Gaming machine printer

Abstract

A gaming machine printer. The gaming machine printer creates printed vouchers, tickets, receipts, etc. for use in gaming applications employing cashless enabled gaming systems. The gaming machine printer includes a voucher management system having a burster bar for separating vouchers and a serpentine voucher guide that may be opened for inspection. The gaming machine printer further includes various electrical features that protect the gaming machine printer from electrostatic discharges.

1 . A burster bar for a gaming machine printer, comprising: 
 a top portion having a mounting tab;    a bottom portion having a leading edge and a trailing edge with a downardly protruding lip, the downwardly protruding lip defining a bottom surface sloping downward from the leading edge to the trailing edge.    
   
   
       2 . An electrostatic discharge device protecting a user accessible device, comprising: 
 a housing having an opening through which a user accesses the user accessible device; and    a grounded electrostatic discharge pin in close proximity to the user accessible device and extending through the opening and above an upper surface of the housing whereby a user first contacts the electrostatic discharge pin before contacting the user accessible device.    
   
   
       3 . A voucher management system for a gaming machine printer, comprising: 
 a lower voucher guide and an upper voucher guide defining a voucher path therebetween, wherein the upper voucher guide is fixedly attached to an inner surface of an openable cover, whereby the upper voucher guide may be separated from the lower voucher guide when the cover is opened, thereby exposing a voucher in the voucher guide.