Card shuffler with staging area for collecting groups of cards
US7059602B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F1/14
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method and apparatus delivers subsets of randomly mixed playing cards from a first group of playing cards. At least one first group of multiple playing cards is provided to a playing card randomizing apparatus. Ar least one subset of randomized playing cards is formed within the apparatus from the first group of playing cards. A first subset of randomized playing cards for use in a card game is delivered to a single delivery tray. The first subset of playing cards delivered to the single delivery tray as a whole (all of the cards in the subset). At least one additional subset of playing cards is formed within the card randomization apparatus from remaining cards from the first group of playing cards. Upon manual removal of the first subset of playing cards from the single delivery tray, the apparatus delivers the at least one additional subset of randomly mixed playing cards into the single delivery tray as a second group of playing cards.
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