door.
17 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 10 wherein said media dispenser comprises a media generator and a media transport, said media transport leading from said media generator to a media outlet.
18 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 17 wherein said media transport has a first end oriented in a first direction and a second end oriented in a second direction, said second direction being offset approximately ninety degrees from said first direction.
19 . The gaming machine in accordance with claim 17 wherein said media outlet comprises a vertically oriented slot.