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Mechanized playing card dealing shoe with automatic jam recovery

  • US 8,118,305 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/2010
  • Issued: 02/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mechanized playing card delivery shoe comprising:

  • a. A card in-feed area;

    b. At least one card mover that mechanically moves cards individually from the card in-feed area to a card delivery area;

    c. At least one sensor capable of sensing at least the presence of a card in a card location within the card delivery shoe; and

    d. A microprocessor for controlling the operation of the card delivery shoe, wherein the microprocessor receives a signal from the at least one sensor and determines if the signal indicates a jam has occurred, and is programmed to cause the at least one card mover to alter a direction of movement of a card to recover from a jam.

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