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Playing card shuffler

Patent 5676372 Issued on October 14, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject October 14, 2014. 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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Computerized card shuffling machine
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Issued on: 02/05/1985
Inventor: Plevyak ,   et al.

Card shuffler having a random ejector
Patent #: 4515367
Issued on: 05/07/1985
Inventor: Howard

Automatic shuffling apparatus
Patent #: 4586712
Issued on: 05/06/1986
Inventor: Lorber ,   et al.

Monte verde playing card dispenser
Patent #: 4659082
Issued on: 04/21/1987
Inventor: Greenberg

Card shuffler
Patent #: 4770421
Issued on: 09/13/1988
Inventor: Hoffman

Computerized card shuffling machine
Patent #: 4832342
Issued on: 05/23/1989
Inventor: Plevyak ,   et al.

Apparatus and method for automatically shuffling cards Patent #: 4969648
Issued on: 11/13/1990
Inventor: Hollinger, et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 228609 filed on 04/18/1994

US Classes:

273/149RCard shufflers and dealers

Examiners

Primary: Layno, Benjamin H.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 2108196 CA. 04/13/1994

International Class

A63F 001/12

Abstract

A playing card shuffler having an unshuffled stack holder which holds an infeed array of playing cards. One or more ejectors are mounted adjacent the unshuffled stack holder to eject cards from the infeed array at various random positions. Multiple ejectors are preferably mounted on a movable carriage. Extractors are advantageously used to assist in removing playing cards from the infeed array. Removal resistors are used to provide counteracting forces resisting displacement of cards, to thereby provide more selective ejection of cards from the infeed array.

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