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US Patent 4951950 - Manual playing card dealing appliance for the production of programmed deals
US Patent Issued on August 28, 1990
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
September 29, 2008Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
September 29, 2008Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractThe device comprises a box receiving the deck of cards to be dealt, upon which a cover presses. Rollers, driven in rotation by a motor reduction unit ensures partial exit of the lower card of the stack to a slot in the device whereas optical reading means read a value code marked on the card. When the value of the card read comes close to the information contained in the memory relative to the deal being made, a visual display device indicates to which player the card pushed out of the deck and partially protruding should be dealt. | InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 250882 filed on 09/29/1988US Classes:273/149P, Devices for dealing predetermined hands273/149RCard shufflers and dealersField of Search273/149R, Card shufflers and dealers273/149PDevices for dealing predetermined handsExaminersPrimary: Coven, Edward M.Assistant: Harrison, Jessica J. Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References1824542, 2065824, 2581247, 3222071, 3489907, 3658342, 3731936, 3743294, 4534562, Playing card coding system and apparatus for dealing coded cardsIssued on: 08/13/1985 Inventor: Cuff , et al.4662637, Method of playing a card selection game Issued on: 05/05/1987 Inventor: Pfeiffer4822050Device for reading and distributing cards, in particular playing cards Issued on: 04/18/1989 Inventor: Normand , et al. Foreign Patent References
International ClassA63F 001/14Foreign Application Priority Data1987-10-02 FR |
