Card-feeding gear mechanism of card dealer

By introducing motor-driven gear system and limiting device into the dealer, the problems of low driving accuracy and card are solved, and higher card accuracy and convenience of use are achieved.

WO2025138451A1PCT designated stage expired Publication Date: 2025-07-03NINGBO HAOBAN INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
PCT/CN2024/082428
Authority / Receiving Office
WO · WO
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Priority Date
2023-12-30
Filing Date
2024-03-19
Publication Date
2025-07-03

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

The existing card dealer driver has low card dealing accuracy and is prone to card phenomenon.

Method used

The gear mechanism design includes motor, drive gear, composite gear and card delivery roller. The motor drive gear system drives the gear and card delivery roller to rotate simultaneously, and combined with the use of the limiting device, it improves the card delivery accuracy and reduces the chance of card delivery.

Benefits of technology

It achieves an improvement in card accuracy, reduces the chance of card occurrence, and improves the convenience of using the card issuer.

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Abstract

The present utility model relates to the technical field of poker card machines. Disclosed is a card-feeding gear mechanism of a card dealer. The card-feeding gear mechanism comprises a housing, wherein a rotary base is provided at the lower end of the housing; a driving device is provided inside the housing; a limiting device is provided at the upper end of the housing; and the driving device comprises an electric motor, a driving gear is fixedly connected to an output end of the electric motor, one end of the driving gear is meshed with a composite gear, and the front side of the left end of the composite gear is meshed with a gear I. In the card-feeding gear mechanism of a card dealer, by means of starting the electric motor, the electric motor drives the driving gear to rotate, the driving gear drives the composite gear to rotate, the composite gear drives the gear I to rotate, the gear I drives a card dealing roller to rotate, and a card dealing operation is performed by means of the rotation of the card dealing roller; and at the same time, the composite gear drives a gear II to rotate, and the gear II and a gear III are synchronously rotated by means of a driven gear, so that two card feeding rollers rotate to perform a card feeding operation, thereby achieving the effect of facilitating an improvement in the card dealing accuracy and a reduction in the card jamming probability.
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Description

Card delivery gear mechanism of the card dealing machine Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of poker machines, in particular to a card feeding gear mechanism of a card dealing machine. Background Art

[0002] As living standards improved, people's daily lives became more enriched, and playing poker became a popular pastime. However, after a round, players had to sort, shuffle, and deal the cards themselves. To save time, automatic card dealing machines were invented.

[0003] A search of the Chinese patent publication number CN 116212357 A discloses an intelligent automatic card dealing machine, which addresses the problem of most current card dealing machines being difficult to remove from a card compartment when only a small number of playing cards are present due to their light weight. This patent addresses the problem of the intelligent automatic card dealing machine being difficult to remove from a card compartment when only a small number of playing cards are present. This patent provides a first card-feeding roller assembly corresponding to the front end of the playing cards and a second card-feeding roller assembly corresponding to the rear end of the playing cards. This design increases the friction between the first and second card-feeding roller assemblies and the playing cards during operation, allowing the playing cards to be removed from the card outlet without requiring a card-pressing lever. This increases the usable space, making it easier for users to access the playing cards and facilitates assembly and disassembly. However, the aforementioned device, driven by a pulley, has low precision, making it prone to multiple cards being released and stacked at the card inlet, causing card jams.

[0004] Therefore, we proposed a card-delivering gear mechanism for the card-delivering machine to solve the problem of low card-delivering accuracy and easy card jamming caused by the above-mentioned device. Utility Model Content

[0005] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a card-delivering gear mechanism for a card-delivering machine, so as to solve the problem in the background art that the driving accuracy of the above-mentioned device for delivering cards is low and cards are easily stuck.

