A poker machine

Abstract

The application discloses a poker machine, which comprises a base, a card shuffling device, a card distributing device, a plurality of card receiving boxes and a plurality of card lifting devices installed on the base, the card distributing device is installed on one side of the card shuffling device, the outlet of the card shuffling device is connected with the card distributing device, the plurality of card receiving boxes are arranged around the card shuffling device and the card distributing device, the card receiving boxes are driven to rotate relative to the card shuffling device and the card distributing device by a rotating driving mechanism, the plurality of card lifting devices are arranged around the card shuffling device along a circumference together with the card distributing device, and the plurality of card lifting devices are matched with the plurality of card receiving boxes; a panel is arranged above the base, a card placing opening and a plurality of card lifting openings arranged around the card placing opening are arranged on the panel, a control disc is arranged on the card placing opening, the control disc is driven to lift by a central lifting mechanism, the card shuffling device is arranged below the control disc, and the card lifting device is arranged below the card lifting opening. The scheme has the advantages of compact structure layout, smaller and thinner overall volume and card shuffling function.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the field of poker machines, in particular to a poker machine. BACKGROUND

[0002] Poker is a popular form of entertainment, and after a game of cards, players need to arrange, shuffle and deal the cards themselves. In order to save time for dealing, people have invented automatic card dealers to deal the cards, for example, a patent document with publication number CN201164714Y discloses a four-port poker card dealer, which has a shuffling chamber, a shuffling differential gear driven by a shuffling motor is installed in the center of the shuffling chamber, four conveyor belts connected to the dealing mechanism are evenly distributed around the shuffling chamber, the conveyor belts are driven by a conveyor motor, a card arranging wheel is installed on one side of each conveyor belt, and a stopper cooperating with the card arranging wheel is installed on the other side of each conveyor belt, a spiral poking rod is installed on the card arranging wheel, and a counting light eye is installed at the output end of the dealing mechanism. In use, the disordered cards are placed face down in the shuffling chamber, and then are sent out from the four dealing ports after passing through the shuffling differential gear, the card arranging wheel and the dealing mechanism. Although the dealer basically completes the actions of shuffling and dealing, it still cannot avoid the need for players to fold, arrange, and turn over the poker cards with different front and back orientations, resulting in high labor intensity and long waiting time during the game.

[0003] A patent document with publication number CN102580307A discloses a full-automatic poker machine, which includes a mounting base plate and a plurality of supporting legs arranged at the bottom of the mounting base plate; an input port for placing poker cards is arranged on the mounting base plate in parallel with the tabletop opening mode, a shuffling and primary card separating device for initially separating disordered poker cards is arranged at one end of the input port, a card arranging and secondary card separating device for adjusting the poker cards to the same direction and separating them into single cards is arranged at the other end of the shuffling and primary card separating device, a card turning and dealing device for turning the single cards with different front and back orientations to the same direction and dealing them according to the regulations is arranged at the other end of the card arranging and secondary card separating device, a pushing device for moving the dealt poker cards is arranged at the other end of the card turning and dealing device, and a card lifting device for lifting the poker cards onto the tabletop is arranged at one side of the pushing device. The shuffling and primary card separating device realizes the primary card separation (separating the poker cards into a few cards) through different rotating speeds of the input belt and the card separating belt, the card arranging and secondary card separating device transports the poker cards through the secondary card separating belt and realizes the card arranging (adjusting the poker cards to the same direction, i.e. card arranging) through the card arranging belt and the auxiliary card arranging belt on both sides, the card turning device realizes the card turning (turning the poker cards to the required face) through the cooperation of the card turning plate and the three card turning belts designed in a recessed manner, the dealing device realizes the random dealing (i.e. shuffling and dealing) through the cooperation of the dealing belt and the dealing rod, the dealt poker cards directly fall on the pushing panel and are then pushed to the card lifting panel by the pushing rod, and the card lifting device lifts the poker cards onto the tabletop.

[0004] Although the above-mentioned poker machine basically realizes the operations such as card sorting, shuffling and dealing of playing cards, it has the following problems due to its structural limitations:

[0005] 1. The gap between the conveyor belt and the surrounding wall is easy for playing cards to be embedded, which can easily cause the playing cards to be damaged, lost, stuck or equipment failure;

[0006] 2. The playing cards are placed flat on the conveyor belt, and the two side belts move in opposite directions to rotate the playing cards in the horizontal plane to adjust their direction, so as to achieve the purpose of horizontal card sorting. This method can easily cause the playing cards to float, get stuck between the two side belts, or even be damaged or embedded in the belt gap. In addition, the conveying speed and length of the conveyor belt are both high, resulting in low card sorting efficiency.

[0007] 3. The card flipping machine uses a flop plate and three flop belts to realize card flipping, which has the disadvantages of unstable card flipping and low efficiency. In addition, there is also the disadvantage of playing cards getting stuck in the gap between the belts.

[0008] 4. The use of a card-dealing belt and multiple card-dealing ports arranged in a straight line has the disadvantages of unstable card dealing and low card dealing efficiency. In addition, the playing cards in multiple positions are raised in the same position, which makes it inconvenient for players to take cards and also poses the possibility of cheating.

[0009] Patent document CN103055499A discloses a fully automatic poker machine comprising: a card feeder for inserting playing cards, with a card feeding mechanism at the bottom of the feeder for transporting the playing cards; a card sorting trough for vertically placing the playing cards, with at least two card sorting components capable of relative movement, thereby enabling the playing cards to be moved out of the trough in an upright position; a vertical card transfer device for placing the playing cards ejected from the card feeder into the trough in an upright position; a card flipping device mounted at the exit of the trough for flipping the playing cards front and back; a card dealing device mounted behind the card flipping device for randomly delivering the playing cards to multiple receiving boxes; and multiple card lifting devices for raising the playing cards from each receiving box onto the tabletop. This poker machine uses standard playing cards and employs a vertical card sorting method, significantly improving the accuracy and efficiency of card sorting. However, this poker machine has numerous components and is therefore expensive to manufacture.

[0010] The patent document with publication number CN105854274A discloses a poker machine and a poker card arrangement method thereof. The card arrangement method eliminates the card arranging device and the vertical card transferring device. A card delivery mechanism is arranged at the card outlet of the existing card feeding frame. The card delivery mechanism delivers a single poker card into the card turning device for turning, dealing and delivering. The card arrangement method can separate, turn, shuffle and deal the poker cards arranged into a stack. The shuffling efficiency is high, the reliability is good, and the manufacturing cost of the machine is low. However, the card turning device of the poker machine can only deliver a single mahjong card to the card turning box at a time for identification, turning and delivery. The card turning efficiency is low. The card turning box has large rotation noise, large motor load, complex structure and poor stability. In addition, the structure of the poker machine is loose, bulky and has low installation efficiency.

[0011] The patent documents with publication numbers CN110787444A and CN111298424A disclose a poker machine. The poker machine includes a card feeding device for placing poker cards. The card feeding device includes a panel fixed on the top of a base. A control disc is arranged at the center of the panel. The control disc is driven to rise and fall by a center lifting mechanism. When the control disc is raised, a card placing opening for placing poker cards is formed below the control disc. When the control disc is lowered, the card placing opening is covered. A card arranging device is arranged below the control disc. The card arranging device includes a card arranging seat fixed on the base. A center turntable is arranged at the center of the card arranging seat and is driven to rotate by a turntable motor. An outer wall of a card arranging channel is arranged around the card arranging seat. An arc-shaped card arranging channel for arranging poker cards is formed between the center turntable and the outer wall of the card arranging channel. A plurality of conveying rollers for conveying poker cards are arranged at the bottom of the arc-shaped card arranging channel. A card arranging channel outlet is arranged at one end of the arc-shaped card arranging channel for the poker cards to be delivered along the length direction of the card arranging channel outlet. The width of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is smaller than the length of the poker cards and larger than the width of the poker cards. The distance between two adjacent conveying rollers is smaller than the length of the poker cards. The width of the card arranging channel outlet is close to the width of the poker cards. A card dealer is arranged below the card arranging seat and is fixed on the base. The card dealer includes a card storage box and a card dealing device. The upper opening of the card storage box is arranged below the card arranging channel outlet. The bottom side of the card storage box is communicated with the card feeding channel of the card dealing device. The card dealing device includes a card separating mechanism for separating the poker cards in the card storage box into single cards and delivering the single cards to a conveying mechanism. The conveying mechanism is used for identifying the front and back of the poker cards and conveying the poker cards to a card turning mechanism. The card turning mechanism is used for turning the poker cards according to the requirement and delivering the poker cards to the card receiving device. A card receiving device is arranged for receiving the poker cards. The card receiving device includes a plurality of card receiving boxes arranged around the card dealer. The card receiving boxes are driven to rotate relative to the card dealer by a rotating driving mechanism. However, the poker machine with the card arranging function has a complex structure, a large volume and a large height of the machine core, which cannot be used for ultra-thin poker machines. The manufacturing cost is high. SUMMARY

[0012] In order to solve the above problems, the present application aims to provide a poker machine with a more compact structure layout, smaller and thinner overall volume and card arranging function.

[0013] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purposes, the present application adopts the following technical solutions:

[0014] A poker machine comprises a base and a card arranging device, a card dealing device, a plurality of card receiving boxes and a plurality of card lifting devices installed on the base, the card dealing device is installed on one side of the card arranging device, the outlet of the card arranging device is connected to the card dealing device, the plurality of card receiving boxes are arranged around the card arranging device and the card dealing device, the card receiving boxes are driven to rotate relative to the card arranging device and the card dealing device by a rotating driving mechanism, the plurality of card lifting devices are arranged together with the card dealing device around the card arranging device in a circumferential distribution and are matched with the plurality of card receiving boxes; a panel is erected above the base, the panel is provided with a card placing opening and a plurality of card feeding openings arranged around the card placing opening, a control disc is arranged on the card placing opening, the control disc is driven to lift by a central lifting mechanism, the card arranging device is arranged below the control disc, and the card lifting device is arranged below the card feeding opening.

[0015] Preferably, the rotating driving mechanism comprises a rotating ring rotatably arranged on the base, the card arranging device, the card dealing device and the plurality of card lifting devices are arranged on the inner side of the rotating ring, the plurality of card receiving boxes are fixed on the rotating ring, and the rotating ring is driven to rotate around the card arranging device and the card dealing device by a rotating motor.

[0016] Preferably, the card arranging device comprises an upper shell, a card arranging seat, a channel turntable and a central turntable, the card arranging seat is fixed on the base, the upper shell is fixed on the upper surface of the card arranging seat, the top wall of the upper shell is provided with a card placing opening for arranging the control disc, the central turntable is arranged in the center of the card arranging seat below the control disc, the central turntable is driven to rotate by a central turntable motor installed on the card arranging seat, the channel turntable is arranged around the outer side of the central turntable, the channel turntable is driven to rotate by a channel turntable motor installed on the card arranging seat, the card placing space for placing the playing cards is formed between the top wall of the upper shell and the central turntable, the arc-shaped card arranging channel for arranging the playing cards is formed between the side wall of the upper shell and the central turntable, the bottom wall of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is part of the channel turntable, one end of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is provided with a card arranging channel outlet for sending out the playing cards along the length direction thereof, the storage space is formed outside the card arranging channel outlet of the upper shell, the bottom wall of the storage space is part of the channel turntable, and the card feeding mechanism of the card dealing device extends into the storage space to pick up the playing cards, wherein the width of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is smaller than the length of the playing cards and larger than the width of the playing cards, the central turntable is in the shape of a truncated cone, a plurality of turntable card shuffling parts are arranged on the central turntable, the channel turntable is in the shape of a ring plate, a plurality of card pushing parts are arranged on the ring-shaped upper surface of the channel turntable, and the card pushing parts push the playing cards from the arc-shaped card arranging channel into the storage space when the channel turntable rotates.

