A card sorting mechanism

Abstract

The utility model provides a card sorting mechanism belongs to card sorting machine technical field. Include: the card sorting mechanism and be used for with the card sorting mechanism cooperation uses the card sorting piece, the card sorting piece will stand in the card sorting tray's chess and card push down into the posture of lying or lying. The card sorting piece sets position higher than chess and card width lower than chess and card height. The card sorting piece sets on the card sorting tray side wall. The card sorting piece sets above the card sorting tray. The card sorting piece is polygon. The card sorting piece can be liftable and set on the card sorting tray side wall. The card sorting piece can be liftable and set above the card sorting tray. The card sorting piece and chess and card contact surface are elastic material. Solve the technical problem that the card sorting efficiency of prior art is low. The utility model sets up the card sorting piece, and the chess and card standing in the card sorting tray is pushed down into the posture of lying or lying, only removes the chess and card standing in the process of blocking card, improves the card sorting efficiency, improves the use of user's feeling.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to a card sorting mechanism, belonging to the field of card sorting machine technology. Background Technology

[0002] The improvement of living standards has led to an increasing demand for leisure and entertainment. More and more people are choosing automatic card sorting machines over manual card sorting for entertainment. During shuffling, card sorting machines need to arrange the cards face up or face down for easy identification by the user. Without flipping the cards, their orientation is random, making them unusable. Flipping ensures that each card is presented to the user with the correct face up, facilitating card grabbing and play. During shuffling, the cards inside the machine are in various positions. Subsequent processes require maintaining this uniformity. Many card sorting mechanisms have emerged to address this, but currently, they all arrange the cards in a flat, horizontal position before proceeding to the next step. This results in low efficiency for the machine to complete one round of sorting. Allowing the cards to enter the next process in either a flat or horizontal position during shuffling would significantly improve efficiency. Therefore, there is a lack of card sorting mechanisms that allow cards to enter the next process in either a flat or horizontal position. Utility Model Content

[0003] A brief overview of the present invention is given below to provide a basic understanding of certain aspects thereof. It should be understood that this overview is not an exhaustive summary of the present invention. It is not intended to identify key or essential parts of the present invention, nor is it intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Its purpose is merely to present certain concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that follows.

[0004] In view of this, in order to solve the technical problem of low card sorting efficiency in the existing technology, this utility model provides a card sorting mechanism that allows the cards to enter the next process in a flat or horizontal position.

[0005] Option 1: A card sorting mechanism, comprising: a shuffling plate and a card sorting component for use in conjunction with the shuffling plate, wherein the card sorting component pushes the cards standing in the shuffling plate into a flat or horizontal position.

[0006] Preferably, the card holder is positioned higher than the width of the game board but lower than its height.

[0007] Preferably, the card sorting component is disposed on the side wall of the shuffling disc.

[0008] Preferably, the card sorting device is positioned above the shuffling plate.

[0009] Preferably, the cardholder is polygonal.

[0010] Preferably, the card sorting component is vertically and flexibly mounted on the side wall of the shuffling tray.

[0011] Preferably, the card sorting device is vertically adjustable above the shuffling tray.

[0012] Preferably, the contact surface between the card holder and the card is made of an elastic material.

[0013] Preferably, the card arranging component has a card arranging surface that is inclined inward in the rotation direction of the shuffling disc.

[0014] Option 2: A card sorting machine, characterized in that the card sorting machine includes a card flipping mechanism as described in Option 1, which is mounted on a conveying mechanism.

[0015] Preferably, the card sorting machine is a mahjong machine, a domino machine, or a tile sorting machine.

