Amusement devices: games – Games accessories – Card shufflers and dealers
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-11
2006-07-11
Layno, Benjamin (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Games accessories
Card shufflers and dealers
C273S14900R
Reexamination Certificate
active
07073791
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into plural hands of cards, wherein each of the hands contains a random arrangement of cards. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for receiving the first group of cards, a single stack of card-receiving compartments generally adjacent to the card receiver, the stack generally vertically movable, an elevator for moving the stack, a card-moving mechanism between the card receiver and the stack, and a microprocessor that controls the card-moving mechanism and the elevator so that an individual card is moved into an identified compartment. The number of compartments receiving cards and the number of cards moved to each compartment may be selected. An apparatus for feeding cards, comprising a surface for supporting a stack of cards, a feed roller with a frictional outer surface, a drive mechanism for causing rotation of the feed roller, a pair of speed-up rollers to advance the cards out of the feed roller, and a clutch mechanism for disengaging the feed roller from the drive mechanism as the card comes into contact with the speed up rollers.
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CD Labeled “Shuffler Art”. Attached to this 1449 is a spreadsheet having the names of the individual files within the CD. There is a self-executing function on the CD so that, upom entering the Spreadsheet Table of Contents (Index), indvidual items may be opened directly from the spreadsheet according to the title of the document.
DVD Labeled “Luciano Decl. Ex. K”. This is the video taped live Declaration of Mr. Luciano (see list of patents on the 1449 or of record in the file history) taken during preparation of litigation.
DVD Labeled “Solberg Decl. Ex. C”. This is the Video taped live Declaration of Mr. Solberg, a witness for the defense, taken during preparation for litigation.
DVD labeled “Morrill Decl. Ex. A”. This is the video taped live Declaration of Mr. Robert Morrill, a lead trial counsel for the defense, taken during preparation for litigation. He is describing the operation of the Roblejo Prototype device. See Roblejo patent in 1449 or of record.
DVD labeled Exhibit 1. This is a DVD taken by Shuffle Master personnel of the live operation of a CARD One2Six™ Shuffler.
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Bourbour Feraidoon
Grauzer Attila
Nelson Troy D.
Rynda Robert J.
Scheper Paul K.
Layno Benjamin
Mark A. Litman & Associates P.A.
Shuffle Master, Inc.
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