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US 12,661,576 B2Granted
Card shoe
AssigneeEvolution Malta Limited
InventorsVitalijs Petrovs, Raivis Rengelis
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Abstract
A card shoe and a method of manufacturing the card shoe. The card shoe includes a housing with an elongated body and a receptacle for receiving playing cards. The housing includes a first plate and a second plate. An opening between the first plate and the second plate for removing the playing cards from the receptacle is adjustable by changing a separation between the first plate and a distal end portion of the second plate.
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A card shoe comprising:
- a housing having an elongated body and comprising a receptacle for receiving a plurality of playing cards,
- wherein the housing further comprises a first plate arranged on a support platform at a first angle with respect to a horizontal reference plane of the support platform,
- the first plate having a first surface for supporting the plurality of playing cards,
- the housing further comprising a second plate arranged adjacent to a front end portion of the first plate at a second angle with respect to the first plate, and comprising a distal end portion arranged spaced apart from the first plate,
- such that an opening for removing the plurality of playing cards from the receptacle is formed at the front end portion of the first plate between the first surface of the first plate and a first surface of the distal end portion of the second plate facing the first surface of the first plate,
- wherein the first plate is configured such that the opening between the first plate and the second plate is adjustable by changing a separation between the first plate and the distal end portion of the second plate,
- wherein the first plate is provided with a spacer element arranged at the front end portion of the first plate and extending along a longitudinal extension of the first plate towards the opening for removing the plurality of playing cards, wherein the spacer element is further arranged to at least partly extend beneath the distal end portion of the second plate,
- wherein the spacer element is an integral part of the front end portion of the first plate and has a distal end portion configured to protrude out of a plane of the first surface of the first plate in response to an upward force exerted, by a screw assembly, on a second surface of the first plate at the distal end portion of the spacer element, such that the separation between the first plate and the distal end portion of the second plate is changeable based on an amount of protrusion of the distal end portion of the spacer element out of the plane of the first surface of the first plate.
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A card shoe comprising:
- a housing having an elongated body and comprising a receptacle for receiving a plurality of playing cards,
- wherein the housing further comprises a first plate arranged on a support platform at a first angle with respect to a horizontal reference plane of the support platform,
- the first plate having a first surface for supporting the plurality of playing cards,
- the housing further comprising a second plate arranged adjacent to a front end portion of the first plate at a second angle with respect to the first plate, and comprising a distal end portion arranged spaced apart from the first plate,
- such that an opening for removing the plurality of playing cards from the receptacle is formed at the front end portion of the first plate between the first surface of the first plate and a first surface of the distal end portion of the second plate facing the first surface of the first plate,
- wherein the first plate is configured such that the opening between the first plate and the second plate is adjustable by changing a separation between the first plate and the distal end portion of the second plate,
- wherein the first plate is provided with a spacer element arranged at the front end portion of the first plate and extending along a longitudinal extension of the first plate towards the opening for removing the plurality of playing cards, wherein the spacer element is further arranged to at least partly extend beneath the distal end portion of the second plate,
- wherein the card shoe further comprises a threaded opening, arranged at a distal end portion of a bottom plate of the support platform, the bottom plate extending substantially parallel to the horizontal reference plane of the support platform, such that the threaded opening is arranged beneath a second surface of the first plate and aligned with the distal end portion of the spacer element, and is configured to receive a screw assembly turnably installed in the threaded opening, the screw assembly being configured to exert an upward force on the second surface of the first plate at the distal end portion of the spacer element by turning of the screw assembly,
- wherein the turning of the screw assembly in a first direction causes the distal end portion of the spacer element to protrude out of a plane of the first surface of the first plate, thereby changing the separation between the first plate and the distal end portion of the second plate and adjusting the opening between the first plate and the second plate.
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A card shoe comprising:
- a housing having an elongated body and comprising a receptacle for receiving a plurality of playing cards,
- wherein the housing further comprises a first plate arranged on a support platform at a first angle with respect to a horizontal reference plane of the support platform,
- the first plate having a first surface for supporting the plurality of playing cards,
- the housing further comprising a second plate arranged adjacent to a front end portion of the first plate at a second angle with respect to the first plate, and comprising a distal end portion arranged spaced apart from the first plate,
- such that an opening for removing the plurality of playing cards from the receptacle is formed at the front end portion of the first plate between the first surface of the first plate and a first surface of the distal end portion of the second plate facing the first surface of the first plate,
- wherein the first plate is configured such that the opening between the first plate and the second plate is adjustable by changing a separation between the first plate and the distal end portion of the second plate,
- wherein the first plate is provided with a spacer element arranged at the front end portion of the first plate and extending along a longitudinal extension of the first plate towards the opening for removing the plurality of playing cards, wherein the spacer element is further arranged to at least partly extend beneath the distal end portion of the second plate,
- wherein the spacer element is a cut-out contour into the first plate along a cut line extending through an entire thickness of the first plate, such that a proximal end portion of the spacer element is fixedly attached to the first plate and the distal end portion of the spacer element is suspended from the first plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.