Apparatus for automatic arrangement of Mah-Jongg tiles

An apparatus for automatically arranging the Mah-Jongg tiles on a Mah-Jongg board comprising a rectangular board fitting in an opening provided in the proximity of each edge of a Mah-Jongg board, said rectangular board adapted to turn on a hinge provided on one of the transverse edges thereof, a means for conveying Mah-Jongg tiles from the feed side of the apparatus to said rectangular board, a means for arranging Mah-Jongg tiles in two horizontal rows on the feed side of the apparatus, each of said two horizontal rows consisting of seventeen Mah-Jongg tiles with the obverse upward and with the longitudinal axis of each Mah-Jongg tile placed perpendicularly to the running direction of said means for conveying Mah-Jongg tiles from the feed side of the apparatus to said rectangular board, a means for turning said two horizontal rows of Mah-Jongg tiles upside down in the course of the conveyance of Mah-Jongg tiles through said means for conveying Mah-Jongg tiles from the feed side of the apparatus to said rectangular board, a means for rearranging said two horizontal rows of Mah-Jongg tiles in two vertical tiers after said two horizontal rows of Mah-Jongg tiles are turned upside down, said means for rearranging said two horizontal rows of Mah-Jongg tiles in two vertical tiers being adjoined to said rectangular board when said rectangular board is at the lower limit of its swinging range, and a means for automatically pushing up said rectangular board to the same level with said Mah-Jongg board as soon as said two vertical tiers of Mah-Jongg tiles are delivered from said means for rearranging said two horizontal rows of Mah-Jongg tiles in two vertical tiers and transferred onto said rectangular board.