Systems, methods and articles to facilitate playing card games
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorAllen Fleckenstein
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Abstract
A card receiver to receive playing cards includes a substantially circular base having an outer periphery and an inner portion radially spaced from the outer periphery. A plurality of partitions extend longitudinally from the base and opposed surfaces of each adjacent pair of partitions form a respective playing card compartment therebetween. Each of the partitions are cambered such that both a face and a back of a playing card retained in a respective one of the compartments are physically engaged by the opposed surfaces of the pair of partitions forming the respective compartment.
Claims23
A playing card handling mechanism to handle playing cards, comprising:
- a base;
- and
- a plurality of arcuate partitions extending from the base to form arcuate playing card receiving compartments between successively adjacent ones of the arcuate partitions, each respective arcuate partition having opposed arcuate surfaces, such that for each pair of successively adjacent ones of the arcuate partitions that form a respective one of the arcuate playing card receiving compartments, a line that is tangent to a first one of the pair of the arcuate partitions intersects a second one of the pair of the arcuate partitions, wherein there are no less than three arcuate partitions forming no less than three arcuate playing card receiving compartments.
A card receiver to receive playing cards, comprising:
- a substantially circular base having an outer periphery and an inner portion radially spaced from the outer periphery;
- and
- a plurality of partitions extending longitudinally from the base, opposed surfaces of each adjacent pair of partitions forming a respective playing card receiving compartment therebetween, each of the partitions being cambered sufficiently such that both a face and a back of a playing card received in a respective one of the playing card receiving compartments are physically engaged by the opposed surfaces of the pair of partitions forming the respective playing card receiving compartment during a time while the playing card is retained in the respective playing card receiving compartment.
A card receiver to receive playing cards, comprising:
- a substantially circular base having an outer periphery and an inner portion radially spaced from the outer periphery;
- and
- a plurality of partitions extending longitudinally from the base, opposed surfaces of each adjacent pair of partitions forming a respective playing card receiving compartment therebetween, each of the partitions being arcuate proximal to the inner portion of the base and being cambered sufficiently such that both a face and a back of a playing card received in a respective one of the playing card receiving compartments are physically engaged by the opposed arcuate surfaces of the pair of partitions forming the respective playing card receiving compartment during a time while the playing card is retained in the playing card receiving compartment.
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