VIDEOGAME MACHINE WITH CASH PRIZES, OPERATED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF COINS

Description

DESCRIPTION of the industrial utility model entitled: "WORKING CASH PRIZE VIDEOGAME DEVICE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF COINS" of Mr. DRAZZA Benito, of Italian nationality, resident in Poirino (Turin), in Strada Comunale Masio n. 78. Designated Inventor: Benito DRAZZA Deposit them: - 1 SEP. 2003 at No..j Q 2 0 0 3 □ 0 0 0 1 3 2 DESCRIPTION TEXT The present invention concerns a video game machine with a cash prize, which operates by inserting coins. The main purpose of this invention is to provide a coin-operated video game machine for cash prizes that ensures correct execution of the game functions following acceptance of the requested coins, as well as correct execution of the functions for disbursing the winnings and, where applicable, the shares of the proceeds due to the entitled parties. Another purpose is to provide a device as specified that can resist break-in attempts to misappropriate the coins contained within it. Another aim is to provide a device as indicated, which is of simplified structure and easy to maintain. In view of these purposes, the present invention provides an apparatus APRA SHORT 11 Representative: MARIO APRÀ cash prize video game earpiece, working with the introduction of coins, the main feature of which was but the subject of claim 1. Further advantageous features result from the dependent claims. The above claims are hereby deemed to be fully reproduced. This finding will be made clearer from the detailed description that follows, with reference to the attached photographs provided for illustrative purposes only, in which: - Fig. 1 shows a three-quarter front perspective view of the coin-operated video game machine with a cash prize, according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention; - fig. 2 shows a three-quarter rear perspective view of the apparatus in fig. 1; - fig. 3 is a view similar to fig. 2, but with a central rear hatch open; - fig. 4 is a rear view of the apparatus according to the invention, with the back panel removed; - figures 5 and 6 are partial detailed perspective views illustrating, on a larger scale, a part of the head of the device according to the invention, respectively with the monitor partially extracted and removed; - Fig. 7 is a partial detail view showing the internal face of a front door with electronic printer, as well as the internal part of the device corresponding to some electronic buttons (not electrically connected for clarity); - Fig. 8 is a partial perspective view of detail showing, on a larger scale, a removable upper shelf removed from the apparatus according to the invention and supporting three identical electronic coin collection and distribution devices (so-called "hoppers"); - fig. 9 is a partial detailed view, on a larger scale, of a part of fig. 4 (with coins arranged on a slide for clarity); - fig. 10 is a partial, detailed front view of the appliance with the front door swinging into the open position; - fig. 11 shows a front view, on a larger scale, of an electronic coin acceptor of the device according to the invention, removed from the device itself for clarity; - fig. 12 is a three-quarter side perspective view of the coin mechanism in fig. 11; - fig. 13 shows the coin mechanism of fig. 11 in the partially open position of one of its oscillating bodies against jamming, following the activation of a first control lever (which in the normal operation of the device is activated by means of a special mechanical release button, while in this figure it is activated manually, and this is done for clarity). strativa); - fig. 14 shows the coin mechanism of fig. 11 in the fully open position of one of its oscillating bodies with the possibility of extracting it against jamming, and this following the operation of a second control lever; - fig. 15 shows a partial detailed perspective view, on a larger scale, taken from inside the device, of a mechanical operating finger placed between the said first control lever of the coin acceptor and the said mechanical release button; - Figures 16 and 17 are partial detailed perspective views, on a larger scale, taken from inside the appliance, illustrating the safety lock means for a front door of the appliance itself; - fig. 18 is a view similar to that of fig. 1, but illustrating a variant embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention; - fig. 19 is also a view similar to that of fig. 1, but illustrating another embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention; - Fig. 20 is similar to Fig. 19, but in it a front screen of the head of the apparatus is shown in the open position; - figures 21 and 22 are detailed views, on a larger scale, of the control console of the device in fig. 19, APRA PATENTS Attorney MARIO APRA illustrated, respectively, with and without a cleaning plate removable saints. With reference first of all to figures 1 to 17, the apparatus according to a first exemplary embodiment