Automatic card shuffler and card box rack of the automatic card shuffler
AssigneeTaiwan Fulgent Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorCai Shiang Ho
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Abstract
An automatic card shuffler has a shuffling device having a card exit and a card box rack. The card box rack has a connecting arm mounted on the shuffling device and a pivot shelf. The pivot shelf is pivotally connected on the connecting arm and is adapted to accommodate the card box. The pivot shelf is adapted to pivot relative to the connecting arm to a first position and a second position. In the first position, the cover of the card box is easy to be sealed. In the second position, the cover opens due to gravity and the opening of the card box is aligned to the card exit of the shuffling device. Therefore, when the poker cards are dispensing, the poker cards pass through the opening, enter the card box, and are stacked inside the card box to be sealed.
Claims15
A card box rack adapted to be mounted on a shuffling device to accommodate a card box, wherein the shuffling device has a card exit, and the card box is a hexahedron and has a cover, an abutting surface, a placing surface, and two first surfaces;
- the cover and the placing surface being two opposite surfaces of the card box respectively;
- the abutting surface connected between the cover and the placing surface;
- the two first surfaces being another two opposite surfaces of the card box respectively and each of the first surfaces connected between the cover, the abutting surface, and the placing surface;
- the cover adapted to be opened to form an opening;
- the card box rack comprising:
- a connecting arm having
- a first end adapted to be mounted on the shuffling device;
- and
- a second end being opposite to the first end;
- a pivot stopper mounted on the connecting arm;
- and
- a pivot shelf pivotally connected to the connecting arm and adapted to accommodate the card box;
- the pivot shelf adapted to pivot relative to the connecting arm to a first position or a second position;
- wherein when the pivot shelf pivots to the first position, the placing surface of the card box is located in a bottom of the card box and the pivot shelf abuts the pivot stopper;
- when the pivot shelf pivots to the second position, the abutting surface of the card box is located in the bottom of the card box and the pivot shelf makes the opening of the card box aligned to the card exit of the shuffling device.
An automatic card shuffler adapted to accommodate a card box;
- wherein the card box is a hexahedron and has a cover, an abutting surface, a placing surface, and two first surfaces;
- the cover and the placing surface being two opposite surfaces of the card box respectively;
- the abutting surface connected between the cover and the placing surface;
- the two first surfaces being another two opposite surfaces of the card box respectively and each of the first surfaces connected between the cover, the abutting surface, and the placing surface;
- the cover adapted to be opened to form an opening;
- the automatic card shuffler comprising:
- a shuffling device having
- a card entrance end having a card entrance;
- and
- a card exit end being opposite to the card entrance end and having a card exit;
- and
- a card box rack having
- a connecting arm having
- a first end mounted on the card exit end of the shuffling device;
- and
- a second end being opposite to the first end;
- a pivot stopper mounted on the connecting arm;
- and
- a pivot shelf pivotally connected on the connecting arm and adapted to accommodate the card box;
- the pivot shelf adapted to pivot relative to the connecting arm to a first position or a second position;
- wherein when the pivot shelf pivots to the first position, the placing surface of the card box is located in a bottom of the card box and the pivot shelf abuts the pivot stopper;
- when the pivot shelf pivots to the second position, the abutting surface of the card box is located in the bottom of the card box and the pivot shelf makes the opening of the card box aligned to the card exit of the shuffling device.
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