Card shuffling device and method
First Claim
1. A card shuffling apparatus for mounting beneath a surface, comprising:
- a housing having a top surface adapted to be mountable to the surface;
an aperture in the top surface dimensioned so that a deck of cards, oriented with a card face horizontally disposed, is insertable into the aperture;
a first transport mechanism adapted to move the deck of cards in a horizontal direction so as to fall into a compartment;
a card shuffling device adapted to shuffle cards in the compartment;
a second transport mechanism adapted to move the deck of cards in a vertical direction to an upper position in the compartment;
a lift-gate mechanism adapted to transfer the deck of cards from the upper position in the compartment to a position on the first transport mechanism.
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Abstract
A card shuffling device is described where the device is configured to be mountable below a table top and accessible by an aperture formed in the table top. Cards are inserted into an aperture on the top of the card shuffling device with the face of the cards being in a horizontal plane. The cards are transported to a shuffling compartment where the cards are shuffled by ejection of the cards in a vertical direction. The shuffled cards are returned to the region of the aperture by an elevator mechanism for dispensing. A card counting device may also be included, where the counting is performed by ejecting the cards from a deck of cards in a vertical direction such that the cards pass individually through a sensing region.
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5 Claims
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1. A card shuffling apparatus for mounting beneath a surface, comprising:
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a housing having a top surface adapted to be mountable to the surface; an aperture in the top surface dimensioned so that a deck of cards, oriented with a card face horizontally disposed, is insertable into the aperture; a first transport mechanism adapted to move the deck of cards in a horizontal direction so as to fall into a compartment; a card shuffling device adapted to shuffle cards in the compartment; a second transport mechanism adapted to move the deck of cards in a vertical direction to an upper position in the compartment; a lift-gate mechanism adapted to transfer the deck of cards from the upper position in the compartment to a position on the first transport mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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