is indicated as a whole with 10. It comprises a cabinet 11 made of metal sheet reinforced against burglary. The wardrobe 11 comprises a lower wardrobe body 12, essentially in the shape of a truncated pyramid with a rectangular base and rectangular trapezoidal sides, and an upper head 13 which is above and removable with respect to the body 12 and essentially parallelpedic. The cabinet body 12 is equipped with: - a lower front drawer 14, with a safety key lock 14.1, near the base. Said drawer 14 slides on straight horizontal guides; - a fixed lower shelf 15 (fig. 4) above said drawer 14, which corresponds to a front door 16 with a security key lock 16.1 and oscillating with respect to an essentially horizontal axis; - a removable upper shelf 17 above said shelf 15 and corresponding to a front door 18 with a safety key lock 18.1 and oscillating with respect to an essentially horizontal axis. All the above components are made of sheet metal. The front door 18 features: APRA PATENTS Attorney: MARIO APRA a lower moulding 19 in frontal projection, which It has a 19.1 cm recess at the top which runs along the entire width. door width; - a frontally projecting upper moulding 20, which forms a control shelf or console 20.1 at the top, in which seven electric / electronic control buttons 21 are provided for running the video games; - a continuous slot 22 (fig. 7) open from the inside towards the outside between said two mouldings 19 and 20, which is underneath said upper removable shelf 17; - a small central slot 23 in said lower moulding 19 corresponding to an electronic printer 24 (fig. 7) fixed in a separable manner inside the moulding itself and which allows the passage outside of a continuous paper ribbon 24.1 for said printer. It should be noted that the door 18 is connected to the cabinet body 12 by means of a hydraulic cylinder 18.2 (fig. 7) which acts as an accident prevention brake during the opening and closing operations of the same. Above the door 18, a small slot 25 is provided for the introduction of coins into the machine 10 through an internal electronic coin mechanism 26 known in itself (fig. 10), and a mechanical button 27 for unlocking said coin mechanism in the event of a jam caused by one or more coins or the like. On the front, between the door 18 and the door 16, WILL OPEN PATENTS Attorney; MARIO WILL OPEN these three electronic locks 28 (fig. 7) with sliding door front protection plate 28.1 (fig. 1). The head 13 is equipped with a TFT flat-screen monitor 29 with related electronic circuits. Said monitor 29 is mounted in the head itself so that it slides on telescopic straight guides 29.1 (Figs. 5, 6) for its partial or total frontal extraction for maintenance and setup purposes. The sliding of the monitor 29 with respect to the guides 29.1 is selectively prevented or permitted by key-operated locks 29.2 provided inside the back 11.1 of the cabinet 11 at the head, and which selectively lock or unlock said telescopic guides 29.1 by means of a pair of articulated balance rods 29.3 controlled by inserting and rotating the correct key in said locks 29.2. Furthermore, in the back 11.1, below the head 13, there is a central door 11.2 (fig. 3), which swings with respect to an essentially horizontal axis and which, when swinging open, allows access to said removable upper shelf 17. In the door 11.2 there is an electrical socket 11.3, from which an electrical power cable (not shown) is branched inside the appliance 10 with respect to known electrical / electronic transformer and power supply means 30 (fig. 4), housed in the lower drawer 14. Said electrical means 30 with transformer and power supply are electrically connected in an electric / electronic circuit with respect to electronic processing and calculation means (known per se and not illustrated), housed in said same drawer 14 and which are programmed to manage all the functions of the device 10, as well as to run the video games, as will be more clearly seen below. In particular, the electric / electronic buttons 21, the electronic printer 24, the electronic coin acceptor 26, the electronic locks 28, the monitor 29 and related electronic circuits are electrically branched in an electric / electronic circuit with respect to said electronic processing and calculation means, as are three identical electronic coin collection and distribution devices 31.1, 31.2, 31.3 - figs. 4, 8 - (hereinafter referred to for brevity as "hoppers"), arranged downstream of the electronic coin acceptor 26 and supported fixedly on the upper removable shelf 17. The electronic coin acceptor 26 and the three hoppers 31.1, 31.2, 31.3 are part of a system for checking, collecting and distributing the coins introduced through the slot 25, which will be described below. The coins inserted into the slot 25 reach, through a connection channel 25.1 (figs. 11, 12), the electronic coin validator 26, where they are checked, for example on the basis of weight and / or diameter and / or thickness to ascertain their acceptability and, if so, their value. If not accepted, Agent: