Playing card shuffling machines and methods
US5584483A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F1/12
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Playing card shufflers having unshuffled stack holders which hold infeed arrays of playing cards. Ejectors are mounted adjacent an unshuffled stack holder, which can be stationary or movable. Cards are ejected and discharged from the infeed array at various random positions. The ejectors can be mounted on a movable carriage. Extractors are advantageously used to assist in removing playing cards from the infeed array. Removal resistors are used to provide counteracting forces resisting displacement of cards, to thereby provide more selective ejection of cards from the infeed array. One embodiment mounts over the edge of a card table.
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