Amusement devices: games – Games accessories – Card shufflers and dealers
Patent
1997-09-18
2000-05-30
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Games accessories
Card shufflers and dealers
A63F 112
Patent
active
060682582
ABSTRACT:
The 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. The machine further includes a counter display which displays or registers the "in use" time of the machine by counting the number of shuffling cycles the machine has performed, thereby facilitating the determination of a lease rate or sales price based on accurate quantification of use of the machine.
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Breeding John G.
Grauzer Attila
Kukuzka Nick W.
Nelson Troy D.
Scheper Paul K.
Layno Benjamin H.
Shuffle Master, Inc.
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