MARIO APRA the coins are ejected from the coin mechanism 26 through ap- located opening and a front ejection chute 26.1 which, through the continuous slot 22 in the door 18, ejects the coins into the recess 19.1 of the lower moulding 19. If accepted, the coins are classified by value in the coin acceptor 26 and ejected from the same through three different discharge openings controlled by electrical / electronic gate means: a lower opening (not visible in the photos) on the vertical of the first hopper 31.1 (fig. 10) and two lateral ones 26.2 and 26.3 (fig. 12), of which the opening 26.2 is on the vertical of the second hopper 31.2 and the opening 26.3 communicates with a front chute 26.4 integral with the coin acceptor and leading into the third hopper 31.3. All the operations carried out by the coin acceptor 26 are controlled / memorised via the said electronic processing and calculation means. In the example illustrated, the coin mechanism 26 accepts coins of five different denominations: 10, 20, and 50 euro cents, and 1 and 2 euros. While the 1 and 2 euro coins are collected in hoppers 31.1 and 31.2 respectively, the centesimal coins, through the opening 26.3 and the chute 26.4, are collected in bulk in the third hopper 31.3. The said hoppers 31.1, 31.2, 31.3 each have a frontal ejection mouth 31.4 and a rear discharge mouth 31.5 - fig. 8 - (it should be noted that in figures 4 and 9 the third hopper 31.3 is without said discharge mouth 31.5, for safety reasons). WILL OPEN PATENTS Attorney; MARIO APRA for illustrative clarity). This front ejection mouth 31.4 of each hopper is controlled by the said processing means ration and calculation and it unloads by gravity, through the continuous slot 22 in the door 18, after having counted and analysed them by value, the coins into the recess 19.1 of the lower moulding 19. The data relating to the unloaded coins are stored in said electronic processing and calculation means. Said rear unloading mouth 31.5 of each hopper is arranged above an upper section of rear chute means for collection and conveyance 32 (figs. 4, 9), which opens into a lower section of rear chute means for selection 33. The chute sections 32, 33 have respectively opposite inclinations and a wall with an essentially "V" shaped cross-section. The lower chute section 33 has, on one of the two sides of the "V" shaped wall, a lateral selection and unloading window 33.1 having an increasing height in the direction of the descent of the coins and through which coins of increasingly larger diameters pass freely.Five box containers 34 (figs. 4 and 9) are arranged side by side on the lower shelf 15, below the selection chute 33, so as to each correspond to the discharge area of ​​a respective type of coin, which falls by gravity from the chute itself through the area of ​​the lateral window 33.1 in which its diameter corresponds to the height of the window itself. Said discharge mouth 31.5 of each . OPEN PATENTS hopper is controlled by the said electronic processing means and calculate and gravity discharge the coins contained in the king The hopper is activated when the accumulated coins exceed a pre-set overflow threshold. All transactions are recorded in the aforementioned electronic processing and calculation devices. The security locks 14.1, 16.1, and 18.1 are similar to each other. The key lock 16.1 relating to the front door 16 (Figs. 16, 17) is described here. This has a box-shaped body, on the back of which are provided two small quadrangular openings 16.2 for respective lock tumblers. A shaft 16.10 with an essentially horizontal axis is mounted so that it rotates with respect to the sides of the cabinet body 12, while at one end it is fixed coaxially and integrally in rotation with respect to the rotating cylinder block of the security key lock 16.1. Two hook-type latches 16.11 are fixed to the shaft 16.10, each corresponding to an opening 16.2 of the door 16. Once the key has been correctly engaged in the lock 16.1, by rotating the key and the relevant block clockwise, the corresponding rotation of the shaft 16.10 is determined and, therefore, the engagement of the latches 16.11 within the respective openings 16.2 of door 16 swung into the closed position. Reverse rotation of the key in lock 16.1 opens the door itself. APRA PATENTS Agent; MARIO WILL OPEN It should be noted that on the shaft 18.10 (fig. 15) of the greenhouse means tura 18.1 relating to the hatch 18 is mounted for rotation a finger 18.12, essentially "Z" shaped, which inside the cabinet 10, at one end, rests against the release button 27 (fig. 1) and, with the other end, engages an outlet lever 26.2 of the coin mechanism 26. Figures 13 and 14 respectively illustrate the two opening positions, partial and total, into which the body 26.5 of the coin mechanism 26 can be oscillated for coin jamming and maintenance operations. The partial opening of the coin mechanism body 26.5 is achieved (with the cabinet 10 closed) by simply manually pressing the said button 27, which acts on the corresponding lever 26.2. The