[0016] The beneficial effects of this utility model are as follows: By setting up a card-sorting component, this utility model pushes the cards standing in the shuffling tray into a flat or horizontal position, removing only the standing cards during the card-blocking process, thus improving the efficiency of card sorting; enhancing the user experience; by using a card-sorting component made of elastic material, collisions and excessive friction with the cards are avoided, extending the lifespan of the cards; this utility model can achieve both flipping non-magnetic cards and sorting magnetic cards; and has a wide range of applications. Attached Figure Description

[0017] The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of this application and form part of this application, illustrate exemplary embodiments and are used to explain this application, but do not constitute an undue limitation of this application. In the drawings: Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of a structure according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; Figure 2 for Figure 1 Partial structural diagram; Figure 3 for Figure 2 Another angle of the partial structure diagram; Figure 4 This is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of the card delivery channel in the second state in Example 1; Figures 5(a) to 5(d) are schematic diagrams of the process in Example 1 where the card picker picks out the cards in the first state and returns them to the shuffling plate; Figures 6(a) to 6(d) are schematic diagrams of the process in Example 1 where the card picker picks out the cards from the back side and returns them to the shuffling plate; Figure 7 For the present invention Figure 1 Enlarged view of a portion of the diagram. Detailed Implementation

[0018] To make the technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of this application clearer, the exemplary embodiments of this application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of this application, and not an exhaustive list of all embodiments. It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, the embodiments and features in the embodiments of this application can be combined with each other.

[0019] Example 1: Refer to Figures 1 to 7 This embodiment provides a card-sorting mechanism applied in a card-sorting machine. The mechanism includes a shuffling disc 10 and a card-sorting component 30 for use with the shuffling disc 10. The card-sorting component 30 pushes the cards 90 standing within the shuffling disc 10 into a horizontal or supine position. When the shuffling disc 10 rotates, it causes the cards 90 to move. As the cards 90 move, they encounter the card-sorting component 30. The cards 90 maintain their original motion state. When the cards 90 move forward, due to inertia, they continue to move forward. The card-sorting component 30 generates resistance to the cards 90. This resistance is opposite to the direction of movement of the cards 90, generating a torque that causes the cards 90 to rotate around the card-sorting component 30. The cards 90 lose balance and tip over. Therefore, the resistance of the card-sorting component 30 acts on the cards 90, changing their motion state and pushing the cards 90 standing within the shuffling disc 10 into a horizontal or supine position. To make the card-sorting mechanism of this embodiment clearer in use, it will now be further described in conjunction with the shuffling plate 10, the card delivery channel 20, the card sorting component 30, and the card picking component 40. The shuffling plate 10, the card delivery channel 20, the card sorting component, and the card picking component 40 can be any form. This embodiment is only provided as an example and does not limit the structure of the shuffling plate 10, the card delivery channel 20, the card sorting component, and the card picking component 40. In this utility model, the card game 90 lying flat means that the front or back of the card game 90 faces the shuffling plate, and the card game 90 lying horizontally means that the side formed by the length and thickness of the card game 90 faces the shuffling plate.

[0020] The shuffling plate 10 has a card delivery channel 20 around its perimeter. The side of the card delivery channel 20 away from the shuffling plate 10 has a channel sidewall 21, and the side of the card delivery channel 20 closer to the shuffling plate 10 is connected to the shuffling plate 10.

[0021] There are four card arrangement components 30, each of which spans across its corresponding card delivery channel 20. The distance between the card arrangement component 30 and the bottom surface of the card delivery channel 20 is greater than the width of the card body 90 and less than the height of the card body 90.

[0022] There are four card pickers 40, each located in front of its corresponding card sorting piece 30. Each card picker 40 gives the card body 90a in the first state on the card delivery channel 20 the tendency to move towards the shuffling plate 10.

[0023] Typically, the shuffling disc 10 is rotatable, rotating clockwise or counterclockwise around a vertical axis. During the rotation of the shuffling disc 10, external forces, such as the card-pushing strip 50 or other components, shuffle the cards and drive the cards 90 to the periphery of the shuffling disc 10. The card-feeding channels 20 around the shuffling disc 10 gradually feed the cards 90 to the conveying mechanism 80, which is connected to the card-feeding channels 20. The conveying mechanism 80 then sends the cards 90 to subsequent processes such as flipping, stacking, and pushing cards.

