Card shuffler with staging area for collecting groups of cards
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for delivering subsets of randomly mixed cards from a first group of cards, comprising:
- providing at least one first group of multiple playing cards to a playing card randomization apparatus;
forming at least one subset of randomized playing cards within the apparatus from the first group of playing cards;
delivering to a single delivery tray a first at least one subset of randomized playing cards for use in a game, the first at least one subset of randomized playing cards being delivered to the delivery tray as a whole first at least one subset of randomized playing cards;
forming at least one additional subset of randomized playing cards within the apparatus from remaining playing cards from the at least one first group of playing cards; and
upon manual removal of the first at least one subset of randomized playing cards from the delivery tray, automatically delivering the at least one additional subset of randomized playing cards into the delivery tray as a second group.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus delivers subsets of randomly mixed playing cards from a first group of playing cards. At least one first group of multiple playing cards is provided to a playing card randomizing apparatus. Ar least one subset of randomized playing cards is formed within the apparatus from the first group of playing cards. A first subset of randomized playing cards for use in a card game is delivered to a single delivery tray. The first subset of playing cards delivered to the single delivery tray as a whole (all of the cards in the subset). At least one additional subset of playing cards is formed within the card randomization apparatus from remaining cards from the first group of playing cards. Upon manual removal of the first subset of playing cards from the single delivery tray, the apparatus delivers the at least one additional subset of randomly mixed playing cards into the single delivery tray as a second group of playing cards.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for delivering subsets of randomly mixed cards from a first group of cards, comprising:
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providing at least one first group of multiple playing cards to a playing card randomization apparatus; forming at least one subset of randomized playing cards within the apparatus from the first group of playing cards; delivering to a single delivery tray a first at least one subset of randomized playing cards for use in a game, the first at least one subset of randomized playing cards being delivered to the delivery tray as a whole first at least one subset of randomized playing cards; forming at least one additional subset of randomized playing cards within the apparatus from remaining playing cards from the at least one first group of playing cards; and upon manual removal of the first at least one subset of randomized playing cards from the delivery tray, automatically delivering the at least one additional subset of randomized playing cards into the delivery tray as a second group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for delivering shuffled plural hands of playing cards in a card game, comprising:
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a playing card in-feed tray capable of receiving a first group of playing cards to be shuffled; a first card moving mechanism capable of delivering playing cards from the card in-feed tray to a playing card randomization apparatus; the card randomization apparatus having at least one staging area for receiving subsets of randomized playing cards; a single playing card receiving tray; a second playing card moving mechanism capable of moving a subset of randomized playing cards from the at least one staging area to the single playing card receiving tray as a second group of playing cards; a sensing mechanism for sensing at least a presence of playing cards in the single playing card receiving tray; and a processor programmed to control the playing card randomization apparatus and the playing card moving mechanisms so that more than one subset of playing cards is delivered to the single playing card receiving tray, one subset at a time, during a single shuffling operation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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