Slot Machine Patents (by date)

Patents are invaluable for research and restoration, recording in detail innovative and successful designs and others which never went into production, or of which no examples survive. If you find others, please add them. Many from 1890 onwards are online at Espacenet.

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YearPat. №PatenteeDescriptionAdded
1900 GB189914484Ernest George Matthewson Cricketer two player game 12/05/17
1900 21989 Franz Arthur Ficker (New Polyphon) Wall tivoli billiards 13/05/17
1900 US660798Ernest George Matthewson 'Two Man Footballer', two player 10/06/17
1900 GB189914453William Chancellor Haigh & J H Pickles Coin freed boat race game 12/05/17
1900 GB23431Henry John Gerard Pessers 'Pickwick' ('Clown' under licence to this patent) 13/05/17
1900 GB189901572Joseph Mason & the Mutoscope & Biograph Ltd. Mutoscope 12/06/17
1900 GB189921551Haydon & Urry Tivoli 19/03/18
1900 16794 G A Brachhausen Self-changing disc musical box 13/05/17
1900 GB189914378A Coomber Coin freed 'Pyramids' game 12/05/17
1900 23778 G Ringelhan Race game mechanism 13/05/17
1900 17076 E Rector Kine viewer 13/05/17
1900 18445 S Dew & H W Salter Game with coins 13/05/17
1900 GB189912905Robert Harris Shaw & John Fletcher Shaw Football game 12/05/17
1900 19193 H Kunzel Gun 13/05/17
1900 19660 Haydon & Urry & another Coin freed apparatus 13/05/17
1901 GB190006889W Margot Coin drop game 13/05/17
1901 GB190118170J Hutchins & B Bradley Game with coins 13/05/17
1901 GB190010614Henry John Gerard Pessers Pickwick type 12/06/17
1901 8114 H Hartley Game with coins 13/05/17
1901 GB190120838William Henry Ell & Edward Nixon Cole 'Krac Shot' wall-mounted shooter 13/05/17
1901 GB190114816Frank Hepton Spinning disc fortune teller 12/01/18
1901 GB190023431Henry John Gerard Pessers Pickwick type 12/06/17
1901 8781 W G Parry & C Hubenthal Game with balls 13/05/17
1901 GB190022494George Haydon Tivoli with balls 19/03/18
1901 GB190019196Frank Harvey Urry & William Haydon Skill game - (covering Rotary Shooting Game & Colonial Shooting Range) 13/05/17
1901 US685592Alexander Forbes Game using coin as missile 12/01/18
1901 10401 Francis James Cocks Repeating bagatelle 13/05/17
1901 GB190023312Frank Harvey Urry & William Haydon Skill game (Fairplay Switchback) 13/05/17
1901 GB190020811Abraham Levy Haydon & Urry Tivoli 12/01/18
1901 12486 A Forbes Game with coins 13/05/17
1901 GB190016599G W De Melvin Gamw with coins 13/05/17
1901 GB190100258Alexander Forbes Game using coin as missile 12/01/18
1901 12635 P F Landais Kine (mutoscope) 13/05/17
1901 12851 G McMullen & J Charles Game with reels 13/05/17
1901 89 J M Alderton Game with balls 13/05/17
1901 GB190001467Haydon & Urry Cinematograph (not coin-op) 19/03/18
1901 258 A Forbes Striker 13/05/17
1901 GB190018429Automatic Machines Ltd. Haydon & Urry Tivoli type (Criterion) 19/03/18
1901 14243 G C Dymond (Fabrik Lochmann'scher Musikw.) Coin-freed self-changing disc musical box 13/05/17
1901 GB190102106Simon Daly Cycle racing game 12/01/18
1901 2106 S Daly Cycle race game 13/05/17
1901 GB190001467Haydon & Urry & George Haydon Improvements to cinematographs 13/05/17
1901 GB190023778Gustav Ringelhan Circular race with figures (not coin-op) 12/01/18
1901 7039 H Woolfe Shooter (not coin-op?) 13/05/17
1902 2583 W P Thompson (Fabrik Lochmann'scher Musikw.) Self-changing disc table Symphonion 13/05/17
1902 GB190201196John Jofeh Hill Climber spirometer 12/01/18
