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US 11,376,489 B2Granted
Card-handling devices and related methods, assemblies, and components
AssigneeSG Gaming, Inc.
InventorsPaul K. Scheper, Colin A. Helsen, Ronald R. Swanson, Peter Krenn
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Abstract
A card-handling device and related methods may include a card intake, a card rotation device, and a card output. The card rotation device may be configured to rotate at least one of the one or more playing cards about a minor axis of the one or more playing cards to randomly alter an orientation of lateral edges of the one or more playing cards. A card-handling device and related methods may be configured to recognize unreadable cards and move the unreadable cards to a designated position.
Claims20
A card-handling device comprising:
- a card intake configured to receive a plurality of playing cards;
- a card output configured to provide at least one playing card of the plurality of playing cards;
- a playing card-shuffling apparatus positioned along a card path through the card-handling device and configured to randomize at least some playing cards of the plurality of playing cards;
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- a card rotation device configured to rotate at least one playing card of the plurality of playing cards about a minor axis of the plurality of playing cards to randomly alter an orientation of lateral edges of the plurality of playing cards, the minor axis of the plurality of playing cards extending through a thickness of the at least one playing card of the plurality of playing cards in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis thereof, wherein, based on rotation by the card rotation device, a first subset of the plurality of playing cards has a first card orientation of lateral edges about the minor axis and a second subset of the plurality of playing cards has a second card orientation of lateral edges about the minor axis, the first subset and the second subset intermixed as a single set of playing cards by the card rotation device.
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A card-handling device comprising:
- a card intake configured to receive a plurality of playing cards;
- a card output configured to provide at least one playing card of the plurality of playing cards;
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- a card rotation device positioned in at least one location selected from the group consisting of the card intake, the card output, or along a card path between the card intake and the card output and configured to rotate at least one playing card of the plurality of playing cards about a minor axis of the plurality of playing cards to randomly alter an orientation of one or more lateral edges of the plurality of playing cards, the minor axis of the plurality of playing cards extending through a thickness of the plurality of playing cards in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis of the plurality of playing cards, wherein, based on rotation by the card rotation device, a first subset of the plurality of playing cards has a first card orientation of lateral edges about the minor axis and a second subset of the plurality of playing cards has a second card orientation of lateral edges about the minor axis, the first subset and the second subset intermixed as a single set of playing cards by the card rotation device.
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A card-handling device comprising:
- a card intake configured to receive a plurality of playing cards;
- a card output configured to provide at least one playing card of the plurality of playing cards;
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- a card rotation device configured to rotate at least one playing card of the plurality of playing cards about a minor axis of the plurality of playing cards to randomly alter an orientation of lateral edges of the plurality of playing cards, the minor axis of the plurality of playing cards extending through a thickness of the at least one playing card of the plurality of playing cards in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis thereof, wherein, based on rotation by the card rotation device, a first subset of the plurality of playing cards has a first card orientation of lateral edges about the minor axis and a second subset of the plurality of playing cards has a second card orientation of lateral edges about the minor axis, the first subset and the second subset intermixed as a single set of playing cards by the card rotation device.
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