Device and method for handling, shuffling, and moving cards
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A63F-001/12
출원번호
US-0540234
(2012-07-02)
등록번호
US-8646779
(2014-02-11)
발명자
/ 주소
Grauzer, Attila
Rynda, Robert J.
Swanson, Ronald R.
출원인 / 주소
SHFL Entertainment, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
TraskBritt
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
2인용 특허 :
100
초록▼
Card-handling devices include a card-holding area and a card output shoe. The card output shoe includes a card-way for passage of cards from the card-holding area into a dealing-ready area. A movable gate is positioned between the card-way and the dealing-ready area to prevent cards in the dealing-r
Card-handling devices include a card-holding area and a card output shoe. The card output shoe includes a card-way for passage of cards from the card-holding area into a dealing-ready area. A movable gate is positioned between the card-way and the dealing-ready area to prevent cards in the dealing-ready area from re-entering the card-way. Card shufflers include a gate mounted to allow movement of randomized groups of cards from card-receiving compartments to proximate a terminal end plate of a card output shoe and to block movement of cards in an opposite direction. In related methods of moving cards, card movement through the card-way to the dealing-ready position is allowed by a movable gate and card movement from the dealing-ready position into the card-way is prevented by the movable gate.
대표청구항▼
1. A card-handling device, comprising: a card-holding area;a card output shoe, the card output shoe comprising: a base member;a terminal end plate;a card block movable along a surface of the base member;a card-way for passage of cards from the card-holding area into a dealing-ready area defined by a
1. A card-handling device, comprising: a card-holding area;a card output shoe, the card output shoe comprising: a base member;a terminal end plate;a card block movable along a surface of the base member;a card-way for passage of cards from the card-holding area into a dealing-ready area defined by an interior surface of the terminal end plate and a surface of the card block;a movable gate positioned between the card-way and the dealing-ready area to prevent cards in the dealing-ready area from re-entering the card-way, the movable gate pivotally mounted in the card output shoe. 2. The card-handling device of claim 1, wherein the card-handling device comprises a card shuffler. 3. The card-handling device of claim 1, wherein the card-holding area comprises a card infeed area. 4. The card-handling device of claim 1, wherein the card-holding area comprises a plurality of card-holding compartments. 5. The card-handling device of claim 1, wherein the card output shoe further comprises a movable card-way cover, and wherein the movable gate is pivotally mounted to the movable card-way cover. 6. The card-handling device of claim 1, wherein the movable gate is mounted to block an exit end of the card-way from passage of cards when the movable gate is in a first resting position, and to allow passage of cards from the exit end of the card-way when the movable gate is in a second retracted position. 7. The card-handling device of claim 1, wherein the base member comprises a downwardly sloping upper surface and wherein the movable card block is movable along the downwardly sloping upper surface. 8. The card-handling device of claim 1, wherein the terminal end plate comprises an inverted U-shaped opening for manual removal of cards. 9. A method of moving cards through a card-handling device, comprising: inserting cards into a card-holding area of the card-handling device;moving cards from the card-holding area through a card-way into a dealing-ready position of the card-handling device, the dealing-ready position defined by an area between an inner surface of a terminal end plate and a front surface of a card block movable along a downwardly sloping support surface, card movement through the card-way to the dealing-ready position allowed by a movable gate pivotally mounted in the card handling device and card movement from the dealing-ready position into the card-way prevented by the movable gate; andmanually removing cards from the card-handling device by contacting the cards through an inverted U-shaped opening in the terminal end plate. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein moving cards from the card-holding area through a card-way comprises moving the cards from the card-holding area through the card-way with a mechanical card-moving system. 11. The method of claim 9, further comprising holding cards in the dealing-ready position against the terminal end plate with the card block. 12. The method of claim 9, further comprising pivoting the movable gate relative to the terminal end plate to allow the cards to move from the card-way into the dealing-ready position, wherein the movable gate is proximate a terminal end of the card-way. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein pivoting the movable gate comprises pivoting the movable gate from a first position blocking an opening of the card-way to a second position not blocking an opening to the card-way. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein pivoting the movable gate comprises contacting the movable gate with cards passing through the card-way to cause the movable gate to pivot from the first position to the second position to allow cards to pass into the dealing-ready position. 15. A card shuffler, comprising: card-receiving compartments, each card-receiving compartment for holding a randomized group of cards therein;a card output shoe comprising a terminal end plate; anda gate mounted to allow movement of the randomized groups of cards from the card-receiving compartments to proximate the terminal end plate of the card output shoe and mounted to block movement of cards in an opposite direction in a first position responsive to gravity. 16. The card shuffler of claim 15, wherein the gate is movable from the first position blocking movement of cards to a second position allowing movement of the randomized groups of cards from the card-receiving compartments to proximate the terminal end plate. 17. The card shuffler of claim 15, wherein the gate is pivotally mounted to the card output shoe. 18. The card shuffler of claim 15, further comprising: a movable card block proximate the terminal end plate against which cards to be removed from the card output shoe rest; anda sensor coupled to the movable card block for sensing a position of the movable card block to sense a presence of cards between the movable card block and the terminal end plate. 19. A card shuffler, comprising: card-receiving compartments, each card-receiving compartment for holding a randomized group of cards therein;a card output shoe comprising a terminal end plate;a gate mounted to allow movement of the randomized groups of cards from the card-receiving compartments to proximate the terminal end plate of the card output shoe and mounted to block movement of cards in an opposite direction;a movable card block proximate the terminal end plate against which cards to be removed from the card output shoe rest; anda sensor coupled to the movable card block for sensing a position of the movable card block to sense a presence of cards between the movable card block and the terminal end plate.
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