[0017] Preferably, the upper surface of the channel rotating disc is provided with a plurality of card pushing portions, the distance between two adjacent card pushing portions is greater than the length of a playing card, one side of the card pushing portion is a card pushing surface with a height difference for pushing the playing card, and the other side of the card pushing portion is a slope surface for facilitating the sliding of the playing card.

[0018] Preferably, a card outlet mechanism is installed at the outlet end of the card arranging channel, the card outlet mechanism comprises a card outlet baffle, the card outlet baffle and the channel rotating disc form a card arranging channel outlet, the playing card falling in front of the card pushing portion is sent out of the card arranging channel outlet to the card storage space, and the playing card placed above the card pushing portion of the channel rotating disc is blocked in the card arranging channel by the card outlet baffle; a friction wheel for returning the playing card to the card arranging channel is arranged on one side of the card outlet baffle, the friction wheel is in transmission connection with a friction wheel motor installed on the card arranging seat, the friction wheel comprises a first friction wheel and a second friction wheel, the second friction wheel is in transmission connection with the friction wheel motor through a first transmission gear and a second transmission gear, the first friction wheel is in transmission connection with the second friction wheel for synchronous rotation through a third transmission gear, a fourth transmission gear and a fifth transmission gear, the first friction wheel and the second friction wheel are installed on the upper shell and located between the card outlet baffle and the card storage space, a one-way bearing is installed on the first friction wheel and / or the second friction wheel, so that the two friction wheels can only rotate in one direction, and the axes of the first friction wheel and the second friction wheel are arranged at an inclined angle.

[0019] Preferably, the central lifting mechanism comprises a lifting guide rod, a guide seat, a central lifting motor and a central lifting rocker arm, the control disc is fixed to the upper end of the lifting guide rod, the guide seat is sleeved outside the lifting guide rod, the guide seat and the central lifting motor are fixed to the card arranging seat, the central lifting rocker arm is sleeved at the lower part of the guide seat, the central lifting rocker arm pushes the lifting pushing portion at the lower end of the lifting guide rod, and the central lifting rocker arm is driven to rotate by the central lifting motor, so as to drive the support rod and the lifting guide rod to move up and down, and then drive the control disc at the top end of the lifting guide rod to rise and fall.

[0020] Preferably, the card dispensing device is fixed to the base and located on one side of the card arranging device, the card dispensing device comprises a card feeding mechanism, a card distributing mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a card turning mechanism; the card dispensing seat is provided with a card feeding port, a conveying channel, a card turning channel and a card outlet along the conveying path of the playing card in sequence, the card feeding mechanism is arranged outside the card feeding port, the card distributing mechanism is arranged at the card feeding port, the conveying mechanism and a recognition element for recognizing the front and back of the playing card are arranged at the conveying channel, the card turning channel is located below the conveying channel, and the card turning mechanism is arranged at the card turning channel.

[0021] Preferably, the card dividing mechanism includes a card dividing wheel and a card dividing pressure wheel, the card dividing wheel is an active wheel driven by a motor, the card dividing pressure wheel is a driven wheel that rotates in one direction, the card dividing wheel is rotatably mounted on the card dealing seat of the card dealing device, the card dividing pressure wheel is mounted on an adjusting bracket through a one-way bearing, the rotation direction of the card dividing pressure wheel is opposite to the card feeding direction of the card dealing device, one end of the adjusting bracket is hinged to the card dealing seat, and the other end of the adjusting bracket is sleeved on the adjusting bolt, the adjusting bolt is also sleeved with a spring, the upper end of the spring is against the card dealing seat, and the lower end of the spring is against the adjusting bracket, and the adjusting bolt is threadedly connected to the adjusting bracket or a nut mounted on the adjusting bracket.

[0022] The card-feeding mechanism preferably includes a card-feeding wheel and a card-blocking component, the card-feeding wheel is rotatably mounted on the card-feeding bracket, the card-feeding bracket is movably connected to the card-delivering seat, the card-feeding wheel is a driving wheel, the card-blocking component is mounted on the card-delivering seat in a manner that it can slide up and down and is driven by a card-blocking motor to slide up and down, the card-blocking component is located below the card-feeding bracket and between the card storage space of the card-managing device and the card inlet of the card-delivering device, the card-feeding wheel extends into the card storage space, and when the card-blocking component rises, the card-feeding bracket and the card-feeding wheel are lifted up, so that the card-feeding wheel does not contact the playing cards in the card storage space and thus does not feed cards, and the card-blocking component blocks the outside of the card storage space to prevent the playing cards from falling out. When the card-blocking component falls, the card-feeding mechanism The card wheel presses the top playing card in the card storage space, and as the card feed wheel rotates, the playing card is pushed between the card dividing wheel and the card dividing pressure wheel; the hinge axis of the card feed bracket and the card dealing seat is coaxially arranged with the card dividing wheel axis, and the card feed wheel and the card dividing wheel are connected by a transmission belt; the card blocking component is connected to the card dealing seat for up and down sliding through a guide column, and the card blocking motor drives the card blocking component up and down through a rocker arm and a rocker rod, the rocker arm is fixed on the output shaft of the card blocking motor, one end of the rocker rod is hinged to the card dealing seat, and the other end of the rocker rod is movably connected to the rotating end of the rocker arm through a waist-shaped hole, and a connecting column is fixed on the rocker rod, which is plugged into the connecting hole on the card blocking component, so that the rocker rod swings up and down to drive the card blocking component to move up and down.

[0023] As preferred, the card lifting device comprises a card lifting seat, a card lifting motor, a card lifting plate, a card pushing member and a card bearing member; the card bearing member is arranged on the side of the card lifting seat close to the card receiving box and is driven by the card lifting motor to slide up and down, the card bearing member extends into the bottom opening of the card receiving box, the bottom opening penetrates the inner side wall of the card receiving box from bottom to top so as to divide the inner side wall of the card receiving box into left and right two parts, the outer side wall of the card receiving box is higher than the inner side wall, and the left and right side walls of the card receiving box are higher than the outer side wall, so that the card bearing member can lift the playing cards in the card receiving box from the bottom to the top of the card receiving box; the card lifting plate is arranged on the upper part of the card lifting seat and is driven by the card lifting motor to lift up and down, the card pushing member is arranged on the side of the card lifting seat close to the card receiving box and is located above the card bearing member, and the card pushing member is driven by the card lifting motor to slide in and out; when the card lifting device lifts the cards, the card receiving box stays above the card bearing member of the card lifting device, the card pushing head on the card pushing member is located above the outer side of the card receiving box, the card pushing position of the card pushing member is higher than the outer side wall of the card receiving box and lower than the left and right side walls of the card receiving box, the card bearing member is lifted up to lift the playing cards in the card receiving box from the bottom to the top, at the same time, the card lifting plate is lowered from the tabletop, the inner side and the left and right sides of the card lifting plate are shielded by the side walls of the card lifting seat, the outer side of the card lifting plate is the card bearing member, and then the playing cards are pushed from the card bearing member to the card lifting plate by the card pushing member, and then the playing cards on the card lifting plate are lifted to the tabletop of the playing card machine, and the card bearing member and the card pushing member are reset; the card lifting device further comprises a first cam, a second cam, a card lifting plate connecting rod, a card pushing member connecting rod and a card bearing member connecting rod, the first cam and the second cam are coaxially arranged and are driven by the card lifting motor to rotate synchronously; one end of the card lifting plate connecting rod is hinged to the card lifting seat, the other end of the card lifting plate connecting rod is movably connected to the card lifting plate, the card lifting plate connecting rod is movably connected to the first cam, so that the first cam drives the card lifting plate to lift up and down; one end of the card pushing member connecting rod is hinged to the card lifting seat, the other end of the card pushing member connecting rod is movably connected to the card pushing member, the card pushing member connecting rod is movably connected to the second cam, so that the second cam drives the card pushing member to slide in and out; one end of the card bearing member connecting rod is hinged to the card lifting seat, the other end of the card bearing member connecting rod is movably connected to the card bearing member, and the card bearing member connecting rod is movably connected to the first cam, so that the first cam drives the card bearing member to lift up and down.

[0024] The present application adopts the above technical scheme, the card distribution device and the card lifting device both take in and out the playing cards from the inner side of the card receiving box, so that the structure of the card receiving box is simpler, the action and structure of the card lifting device are simpler and more reliable, and the volume is smaller and the cost is lower; and the card distribution device and the card lifting device are arranged in a ring shape together, not only avoiding the problem that the two devices are stacked up and down in the prior art (for example, the card shuffling device is stacked above the card distribution device), which leads to a high height of the playing card machine, so that the card distribution device can be arranged on one side of the card shuffling device, but also avoiding the problem that the card lifting device is arranged on the outer side of the rotating ring in the prior art, which leads to a large outer diameter of the playing card machine, so that the structure layout is more compact, the space utilization rate is higher, and the whole playing card machine is smaller and thinner. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1is the structural schematic diagram of the poker machine of the present application;

[0026] Figure 2 is the structural schematic diagram of the card arranging device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0027] Figure 3 is the exploded view of the card arranging device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0028] Figure 4 is the card dispensing schematic diagram of the card arranging device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0029] Figure 5 is the card feeding schematic diagram of the card dispensing device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0030] Figure 6 is the sectional structural schematic diagram of the card dispensing device in the poker machine of the present application (card feeding state);

[0031] Figure 7 is the sectional structural schematic diagram of the card dispensing device in the poker machine of the present application (non-card feeding state);

[0032] Figure 8 is one of the exploded views of the card feeding mechanism of the card dispensing device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0033] Figure 9 is the second exploded view of the card feeding mechanism of the card dispensing device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0034] Figure 10 is the cooperation schematic diagram of the card dispensing device and the card arranging device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0035] Figure 11 is the top view of the card dispensing device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0036] Figure 12 is the exploded view of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0037] Figure 13 is the structural schematic diagram of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0038] Figure 14 is one of the action schematic diagrams of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0039] Figure 15 is the second action schematic diagram of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0040] Figure 16 is the third action schematic diagram of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0041] Figure 17 is the fourth action schematic diagram of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0042] Figure 18 is the fifth action schematic view of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0043] Figure 19 is the sixth action schematic view of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present application;

[0044] Figure 20 is the structural schematic view of the center lifting mechanism in the poker machine of the present application;

[0045] Figure 21 is the structural schematic view of another embodiment of the passage turntable in the poker machine of the present application;

