CARD SHUFFLER WITH GRAVITY FEED SYSTEM FOR PLAYING CARDS
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Abstract
A card feed system for feeding cards into a card handling system is disclosed. The system includes a card input department with a playing card support surface, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls. The playing card support surface slopes towards the front wall at an angle between 12 and 22 degrees. A slot is provided in the front wall to allow single cards to pass into the card handling system. The card feed system also includes a card moving system to advance cards through the slot.
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39 Claims
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1-19. -19. (canceled)
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20. A feed system for feeding playing cards into a card handling system comprising:
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a playing card input compartment having a playing card support surface, two side walls and a front barrier; the playing card support surface having a slope towards the front barrier; the front barrier having a slot that allows single playing cards to pass from the support surface through the slot into the card handling system; a playing card moving system associated with the playing card input compartment that advances single playing cards through the slot; wherein playing cards are pressed against the playing card moving system by gravity and without other mechanical pressure, and wherein an extendable and retractable blocking element is present in the vicinity of the slot to either prevent or allow playing cards to pass through the slot. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A feed system for feeding playing cards into a card handling system comprising:
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a playing card input compartment having a playing card support surface, two side walls, a front wall and a rear wall; the playing card support surface having a slope towards the front barrier; the front barrier having a slot that allows single playing cards to pass from the support surface through the slot into the card handling system; a playing card moving system associated with the playing card input compartment that advances single playing cards through the slot; wherein playing cards are pressed against the playing card moving system by gravity and without other mechanical pressure, and wherein an extendable and retractable blocking element is present in the vicinity of the slot to either prevent or allow playing cards to pass through the slot. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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