Methods for shuffling cards and rack assemblies for use in automatic card shufflers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9370710-B2
Application number	US-201414330935-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2014
Priority date	Apr 15, 1998
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

Abstract

Card-handling devices include a card-holding area and a card output shoe. The card output shoe includes a card-way for passage of cards from the card-holding area into a dealing-ready area. A movable gate is positioned between the card-way and the dealing-ready area to prevent cards in the dealing-ready area from re-entering the card-way. Card shufflers include a gate mounted to allow movement of randomized groups of cards from card-receiving compartments to proximate a terminal end plate of a card output shoe and to block movement of cards in an opposite direction. In related methods of moving cards, card movement through the card-way to the dealing-ready position is allowed by a movable gate and card movement from the dealing-ready position into the card-way is prevented by the movable gate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for shuffling cards with a card shuffling apparatus having a first card receiver, a plurality of card receiving compartments movable relative to the first card receiver, and a second card receiver, the method comprising:
randomly selecting a card receiving compartment of the plurality of card receiving compartments;
moving at least one card from the first card receiver to the selected compartment, wherein at least one card is movable into an empty…

Assignees

• Bally Gaming Inc

Inventors

• Grauzer Attila
• Scheper Paul K
• Swanson Ronald R

Classifications

• A63F1/06

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• G10L19/07

  Physics · mapped topic

• A63F1/12 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• G10L2019/0001

  Physics · mapped topic