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Card shuffler with adjacent card infeed and card output compartments

US8342525B2 · kind B2 · utility

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223References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SHFL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. · US

Inventors

Paul K. Scheper · Bloomington, US
Attila Grauzer · Las Vegas, US
James V. Kelly · Las Vegas, US
James B. Stasson · Chaska, US
Ronald R. Swanson · Otsego, US
Feraidoon Bourbour · Eden Prairie, US
Troy D. Nelson · Big Lake, US
David B. Lopez · Las Vegas, US
Mark L. Yoseloff · Henderson, US
R. Brooke Dunn · Henderson, US
Peter Krenn · Neufeld, AT
Ernst Blaha · Tullnerbach, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 5, 2006
Grant date	Jan 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 17, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA63F2009/241
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A playing card handling device is disclosed. The device includes a first side and a second opposite side. Components of the device include a card infeed tray, a card output tray and a card handling zone. The card infeed tray and card output tray are on the same first side of the device and an upper surface of the card infeed tray and an upper surface of the card output tray are in the same plane. Card handling devices of the present invention also include a touch screen display, as well as a movable card gate.

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