US2008217218A1PendingUtilityA1

Shuffling apparatus and method

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Mar 13, 1998Filed: Apr 4, 2006Published: Sep 11, 2008
Est. expiryMar 13, 2018(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Rodney G. Johnson
B65H 2405/352A63F 2009/2458A63F 2009/2419A63F 1/14A63F 1/06B07C 5/34A63F 1/12
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Claims

Abstract

A card shuffling device reads suit and value of individual cards that are moved through the card shuffler. Reading of the cards is effected after cards have been received into a card holding area and before cards have been delivered into a card collection area from which cards are removed from the device for use.

Claims

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         34 . A card shuffler having a card holding area and a card collecting area,
 the card shuffler being capable of moving cards between the card holding area and the card collecting area to form a shuffled set of cards in the card collecting area,   a sensor between the card holding area and the card collecting area,   the sensor reading suit and rank of each card individually and directly from symbols of suits and rank while moving between the card holding area and the card collecting area.   
     
     
         35 . The card shuffler of  claim 34  wherein cards are shuffled by insertion of cards into a carousel having multiple storage spaces. 
     
     
         36 . The card shuffler of  claim 35  wherein each card is read before being inserted into one of the storage spaces. 
     
     
         37 . The card shuffler of  claim 34  wherein each read card is moved into a storage space after reading. 
     
     
         38 . The card shuffler of  claim 35  wherein cards inserted into the carousel are discharged into the card collecting area to form a pack of shuffled cards. 
     
     
         39 . The card shuffler of  claim 36  wherein cards inserted into the carousel are discharged into the card collecting area to form a pack of shuffled cards. 
     
     
         40 . The card shuffler of  claim 37  wherein cards inserted into the carousel are discharged into the card collecting area to form a pack of shuffled cards. 
     
     
         41 . The card shuffler of  claim 34  wherein the card holding area comprises a vertical stack of cards. 
     
     
         42 . The card shuffler of  claim 38  wherein the card holding area comprises a vertical stack of cards. 
     
     
         43 . The card shuffler of  claim 39  wherein the card holding area comprises a vertical stack of cards. 
     
     
         44 . The card shuffler of  claim 40  wherein the card holding area comprises a vertical stack of cards. 
     
     
         45 . The card shuffler of  claim 41  wherein the card holding area comprises a vertical stack of cards. 
     
     
         46 . The card shuffler of  claim 35  wherein a microprocessor using a random number generator allocates a read card to one of the storage spaces. 
     
     
         47 . The card shuffler of  claim 38  wherein a microprocessor using a random number generator allocates a read card to one of the storage spaces. 
     
     
         48 . The card shuffler of  claim 39  wherein a microprocessor using a random number generator allocates a read card to one of the storage spaces. 
     
     
         49 . The card shuffler of  claim 40  wherein a microprocessor using a random number generator allocates a read card to one of the storage spaces. 
     
     
         50 . The card shuffler of  claim 41  wherein a microprocessor using a random number generator allocates a read card to one of the storage spaces. 
     
     
         51 . The card shuffler of  claim 45  wherein a microprocessor using a random number generator allocates a read card to one of the storage spaces. 
     
     
         46 . The card shuffler of  claim 34  having a microprocessor connected thereto which records identity of cards by suit and value. 
     
     
         47 . A method of shuffling cards comprising receiving cards in a card holding area, shuffling the cards by moving randomized cards into a card collecting area, and reading the suit and value of each card individually after it is removed from the card holding area and before it is moved into the card collecting area. 
     
     
         48 . The method of  claim 47  wherein shuffling the cards is performed by moving individual cards into one of a number of multiple storage spaces and discharging the cards from the storage spaces into the card collection area. 
     
     
         49 . The method of  claim 47  wherein the card collecting area comprises at least a portion of a card randomizing area. 
     
     
         50 . A card shuffler having a card holding area and a card collecting area,
 the card shuffler directly moving cards between the card holding area and the card collecting area to form a shuffled set of cards in the card collecting area,   a sensor between the card holding area and the card collecting area,   the sensor reading suit and rank of each card individually and directly from symbols of suits and rank while the individual cards are moving between the card holding area and the card collecting area.   
     
     
         51 . A card shuffler having a single card holding area and a card collecting area,
 the card shuffler moving cards between the card holding area and the card collecting area to form a shuffled set of cards in the card collecting area,   a sensor between the card holding area and the card collecting area,   the sensor reading suit and rank of each card individually and directly from symbols of suits and rank while the individual cards are moving between the card holding area and the card collecting area.

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