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Card dealing and sorting apparatus and method

Patent 5121921 Issued on June 16, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject September 23, 2011. Estimated 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.

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Inventors

Application

No. 764250 filed on 09/23/1991

US Classes:

273/149PDevices for dealing predetermined hands

Examiners

Primary: Layno, Benjamin H.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A63F 001/14

Abstract

A card dealing and sorting apparatus adapted for use with a conventional deck of cards. The apparatus includes a frame onto which is movably mounted a card holding device. The card holding device holds the deck of cards, the lowermost cards being removed by a card removing device. The removed card falls down an open well where it is directed into a desired card holding compartment by a series of gates which either intercept the falling card or allow it to pass by. The gate position information is encoded on a program strip which is read by a strip reading device, the information being translated to the gates for positioning of the same.

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