Apparatus and method for automatically cutting and shuffling playing cards
Patent 5695189 Issued on December 9, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: 
July 19, 2015. 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.
July 19, 2015. 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 2159958 2676020 2778644 2790641 Card shuffling device Automatic card shuffler Card shuffler having a random ejector Automatic shuffling apparatus Card shuffler Card shuffling device InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 504035 filed on 07/19/1995US Classes:273/149RCard shufflers and dealersExaminersPrimary: Layno, Benjamin H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA63F 001/12AbstractThe present invention provides a machine for shuffling multiple decks of playing cards including a first vertically extending magazine for holding a stack of unshuffled playing cards, and second and third vertically extending magazines each for holding a stack of cards, the second and third magazines being horizontally spaced from and adjacent to the first magazine. A first card mover is at the top of the first magazine for moving cards from the top of the stack of cards in the first magazine to the second and third magazines to cut the stack of unshuffled playing cards into two unshuffled stacks. Second and third card movers are at the top of the second and third magazines, respectively, for randomly moving cards from the top of the stack of cards in the second and third magazines, respectively, back to the first magazine, thereby interleaving the cards to form a vertically registered stack of shuffled cards in the first magazine.Field of SearchCard shufflers and dealers | |
