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Card shuffler with gravity feed system for playing cards

US7556266B2 · kind B2 · utility

106Cited by

45References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG · AT

Inventors

Ernst Blaha · Tullnerbach, AT
Peter Krenn · Neufeld, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 24, 2006
Grant date	Jul 7, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07F17/3241
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A card feed system for feeding cards into a card handling system is disclosed. The system includes a card input department with a playing card support surface, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls. The playing card support surface slopes towards the front wall at an angle between 12 and 22 degrees. A slot is provided in the front wall to allow single cards to pass into the card handling system. The card feed system also includes a card moving system to advance cards through the slot.

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