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US 2011/0254222 A1Published application
Card shuffler with gravity feed system for playing cards
AssigneeShuffle Master, Inc.
InventorsErnst BLAHA, Peter KRENN
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Abstract
A card feed system for feeding cards into a card handling system is disclosed. The system includes a card input department with a playing card support surface, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls. The playing card support surface slopes towards the front wall at an angle between 12 and 22 degrees. A slot is provided in the front wall to allow single cards to pass into the card handling system. The card feed system also includes a card moving system to advance cards through the slot.
Claims1
A feed system for feeding playing cards into a card handling system comprising:
- a playing card input compartment having a playing card support surface, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls;
- the playing card support surface having a slope towards the front wall of between 12 and 22 degrees;
- the front wall having a slot that allows single playing cards to pass from the support surface through the slot into the card handling system;
- a playing card moving system associated with the playing card input compartment that advances single playing cards through the slot;
- wherein playing cards are pressed against the playing card moving system by gravity and without other mechanical pressure.
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