System and method to handle playing cards, employing manual movable cover
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1. A playing card handling system, comprising:
- a playing card input receiver sized and positioned to receive a number of playing cards to be handled by the playing card handling system;
a playing card output receiver sized and positioned to receive a number of playing cards handled by the playing card handling system;
at least one playing card transport path between the playing card input receiver and the playing card output receiver, along which at least some of the playing cards pass from the playing card input receiver to the playing card output receiver;
at least one intermediary playing card receiver positioned in the at least one playing card transport path between the playing card input receiver and the playing card output receiver;
a cover manually movable from a closed position to an opened position, where in the closed position the cover limits access from an exterior of the playing card handling system to the playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver and in the opened position the cover does not limit access from the exterior of the playing card handling system to the playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver; and
a switch operable to cause a delivery of at least some of the playing cards externally from the playing card handling system in response to a position of the cover.
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Abstract
A card shoe handling device includes a cover that is manually movable from a closed position to an opened position and a switch operable to cause a delivery of at least some of the playing cards externally from the playing card handling system in response to a position of the cover. In the closed position the cover limits access to playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver from an exterior of the playing card handling system and in the opened position the cover does not limit access to playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver from an exterior of the playing card handling system.
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27 Claims
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1. A playing card handling system, comprising:
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a playing card input receiver sized and positioned to receive a number of playing cards to be handled by the playing card handling system;
a playing card output receiver sized and positioned to receive a number of playing cards handled by the playing card handling system;
at least one playing card transport path between the playing card input receiver and the playing card output receiver, along which at least some of the playing cards pass from the playing card input receiver to the playing card output receiver;
at least one intermediary playing card receiver positioned in the at least one playing card transport path between the playing card input receiver and the playing card output receiver;
a cover manually movable from a closed position to an opened position, where in the closed position the cover limits access from an exterior of the playing card handling system to the playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver and in the opened position the cover does not limit access from the exterior of the playing card handling system to the playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver; and
a switch operable to cause a delivery of at least some of the playing cards externally from the playing card handling system in response to a position of the cover. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A playing card handling system, comprising:
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a playing card input receiver positioned to receive a number of playing cards to be ordered by the playing card handling system;
a playing card output receiver positioned to provide a number of playing cards ordered by the playing card handling system;
ordering means for providing the playing cards received in the playing card input receiver to the playing card output receiver in an order, wherein the order is at least one of a sorted order or a random order;
a cover manually movable from a closed position to an opened position, where in the closed position the cover substantially limits access from an exterior of the playing card handling system to the playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver and in the opened position the cover does not substantially limit access from the exterior of the playing card handling system to the playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver; and
means for causing a delivery of at least some of the playing cards externally from the playing card handling system in response to at least one of a movement or a position of the cover. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of operating a playing card handling system that comprises a playing card input receiver and a playing card output receiver, the method comprising:
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receiving a number of playing cards to be handled by the playing card handling system at the playing card input receiver;
providing at least some of the playing cards received at the playing card input receiver to the playing card output receiver in an order different from an order of the playing cards in the playing card input receiver; and
delivering at least some of the playing cards externally from the playing card handling system in response to at least one of a position or a movement of a cover that is movable from a closed position to an opened position, where in the closed position the cover substantially limits access from an exterior of the playing card handling system to the playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver and in the opened position the cover does not substantially limit access from the exterior of the playing card handling system to the playing cards carried by the playing card output receiver. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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