Card dispenser

Patent 5240140 Issued on August 31, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 18, 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.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

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Inventor

Huen, Hing-Wah

Application

No. 762858 filed on 09/18/1991

US Classes:

221/13, Of discharge assistant operation221/252, With plural article outlets221/259, Surface contact only (i.e., friction)273/149P, Devices for dealing predetermined hands273/149RCard shufflers and dealers

Examiners

Primary: Bollinger, David H.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Browning, Bushman, Anderson & Brookhart

Foreign Patent References

8103239 NL. 01/13/1993
1176628 GB. 02/13/1968
1454931 GB. 08/13/1974
1456051 GB. 11/13/1976
2152018A GB. 12/13/1984

International Class

A63F 001/12

Foreign Application Priority Data

1991-02-12 GB

Abstract

A card dispenser (32) comprising a body (33) having a compartment (38) for accommodating a stack of cards (39) and at least one outlet (43) through which cards (39) accommodated in the compartment (38) can be dispensed, transporting mechanism (41) provided in the body (33) and arranged to transport a card (39) from the said stack so accommodated towards the said or one of the said at least one outlet (43), and a random device (47) arranged to cause the or some of the cards (39) to be dispensed one by one to a plurality of locations in a random manner.