Apparatus and process for verifying, sorting, and randomizing sets of playing cards and process for playing card games
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1. Apparatus for verifying and sorting or shuffling sets of playing cards comprising:
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B. input means for receiving playing cards into the apparatus;
C. identification means for reading indicia on the playing cards;
D. buffer means having a plurality of slots for temporarily holding cards;
E. directing means for directing cards from the input means into slots in the buffer means;
F. transporting means for moving cards from the input means to and through the identification means;
G. stacking means;
H. ejecting means for ejecting cards from the slots in the buffer means into the stacking means;
wherein the identification means signals to the control means the identities of the cards and wherein the control means verifies that a true set of cards has been received in the input means and directs the ejecting means to deliver a true set of cards at the stacking means in either a random order or a sorted order.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for randomizing and verifying sets of playing cards. Also, the invention relates to a processing providing such an apparatus; feeding to the apparatus one or more cards either after they have been played in a game or from an unrandomized or unverified set of cards; and manually retrieving a verified true set of cards from the apparatus. Also, the invention relates to a process of playing in a casino setting or simulated casino setting, a card game comprising providing such an apparatus, feeding unverified sets of playing cards to the apparatus, and recovering verified true sets of cards from the apparatus.
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1. Apparatus for verifying and sorting or shuffling sets of playing cards comprising:
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A. control means; B. input means for receiving playing cards into the apparatus; C. identification means for reading indicia on the playing cards; D. buffer means having a plurality of slots for temporarily holding cards; E. directing means for directing cards from the input means into slots in the buffer means; F. transporting means for moving cards from the input means to and through the identification means; G. stacking means; H. ejecting means for ejecting cards from the slots in the buffer means into the stacking means;
wherein the identification means signals to the control means the identities of the cards and wherein the control means verifies that a true set of cards has been received in the input means and directs the ejecting means to deliver a true set of cards at the stacking means in either a random order or a sorted order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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