[0024] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 In this invention, a card-sorting component 30 is installed across the card-feeding channel 20, and the open structure inside the card-feeding channel 20 serves as a connection port to the shuffling tray 10. Because the distance between the card-sorting component 30 and the bottom surface of the card-feeding channel 20 is greater than the width of the card body 90 but less than the height of the card body 90, it is designed with reference to... Figure 1 Horizontal cards 90 can continue to be conveyed to the conveying structure through the card sorting component 30, while vertical cards or cards stacked together, due to their height, are blocked by the card sorting component 30, causing the vertical cards or cards stacked on top to fall back to the shuffling tray 10 from the connecting opening. (Refer to...) Figure 1 and Figure 2 This causes the cards delivered by the card delivery channel 20 to be in a horizontal state and be a single card. Consequently, the cards delivered by the card delivery channel 20 90 are in a one-dimensional horizontal single card state.

[0025] In this embodiment, the card picker 40 is located on the side of the card delivery channel 20 near the shuffling plate 10. The card picker 40 gives the card body 90 a tendency to move towards the shuffling plate 10 by acting on the front side of the card body 90.

[0026] Specifically, refer to Figure 4 As shown in Figure 6(d), the card picking component 40 of this embodiment includes a card picking block 41. The card picking block 41 is rotatable and its rotation direction is opposite to the rotation direction of the shuffling disc 10. That is, when the shuffling disc 10 rotates clockwise, the card picking block 41 rotates counterclockwise. The shortest distance between the card picking block 41 and the channel sidewall 21 is greater than the width of the card body 90 and less than the length of the card body 90. When the card picking block 41 rotates, it contacts the front side of the card body 90a in the first state and drives the card body 90a to move towards the shuffling disc 10.

[0027] Reference Figure 4 Let the length of the card body 90 be L, the width be W, and the height be H. Let the shortest distance between the card piece 41 and the side wall 21 of the passage be a. Then, a > W and a < L.

[0028] Since the card picker 40 is located in front of the card arranger 30, when the cards 90 are sent from the shuffling plate 10 to the card delivery channel 20, they first pass through the card arranger 30, leaving behind cards in a horizontal state, namely card 90a in the first state and card 90b in the second state. Since a > W and a < L, therefore refer to... Figure 4 The card 90b in the second state will not be blocked by the card picker 41 and can pass smoothly through the card delivery channel 20. The card 90a in the first state will be blocked by the card picker 41. Since the card picker 41 rotates in the opposite direction to the shuffling plate 10, referring to Figures 5(a) to 5(d), after the card picker 41 contacts the front side of the card 90a, it gradually picks the card 90a from the outside to the inside until it is picked back to the shuffling plate 10. Therefore, under the action of the card picker 41, all the cards delivered through the card delivery channel 20 are the card 90b in the second state.

[0029] When the horizontally lying card body 90 passes through the card picker, it ensures that all cards delivered through the card delivery channel 20 are in the second state, 90b. Card bodies that collide with the horizontally lying card body or the card picker will be returned to the main plate. This ensures that there are no cards side-by-side in the card delivery channel, achieving the effect of single-card play. However, due to the card arrangement device of this invention, horizontally lying cards can enter the card delivery channel, thus improving the card delivery efficiency of this invention.

[0030] Since the card-picking block 41 is rotatable and its rotation direction is opposite to that of the shuffling plate 10, a > W and a < L, the card-picking block 41 can not only pick up the cards 90a located on its side and return them to the shuffling plate 10, but also pick up the cards behind it and return them to the shuffling plate 10. Referring to Figures 6(a) to 6(d), the card 90c is located between the shuffling plate 10 and the card delivery channel 20, and is not completely delivered into the card delivery channel 20. This card 90c can easily block other cards behind it, causing blockage at the entrance of the card delivery channel 20. By rotating the card-picking block 41 in this embodiment, the card 90c can be picked up from the card delivery channel 20.

[0031] In some embodiments, the card picking component 40 further includes a connecting block 42, which is rotatable and rotates in the opposite direction to the rotation direction of the shuffling disk 10. One or more card picking blocks 41 are arranged on the connecting block 42 along the rotation direction.

[0032] In this embodiment, the rotation of the card-picking block 41 follows the rotation of the connecting block 42. The connecting block 42 is driven to rotate by the power mechanism, which in turn drives the card-picking block 41 to rotate. By setting multiple card-picking blocks 41 on the connecting block 42, the card body 90a in the first state on its side can be quickly picked back to the shuffling plate 10.