[0046] Figure 22 is Figure 21 A-A sectional view in

[0047] Wherein, the playing cards 10, the base 1, the card receiving box 20, the rotating ring 22, the card lifting device 21, the card lifting seat 210, the card lifting motor 211, the cam housing 212, the card lifting plate 213, the card lifting plate connecting rod 2131, the card lifting plate guide column 2132, the first cam 214, the card pushing piece 215, the card pushing piece connecting rod 2151, the card pushing piece guide rod 2152, the card receiving piece 216, the card receiving piece connecting rod 2161, the card receiving piece guide column 2162, the card receiving piece guide sleeve 2163, the second cam 217, the cam shaft 2171, the cover plate 218, the sensor 219, the sensing component 2191, the panel 3, the card placing opening 301, the card feeding opening 302, the control panel 303, the lifting guide rod 304, the lifting pushing part 3041, the guide seat 305, the mounting frame 306, the center lifting motor 307, the center lifting rocker arm 308, the card dealing device 40, the card feeding wheel 401, the card feeding support 402, the card separating pressure wheel 403, the one-way bearing 4031, the card separating wheel 404, the conveying wheel 405, the first card feeding pressure wheel 406, the card turning component 407, the second card feeding pressure wheel 408, the first card feeding wheel 409, the card turning wheel 410, the card turning pressure wheel 411, the second card feeding wheel 412, the card pushing component 413, the card blocking component 414, the connecting hole 4141, the card dealing seat 415, the guide column 416, the card blocking motor 417, the rocker arm 418, the swing rod 419, the waist-shaped hole 4191, the connecting column 4192, the adjusting bolt 420, the spring 421, the adjusting support 422, the transmission belt 423, the card shuffling device 6, the upper housing 601, the card shuffling seat 602, the mounting seat 6021, the passage turntable 603, the card pushing part 6031, the inclined surface 6032, the card pushing surface 6033, the annular recess 6034, the annular protrusion 6035, the torsional spring 6036, the card placing space 604, the card storage space 605, the center turntable 606, the upper conical surface of the turntable 6061, the card turning part of the turntable 6062, the side wall of the turntable 6063, the bearing 6064, the bearing cover 6065, the conical cover 6066, the first transmission gear 607, the second transmission gear 608, the center turntable motor 609, the passage turntable motor 610, the friction wheel motor 611, the third transmission gear 612, the fourth transmission gear 613, the fifth transmission gear 614, the first friction wheel 615, the second friction wheel 616, the sensing component 617, the sensing switch 618. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0048] Embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the attached drawings, wherein the same or like reference numerals and letters refer to the same or like components throughout the several views. The embodiments described below are exemplary and intended to be illustrative of the present application, and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

[0049] In the description of the application, it is to be understood that the orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "clockwise", "counterclockwise" and the like are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements indicated thereby must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the application. In addition, the terms "first", "second" are only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the technical features indicated thereby. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can be explicitly or implicitly included one or more of the features. In the description of the application, unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connecting", "connecting", "fixing" and the like should be understood broadly, for example, can be fixedly connected, can be detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; can be internal communication of two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0050] In the present application, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connecting", "connecting", "fixing" and the like should be understood broadly, for example, can be fixedly connected, can be detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, can be internal communication of two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0051] In the present application, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature can include that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact through another feature between them. Moreover, the first feature "on", "above" and "above" the second feature includes that the first feature is directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or only indicates that the horizontal height of the first feature is higher than that of the second feature. The first feature "under", "below" and "below" the second feature includes that the first feature is directly below and obliquely below the second feature, or only indicates that the horizontal height of the first feature is less than that of the second feature.

[0052] As Figure 1The shown one kind is a poker machine, including: base 1 and install on the base card arranging device 6, deal device 40, receive card box 20 and card lifting device 21, deal device 40 is installed on the side of card arranging device 6, the outlet of card arranging device 6 is connected deal device 40, multiple receive card box 20 is set up around card arranging device 6 and deal device 40, these receive card box 20 is driven relative to card arranging device 6 and deal device 40 rotation by rotation drive mechanism, multiple card lifting device 21 and deal device 40 together around card arranging device 6 set up on base 1 and cooperate with multiple receive card box 20.

[0053] As Figure 1 Shown in the embodiment, base 1 includes a square bottom plate, and the column is set up around the bottom plate, and the panel 3 is erected above the bottom plate through the column, and the electric control and power supply are installed on base 1. The card placing port 301 and the multiple card placing ports 302 around the card placing port 301 are provided on the panel 3, the control disc 303 is provided in the card placing port 301, the card lifting plate 213 is provided in the card placing port 302, and the card lifting device 21 is provided below the card placing port 302. It should be noted that the base plane of the present application is not limited to square, but also can be circular, polygonal, spade-shaped and other various shapes. In other embodiments, the base 1 can also be box-shaped, barrel-shaped, box-shaped or disc-shaped. The rotation drive mechanism includes the rotation ring 22 rotationally arranged on the base 1, the card arranging device 6 and the deal device 40 are arranged on the inner side of the rotation ring 22, the multiple receive card box 20 are fixed on the rotation ring 22, the rotation ring 22 is driven by the rotation motor to rotate around the card arranging device 6 and the deal device 40, and the multiple card lifting devices 21 are arranged on the inner side of the rotation ring 22 in the preferred embodiment. In other embodiments, the multiple card lifting devices 21 can also be arranged around the outer side of the rotation ring 22.

[0054] Regarding card arranging device.

[0055] As Figure 2 、 Figure 3 And Figure 4As shown, the card arranging device 6 comprises an upper shell 601, a card arranging seat 602, a channel turntable 603 and a center turntable 606, the card arranging seat 602 is directly or indirectly fixed on the base 1, the upper shell 601 is fixed on the card arranging seat 602, the top wall of the upper shell 601 is centrally provided with a card placing opening 301 for setting a control disc 303, the center turntable 606 is arranged at the center of the card arranging seat 602 below the control disc 303, the center turntable 606 is driven to rotate by a center turntable motor 609 installed on the card arranging seat 602, the channel turntable 603 is annularly arranged outside the center turntable 606, the channel turntable 603 is driven to rotate by a channel turntable motor 610 installed on the card arranging seat 602, the top wall of the upper shell 601 and the center turntable 606 form a card placing space 604 for placing playing cards, the side wall of the upper shell 601 and the center turntable 606 form an arc-shaped card arranging channel for arranging playing cards, the bottom wall of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is part of the channel turntable 603, one end of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is provided with a card arranging channel outlet for sending out playing cards along the length direction thereof, the upper shell 601 is formed with a card storage space 605 outside the card arranging channel outlet, the bottom wall of the card storage space 605 is part of the channel turntable 603, and the card feeding mechanism of the card dealing device 40 extends into the card storage space 605 to pick up playing cards. The width of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is less than the length of the playing card and greater than the width of the playing card, the center turntable 606 is in the shape of a truncated cone, the center turntable 606 is provided with a plurality of turntable card shuffling parts 6062, the channel turntable 603 is in the shape of a ring plate, the annular upper surface of the channel turntable 603 is provided with a plurality of card pushing parts 6031, and when the channel turntable 603 rotates, the card pushing parts 6031 push the playing cards from the arc-shaped card arranging channel into the card storage space 605. In this way, the disordered playing cards placed into the card placing opening are rotated and pushed by the center turntable 606 into the arc-shaped card arranging channel, the playing cards with the length direction substantially consistent with the rotation direction of the channel turntable 603 are laid flat on the channel turntable 603, and the playing cards with the length direction inconsistent with the rotation direction of the channel turntable 603 are rotated by the center turntable 606 and / or the channel turntable 603 until the length direction is substantially consistent with the rotation direction of the channel turntable 603 and the playing cards are laid flat on the channel turntable 603, and the playing cards laid flat on the channel turntable 603 in the arc-shaped card arranging channel are carried and pushed by the card pushing parts 6031 into the card storage space 605, so as to arrange the disordered playing cards to be sent out along the width direction to realize card arranging. The relative rotation of the center turntable and the channel turntable is adopted to realize card arranging and pushing of the playing cards, compared with the structure of the existing technology that adopts the card arranging channel outer wall to arrange cards and the conveying roller to push the playing cards, the structure is more simple and reasonable, the manufacturing cost is lower, and the card storage space is directly formed in the card arranging device, so that the card storage box in the existing technology is saved, the card dealing device can be arranged on one side of the card arranging device, the connection structure of the card dealing device and the card arranging device is more reasonable and compact, and the overall size of the machine is smaller and thinner.

[0056] In this embodiment, the central turntable 606 can rotate intermittently, continuously, and / or alternately in forward and reverse directions. The channel turntables 603 preferably rotate intermittently to facilitate the card feed mechanism of the card dealing device 40 to pick up playing cards from the channel turntables 603 within the card storage space 605. Preferably, the central turntable 606 rotates in the opposite direction to the channel turntables 603 to facilitate the rotation of playing cards with inconsistent orientations, thereby arranging the playing cards into a specific orientation and improving card sorting efficiency. In this embodiment, by rationally controlling the rotation direction and / or rotation speed of the central turntable 606 and the channel turntables 603, card sorting efficiency can be improved, preventing playing cards from becoming stuck or floating.

[0057] like Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, the top of the central turntable 606 is a turntable upper conical surface 6061. The lower edge of the turntable upper conical surface 6061 is formed with a plurality of upwardly protruding turntable card-moving portions 6062 arranged along the circumference of the central turntable 606. Turntable sidewalls 6063 are formed at the lower portion of the central turntable 606, near the bottom of the card-handling channel. Thus, the turntable upper conical surface 6061 facilitates the movement of playing cards toward the edges of the central turntable 606 and into the card-handling channel. The turntable card-moving portions 6062 prevent the playing cards from becoming stuck or floating while rotating them. The turntable sidewalls 6063 are vertically positioned to limit and guide the playing cards at the bottom of the card-handling channel to ensure proper feeding direction. In the present embodiment, preferably, a mounting base 6021 is provided at the center of the card sorting seat 602, and the center turntable 606 is rotatably mounted on the mounting base 6021 by a bearing 6064, and the bearing 6064 is fixed in the center turntable 606 by a bearing cover 6065 and a cone cover 6066. The bottom of the center turntable 606 is provided with an annular gear connected to the center turntable motor 609 through a gear transmission, so that the structure is reasonable and easy to install. In the present embodiment, preferably, the channel turntable 603 is rotatably mounted on the card sorting seat 602 by a plurality of support guide wheels, and the bottom of the channel turntable 603 is provided with an annular gear connected to the channel turntable motor 610 through a gear transmission, so that the structure is reasonable and easy to install. In other embodiments, the center turntable 606 and the channel turntable 603 can also be connected to their respective drive motors through other transmission modes, for example, a reduction mechanism is provided between the two or a chain transmission is provided.

[0058] In the embodiment, one end of the arc-shaped card arranging passage is an outlet end, the other end of the arc-shaped card arranging passage is closed, and the card storage space 605 is located between the closed end and the outlet end of the arc-shaped card arranging passage. In other embodiments, in order to further improve the card arranging efficiency of the card arranging device, one card arranging passage outlet is arranged at each end of the arc-shaped card arranging passage, and the card storage space 605 is located between the two outlets. In general, the two outlets can be staggered to arrange cards by controlling the rotating speed and direction of the center rotating disc 606 and / or the passage rotating disc 603, so that the problems such as too long transportation distance of part of the playing cards and card jamming in the dead angle of one outlet can be avoided, the playing cards can be arranged quickly, and the card arranging efficiency can be improved.

[0059] In the embodiment, a plurality of card pushing parts 6031 are arranged on the upper surface of the passage rotating disc 603, the distance between two adjacent card pushing parts 6031 is greater than the length of the playing card, one side of the card pushing part 6031 is a card pushing surface 6033 with a height difference for pushing the playing card, and the other side of the card pushing part 6031 is a slope surface 6032 for facilitating the sliding of the playing card, so that the card pushing part pushes the playing card on one side to avoid card jamming and improve the card arranging efficiency.

[0060] A preferred embodiment is shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 The card pushing part 6031 and the card pushing surface 6033 and the slope surface 6032 thereof are integrally formed with the passage rotating disc 603, and in other embodiments, the card pushing part 6031 can be a component fixedly or movably arranged on the passage rotating disc 603. In the embodiment, it is further preferred that the upper surface of the passage rotating disc 603 uniformly distributes four card pushing parts 6031, each card pushing part 6031 includes an inner part and an outer part, and the two parts together push the playing card from the inner and outer sides to ensure that the playing card is positioned on the passage rotating disc 603. In the embodiment, it is further preferred that the upper surface of the passage rotating disc 603 is provided with an annular recess 6034, and the annular recess 6034 is smoothly transitioned to the top plane of the passage rotating disc 603. In this way, the outer side of the playing card with a length direction inconsistent with the rotating direction of the passage rotating disc 603 is placed in the annular recess 6034 of the passage rotating disc 603, and the inner side is placed on the center rotating disc 606, so as to facilitate the relative rotating movement of the center rotating disc 606 and the passage rotating disc 603 to improve the card arranging efficiency.

