Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatic card snuffler
- Patent Title (中): 自动卡鼻烟器
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Application No.: US15145492Application Date: 2016-05-03
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Publication No.: US09573047B1Publication Date: 2017-02-21
- Inventor: Michael Earnest Riordan , Louis Wilson DeGregorio , Dino Louis DeGregorio , Steven Louis Forte , Westley Thomas Davis , Zachary Joseph Cook , Joseph William Riesen , Brendan John O'Toole
- Applicant: Michael Earnest Riordan , Louis Wilson DeGregorio , Dino Louis DeGregorio , Steven Louis Forte , Westley Thomas Davis , Zachary Joseph Cook , Joseph William Riesen , Brendan John O'Toole
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: Shark Trap Gaming & Security Systems, LLC
- Current Assignee: Shark Trap Gaming & Security Systems, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Agent Rob L. Phillips
- Main IPC: A63F1/12
- IPC: A63F1/12

Abstract:
A single deck shuffler includes a pre-shuffle bin, card-selector assembly, drive wheel and post-shuffle bin. The pre-shuffle bin is configured to accept a single deck of cards. While in the pre-shuffle bin, a modest downward force is applied to the single deck of cards. A base of the pre-shuffle bin is an independent member that selectively raises and lowers the deck of cards pursuant to a randomly-selected card number (e.g., 1-52). Once positioned correctly based on the randomly-selected card number, an upper body of the card-selector assembly moves forward to push a number of cards off the top of the deck corresponding to the randomly-selected card number thereby exposing a bottom card (i.e., the randomly-selected card) to a drive wheel. The drive wheel propels the card from the pre-shuffle bin into the post-shuffle bin. The process is repeated until each card is propelled into the post-shuffle bin.
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