[0033] like Figure 4As shown in Figure 6(d), four card picking blocks 41 are arranged circumferentially on the outer peripheral surface of the connecting block 42.

[0034] In some embodiments, an auxiliary block 43 is provided between each pair of adjacent card blocks 41. The outer surface of the auxiliary block 43 is curved, and the shortest distance between the curved surface of the auxiliary block 43 and the side wall 21 of the channel is greater than the length of the card body 90.

[0035] The auxiliary blocks 43 are not placed between each pair of adjacent pick cards 41, but are arranged at intervals. For example, when there are four pick cards 41, there are two symmetrical auxiliary blocks 43. The auxiliary blocks 43 are recessed between two adjacent pick cards 41. When card body 90a or card body 90c is located between two adjacent pick cards 41, it can be quickly moved back to the shuffling plate under the guidance of the outer side of the auxiliary block 43.

[0036] Preferably, when there are N cards to choose from in block 41 and N is an even number greater than 2, then the auxiliary block 43 is N / 2.

[0037] Preferably, the auxiliary block 43 and the connecting block 42 are integrally formed.

[0038] In some embodiments, the side of the connecting block 42 away from the auxiliary block 43 is an arc-shaped surface. This allows for a certain guiding effect between two adjacent card picking blocks 41 that do not have an auxiliary block 43.

[0039] In some embodiments, the pick block 41 is an elastic block made of an elastic material.

[0040] In some embodiments, the pick block 41 is a polyurethane block or rubber block made of polyurethane or rubber material.

[0041] In some embodiments, the card picker 40 is connected to the power mechanism of the shuffling disc 10 via a card picker transmission mechanism. In this case, the card picker 40 and the shuffling disc 10 share the same power mechanism.

[0042] Specifically, the power mechanism can be connected to the card picking block 41 or the connecting block 42 through the card picking transmission mechanism.

[0043] The power mechanism can be a common power mechanism used in the existing technology for driving the shuffling plate 10 of the card sorting machine, such as a servo motor.

[0044] The card-picking transmission mechanism can use any existing transmission mechanism. Alternatively, the following design can be adopted: Reference Figure 2 and Figure 3A ring of face gears 441 is arranged on the bottom surface of the shuffling disc 10. A first gear 442 meshes with the face gear 441. A first connecting shaft 443 is fixedly connected to the first gear 442 and the second gear 444. The axial direction of the first connecting shaft 443 is the radial direction of the shuffling disc 10. The first connecting shaft 443 can be fixed to the fixing component of the card sorting machine via bearings. The second gear 444 meshes with the bevel gear 445, and the third gear 446 meshes with the bevel gear 445. A second connecting shaft 447 is fixedly connected to the third gear 446 and the fourth gear 448. The axial direction of the second connecting shaft 447 is vertical. Similarly, the second connecting shaft 447 can be fixed to the fixing component of the card sorting machine via bearings. The fifth gear 449 can directly mesh with or connect to the fourth gear 448 via a synchronous belt. The fifth gear 449 is fixedly connected to the card picking block 41 or the connecting block 42 via the third connecting shaft 440.

[0045] In some embodiments, the card picker 40 is connected to a separate power mechanism. In this case, the card picker 40 and the shuffling disc 10 are each driven by their own independent power mechanism.

[0046] The power mechanism of component 40 can be a commonly used power mechanism in existing technology, such as a servo motor.

[0047] Specifically, the rotating end of the power mechanism is connected to the pick block 41 or the connecting block 42.

[0048] In some embodiments, the card delivery channel 20 has a circular structure and is arranged around the edge of the shuffling disk 10.

[0049] The card delivery channel 20 can be either a rotatable channel or a fixed channel. A pushing device can be installed on the card delivery channel 20 or on the shuffling plate 10 to push the cards on the card delivery channel 20 to the conveying mechanism 80 that is connected to the card delivery channel 20.

[0050] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 The card delivery channel 20 is integrally formed with the shuffling plate 10. The edge of the shuffling plate 10 serves as the card delivery channel 20. At this time, the card delivery channel 20 is a circular and rotatable channel. The conveying mechanism 80 is connected to the card delivery channel 20 on the outside of the shuffling plate 10. At this time, the card sorting component 30 and the card picking component 40 are both located above the shuffling plate 10.