1902 26470 M Benton Magic lantern 13/05/17
1902 GB190113701John Jofeh Bagatelle type 12/01/18
1902 GB190106936Frank Harvey Urry & William Haydon Coin gear 13/05/17
1902 GB190120904George Haydon & Agnes Mouflet Impovement in tills 19/03/18
1902 GB190112486Alexander Forbes Coin return 'broken bridge' skill game 12/01/18
1902 ? John Jofeh Shocker, car or bicycle up track 13/05/17
1902 GB190211426William Henry Ell 'Krac Shot' wall-mounted shooter 13/05/17
1902 ? Alfred Michy (French) Tivoli 13/05/17
1902 ? Lullsdorf (French) Tivoli 13/05/17
1902 7860 New Polyphon Supply Co. Ltd. & K Schmidt Electric shocker 13/05/17
1902 11876 W K-L Dickson Toys, optical illusion 13/05/17
1902 GB190116969Dward Gustave Lindheimer Coin operated coat & hat rack 12/01/18
1902 GB190113481A L Garrett & H Courtis Game with reels 13/05/17
1902 14602 Joseph Mason & British Mutoscope & Biograph Co. Kine (not coin-op?) 13/05/17
1902 GB190211258John Henry Peters Racing figure mechanism 12/01/18
1902 ? J Bianchi & T J Harbach Kine camera 13/05/17
1902 GB190114414S H Crocker Kine (mutoscope) 13/05/17
1902 GB190116965Arthir Samuel Williams Beverage vending spirometer 12/01/18
1902 25737 H Woolfe Model figures 13/05/17
1903 27054 Herbert S Mills Punchbag 13/05/17
1903 2862 Ernest George Matthewson Football game 13/05/17
1903 5281 Ernest George Matthewson Football game (not coin-op) 13/05/17
1903 US739865Robert H Hartley Recording force of blow 12/01/18
1903 12366 H H Moon & E Esdaile Kine 13/05/17
1903 7345 C F Mensing Magic lantern, viewer 13/05/17
1903 16033 E Martin Kine projector 13/05/17
1903 GB190318478Alfred Julius Boult Force testing 12/06/17
1903 ? William Haydon 'Haydon Premier' 13/05/17
1903 GB190303172Frank Harvey Urry & William Haydon Electric shocker 13/05/17
1903 26579 British Mutoscope & Biograph Co. & Joseph Mason Kine projector (not coin-op) 13/05/17
1904 17406 Auto-Electric Rifle & Target Co Projectile-less shooter 13/05/17
1904 19730 M C Hopkins Optical illusion 13/05/17
1904 4046 F Hepton Billiards 13/05/17
1904 GB190406729William Henry Ell New or improved spring pistol 13/05/17
1904 27064 H Kunzel Shooter 13/05/17
1904 GB190404469William Henry Ell Improvements in coin-freed & mechanical shooting ranges 13/05/17
1904 FR335226George Haydon & Edward Charles Bignell Gambling with dial (Abel Nau - Le Phenix) - French patent 19/03/18
1904 GB190406730William Henry Ell Target shooter 13/05/17
1904 7337 C F Mensing Magic lantern, viewer 13/05/17
1904 11821 Joseph Mason Kine projector (not coin-op) 13/05/17
1904 GB190319254Frank Harvey Urry & William Haydon 'Blowball' two player pneumatic wall machine 13/05/17
1904 FR338719Haydon & Urry Blowball - French patent 19/03/18
1904 14218 J Hutchins Mechanical toy (not coin-op?) 13/05/17
1905 GB190422734Thomas John Watkins Watkins Patent dispenser 12/06/17
1905 17297 H Jofeh Game with balls 13/05/17
1905 GB190422067William Henry Ell Improved change till & coin tester 13/05/17
1905 GB190421756Robert William Page Coin freed apparatus for displaying pictures, delivering post and other cards and articles 15/11/17
1905 20725 William V Jones & Douglas Hilderini Shooter (linkage) 13/05/17
1905 GB190429524William Henry Ell Target shooter 13/05/17
1905 20586 Bert Ross Fortune teller 13/05/17
1905 919 P Royer Electro-mechanical race game 13/05/17
1905 24567 P G Wraith & E Gurr Game with balls 13/05/17
1905 24567 P G Wraith & E Gurr Game with balls 14/05/17
1905 18750 W H Dingle, J M Urquahart, & G C Wood Game with magnets 13/05/17