INPUT DEVICE WITH MEMBRANE TO IMPEDE ENTRANCE OF FOREIGN CONTAMINATES INTO AN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE

摘要

An input device comprising: an inner housing; a bezel connected to and extending outward from the inner housing, the bezel including a membrane contact surface; a member supported by the inner housing, the member defining an opening therein extending around a perimeter of the member, the member being at least partially disposed within the inner housing and being movable relative to the inner housing from a first position to a second position and from the second position to the first position; a flexible membrane having a first portion disposed within the opening of the member and a second portion configured to contact the membrane contact surface of the bezel such that the flexible membrane substantially covers the bezel; an outer housing removably attachable to the inner housing to mount the housing to a panel such that the outer housing at least partially encloses the inner housing and such that the second portion of the flexible membrane is compressed between the membrane contact surface of the bezel and a first surface of the panel; and a locking assembly including a threaded tip and a counter-threaded nut and configured to enable user adjustment of a degree of compression of the membrane between the contact surface of the bezel and the first surface of the panel, wherein a portion of the outer housing is located between the inner housing and the locking assembly.