[0061] Another preferred embodiment is shown in Figure 21 and Figure 22As shown, the pushing part 6031 is hingedly arranged on the channel rotating disc 603 as an independent rotating part and is given a tendency to protrude upward by an elastic part. When the pushing part 6031 protrudes upward, one side of the pushing part 6031 forms a pushing surface 6033 with a height difference for pushing the playing cards. When the pushing part 6031 is retracted downward, the pushing surface 6033 is turned to form a slope or is retracted into the channel rotating disc 603 so as to facilitate the passing of the playing cards. In this way, when the playing cards are crowded or the like, the playing cards will push the pushing part 6031 to rotate and retract downward so as to avoid the failure of the playing cards being stuck. In this embodiment, preferably, a slope surface 6032 for facilitating the sliding of the playing cards is arranged on the other side of the pushing part 6031 and is integrally formed with the channel rotating disc 603. In this embodiment, preferably, the elastic part is a torsion spring 6036. In this embodiment, preferably, a ring-shaped protrusion 6035 is arranged on the upper surface of the channel rotating disc 603, the ring-shaped protrusion 6035 is smoothly connected to the top plane of the channel rotating disc 603, and the pushing part 6031 and the slope surface 6032 are arranged on the ring-shaped protrusion 6035. In this way, the outer side of the playing cards with a length direction different from the rotating direction of the channel rotating disc 603 is arranged on the inner side of the ring-shaped protrusion 6035 of the channel rotating disc 603, the inner side of the playing cards is arranged on the central rotating disc 606, the relative rotating movement between the central rotating disc 606 and the channel rotating disc 603 is facilitated to improve the card arranging efficiency, and the pushing part arranged on the ring-shaped protrusion facilitates the flat arrangement of the playing cards on the channel rotating disc and the pushing of the playing cards.

[0062] In this embodiment, the upper shell 601 and / or the card arranging seat 602 are further provided with a position sensor for detecting the rotating position of the channel rotating disc 603 and a detection sensor for detecting whether there are playing cards on the channel rotating disc 603. In this embodiment, preferably, the position sensor and the detection sensor are both photoelectric sensors, and the channel rotating disc 603 is provided with through holes corresponding to the photoelectric sensors.

[0063] In this embodiment, the card arranging device adopts a similar central card feeding mode as the mahjong machine. The base 1 is provided with a panel 3 on the top, and the card feeding device includes a control disc 303 arranged in the center of the panel 3. The control disc 303 is driven to lift by a central lifting mechanism. When the control disc 303 is lifted, a card placing opening 301 for placing the playing cards is formed below the control disc 303. The card placing opening 301 below is a card placing space 604 of the card arranging device 6. When the control disc 303 is lowered, the card placing opening is covered. The central rotating disc 606 is installed below the control disc 303.

[0064] In this embodiment, the control panel 303 is equipped with buttons for controlling actions such as powering on the machine, shuffling the cards, and loading the cards. During play, players can set the rules on the control panel. The poker machine deals cards to each player according to the set rules. During the deal, the cards are randomly dealt by the card dispenser and intermittently delivered to each player's receiving position or receiving box according to the number of cards set by the player. The control panel 303 and its central lifting mechanism can be referenced to the central lifting mechanisms of mahjong machines, such as those disclosed in patent publications CN206881093, CN206881095, and CN205235367.

[0065] In this embodiment, the control panel 303 includes a control panel panel, a control panel circuit board and a control panel base. The control panel circuit board is fixed in the control panel base, and the control panel panel covers the control panel circuit board. Figure 20 As shown, the central lifting mechanism includes a lifting guide rod 304, a guide seat 305, a central lifting motor 307 and a central lifting rocker arm 308. The control disk 303 is fixed to the upper end of the lifting guide rod 304. The lifting guide rod 304 is provided with a guide seat 305 on the outside. The guide seat 305 and the central lifting motor 307 are fixed on the card sorting seat 602. The lower part of the guide seat 305 is provided with a central lifting rocker arm 308. The central lifting rocker arm 308 pushes the lifting pushing part 3041 at the lower end of the lifting guide rod 304. The central lifting rocker arm 308 is driven to rotate by the central lifting motor 307, thereby driving the support rod and its lifting guide rod 304 to move up and down, and then driving the control disk 303 at the top of the lifting guide rod 304 to rise and fall. In this embodiment, a mounting frame 306 is fixed to the lower portion of the guide seat 305 , the lower portion of the lifting guide rod 304 is accommodated in the mounting frame 306 , and the upper portion of the mounting frame 306 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the mounting seat 6021 on the card sorting seat 602 .

[0066] In this embodiment, the central turntable 606 is sleeved on the outside of the mounting seat 6021 of the card sorting seat 602, the mounting seat 6021 is sleeved on the outside of the guide seat 305, and the upper end of the lifting guide rod 304 extends out of the top of the central turntable 606.

[0067] In order to further improve the efficiency and stability of card sorting, a card dealing mechanism is installed at the outlet end of the card sorting channel. The card dealing mechanism is installed on the card sorting seat 602 or the upper shell 601. The card dealing mechanism includes a card dealing baffle, and the card sorting channel outlet is formed between the card dealing baffle and the channel turntable 603. The playing cards in front of the card pushing part 6031 are sent out of the card sorting channel outlet to the card storage space 605, and the playing cards above the card pushing part 6031 of the channel turntable 603 are blocked in the card sorting channel by the card dealing baffle. In order to avoid the excessive playing cards being stuck between the card dealing baffle and the card pushing part 6031 of the channel turntable 603, a friction wheel 615, 616 for returning the playing cards to the card sorting channel is arranged on one side of the card dealing baffle, and the friction wheel 615, 616 is in transmission connection with the friction wheel motor 611 installed on the card sorting seat 602. In this way, the friction wheel can return the excessive playing cards above the card pushing part 6031 to the card sorting channel along the inclined surface 6032 of the card pushing part 6031. In the embodiment, two friction wheels are provided, as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4 The first friction wheel 615 and the second friction wheel 616 are in transmission connection with the friction wheel motor 611 through the first transmission gear 607 and the second transmission gear 608, and the first friction wheel 615 is in transmission connection with the second friction wheel 616 for synchronous rotation through the third transmission gear 612, the fourth transmission gear 613 and the fifth transmission gear 614. The first friction wheel 615 and the second friction wheel 616 are installed on the upper shell 601 and located between the card dealing baffle and the card placing space 604. In the embodiment, a one-way bearing is preferably installed on the first friction wheel 615 and / or the second friction wheel 616, so that the two friction wheels can only rotate in one direction to avoid the playing cards being stuck at the card sorting channel outlet. In order to adapt to the annular structure of the channel turntable 603, the axes of the first friction wheel 615 and the second friction wheel 616 are arranged at an inclined angle. The friction wheel can be continuously rotated or intermittently rotated. In the embodiment, a detection sensor for detecting whether there is a playing card on the top of the card pushing part 6031 of the channel turntable 603 is further arranged on the upper shell 601 and / or the card sorting seat 602. The detection sensor is an optical sensor, and the top of the card pushing part 6031 of the channel turntable 603 is provided with a through hole corresponding to the optical sensor. When the detection sensor detects the playing card, the friction wheel motor 611 drives the friction wheel to rotate to return the excessive playing cards.

[0068] In this embodiment, a sensor switch 618 is preferably provided on one side of the card discharging baffle plate to detect whether the card pushing portion 6031 on the channel turntable 603 is in place. When the sensor switch 618 detects that the card pushing portion 6031 on the channel turntable 603 is approaching or passing through the card handling channel exit, the channel turntable motor 610 controls the channel turntable 603 to stop rotating (immediately and / or with a delay), so that the playing cards remain in the card storage space 605 for easy pickup by the card feed mechanism of the card dealing device 40. The sensor switch 618 can be a proximity switch, a photoelectric sensor, or a magnetic induction switch. This preferred embodiment further includes a sensor 617, which is located on the side of the card discharging baffle near the card handling channel and is movably connected to the upper housing 601. The plate-shaped body of the sensor 617 is located within the card handling channel and engages with the card pushing portion 6031 on the channel turntable 603. The extended end of the sensor 617 engages with the sensor switch 618. When the card pushing portion 6031 on the channel turntable 603 passes the plate-shaped body of the sensor 617, the sensor 617 rotates, thereby triggering the sensor switch 618. This structure is simple, reliable, and low-cost.

[0069] In this embodiment, the upper housing 601 and / or the card handling stand 602 are preferably further provided with a detection sensor for detecting whether there are playing cards on the channel turntable 603 in the card storage space 605. The detection sensor is a photoelectric sensor, and a through hole corresponding to the photoelectric sensor is provided on the channel turntable 603. If there are playing cards in the card storage space 605, the channel turntable motor 610 stops rotating. If there are no playing cards, the channel turntable motor 610 continues rotating until a card is detected.

[0070] About the card dealing device.

[0071] The internal structure of the card dealing device 40 is essentially the same as that disclosed in patent documents such as CN209405643, CN110193184, CN111298424, and CN111282258. The card dealing device 40 is also fixed and does not rotate, while multiple card receiving boxes rotate around the card dealing device 40 to randomly receive cards. The main difference is that in this embodiment, the card inlet of the card dealing device is equipped with a card feeding mechanism for picking up playing cards from the card storage space 605 of the card handling device 6. The details are as follows:

[0072] like Figure 6 and Figure 7As shown, the card dispensing device 40 is fixed on the base 1 and located on one side of the card sorting device, and the card dispensing device 40 includes a card feeding mechanism, a card separating mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a card turning mechanism. In this embodiment, the card feeding mechanism, the card separating mechanism, the conveying mechanism and the card turning mechanism convey the playing cards along the width direction of the playing cards, and the structure, principle, action process and method of the card separating mechanism, the conveying mechanism and the card turning mechanism can adopt the structure, principle, action process and method disclosed in the patent documents with publication numbers CN209405643, CN110193184, CN111298424, CN111282258 and various alternative structures, principles, action processes and methods disclosed in the patent documents with publication numbers CN209405643, CN110193184, CN111298424, CN111282258, and the same content will not be described in detail.

[0073] As shown in Figure 6 , Figure 7 , Figure 8 and Figure 9 , the card dispensing seat 415 is provided with a card feeding port, a conveying channel, a card turning channel and a card dispensing port along the conveying path of the playing cards in sequence, the card feeding mechanism is arranged outside the card feeding port, the card separating mechanism is arranged at the card feeding port, the conveying mechanism and the identification element for identifying the front and back of the playing card are arranged at the conveying channel, the card turning channel is located below the conveying channel, and the card turning mechanism is arranged at the card turning channel.

[0074] In this embodiment, the card separating mechanism includes a card separating wheel 404 and a card separating pressure wheel 403, the card separating wheel 404 is a driving wheel driven by a motor, the card separating pressure wheel 403 is a driven wheel rotating in one direction, the card separating wheel 404 is rotatably installed on the card dispensing seat 415 of the card dispensing device, the card separating pressure wheel 403 is installed on the adjusting bracket 422 through a one-way bearing 4031, the rotating direction of the card separating pressure wheel 403 is opposite to the feeding direction of the card dispensing device 40, the adjusting bracket 422 is movably installed on the card dispensing seat 415, and the adjusting bracket 422 and the card dispensing seat 415 are connected through an elastic element to give the card separating pressure wheel 403 a tendency to press towards the card separating wheel 404. In this way, the number of cards is limited by the gap between the card separating wheel 404 and the card separating pressure wheel 403, and the stacked playing cards are separated by the one-way rotating card separating pressure wheel 403, so that the card separating mechanism has a better card separating effect.

