Card snuffler with gravity feed system for playing cards

US8210536B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG · AT

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 3, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3241
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A card feed system for feeding cards into a card handling system. The card feed system includes a card input compartment with a playing card support surface, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls. The playing card support surface slopes toward the front wall at an angle between 12 degrees 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.