[0051] In some embodiments, the card delivery channel 20 has an arc-shaped structure, and four card delivery channels 20 are respectively arranged around the edge of the shuffling plate 10.

[0052] At this time, there are four independent card delivery channels 20. These channels can be movable or fixed. A pushing device can be installed on the card delivery channel 20 or on the shuffling plate 10 to push the cards on the channel to the conveying mechanism 80.

[0053] In some embodiments, the card delivery channel 20 is a card delivery channel with a movable bottom surface, and a pusher block is provided on the bottom surface of the channel.

[0054] In some embodiments, the pusher is disposed on the bottom surface of the channel on the side away from the shuffle disk 10, and the top surface of the pusher is a sloping cross-section, the height of the cross-section to the bottom surface of the channel gradually decreasing along the direction close to the shuffle disk 10.

[0055] In some embodiments, the shuffling plate 10 is provided with a pusher that rotates with the shuffling plate 10. The distance between the pusher and the channel sidewall 21 is greater than the width of the card delivery channel 20 and less than the length of the card body 90.

[0056] The pusher bar that follows the rotation of the shuffling plate 10 can push the card body 90 located at the edge of the shuffling plate 10 to the card delivery channel 20, and push the card body 90 on the card delivery channel 20 to the conveying structure.

[0057] Specifically, multiple push bars can be set, and the multiple push bars are evenly arranged along the 10 circumferences of the shuffling plate.

[0058] In some embodiments, the top surface of the pusher is a sloping cross-section, and the height of the cross-section to the shuffling disk 10 gradually decreases along the rotation direction of the shuffling disk 10.

[0059] In some embodiments, the rear portion of the card delivery channel 20 is shared with the edge portion of the shuffling disk 10.

[0060] At this time, the edge of the shuffling plate 10 serves as part of the card delivery channel 20, and the cards are delivered to the edge of the shuffling plate 10, which means they are delivered to the rear of the card delivery channel 20. The card sorting unit 30 and the card picking unit 40 are preferably located in the shared area between the card delivery channel 20 and the shuffling plate 10.

[0061] In some embodiments, the rear of the card delivery channel 20 is aligned with the edge of the shuffling disk 10.

[0062] At this time, the card delivery channel 20 is located outside the shuffling plate 10, and there is no shared part between the card delivery channel 20 and the shuffling plate 10. At this time, there is a connecting opening on the side of the card sorting piece 30 and the card picking piece 40, which connects the card delivery channel 20 and the shuffling plate 10, so that the cards blocked by the card sorting piece 30 or the cards picked out by the card picking piece 40 can return to the shuffling plate 10.

[0063] In some embodiments, the card sorting device further includes a card-pulling bar 50, which extends from the center of the shuffling plate 10 to the edge of the shuffling plate 10.

[0064] Of course, the card-dispensing strip 50 will not extend into the card-feeding channel 20. When the edge of the shuffling plate 10 is shared with the rear of the card-feeding channel 20, the card-dispensing strip 50 will not extend into the shared portion.

Claims

1. A card sorting mechanism, characterized in that, include: A shuffling tray and a card straightening device for use in conjunction with the shuffling tray. The card straightening device pushes the cards standing in the shuffling tray into a flat or horizontal position. The card straightening device is positioned above the width of the cards but below their height and is located on the side wall of the shuffling tray.

2. The card sorting mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that, The card sorting device is positioned above the shuffling plate.

3. The card sorting mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that, The card is polygonal.

4. The card sorting mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that, The card sorting device can be lifted and lowered on the side wall of the shuffling tray.

5. The card sorting mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that, The card sorting device can be raised and lowered above the shuffling plate.

6. The card sorting mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that, The contact surface between the card holder and the game board is made of elastic material.

7. The card sorting mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that, The card arranging component has a card arranging surface that is tilted inward in the rotation direction of the shuffling disc.

8. A card sorting machine, characterized in that, The card sorting machine includes a card sorting mechanism as described in any one of claims 1-7.

9. A card sorting machine according to claim 8, characterized in that, The card sorting machine is a mahjong machine, a domino machine, or a tile sorting machine.

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