AUTOMATIC CARD SHUFFLERS AND RELATED METHODS
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1. An automatic card shuffler, comprising:
- a card infeed compartment;
a rack with compartments for holding more than one card, the rack configured to translate vertically relative to the card infeed compartment;
an elevator configured to translate the rack vertically;
a first card mover for moving cards from the card infeed compartment into a randomly aligned one of the compartments; and
a second card mover for moving at least some of the cards from at least two of the compartments simultaneously at least part way out of the at least two of the compartments.
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Abstract
Automatic card shufflers may include a card input mechanism for inputting cards into the card shuffler, a card storage device for receiving cards from the card input mechanism and temporarily storing cards within the card shuffler, and a card output mechanism for outputting cards from the card shuffler.
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20 Claims
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1. An automatic card shuffler, comprising:
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a card infeed compartment; a rack with compartments for holding more than one card, the rack configured to translate vertically relative to the card infeed compartment; an elevator configured to translate the rack vertically; a first card mover for moving cards from the card infeed compartment into a randomly aligned one of the compartments; and a second card mover for moving at least some of the cards from at least two of the compartments simultaneously at least part way out of the at least two of the compartments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An automatic card shuffler, comprising:
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a card infeed area; a rack having compartments, each compartment configured to hold one or more cards delivered to the rack from the card infeed area, the rack configured to move relative to the card infeed area in order to deliver one or more of the cards into at least some of the compartments; a card mover for moving cards from the card infeed area into a randomly aligned one of the compartments; and an ejector for moving at least some of the cards from the at least some of the compartments simultaneously at least partially out of the at least some of the compartments. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of handling cards, the method comprising:
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transferring cards with a card mover from a card infeed area into at least one randomly aligned compartment of compartments defined in a card rack; moving the card rack relative to the card infeed area; transferring additional cards with the card mover from the card infeed area into at least another randomly aligned compartment of the compartments; and simultaneously ejecting at least some of the cards in the card rack at least partially out of the card rack with an ejector by passing the ejector at least partially through the card rack to contact the at least some of the cards. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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