Card dispensing shoe having a counting device and method of using the same
Patent 5374061 Issued on December 20, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date: 
December 24, 2012. 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.
December 24, 2012. 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.Patent References D317951 3489907 3731936 3751041 Adaptable mark/hole sensing arrangement for card reader apparatus Automatic card shuffler Game monitoring apparatus Playing card coding system and apparatus for dealing coded cards Apparatus and method for automatically shuffling cards Card reader for blackjack table InventorApplicationNo. 996631 filed on 12/24/1992US Classes:273/149RCard shufflers and dealersExaminersPrimary: Grieb, William H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA63F 001/14AbstractA system which uses a specially coded deck of cards indicating the value and suit of the card or a value related to the count of the card as well as whether the card belongs to a particular set of cards senses the code on the card and sends the detected signal to a processor. The processor determines a running count, a betting count, a true count or other information related to the profitability of a particular wager or particular action, such as an insurance bet as well as an indication of whether the card belongs to the particular set of cards assigned to the table. The counts are displayed centrally and/or remotely from the shoe which dispenses the cards. The electronics for the system may be internally included as part of the shoe or externally included as a separate unit in which the shoe is secured. | |