total opening or extraction of the lock body 26.5 is achieved, with the door 18 open, by acting by manual pressure on the lateral lever 26.6. Operation: To play, the player inserts coins for the required amount through the slot 25 into the electronic coin mechanism 26. The coins are checked by the coin mechanism 26 and, if not compliant, are ejected along the chute 26.1 and through the continuous slot 22, until they fall into the collection recess 19.1 of the lower moulding 19 of the door 18. In case of jamming, the player presses the button 27 to unlock the coin mechanism 26; the body 26.5 swings open APRA PATENTS Agent: MARIO APRÀ partial, dropping the jammed coins onto the chute ejection 26.1 and through the continuous slot 22 they fall into the collection recess 19.1 of the lower moulding 19 of the door 18. Once the manual pressure on the button 27 has ceased, the body 26.5 of the coin mechanism 26 automatically returns to the working position and the coin mechanism resumes its normal operation. If accepted, the coins are counted and analyzed through the coin mechanism 26 to determine their number and value (the number and relative value are stored in the said electronic processing and calculation means). They are then expelled from the coin mechanism 26, depending on their value, through one of the three discharge openings (of which only 26.2, 26.3 are visible in the photos) and then reach, by gravity, hoppers 31.1 (2 euro coins), 31.2 (1 euro coins), 31.3 (10, 20 and 50 cent coins). It should be noted that the coins accumulate in the respective hoppers up to the maximum pre-established level, beyond which the coins themselves reach the rear discharge opening 31.5 of the respective hopper, where they are counted (and the relative number and value are stored in the electronic processing and calculation means). By expulsion from said opening 31.5, the coins reach the upper rear chute 32 and from there the lower rear chute 33, along which the coins travel through the lateral slot 33.1, until the height of the slot. OPEN PATENTS Agent: MARIO APRÀ layer itself reaches and exceeds their diameter. In this area the coins fall from the chute 33 into the below and corresponding box container 34, in which the coins, divided by value (even the centesimal ones) are accumulated and stored. The player is thus enabled to play. By pressing the electric / electronic buttons 21, he determines, through the aforementioned electronic processing and calculation means, different game combinations. If a winning combination is formed, the electronic processing and calculation means enable one or more of the hoppers 31.1, 31.2, 31.3 to dispense the corresponding winnings in coins, which are counted and ejected through the front ejection mouth 31.4 of one or more of the hoppers themselves, and through the continuous slot 22 fall into the collection recess 19.1 of the lower moulding 19 of the door 18, for direct collection by the player. On the other hand, those entitled to a share of the operating profits of the device 10 (three people in the present example) are each provided with a key corresponding to one of the three electronic locks 28. The introduction of the correct key into one of said locks 28 determines, through said electronic processing and calculation means, in an automatic manner, the calculation of the share of profits due and the disbursement of a corresponding sum in coins to be paid. Open Patents - Attorney: Mario APRA you of one or more of the hoppers 31.1 31.3, which download from their front ejection mouth 31.4 the coins themselves in the front recess 19.1 through the slot 22. All operations can also be printed on the paper tape 24.1 by means of the electronic printer 24 controlled by the said electronic processing and calculation means. Fig. 18 illustrates a variant embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention, here indicated with 40. The device 40 has a head 41, similar to the head 13 of the device 10, but which houses a monitor 42 with a cathode ray tube and a frontally convex screen. Figures 19 and 20 illustrate another embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention, here indicated with 50. Said apparatus 50 has a head 51 with a front screen made of a translucent plate with several transparent windows, corresponding to an equal number of image display devices 52, contained in the head itself and each equipped with an image wheel 53 controlled by motor means 54 controlled by said processing and calculation means (not visible). It should be noted (figures 21, 22), that the control console 55 of the device 50 has a removable button plate 56, which is interchangeable with other similar button plates, but equipped with different sets of electric / electronic control buttons for the execution of different video games. (In figures 21, 22 the buttons are omitted to Open Patent Attorney: MARIO APRA illustrative clarity). Naturally, the effects of this model extend to models that achieve equal utility, using the same innovative concept. APRA PATENTS Attorney: MARIO APRA