[0075] In other embodiments, a card separating cam can also be arranged on the side of the card separating wheel 403 close to the card storage space 605, the card separating cam is rotatably mounted on the adjusting support 422 or the card dispensing seat 415, the card separating cam is preferably a driving wheel driven by a motor, the rotation axis of the card separating cam is parallel to the rotation axis of the card separating wheel 404, and the rotation direction of the card separating cam is consistent with the rotation direction of the card separating wheel 404. In this way, the card separating cam not only can fill the gap between the card dispensing device and the card sorting device to avoid the poker cards from being stuck in the gap, but also can push the excess poker cards out of the card inlet of the card dispensing device to limit the number of entering cards to achieve the effect of pre-card separating. Further preferably, the card separating cam and the card separating wheel 404 are connected to realize synchronous rotation through synchronous belt transmission.

[0076] Further preferably, the card dispensing seat 415 is provided with a plurality of card inlet protrusions at the card inlet, and the card inlet protrusions, the card separating wheel 404 and the card separating wheel 403 are arranged in staggered intervals, so that continuous and efficient card shuffling and separating effect can be achieved.

[0077] Further preferably, the card separating wheel and the card separating wheel are designed in staggered positions in front and back and overlapped positions in up and down (i.e. the axis of the card separating wheel is staggered with the axis of the card separating wheel by a horizontal distance, and the axis of the card separating wheel is closer to the card storage space of the card storage box than the axis of the card separating wheel, and the lowest part of the card separating wheel is lower than the highest part of the card separating wheel).

[0078] The card separating wheel, the card separating cam and the card separating wheel are several components, each of which can be a roller part or composed of a plurality of wheel-like parts mounted on the same shaft. Each card separating wheel includes a support frame with a certain rigidity and a rubber ring fixed on the support frame, and part or all of the arc circumference of the rubber ring is a convex rubber sawtooth for contacting the poker cards. In this way, when the rubber sawtooth part of the card separating wheel contacts the poker cards, the friction is larger, so it is easier to move the poker cards and help to separate the two poker cards.

[0079] In the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 11 , one end of the adjusting support 422 is hinged to the card dispensing seat 415, the other end of the adjusting support 422 is sleeved on the adjusting bolt 420, the spring 421 is also sleeved on the adjusting bolt 420, the upper end of the spring 421 abuts against the card dispensing seat 415, the lower end of the spring 421 abuts against the adjusting support 422, and the adjusting bolt 420 is threadedly connected with the adjusting support 422 or the nut mounted on the adjusting support 422. In this way, by adjusting the adjusting bolt 420, the gap between the card separating wheel 403 and the card separating wheel 404 can be adjusted to limit the number of entering cards.

[0080] The card dispensing seat 415 can be an integrally formed part or a plurality of independently formed parts fixed together by fastening, clamping, riveting or welding, etc. Figure 8 ,Figure 9 and Figure 10 As shown, in this embodiment, the card issuing seat 415 at least includes a card issuing seat body ( Figure 9 shown) and the card entry side ( Figure 8 As shown in the figure, it can also include components such as outer cover plates. This makes installation, commissioning and parts replacement easier.

[0081] In this embodiment, a card feeding mechanism is also provided. Figure 6 to Figure 11 As shown, it includes a card feed wheel 401 and a card blocking component 414. The card feed wheel 401 is rotatably mounted on the card feed bracket 402. The card feed bracket 402 is movably connected to the card dealing stand 415 (preferably hinged). The card feed wheel 401 is a driving wheel. The card blocking component 414 is mounted on the card dealing stand 415 in a manner that allows it to slide up and down and is driven by a card blocking motor 417 to slide up and down. The card blocking component 414 is located below the card feed bracket 402 and between the card storage space 605 of the card handling device 6 and the card inlet of the card dealing device 40. The card feed wheel 401 extends into the card storage space 605. When the card blocking component 414 rises, the card feed bracket 402 and the card feed wheel 401 are lifted up, so that the card feed wheel 401 does not contact the playing cards in the card storage space 605 and thus no cards are fed. The card blocking component 414 blocks the outside of the card storage space 605 to prevent the playing cards from falling out. When the card blocking component 414 descends, the card feed wheel 401 presses the top playing card in the card storage space 605, and as the card feed wheel 401 rotates, the playing card is pushed into between the card separating wheel 404 and the card separating pressure wheel 403.

[0082] In this embodiment, the hinge axis connecting the card feed support 402 and the card dealing stand 415 is coaxial with the axis of the card dealing wheel 404. The card feed wheel 401 and the card dealing wheel 404 are connected by a transmission belt 423. This not only simplifies the structure and ensures reliable operation, but also saves the card feed motor and reduces costs. In other embodiments, the card feed wheel 401 and the card dealing wheel 404 can also be connected by gears, synchronous belts, chains, etc.

[0083] This embodiment is preferred. The card blocking component 414 is connected to the card dealing seat 415 for sliding up and down through the guide column 416. The card blocking motor 417 drives the card blocking component 414 to move up and down through the rocker arm 418 and the rocker rod 419. The rocker arm 418 is fixed on the output shaft of the card blocking motor 417. One end of the rocker rod 419 is hinged to the card dealing seat 415. The other end of the rocker rod 419 is movably connected to the rotating end of the rocker arm 418 through the waist-shaped hole 4191. A connecting column 4192 is fixed on the rocker rod 419, and the connecting column 4192 is plugged into the connecting hole 4141 on the card blocking component 414, so that the rocker rod 419 swings up and down to drive the card blocking component 414 to move up and down. This structure is simple, reasonable and low in cost.

[0084] In this embodiment, the conveying mechanism includes a plurality of sets of conveying wheels 405 arranged in the conveying channel of the dealing seat 415, each set of conveying wheels 405 including a driving conveying wheel and a driven conveying pressure wheel, which are matched in an upper and lower manner to convey the playing cards. A plurality of identification elements (such as cameras) for identifying the front and back of the playing cards are arranged on the bottom wall or the top wall of the conveying channel. In this embodiment, the driving conveying wheel, the card separating wheel, and the card feeding wheel are drivingly connected and driven by the same conveying motor.

[0085] In this embodiment, two identification elements are arranged diagonally opposite to each other to detect two patterns on the diagonal of the front of the playing card, thereby improving the identification accuracy and efficiency of the front and back of the playing card. The two identification elements can be triggered to work by the same detection sensor for detecting the arrival of the playing card, or can be triggered to work by two detection sensors for detecting the arrival of the playing card, respectively. When the detection sensor detects the playing card, the cameras are started at the same time or with a time delay, so that the cameras can just capture the pattern information at the diagonal fixed position of the playing card in the conveying channel. In this way, the controller can identify the front and back of the playing card according to the pattern information, such as determining the front when identifying the character pattern. The structure, principle, action process, and method for identifying the front and back of the playing card are the same as those of the patent documents with publication numbers CN209405643 and CN110193184 and various alternative structures, principles, action processes, and methods thereof.

[0086] In this embodiment, preferably, a thickness measuring component is provided on the bottom wall or the top wall of the conveying channel for detecting whether there is overlap of playing cards passing through the conveying channel. The thickness measuring component can refer to the patent document with publication number CN111298424, which includes a rotating part, a thickness measuring wheel, a thickness measuring sensor and a thickness measuring conveying wheel. The thickness measuring wheel and the thickness measuring conveying wheel correspond to each other and are respectively installed on the bottom wall and the top wall of the conveying channel. The shaft of the thickness measuring wheel is installed on the rotating part. One end of the rotating part is hinged to the bottom wall or the top wall of the conveying channel, and the other end of the rotating part is movable and corresponds to the thickness measuring sensor installed on the bottom wall or the top wall, and the elastic part gives the rotating part and the thickness measuring wheel a tendency to press toward the thickness measuring conveying wheel. When a playing card passes between the thickness measuring wheel and the thickness measuring conveyor wheel, the thickness measuring wheel and the rotating member are lifted upward. The thickness sensor can determine the thickness of the passing playing card based on the vertical change in the movable end of the rotating member. If the measured thickness approaches or even exceeds the thickness of two playing cards, the controller determines that two or more playing cards are overlapping, and the conveyor mechanism returns the playing cards to the card storage space for re-loading and sorting. This can further reduce card sorting errors and malfunctions. This thickness measuring assembly can be used in conjunction with the thickness measuring structures or methods disclosed in patent documents such as CN209405643 and CN110193184, or it can be used alone. Of course, in this embodiment, only the thickness measuring structures or methods disclosed in patent documents such as CN209405643 and CN110193184, as well as their various alternative structures, principles, operating procedures, and methods, can be used.

[0087] In order to facilitate installation, debugging and replacement of parts, a preferred embodiment is that the above-mentioned sensor adopts a modular design, the identification element for identifying the front and back of the playing cards and its control circuit are installed on the first circuit board, the thickness measuring sensor and its control circuit are installed on the second circuit board, and the first circuit board and the second circuit board are respectively fixed to the top wall or bottom wall of the conveying mechanism by fasteners.

[0088] In the embodiment, the card turning mechanism comprises a first card delivery pressure wheel 406, a card turning wheel 410, a card turning pressure wheel 411 and a second card delivery wheel 412. The card turning wheel 410 is a driving wheel and is driven to rotate by a card turning motor. The first card delivery pressure wheel 406, the card turning pressure wheel 411 and the second card delivery wheel 412 are driven wheels. The first card delivery pressure wheel 406 and the card turning pressure wheel 411 are in rolling contact with the card turning wheel 410 respectively. The second card delivery wheel 412 is in rolling contact with the card turning pressure wheel 411. A first card delivery passage is formed between the card turning wheel 410 and the first card delivery pressure wheel 406. A card turning passage is formed between the card turning wheel 410 and the card turning pressure wheel 411. A second card delivery passage is formed between the card turning pressure wheel 411 and the second card delivery wheel 412. The card turning wheel 410 is installed at the inner side of the card turning passage and between the first card delivery passage and the second card delivery passage. The card turning passage extends along the partial arc-shaped circumference of the card turning wheel 410 from the side of the card turning wheel 410 close to the first card delivery passage to the side of the card turning wheel 410 away from the first card delivery passage. A card turning component 407 for opening or closing the card turning passage or the first card delivery passage is arranged at the outer side of the card turning passage and close to one end of the first card delivery passage. The card turning passage is provided with a card pushing component 413 at the end away from the first card delivery passage. The second card delivery passage is arranged at the position opposite to the card pushing component 413 at the outer side of the card turning passage. The card turning component 407 is driven to swing by a card turning driving mechanism so as to open or close the card turning passage or the first card delivery passage. When the card turning component 407 closes the card turning passage or opens the outlet of the first card delivery passage, the card inlet, the conveying passage and the first card delivery passage are connected in sequence. The playing cards are sent out from the first card delivery passage to the card receiving box. When the card turning component 407 opens the card turning passage and closes the outlet of the first card delivery passage, the card inlet, the conveying passage, the first card delivery passage, the card turning passage and the second card delivery passage are connected in sequence. The playing cards are blocked by the card turning component 407 after coming out of the first card delivery passage and are turned into the card turning passage. The playing cards are sent to the end of the card turning passage by the card turning wheel 410 and the card turning pressure wheel 411. The front end of the playing cards abuts against the card pushing component 413. The playing cards restore to be flat after the rear end of the playing cards passes through the card turning pressure wheel 411. Under the action of the pushing force of the card pushing component 413, the rear end of the playing cards enters the second card delivery passage first and is sent out to the card receiving box by the card turning pressure wheel 411 and the second card delivery wheel 412. In this way, the playing cards are turned around by 180° through the card turning passage so as to realize the turning of the front and back of the playing cards.

