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Card shuffling device and method

  • US 8,602,416 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2010
  • Issued: 12/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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