Abstract: A regulated gaming system includes game-logic circuitry, an electronic display device, and an electronic input device detecting a physical item associated with a monetary value to establish a credit balance. The gaming system performs a casino wagering game initiated by an input indicative of a wager covered by the credit balance. The casino wagering game comprises a base-game feature and a bonus-game feature having a skill-based feature and a non-skill-based feature. When the bonus-game feature is triggered, a player participates in the skill-based feature and a set of configuration options is determined in response to input selections made by the player. The non-skill-based feature of the wagering game is customized using the determined set of configuration options. A resultant wagering game outcome is determined from the base-game feature and the bonus-game feature, and a credit balance is adjusting accordingly, prior to a cashout of the credit balance.

Abstract: A regulated gaming system includes game-logic circuitry, an electronic display device, and an electronic input device detecting a physical item associated with a monetary value to establish a credit balance. The gaming system performs a casino wagering game initiated by an input indicative of a wager covered by the credit balance. The casino wagering game comprises a base-game feature and a bonus-game feature having a skill-based feature and a non-skill-based feature. When the bonus-game feature is triggered, a player participates in the skill-based feature and a set of configuration options is determined in response to input selections made by the player. The non-skill-based feature of the wagering game is customized using the determined set of configuration options. A resultant wagering game outcome is determined from the base-game feature and the bonus-game feature, and a credit balance is adjusting accordingly, prior to a cashout of the credit balance.

Abstract: A steam generator having a block of heat conductive material in one face of which is formed a water chamber for the reception of water to be turned into steam by heat from an electric heater located in the block. The one face has also formed in it, first and second elongate passages each leading from the water chamber to an intermediate transfer area. From each intermediate transfer area extends a transfer path that connects the area to a different one of the steam exits. The steam generator may be used in a hand-held wallpaper steamer used for stripping wallpaper or in a hand-held steamer for removing creases from fabrics.

Abstract: A hand-held wallpaper steamer for use in wallpaper stripping having a housing of two-part clam shell construction, a base portion with a floor and a peripheral wall to form a chamber open at one face. The clam shells are contoured to receive the base portion at the open end of the housing to close that end. The clam shells are shaped to form a handle spaced from the base portion and extending in a direction generally parallel to the base portion. The clam shells are also shaped to accommodate a removable water tank.

Abstract: A hand-held, wallpaper steamer for use in stripping wallpaper has a housing accommodating a water tank and a steam generator supplied with water from the tank by an electrically powered water pump. Steam from the generator passes into an open faced steam chamber formed in a base portion of the steamer. The chamber has a peripheral wall which is held against wallpaper to be stripped and the base portion has a groove for collecting moisture.

Abstract: A hand-held wallpaper steamer for use in stripping wallpaper including a housing with a handle by which a user manipulates the steamer. The housing accommodates a water tank from which water is pumped by an electrically powered pump in the housing to a water chamber in a steam generator heated electrically. The steam generator has elongate passages joining the water chamber to steam exits in the generator. From the steam exits steam emerges to pass into a steam chamber with a peripheral wall forming part of the housing and having an open face which is held against wallpaper to be stripped.

Abstract: A hand-held wallpaper steamer for use in wallpaper stripping having a housing with a base portion having a peripheral floor and forming an open faced steam chamber. Water is pumped by an electric pump in the housing to an electrically-heated, steam generator also in the housing which generates steam. The steam is supplied to the steam chamber via a first set of apertures located adjacent one end of the steam chamber and via a second set of apertures adjacent the other end of the steam chamber but spaced from that end by a greater distance than that separating the first set of apertures from the one end of the steam chamber. That arrangement improves the distribution of steam in the steam chamber when the steamer is used on a wall with the one end of the chamber lowermost.

Abstract: A hand-held wallpaper steamer for use in stripping wallpaper which includes a housing accommodating a water tank, an electrically heated steam generator and an electric pump for pumping water from the tank to the steam generator. The steamer also has a base portion with a peripheral wall and forming a steam chamber to which steam is supplied by the steam generator. The water tank has a water capacity of substantially 400 cc. The electric heating element has an electrical rating of 1.2 Kw. The pumping rate of the pump is about 25 cc/minute. These values allow a user to use the steamer for about 20 minutes before the water tank needs refilling.