[0089] In this embodiment, the turnover wheel 410, the first card delivery pressure wheel 406, the card turnover pressure wheel 411 and the second card delivery wheel 412 can be a roller or a plurality of wheels installed on the same shaft. In this embodiment, the turnover wheel 410, the first card delivery pressure wheel 406, the card turnover pressure wheel 411 and the second card delivery wheel 412 all include a plurality of wheels installed on the respective shafts, and the turnover component 407 also includes a plurality of components installed on the same shaft. The turnover component 407 is arranged opposite to the turnover wheel 410, so that the structure is simple and the installation is convenient. Rubber rings can be installed on the turnover wheel 410, the first card delivery pressure wheel 406, the card turnover pressure wheel 411 and / or the second card delivery wheel 412 to increase the friction with the playing cards.

[0090] In this embodiment, the swing center (turnover shaft) of the turnover component 407 is located at the middle position, so that two swing ends are formed on both sides of the swing center. The inner side of the turnover component 407 is arc-shaped corresponding to the outer periphery of the turnover wheel 410. Thus, the turnover component 407 not only has a good blocking and turning function, but also can serve as the outer side wall of the turnover passage, so that a special outer side wall of the turnover passage is not needed. In other embodiments, the swing center (turnover shaft) of the turnover component 407 can be located at one end, so that an outer side wall of the turnover passage needs to be arranged on the card delivery seat to ensure the smooth passing of the playing cards in the turnover passage.

[0091] In this embodiment, the turnover passage and the second card delivery passage are arranged below the first card delivery passage (i.e. the turnover wheel 410, the card turnover pressure wheel 411 and the second card delivery wheel 412 are located below the first card delivery pressure wheel 406). Thus, the card delivery device is arranged on one side of the card shuffling device, and the heights of the two devices are adapted to each other. The space below the conveying passage of the card delivery device can be fully utilized, and the machine is thinner and more reasonable. In other embodiments, the turnover passage and the second card delivery passage can be arranged above the first card delivery passage (i.e. the turnover wheel 410, the card turnover pressure wheel 411 and the second card delivery wheel 412 are located above the first card delivery pressure wheel 406) if the space allows.

[0092] In order to ensure the conveying pressure and avoid slipping, the first card delivery pressure wheel 406 and / or the card turnover pressure wheel 411 are preferably given a tendency to press the turnover wheel 410 by a respective energizing mechanism. The second card delivery wheel 412 is preferably given a tendency to press the card turnover pressure wheel 411 by an energizing mechanism. These energizing mechanisms can be elastic components such as springs, spring sheets, elastic rings or elastic shafts (e.g. a long strip-shaped spring as a rotating shaft of the pressure wheel). The elastic energizing mechanisms can also be composed of a plurality of components. Similarly, the aforementioned conveying pressure wheels can also adopt such elastic energizing mechanisms.

[0093] The driving mechanism of the card turning part 407 to open or close the first card outlet channel (open the card turning channel) can be an electric motor through a speed reduction mechanism or a transmission mechanism. In this embodiment, an electromagnet is preferably used. One end of the card turning shaft of the card turning part 407 is fixed to a crank. The swing end of the crank is connected to the movable end of the electromagnet through a connecting rod. When the card turning part 407 needs to be actuated, the electromagnet pulls the card turning part 407 to swing through the connecting rod and the crank. Because the card turning action is based on the identification of the front and back of the playing cards by the identification element, it is selective and intermittent. Therefore, the structure of the electromagnet in this embodiment is more reasonable, and the manufacturing cost is low.

[0094] The card pushing part 413 can be a spring, a spring piece, an elastic rubber band, or other elastic components. It can also be an elastic energy mechanism composed of multiple components. In this embodiment, the card pushing part 413 is preferably a plurality of springs arranged at the end of the channel. This structure is simple and easy to install.

[0095] In another alternative embodiment of the card flipping mechanism, the card flipping channel directly communicates with the card arranging device's card placing space or card storage space, and the second card outlet channel 4213, the second card outlet wheel 412 and the card pushing component 413 are no longer provided, and the flipped playing cards are directly returned to the card arranging device for re-feeding and dispensing. That is, the card flipping mechanism comprises a first card outlet pressing wheel, a card flipping wheel and a card flipping pressing wheel, the card flipping wheel is a driving wheel and is driven to rotate by a card flipping motor, the first card outlet pressing wheel and the card flipping pressing wheel are driven wheels, the first card outlet pressing wheel and the card flipping pressing wheel are in rolling contact with the card flipping wheel, the card flipping wheel and the first card outlet pressing wheel form a first card outlet channel, the card flipping wheel and the card flipping pressing wheel form a card flipping channel, the card flipping wheel is installed on the inner side of the card flipping channel, the card flipping channel extends along a part of the arc-shaped circumference of the card flipping wheel from one side of the card flipping wheel close to the first card outlet channel to the other side of the card flipping wheel away from the first card outlet channel, the end of the card flipping channel communicates with the card arranging device's card placing space or card storage space, and the card flipping component for opening or closing the card flipping channel or the first card outlet channel is arranged at one end of the card flipping channel close to the first card outlet channel, the card flipping component is driven to swing by a card flipping driving mechanism to open or close the card flipping channel or the first card outlet channel. When the card flipping component closes the card flipping channel or opens the outlet of the first card outlet channel, the card feeding port, the conveying channel and the first card outlet channel are sequentially connected, and the playing cards are sent out from the first card outlet channel to the card receiving box; when the card flipping component opens the card flipping channel and closes the outlet of the first card outlet channel, the card feeding port, the conveying channel, the first card outlet channel and the card flipping channel are sequentially connected, and the playing cards are blocked by the card flipping component after being sent out from the first card outlet channel, turned into the card flipping channel, and sent to the end of the card flipping channel into the card arranging device's card placing space or card storage space (a plurality of conveying wheels and their pressing wheels can be further arranged between the card arranging device and the card flipping wheel for conveying the playing cards). In this way, the playing cards passing through the card flipping channel are turned around to realize the flipping of the front and back surfaces of the playing cards. The other structures are the same as described above. This structural scheme can make the card storage box shallow and the playing card machine low in height, but the dispensing efficiency is relatively low, and the manufacturing cost is relatively high.

[0096] It should be noted that the first card outlet channel and the second card outlet channel described above can be directly connected to the outlet of the card receiving box (i.e., the card flipping mechanism has two card outlet ports); in other embodiments, the first card outlet channel and the second card outlet channel described above can not be directly connected to the outlet of the card receiving box, i.e., one or more channels (or conveying wheels / conveying rollers) for continuously conveying the playing cards can be further arranged after the first card outlet channel and / or the second card outlet channel to send the playing cards to the card receiving position, for example, as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7As shown, a second card-discharging pressure wheel 408 and a first card-discharging wheel 409 are provided outside the exit of the first card-discharging channel. A card-discharging opening for delivering playing cards from the first card-discharging channel to the card receiving box is formed between the second card-discharging pressure wheel 408 and the first card-discharging wheel 409. This makes the two card-discharging openings closer together, making it more convenient and stable for the card receiving box to receive cards. Of course, it is further preferred to merge the two card-discharging openings of the original first card-discharging channel and the second card-discharging channel into one card-discharging opening, making the card-discharging and card-receiving more stable and reliable, and the card-dropping position is accurate and does not drift.

[0097] In this embodiment, the rotational drive mechanism for the receiving box 20 includes: multiple receiving boxes 20 are fixed to a rotating ring 22. The rotating ring 22 is rotatably mounted on the base 1 via multiple support rollers. The rotating ring 22 is driven by a rotary motor. During card dealing, one of the receiving boxes 20 rotates to the outside of the card outlet of the card dealing device 40, and playing cards are delivered into the receiving box 20. In this embodiment, the multiple support rollers are mounted on the base and evenly distributed on the inside or outside of the rotating ring 22. The support rollers are provided with rolling grooves on their circumferences. The inner or outer edges of the rotating ring 22 engage in the rolling grooves of the support rollers and are able to rotate. Transmission teeth are formed on the inner or outer sides of the rotating ring 22. In a preferred embodiment, the rotating ring 22 is provided with an internal gear on its inner side. The rotating motor drives the rotating ring 22 via a gear meshing with the internal gear on the rotating ring 22.

[0098] About the brand-raising device.

[0099] The base 1 is provided with a plurality of lifting devices 21 for lifting the playing cards in each receiving box onto the panel. The lifting devices 21 are arranged correspondingly to the receiving box 20. The lifting devices can adopt the structures disclosed in patent documents such as publication numbers CN108283800A, CN103055500A, and CN111298424. However, these lifting devices all require a door plate structure and a corresponding drive motor to be provided on the poker machine panel, resulting in high costs and unstable operation. The lifting device disclosed in patent document publication number CN103157271 places a card retaining box on the receiving box, and the card retaining box and the playing cards are lifted upward by a card support frame. The playing cards are then pushed onto the lifting board lowered from the desktop by a card pushing member, and then the lifting board is used to lift the playing cards onto the desktop. This not only has many parts and a complex structure, but is also bulky and costly.

[0100] This embodiment is preferred, as Figure 1As shown, the card-lifting device 21 and the card-dealing device 40 are arranged on the inner side of the rotating ring 22. They are both located between the card-handling device 6 and the rotating ring 22. The card-dealing device 40 transports playing cards along the radial direction of the rotating ring 22. N card-lifting devices 21 and the card-dealing device 40 are evenly distributed along the rotating ring 22 and correspond one-to-one to the N+1 card-receiving boxes 20 fixed on the rotating ring 22. The card-dealing device 40 and the card-lifting device 21 are located on the inner side of the card-receiving boxes 20, and N is greater than 2. In this way, the card dealing device 40 and the card raising device 21 both take in and out playing cards from the inner side of the card receiving box 20, making the structure of the card receiving box 20 simpler, the action and structure of the card raising device 21 also simpler and more reliable, smaller in size and lower in cost; moreover, the card dealing device 40 and the card raising device 21 are arranged together in a ring, which not only avoids the problem of stacking two devices up and down in the prior art (for example, stacking the card handling device on the card dealing device) resulting in a higher height of the poker machine, so that the card dealing device 40 can be arranged on one side of the card handling device 6, but also avoids the problem of arranging the card raising device 21 on the outside of the rotating ring 22 in the prior art resulting in an excessively large outer diameter of the poker machine, the structural layout is more compact, the space utilization rate is higher, and the poker machine as a whole is smaller and thinner.

[0101] This embodiment is preferred, as Figure 12 and Figure 13 As shown, the card lifting device 21 includes a card lifting seat 210, a card lifting motor 211, a card lifting plate 213, a card pushing member 215 and a card receiving member 216; the card receiving member 216 is arranged on one side (outer side) of the card lifting seat 210 close to the card receiving box 20 and is driven by the card lifting motor 211 to slide up and down, and the card receiving member 216 extends into the bottom opening of the card receiving box 20, and the bottom opening penetrates the inner side wall of the card receiving box 20 from bottom to top, thereby dividing the inner side wall of the card receiving box 20 into left and right two parts, the outer side wall of the card receiving box 20 is higher than its inner side wall, and the left and right side walls of the card receiving box 20 are higher than its outer side wall. The card receiving member 216 is provided on the upper part of the card raising seat 210 and is driven by the card raising motor 211 to move up and down. The card pushing member 215 is provided on the side (outer side) of the card raising seat 210 close to the card receiving box 20 and is located above the card receiving member 216. The card pushing member 215 is driven by the card raising motor 211 to slide inside and outside. In this way, when the card dealing device 40 deals cards, multiple card receiving boxes 20 rotate to randomly receive cards, and the card raising device does not affect the card dealing. When the card raising device raises cards, such as Figure 14 As shown, the card receiving box 20 stays above the card receiving member 216 of the card lifting device, and the card pushing head on the card pushing member 215 is located above the outer side of the card receiving box 20. The card pushing position of the card pushing member 215 is higher than the outer side wall of the card receiving box 20 and lower than the left and right side walls of the card receiving box 20, as shown in FIG. Figure 15As shown, the card receiving member 216 rises upward to lift the playing cards from the bottom of the card receiving box 20 to the top, and at the same time, the card raising plate 213 descends from the table. The inner side and left and right sides of the card raising plate 213 are blocked by the side walls of the card raising seat 210, and the outer side of the card raising plate 213 is the card receiving member 216. Figure 16 and Figure 17 As shown, the playing cards are pushed from the card receiving member 216 to the card raising plate 213 by the card pushing member 215, as shown in FIG. Figure 18 and Figure 19 As shown, the card raising plate 213 then raises the playing cards onto the poker machine table, and the card receiving member 216 and the card pushing member 215 are reset. In this way, the playing cards are restrained by the side walls of the card receiving box 20 or the side walls of the card raising base 210 during the raising and lowering and pushing processes, thereby preventing the playing cards from shifting and falling during the operation. The card retaining box and the complex card supporting rack as in the prior art are not required, resulting in a simple and compact structure, reasonable operation, reliable operation, and low manufacturing cost.

[0102] In this embodiment, the card-lifting device 21 further includes a first cam 214, a second cam 217, a card-lifting plate connecting rod 2131, a card-pushing member connecting rod 2151 and a card-bearing member connecting rod 2161. The first cam 214 and the second cam 217 are coaxially arranged and driven by the card-lifting motor 211 to rotate synchronously; one end of the card-lifting plate connecting rod 2131 is hinged to the card-lifting seat 210, and the other end of the card-lifting plate connecting rod 2131 is movably connected to the card-lifting plate 213. The card-lifting plate connecting rod 2131 is movably connected to the first cam 214, so that the first cam 214 drives the card-lifting plate 213 up and down. Lifting; one end of the card pusher connecting rod 2151 is hinged to the card lifting seat 210, and the other end of the card pusher connecting rod 2151 is movably connected to the card pusher 215, which is movably connected to the second cam 217, so that the second cam 217 drives the card pusher 215 to slide in and out; one end of the card receiving member connecting rod 2161 is hinged to the card lifting seat 210, and the other end of the card receiving member connecting rod 2161 is movably connected to the card receiving member 216, which is movably connected to the first cam 214, so that the first cam 214 drives the card receiving member 216 to rise and fall. In this way, the two cams are arranged in parallel and coaxially to drive the card receiving member 216, the card pusher 215 and the card lifting plate 213 respectively, with a compact structure, small volume, and stable and reliable operation.

[0103] In this embodiment, the first cam 214 and the second cam 217 are preferably fixed to the same camshaft 2171, and the camshaft 2171 is circumferentially fixedly connected to the output shaft of the brand-raising motor 211. This transmission structure is simple, compact and low-cost.

[0104] In this embodiment, preferably, a sensor 219 for detecting the rotational positions of the first cam 214 and the second cam 217 is provided on the card-lifting seat 210 , and a sensing component 2191 for triggering the sensor 219 is fixed on the camshaft 2171 .

[0105] In this embodiment, the card lifting plate connecting rod 2131 and the card receiving member connecting rod 2161 are respectively connected to the left and right sides of the first cam 214.

[0106] In this embodiment, the first cam 214 and the second cam 217 are respectively arranged on the left and right sides of the card raising seat 210, and the spaces where they are located are respectively shielded by the cam housing 212 and the cover plate 218, and the card raising motor 211 is fixedly mounted on the cam housing 212.

[0107] In this embodiment, the lifting plate 213 is preferably connected to the lifting seat 210 by cooperating with the guide sleeve holes and guide grooves on the lifting seat 210 through the lifting plate guide pillars 2132 at the bottom and the guide protrusions on both sides to achieve an up and down sliding connection.

[0108] In this embodiment, the card holding member 216 is preferably slid up and down by cooperating with the card holding member guide column 2162 fixed on the card raising seat 210 through the card holding member guide sleeve 2163. The two card holding member guide columns 2162 are fixed on the outside of the card raising seat 210 and the distance between the two card holding member guide columns 2162 is greater than the length of the playing cards, so that the playing cards can pass between the two card holding member guide columns 2162 when the card pushing member 215 pushes the cards.

[0109] In this embodiment, the card pusher 215 preferably slides inward and outward along a card pusher guide rod 2152 provided on the card raising base 210. Two card pusher guide rods 2152 are fixed to the left or right side of the card raising base 210. The card pusher 215 is L-shaped, with one side of the L connected to the card pusher guide rod 2152 and two card pusher heads provided below the other side of the L. The distance between the two card pusher heads is greater than the width of the card receiving portion on the card receiving member for supporting the playing cards. This makes the card pushing action more stable and reliable.

[0110] Poker machines as described above, including:

[0111] A card arranging device 6 for arranging and sending out playing cards with consistent orientation, the card arranging device 6 is centrally provided with a control disc 303, the control disc 303 is driven to lift by a central lifting mechanism, when the control disc 303 is lifted, a card placing opening for placing playing cards is formed below the control disc 303, when the control disc 303 is lowered, the card placing opening is covered, and a card arranging passage of the card arranging device 6 is located below the control disc 303; the card arranging device 6 comprises a card arranging seat 602, the card arranging seat 602 is centrally provided with a central rotating disc 606 driven to rotate by a central rotating disc motor 609, a passage rotating disc 603 is arranged around the central rotating disc 606, a plurality of card pushing parts 6031 for pushing playing cards are arranged on the annular upper surface of the passage rotating disc 603, an arc-shaped card arranging passage for arranging playing cards is formed between the central rotating disc 606 and the passage rotating disc 603, the bottom wall of the arc-shaped card arranging passage is part of the passage rotating disc 603, one end of the arc-shaped card arranging passage is provided with a card arranging passage outlet for sending out playing cards along the length direction thereof, and a card storage space 605 is arranged outside the card arranging passage outlet, the bottom wall of the card storage space 605 is part of the passage rotating disc 603;

[0112] A card sending device 40 for sending playing cards one by one to a card receiving box, the card sending device 40 comprises a card feeding mechanism for picking up playing cards into the card storage space 605, a card separating mechanism for separating playing cards into one by one and sending to a conveying mechanism, a conveying mechanism for identifying the front and back of playing cards and conveying playing cards to a card turning mechanism, and a card turning mechanism for turning over playing cards as needed and sending playing cards to the card receiving box 20;

[0113] A card receiving box 20 for receiving playing cards, a plurality of card receiving boxes 20 are fixed on a rotating ring 22, the rotating ring 22 is driven to rotate around the card sending device 40 by a rotating motor;

[0114] A card lifting device 21 for lifting playing cards in the card receiving box 20 to the tabletop, a plurality of card lifting devices 21 and the card sending device 40 are circumferentially distributed on the inner side of the rotating ring 22 and correspond to the plurality of card receiving boxes 20 fixed on the rotating ring 22.

[0115] A playing card arranging method of the playing card machine as described above, comprising the following steps:

[0116] 1) The control disc is lifted, and after the playing cards are placed into the card arranging device, the control disc is lowered;

[0117] 2) The card arranging device arranges and sends out playing cards with consistent orientation to a card storage box; the card arranging device arranges cards by rotating the central rotating disc and rotating the passage rotating disc, and sends out the cards along the length direction to the card storage space;

[0118] 3) The card feeding mechanism of the card sending device extends into the card storage space to pick up playing cards;

[0119] 3) The card separating mechanism separates playing cards into one by one and sends to the conveying mechanism;

[0120] 4) the conveying mechanism identifies the front and back of the playing cards and conveys the playing cards to the card turning mechanism;

[0121] 5) the card turning mechanism turns the playing cards as needed and sends the playing cards to the respective card receiving boxes;

[0122] 6) when the dealing is completed, the card raising devices of the respective parties raise the playing cards in the respective card receiving boxes to the table top of the playing card machine.

[0123] Specifically, according to the game set by the players, the control disc motor rotates to raise the control disc, and the played cards can be pushed into the machine from different directions on the table top, and the cards pushed into the machine by the players are in different states; then, the cards already dealt in the machine are raised to the table top according to the settings of the players, and the players continue the next game. The cards pushed into the machine by the players are kept at a certain angle and arranged in order by the card arranging device, and then sent to the card dealing device. The card dealing device detects the card signal and starts single card dealing according to the game set by the players. The playing cards in the card dealing device are all turned to one direction, and the rotating motor rotates at a certain angle at random to drive the rotation of the card receiving boxes fixedly connected with the rotation ring, so that the playing cards are randomly sent to the set card receiving boxes until the set number of cards is completed. The players wait for the next game. When the next game starts, the card raising plate at the card dealing opening on the panel of the playing card machine is lowered, and the card raising devices of the respective parties raise the playing cards in the respective card receiving boxes to the table top of the playing card machine. While the players are waiting for the cards, the next game of card arranging, card turning and card dealing starts.

[0124] In the description of the present specification, the description of the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "an example", "a specific example", or "some examples" and the like means that the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in connection with the embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In the present specification, the illustrative description of the above terms does not necessarily mean the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described can be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner.

[0125] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described above, it should be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present application. Those skilled in the art can make changes, modifications, replacements and variations to the above embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application within the scope of the present application. Any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made according to the technical essence of the present application to the above embodiments still belongs to the scope of the technical solution of the present application.

Claims

1. A poker machine, characterized in that: The invention comprises a base (1), a card handling device (6), a card dealing device (40), a plurality of card receiving boxes (20) and a plurality of card raising devices (21) installed on the base (1), wherein the card dealing device (40) is installed on one side of the card handling device (6), an outlet of the card handling device (6) is connected to the card dealing device (40), a plurality of card receiving boxes (20) are arranged around the card handling device (6) and the card dealing device (40), and the card receiving boxes (20) are driven by a rotary drive mechanism to rotate relative to the card handling device (6) and the card dealing device (40), and the plurality of card raising devices (21) are driven by a rotary drive mechanism to rotate relative to the card handling device (6) and the card dealing device (40). Together with the card dealing device (40), the card handling device (6) is arranged along the circumference and matched with a plurality of card receiving boxes (20); a panel (3) is mounted above the base (1); the panel (3) is provided with a card placing opening (301) and a plurality of card loading openings (302) arranged around the card placing opening (301); a control panel (303) is provided at the card placing opening (301); the control panel (303) is driven to rise and fall by a central lifting mechanism; the card handling device (6) is arranged below the control panel (303); and a card lifting device (21) is arranged below the card loading opening (302); The card dealing device (40) is fixed on the base (1) and is located on one side of the card handling device. The card dealing device (40) includes a card feeding mechanism, a card separating mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a card flipping mechanism. A card feeding port, a conveying channel, a card flipping channel and a card discharging port are sequentially arranged on the card dealing seat (415) along the conveying path of playing cards. The card feeding mechanism is arranged outside the card feeding port, the card separating mechanism is arranged at the card feeding port, the conveying mechanism and an identification element for identifying the front and back of playing cards are arranged at the conveying channel, the card flipping channel is located below the conveying channel, and the card flipping mechanism is arranged at the card flipping channel. The card feeding mechanism includes a card feeding wheel (401) and a card blocking component (414). The card feeding wheel (401) is mounted on the card feeding bracket (402) in a rotatable manner. The card feeding bracket (402) is movably connected to the card issuing seat (415). The card feeding wheel (401) is a driving wheel. The card blocking component (414) is mounted on the card issuing seat (415) in a slidable manner and is driven to slide up and down by a card blocking motor (417). The card blocking component (414) is located below the card feeding bracket (402) and between the card storage space (605) of the card handling device (6) and the card feeding port of the card issuing device (40). The card feeding wheel (401) is a driving wheel. The card blocking component (414) is mounted on the card issuing seat (415) in a slidable manner and is driven to slide up and down by a card blocking motor (417). The card blocking component (414) is located below the card feeding bracket (402) and between the card storage space (605) of the card handling device (6) and the card feeding port of the card issuing device (40). 1) extending into the card storage space (605), and when the card blocking component (414) rises, it lifts the card feeding bracket (402) and the card feeding wheel (401), so that the card feeding wheel (401) does not contact the playing cards in the card storage space (605) and thus does not feed the cards, and the card blocking component (414) blocks the outside of the card storage space (605) to prevent the playing cards from falling out, and when the card blocking component (414) descends, the card feeding wheel (401) presses the top playing card in the card storage space (605), and as the card feeding wheel (401) rotates, the playing card is pushed into between the card separating wheel (404) and the card separating pressure wheel (403) of the card separating mechanism.

