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US 12,752,180 B2Granted
Card shuffler
AssigneeB3 Metrix Ltd
InventorFrancois Steiner
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Abstract
A card shuffler comprises a card loader, a card storage area, and a card collector. The card storage area comprises a carousel rotatable about an axis. The carousel has a plurality of slots defined by dividing walls wherein at least some of the dividing walls when considered from a side elevation, lie on lines which tangentially meet a circle centred on the axis of the carousel.
Claims11
A card shuffler comprising
- a card loader,
- a card storage area, and
- a card collector,
- the card storage area comprises a carousel rotatable about an axis, the carousel having a plurality of slots defined by dividing walls wherein at least some of the dividing walls when considered from a side elevation, lie on lines which tangentially meet a circle centered on the axis of the carousel,
- a latch is included which is pivotable about a pivot point to prevent or selectively allow cards to exit the carousel through an outlet opening under the action of gravity, wherein the pivot point substantially coincides with a radial line drawn from the axis about which the carousel rotates and bisecting the outlet opening, the tangential configuration of the dividing walls being such as to enable the rotating latch to operate without obstructing the ejection path of cards from the carousel.
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