Automatic poker shuffling machine

a shuffling machine and poker technology, applied in the field of automatic poker shuffling machines, can solve the problems of reducing the cost of equipment, requiring lots of cards, and unable to shuffle cards by shuffling, so as to avoid cheating and reduce costs

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-11-19
TSENG TZU HSIANG
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[0007]The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an automatic poker shuffling machine, which may replace shuffler to shuffle cards and make a fair game for every player.
[0009]Therefore, the present invention provides a machine to replace shuffler that may have the cards well shuffled and avoid the cheating problem. It doesn't needs to destroy the cards after every game to reduce the cost.

Problems solved by technology

To shuffle the cards by shuffler is doubtful because a well-skill shuffler may cheat that the poker game becomes unfair, and players have less will to play it.
However, it needs a specific machine to destroy the cards, and it needs lots of decks of cards.
It expenses high for such poker game, and, furthermore, it produces lots of dust and scraps of papers after the cards are destroyed.

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[0019]As shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, an automatic poker shuffling machine 100 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a frame 10, an elevating device 30, a card cutting device 40 and a card shuffling device 50.

[0020]The frame includes a card chamber A at a middle portion, in which a first container 11 and a second container 12 are provided. Between the first and second containers 11, 12, a first separating board 13 and a second separating board 14 are provided. The first and second containers 11, 12 have a first bore 11 and a second bore 121 at bottoms respectively to be communicated with the card chamber A that cards may pass through the first and second bores 111, 121. Two stop boards 15, 16 are pivoted on the frame 10 and above the containers. Each of the stop boards 15, 16 has a board face 151, 161 and an arched guiding block 152, 162. Take the stop board 15 for example, it may moved between a first position P1 (referring to FIG. 2) and a second position P2 (ref...

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Abstract

An automatic poker shuffling machine includes a frame having a first container, a second container and a card chamber between the first container and the second container, an elevating device has a table in the card chamber, a card cutting device for sending the cards on the table to the first and second containers alternately, and a card shuffling device having first and second turning wheels on the bottoms of the first and the second containers to stack the cards alternately on the table again. The present invention further includes a plurality of sensors to sense the cards and control the corresponding elements action, and a collecting box to receive the shuffled cards.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates generally to a device for poker game and, more particularly, to an automatic poker shuffling machine.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]In poker game, it needs a shuffler to shuffle cards to random the cards for the game therefore players may have different cards in the games.[0005]To shuffle the cards by shuffler is doubtful because a well-skill shuffler may cheat that the poker game becomes unfair, and players have less will to play it.[0006]In some professional poker games, the whole deck of cards are destroyed after every game, and a brand new deck of cards are used in the next game to avoid the cheating problem. However, it needs a specific machine to destroy the cards, and it needs lots of decks of cards. It expenses high for such poker game, and, furthermore, it produces lots of dust and scraps of papers after the cards are destroyed. For the reason above, the present inven...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63F1/12
CPCA63F1/12
Inventor TSENG, TZU-HSIANG
Owner TSENG TZU HSIANG
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