Card shuffler
First Claim
1. A card shuffler comprising a fixed stack of mixing pockets for accumulating a plurality of cards in each pocket, each mixing pocket having an entrance end and a discharge end, a distribution elevator which moves along the entrance ends of the mixing pockets and feeds at least one card at a time to said mixing pockets in accordance with a first distribution schedule, a reservoir feed elevator which moves along the discharge ends of the mixing pockets for receiving the cards accumulated in the mixing pockets in accordance with a second distribution schedule and an output reservoir to which the cards are fed from the reservoir feed elevator.
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Abstract
A card shuffler has a plurality of vertically stacked mixing pockets for holding cards. A first vertically traveling elevator holding cards to be shuffled distributes cards one at a time in sequence to the mixing pockets in accordance with a first distribution schedule. A second vertically traveling elevator on the opposite side of the mixing pockets from the first elevator picks up all of the cards from each mixing pocket one mixing pocket at a time in sequence according to a second distribution schedule. Cards from the second elevator are transferred to an output reservoir for use by a dealer.
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- 1. A card shuffler comprising a fixed stack of mixing pockets for accumulating a plurality of cards in each pocket, each mixing pocket having an entrance end and a discharge end, a distribution elevator which moves along the entrance ends of the mixing pockets and feeds at least one card at a time to said mixing pockets in accordance with a first distribution schedule, a reservoir feed elevator which moves along the discharge ends of the mixing pockets for receiving the cards accumulated in the mixing pockets in accordance with a second distribution schedule and an output reservoir to which the cards are fed from the reservoir feed elevator.
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