UNIVERSAL SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR LOCKING AND UNLOCKING AN ACCESS DOOR OF A GAMING MACHINE CABINET

An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, an access door, an electromechanical latch mechanically coupled to the cabinet and configured to mechanically engage and disengage the access door, and a switch assembly operable to control the electromechanical latch. The switch assembly includes a l...

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Hauptverfasser: Shaffer, JR., Stephen William, Surra, Mark Gerard, Barbour, Timothy Francis, Biondo, Dominic S
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, an access door, an electromechanical latch mechanically coupled to the cabinet and configured to mechanically engage and disengage the access door, and a switch assembly operable to control the electromechanical latch. The switch assembly includes a lock mechanically coupled to the cabinet and extending into the cabinet, a cam mechanically coupled to a rotatable portion of the lock within the cabinet, and a switching element mounted within the cabinet proximate the cam and configured to be mechanically engaged and actuated by the cam when the cam rotates into contact with the switching element, wherein the switching element is electrically connected to the electromechanical latch and is further configured to control the electromechanical latch in response to actuation by the cam.