Card-handling devices and related methods, assemblies, and components
US11896891B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F1/14
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Card-handling devices may include a card-shuffling apparatus, a card output portion, and/or a card input portion. The card input portion may include a card rotation device. The card rotation device may be configured to receive and rotate cards about a minor axis of the cards. The card-handling device may include a card-shuffling apparatus including a carousel having at least one hundred compartments each configured to hold between one and ten cards and arranged radially about the carousel. The card-handling device may be positioned at a gaming structure with a playing surface. The card-handling device may include a card output portion for receiving shuffled cards from the card-shuffling apparatus. The card output portion may be configured to receive the cards where major faces of the playing cards are oriented in a plane substantially transverse to the playing surface.
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