Playing card dispensing and opening system

• US 8,348,278 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2011
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tzu-Hsiang Tseng
• Original Assignee: Tzu-Hsiang Tseng
• Inventors: Tseng, Tzu-Hsiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US12/983,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20120169009A1
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 273/149.R, 273/149.P, 273/148.R, 273/148.A
• US Class Current: 273/149.R
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/14 Card dealers

Abstract

A playing card dispensing and opening system includes a motor drive unit controllable to rotate a first output shaft and rubber card-dispensing wheels in dispensing playing cards and to rotate a second output shaft and a crank arm in moving a transparent flat shovel for opening each dispensed playing card and then carrying the playing card to a playing card recycling chamber for recycling.

Claims

1. A playing card dispensing and displaying system, comprising:

a housing holding a deck of playing cards;

a scanner and a plurality of infrared sensors arranged in front of said housing and adapted for scanning each dispensed playing card;

a motor drive unit disposed at one lateral side of said housing;

a first output shaft transversely pivotally supported in a front side of said housing and rotatable by said motor drive unit;

a plurality of rubber card-dispensing wheels mounted on said first output shaft and rotatable with said first output shaft to dispense said playing cards out of said housing;

a second output shaft suspending outside said housing and rotatable by said motor drive unit;

a crank arm connected to a distal end of said second output shaft outside said motor drive unit;

a transparent flat shovel fastened to one end of said crank arm opposite to said second output shaft positioned adjacent to said housing to catch each dispensed said playing card, said motor drive unit rotates said second output shaft, said output shaft pivots said crank arm and fastened said transparent flat shovel to display said playing card;

a baffle fixedly disposed at one side of said motor drive unit and adapted for stopping said crank arm to limit the angle of rotation of said crank arm; and

a playing card recycling chamber arranged below said baffle for collecting said playing cards.

2. The playing card dispensing and displaying system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transparent flat shovel comprises a rectangular bottom wall and an upright peripheral wall extending along three of four sides of said rectangular bottom wall and a plurality of stop pins perpendicularly extended from said upright peripheral wall and suspending above said rectangular bottom wall at a predetermined elevation to catch said dispensed playing card and temporarily hold said playing card while being displayed.