Methods of forming playing card-handling devices
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorsAttila Grauzer, Paul K. Scheper, Sion D. Walsh
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Abstract
An apparatus for handling cards has a dispensing end. The dispensing end has a base plate for supporting cards being manually removed. An upper plate with a U-shaped opening is spaced above the base plate and defines a slot for cards to pass. First and second spaced apart card guides define side edges of the slot. The first card guide is shorter than the second card guide, creating an offset in a first direction of travel of cards being removed. A method of removing cards is also disclosed, enabling movement of cards in at least two directions due to the presence of a card guide offset.
Claims20
A method of forming a playing card-handling device, the method comprising:
- forming a base plate for supporting cards;
- forming an upper plate spaced apart from the base plate, the upper plate having an opening for manual removal of the cards, the base plate and the upper plate defining a slot for a card to pass through, the slot having a card receiving end and a card delivery end for removing the cards from the playing card-handling device under the opening of the upper plate;
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- forming first and second card guides defining side edges of the slot and spaced apart to enable passage of a card therebetween, the first card guide including a curved inner edge at a terminal end of the first card guide, the second card guide extending farther in a direction of travel of the cards than the first card guide.
A method of forming a playing card-handling device, the method comprising:
- forming a playing card delivery area for manual removal of playing cards from the playing card-handling device, an output slot of the playing card delivery area having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the output slot is defined by a support surface, an upper surface, and two opposing side surfaces;
- forming a terminal end of one of the two opposing side surfaces to be nearer the distal end of the output slot relative to a terminal end of the other of the two opposing side surfaces to enable a leading portion of a playing card being manually removed from the playing card-handling device to be rotatable about an axis normal to a face of the playing card while a portion of the playing card remains in the playing card delivery area;
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- forming a curved inner edge at the terminal end of each of the two opposing side surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.