2. A poker machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotary drive mechanism comprises a rotary ring (22) rotatably arranged on a base (1), the card handling device (6), the card dealing device (40) and the plurality of card lifting devices (21) being arranged on the inner side of the rotary ring (22), the plurality of card receiving boxes (20) being fixed on the rotary ring (22), and the rotary ring (22) being driven by a rotary motor to rotate around the card handling device (6) and the card dealing device (40).

3. A poker machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The card handling device (6) includes an upper shell (601), a card handling seat (602), a channel turntable (603) and a center turntable (606). The card handling seat (602) is fixed on the base (1). The upper shell (601) is fixed on the card handling seat (602). The center of the top wall of the upper shell (601) is a card placement port (301) for setting a control disk (303). The center turntable (606) is set in the center of the card handling seat (602) below the control disk (303). The center turntable (606) 6) The central turntable motor (609) installed on the card sorting seat (602) drives the rotation, and the channel turntable (603) is arranged around the outside of the central turntable (606). The channel turntable (603) is driven to rotate by the channel turntable motor (610) installed on the card sorting seat (602). A card placement space (604) for placing playing cards is formed between the top wall of the upper shell (601) and the central turntable (606), and a card placement space (604) for placing playing cards is formed between the side wall of the upper shell (601) and the central turntable (606). An arc-shaped card-arranging channel for arranging playing cards is formed, the bottom wall of the arc-shaped card-arranging channel is a part of the channel turntable (603), one end of the arc-shaped card-arranging channel is provided with a card-arranging channel outlet for feeding playing cards along its length direction, the upper shell (601) is formed with a card storage space (605) outside the card-arranging channel outlet, the bottom wall of the card storage space (605) is a part of the channel turntable (603), and the card feeding mechanism of the card dealing device (40) extends into the card storage space (605) to pick up playing cards. The width of the arc-shaped card-arranging channel is smaller than the length of the playing cards and larger than the width of the playing cards. The central turntable (606) is in the shape of a cone. A plurality of turntable card-pulling parts (6062) are provided on the central turntable (606). The channel turntable (603) is in the shape of an annular plate. A plurality of card-pushing parts (6031) are provided on the annular upper surface of the channel turntable (603). When the channel turntable (603) rotates, the card-pushing parts (6031) push the playing cards from the arc-shaped card-arranging channel into the card storage space (605).

4. A poker machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: A plurality of card pushing portions (6031) are provided on the upper surface of the channel turntable (603), wherein the distance between two adjacent card pushing portions (6031) is greater than the length of a playing card. One side of the card pushing portion (6031) is a card pushing surface (6033) for forming a height difference for pushing the playing card, and the other side of the card pushing portion (6031) is a slope surface (6032) for facilitating the sliding of the playing card.

5. A poker machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: A card discharging mechanism is installed at the exit end of the card sorting channel, and the card discharging mechanism includes a card discharging baffle. The card sorting channel exit is formed between the card discharging baffle and the channel turntable (603). The playing cards that fall in front of the card pushing part (6031) are sent out of the card sorting channel exit to the card storage space (605). The playing cards placed above the card pushing part (6031) of the channel turntable (603) are blocked in the card sorting channel by the card discharging baffle. A friction wheel for returning the playing cards to the card sorting channel is provided on one side of the card discharging baffle. The friction wheel is in transmission connection with a friction wheel motor (611) installed on the card sorting seat (602). The friction wheel includes a first friction wheel (615) and a second friction wheel (616). The second friction wheel (616) is driven by the first friction wheel (615). The transmission gear (607) and the second transmission gear (608) are connected to the friction wheel motor (611) in a transmission manner. The first friction wheel (615) is connected to the second friction wheel (616) in a transmission manner through the third transmission gear (612), the fourth transmission gear (613) and the fifth transmission gear (614) so ​​as to rotate synchronously. The first friction wheel (615) and the second friction wheel (616) are mounted on the upper housing (601) and are located between the card output baffle and the card placement space (604). A one-way bearing is mounted on the first friction wheel (615) and / or the second friction wheel (616), so that the two friction wheels can only rotate in one direction. The axes of the first friction wheel (615) and the second friction wheel (616) are arranged at an inclined angle.

6. A poker machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The central lifting mechanism comprises a lifting guide rod (304), a guide seat (305), a central lifting motor (307) and a central lifting rocker arm (308); a control panel (303) is fixed to the upper end of the lifting guide rod (304); the guide seat (305) is sleeved on the outer surface of the lifting guide rod (304); the guide seat (305) and the central lifting motor (307) are fixed to the card sorting seat (602); a central lifting rocker arm (308) is sleeved on the lower part of the guide seat (305); the central lifting rocker arm (308) pushes a lifting pushing portion (3041) at the lower end of the lifting guide rod (304); the central lifting rocker arm (308) is driven to rotate by the central lifting motor (307), thereby driving the support rod and its lifting guide rod (304) to move up and down, thereby driving the control panel (303) at the top end of the lifting guide rod (304) to rise and fall.

7. A poker machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: The card-distributing wheel (404) is a driving wheel driven by a motor, and the card-distributing pressure wheel (403) is a driven wheel that rotates in one direction. The card-distributing wheel (404) is rotatably mounted on a card-distributing seat (415) of a card-distributing device. The card-distributing pressure wheel (403) is mounted on an adjusting bracket (422) via a one-way bearing (4031). The rotation direction of the card-distributing pressure wheel (403) is opposite to the card-feeding direction of the card-distributing device (40). One end of the adjusting bracket (422) is hinged to the card-distributing seat (415), and the other end of the adjusting bracket (422) is sleeved on an adjusting bolt (420). A spring (421) is also sleeved on the adjusting bolt (420). The upper end of the spring (421) is against the card-distributing seat (415), and the lower end of the spring (421) is against the adjusting bracket (422). The adjusting bolt (420) is threadedly connected to the adjusting bracket (422) or a nut mounted on the adjusting bracket (422).

8. A poker machine according to claim 7, characterized in that: The hinge axis of the card feeding bracket (402) and the card dealing seat (415) is coaxially arranged with the card distributing wheel (404), and the card feeding wheel (401) and the card distributing wheel (404) are connected by a transmission belt (423); the card blocking component (414) is connected to the card dealing seat (415) by sliding up and down through a guide column (416), and the card blocking motor (417) drives the card blocking component (414) to move up and down through a rocker arm (418) and a rocker rod (419). The rocker arm (418) is fixed to the card blocking component (414). On the output shaft of the motor (417), one end of a swing rod (419) is hinged to the card dealing seat (415), and the other end of the swing rod (419) is movably connected to the rotating end of the rocker arm (418) through a waist-shaped hole (4191). A connecting column (4192) is fixed to the swing rod (419), and the connecting column (4192) is plugged into a connecting hole (4141) on the card blocking component (414), so that the swing rod (419) swings up and down, driving the card blocking component (414) to move up and down.

9. A poker machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The card lifting device (21) comprises a card lifting seat (210), a card lifting motor (211), a card lifting plate (213), a card pushing member (215) and a card receiving member (216); the card receiving member (216) is arranged on a side of the card lifting seat (210) close to the card receiving box (20) and is driven by the card lifting motor (211) to slide up and down, and the card receiving member (216) extends into the bottom opening of the card receiving box (20), and the bottom opening penetrates the inner side wall of the card receiving box (20) from bottom to top, thereby dividing the inner side wall of the card receiving box (20) into two left and right parts, the outer side wall of the card receiving box (20) is higher than its inner side wall, and the left and right side walls of the card receiving box (20) are higher than its outer side wall, so that the card receiving member (216) can push the playing cards in the card receiving box (20) from the card receiving box (20) to the playing cards in the card receiving box (20). The bottom of the card is lifted to the top; the card lifting plate (213) is arranged on the upper part of the card lifting seat (210) and is driven by the card lifting motor (211) to rise and fall, and the card pushing member (215) is arranged on the side of the card lifting seat (210) close to the card receiving box (20) and located above the card holding member (216). The card pushing member (215) is driven by the card lifting motor (211) to slide inside and outside; when the card lifting device lifts the card, the card receiving box (20) stays above the card holding member (216) of the card lifting device, and the card pushing head on the card pushing member (215) is located above the outer side of the card receiving box (20). The card pushing position of the card pushing member (215) is higher than the outer side wall of the card receiving box (20) and lower than the left and right side walls of the card receiving box (20). The card holding member (216) rises upward to push the playing cards from the receiving box (20). The bottom of the card box (20) is lifted to the top, and at the same time, the card raising plate (213) is lowered from the table. The inner side and the left and right sides of the card raising plate (213) are blocked by the side walls of the card raising seat (210). The outer side of the card raising plate (213) is a card receiving member (216). Then, the card pushing member (215) pushes the playing cards from the card receiving member (216) to the card raising plate (213). Then, the card raising plate (213) raises the playing cards on the card receiving member (216) onto the table of the poker machine, and the card receiving member (216) and the card pushing member (215) are reset. The card raising device (21) also includes a first cam (214), a second cam (217), a card raising plate connecting rod (2131), a card pushing member connecting rod (2151) and a card receiving member connecting rod (2161). The first cam (214) and the second cam (217) are connected to the card raising plate connecting rod (2131). The two cams (217) are coaxially arranged and driven by the card-lifting motor (211) to rotate synchronously; one end of the card-lifting plate connecting rod (2131) is hinged to the card-lifting seat (210), the other end of the card-lifting plate connecting rod (2131) is movably connected to the card-lifting plate (213), and the card-lifting plate connecting rod (2131) is movably connected to the first cam (214), so that the first cam (214) drives the card-lifting plate (213) to move up and down; one end of the card-pushing member connecting rod (2151) is hinged to the card-lifting seat (210), the other end of the card-pushing member connecting rod (2151) is movably connected to the card-pushing member (215), and the card-pushing member connecting rod (2151) is movably connected to the second cam (217), so that the second cam (217) drives the card-pushing member (215) to slide inward and outward;One end of the card receiving member connecting rod (2161) is hinged to the card lifting seat (210), and the other end of the card receiving member connecting rod (2161) is movably connected to the card receiving member (216). The card receiving member connecting rod (2161) is movably connected to the first cam (214), so that the first cam (214) drives the card receiving member (216) to move up and down.

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