Claims

CLAIMS 1. Apparatus for video games with a cash prize, functioning with the introduction of coins, including a cabinet (11) with a lower body (12) and a head (13), in which means (29) for displaying the video games, and also including electric / electronic button means (21) for playing video games by a player, a slot (25) for introducing coins, connected with electronic coin acceptor means (26) for checking, accepting and classification of the coins, of the electronic processing and calculation means, connected in an electric / electronic circuit with said display means, said pushbutton means for playing video games and said electronic coin acceptor means, for calculating the incoming coins and exit from the apparatus, characterized in that it comprises at least one electronic coin collection and distribution device, the so-called "hopper" (31.1, 31.2, 31.3), provided with a mouth ejection (31.4) and an unloading mouth (31.5), connected in an electric / electronic circuit with said electronic processing and calculation means and which receives the coins from said electronic coin acceptor, accumulates them in a predetermined maximum quantity and, under the control of said electronic processing and calculation means, it counts them, by number and / or value, and distributes them through said ejection mouth Agent: MARIO APRA (31.4) outside the unit, and this as a win prize of a video game or as a share of the collection due to one or more entitled to the economic exploitation of the device, while the coins received by the coin mechanism and which exceed the maximum amount foreseen in accumulation inside it are expelled - under the control of said electronic processing and calculation means and after being counted by number and / or value - through said discharge mouth (31.5), from which they reach conveying and sorting means (32, 33), along which the coins, according to their diameter (and therefore their face value), they are selected and fed to respective collection means (34), closed in said device against burglary; all data relating to the number and value of the coins counted being processed and recorded in said electronic processing and calculation means.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, designed for operation with coins of at least three different face values, characterized in that said electronic coin acceptor (26) has a plurality of coin discharge openings: a first discharge opening for expulsion of verified coins that do not comply with the standards set in the coin mechanism itself, and at least two other unloading openings for feeding the coins to at least two respective electronic coin collection and distribution devices, so-called "hoppers" ¢ 31.1, 31.2, 31.3 ) - in at least one of said hoppers being a- coins of different diameters (and therefore of different face values), and by the fact that said conveying and selection means (32, 33) comprise slide means having at least one slot (33.1) for selecting and discharging, increasing height in the direction of descent of the coins and through which coins with a gradually larger diameter pass freely, while said collection means (34) are provided downstream of said conveying and sorting means, which comprise a plurality of containers, one for each of the face values ​​of the coins accepted by said coin mechanism, each arranged in correspondence with a respective area of ​​said at least one selection and unloading slot (33.1), an area through which all coins fall into the container by gravity of their weight of the same diameter (and therefore of identical face value).

3. Apparatus according to claim 1, designed for operation with coins of at least five different face values, characterized in that said electronic coin mechanism (26) has a plurality of coin discharge openings: a first discharge opening for expulsion of verified coins that do not comply with the standards set in the coin mechanism itself, and at least three other openings for feeding coins to at least three electronic coin collection and distribution devices, so-called "hoppers" (31.1, 31.2, OPEN PATENTS Agent: MARIO APRA 31.3) - in at least one of said hoppers being fed mone of different diameters (and therefore of different facial values), and by the fact that said conveying and selection means (32, 33) comprise chute means having at least one selection and discharge slot (33.1), having a height created in the direction of the descent of the coins and through which coins with a gradually larger diameter pass freely, while said collection means (34) are provided downstream of said conveying and sorting means (34), which include five containers, one for each of the facial values ​​of the coins accepted by the said coin mechanism, each arranged in correspondence to a respective zone of said at least one selection and discharge slot, zone through which coins all of the same diameter (and therefore of identical face value) fall into the container by gravity of their own weight.

4. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said conveying and selection means (32, 33) comprise an upper portion of collecting and conveying chute means (32), which opens into a lower portion of selection chute means (33), and in that said chute sections (32, 33) have respectively opposite inclinations and wall with essentially "V" cross section, while the lower chute section (33) has, in one of the two sides of the "V" wall, the so-called at least one cutout (33.1) for selection and relief.

5. Apparatus according to claim 2, 3 and / or 4, characterized in that each hopper (31.1, 31.2, 31.3) has its discharge mouth (31.5) facing the rear of said apparatus, while said conveying means -to and selection (32, 33) are arranged inside and in the rear part of said apparatus.

6. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that each hopper (31.1, 31.2, 31.3) has its ejection mouth (31.4) facing the front of said apparatus and communicating with the outside of the apparatus through a front slot (22) in the front wall of the appliance itself.

7. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a cabinet (11) in metal sheet reinforced against burglary, in that said cabinet (11) comprises a lower cabinet body (12) and an upper head ( 13) above the body (12) and by the fact that in the cabinet body (12) there are: - a lower front drawer (14), with safety key lock (14.1); - a lower fixed shelf (15) above said drawer (14), which corresponds to a front door (16) with safety key lock (16.1) and oscillating with respect to an essentially horizontal axis, an upper removable shelf (17) above said shelf (15), which corresponds to a front door (18) with safety key lock (18.1) and oscillating with respect to an essentially horizontal axis, all said components being made of metal sheet.

8. Apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that said front door (18) has: - a lower molding (19) in frontal projection, which has an upper recess (19.1) running over the entire width of the door; - an upper molding (20) in frontal projection, which forms at the top a console or control console (20.1), in which said electric / electronic control buttons (21) are provided for playing video games; a continuous slot (22) open from the inside towards the outside between said two moldings (19, 20), which is underneath said upper removable shelf (17) which supports said at least one electronic coin collection and distribution device, so-called "hopper" (31.1, 31,2, 31.3), and allows the distribution of the coins by said at least one device towards the outside of the apparatus in said recess (19.1) of the lower molding (19); - a slot (23) in said lower molding (19) corresponding to an electronic printer (24) fixed in a detachable way inside the molding itself and which allows open patents Attorney: MARIO APR / the passage to the outside of a continuous web of paper (24.1) for said printer.

9. Apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that said door (18) is connected with respect to the cabinet body (12) by means of a hydraulic cylinder (18.2) acting as a safety brake in the opening and closing operations thereof.

10. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that a monitor (29) with relative electronic circuits is provided in the head (13), which is mounted in the head itself in a sliding manner on telescopic rectilinear guides (29.1) for its frontal extraction, partial or total, for maintenance and fine-tuning purposes.

11. Apparatus according to claim 10, characterized by the fact that it comprises key lock means (29.2), which selectively lock or unlock said telescopic guides (29.1) by means of a copy of articulated rocker rods (29.3) controlled by insertion and rotation of the correct key in said lock means (29.2).

12. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said monitor (29) is a TFT flat screen.

13. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that said monitor has a cathode tube and a frontally convex screen. OPEN PATENTS Agent: MARIO APRA 14. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims teeth, characterized in that three locks are provided electronic kings (28) with front sliding protective door (28.1), each of which determines, with its own key correctly inserted and through said electronic processing and calculation means, automatically, the calculation of the share of profits due to each three-twenty right to the economic exploitation of the device and the disbursement of a corresponding sum in coins by said at least one electronic coin collection and distribution device, so-called "hopper" (31.1, 31.2, 31.3) , which unloads the coins themselves outside the machine.

15. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has a head (51) with a translucent plate front screen with several transparent windows, in correspondence with as many image display devices (52), contained in the head itself and each provided with an image holder wheel (53) controlled by motor means (54) controlled by said processing and calculation means.

16. Apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a control console (55) with a removable button-holder plate (56), which is interchangeable with other similar button-holder plates, but provided with different sets of electric buttons OPEN PATENTS Agent: MARIO APRA electronic control units for the execution of different games.

17. Apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that each safety key lock (14.1, 16.1, 18.1) comprises a shaft (16.10) with an essentially horizontal axis, mounted rotating with respect to the sides of the cabinet body (12) while, at one end, it is fixed coaxially and integral in rotation with respect to the rotating cylinder block of the safety key lock (16.1), and by the fact that on said shaft (16.10) hook pawls (16.11) are fixed, each corresponding to a respective opening (16.2) of a part (door 16) of the movable body to be secured in closing.

18. Apparatus for video games with a cash prize, functioning with the introduction of coins, according to the preceding claims and substantially as described and illustrated and for the specified purposes. Turin, - 1 SEPT. 2003 OPEN PATENTS Agent; NEVER OPEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CRAFTS AND AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY