Manual playing card dealing appliance for the production of programmed deals
US4951950A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 1988 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2009/2419
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The device comprises a box receiving the deck of cards to be dealt, upon which a cover presses. Rollers, driven in rotation by a motor reduction unit ensures partial exit of the lower card of the stack to a slot in the device whereas optical reading means read a value code marked on the card. When the value of the card read comes close to the information contained in the memory relative to the deal being made, a visual display device indicates to which player the card pushed out of the deck and partially protruding should be dealt.
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