[0006] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: a card-delivering gear mechanism of a card-delivering machine comprises a housing, a rotating base is provided at the lower end of the housing, a driving device is provided inside the housing, and a limiting device is provided at the upper end of the housing;

[0007] The driving device includes a motor, the output end of the motor is fixedly connected to a driving gear, one end of the driving gear is meshed with a composite gear, the front side of the left end of the composite gear is meshed with gear 1, the middle part of the gear 1 is fixedly connected to a card dealing roller, the rear side of the right end of the composite gear is meshed with gear 2, the other end of the gear 2 is meshed with a slave gear, the other end of the slave gear is meshed with gear 3, and the middle parts of gear 2 and gear 3 are fixedly connected to a card feeding roller.

[0008] Preferably, the limiting device includes a pressure plate, the upper end of the pressure plate is fixedly connected to a roller, the outer surfaces of both ends of the roller are provided with torsion springs, and the two ends of the roller are fixedly connected to bearings.

[0009] Preferably, a bottom plate is provided on the shell, an outer surface of the bottom plate is provided with an opening, and a power supply is provided at the rear end of the shell.

[0010] Preferably, the composite gear is rotatably connected to the housing, and the composite gear comprises a small gear and a large gear fixedly connected to the front end of the small gear.

[0011] Preferably, a card dealing roller is fixedly connected to the middle of the card dealing roller, and four card delivering rollers are fixedly connected to the outer surface of the card delivering roller.

[0012] Preferably, the roller is rotatably connected to the housing via bearings at both ends, and the torsion spring is located inside the housing.

[0013] Preferably, the lower end of the pressing plate is configured as a U-shaped structure, and arc-shaped extension portions are provided on both sides of the lower end of the pressing plate.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects achieved by the present invention are:

[0015] First, the utility model starts the motor, the motor drives the driving gear to rotate, the driving gear drives the compound gear to rotate, the compound gear drives gear 1 to rotate, gear 1 drives the card-delivering roller to rotate, and the card-delivering operation is performed by rotating the card-delivering roller. At the same time, the compound gear drives gear 2 to rotate, and the slave gear rotates gear 2 and gear 3 synchronously, so that the two card-delivering rollers rotate to perform the card-delivering operation, thereby achieving the effect of improving the accuracy of card dealing and reducing the probability of card jams.

[0016] Second, the present invention drives the roller to rotate under the action of a torsion spring, and the roller then drives the pressure plate to press the playing cards, thereby preventing the playing cards from being thrown out when the card dealing machine rotates. By setting a bearing, the roller is connected and limited to the housing. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of the structure of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 is a schematic perspective view of the interior of the structural housing of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 3 is a rear perspective schematic diagram of the structural drive device of the utility model;

[0020] FIG4 is a bottom perspective schematic diagram of the structural limiting device of the present invention.

[0021] Among them: 1. Shell; 11. Bottom plate; 12. Power supply; 2. Drive device; 201. Motor; 202. Drive gear; 203. Compound gear; 2030. Small gear; 2031. Large gear; 204. Gear 1; 205. Dealing roller; 206. Gear 2; 207. Slave gear; 208. Gear 3; 209. Card feeding roller; 3. Limiting device; 301. Pressure plate; 302. Roller; 303. Torsion spring; 304. Bearing; 305. Arc extension; 4. Rotating base. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0022] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0023] The utility model provides the following technical solutions: Example 1

[0024] Please refer to Figures 1, 2 and 3. The card-delivering gear mechanism of the card-delivering machine includes a housing 1. A rotating base 4 is provided at the lower end of the housing 1. A driving device 2 is provided inside the housing 1. A limiting device 3 is provided at the upper end of the housing 1.

[0025] The driving device 2 includes a motor 201, the output end of the motor 201 is fixedly connected to a driving gear 202, one end of the driving gear 202 is meshed with a composite gear 203, the left front end of the composite gear 203 is meshed with a gear 1 204, the middle of the gear 1 204 is fixedly connected to a card dealing roller 205, the right rear end of the composite gear 203 is meshed with a gear 2 206, the other end of the gear 2 206 is meshed with a slave gear 207, the other end of the slave gear 207 is meshed with a gear 3 208, and the middle of the gear 2 206 and the gear 3 208 are fixedly connected to a card delivering roller 209.

[0026] The limiting device 3 includes a pressing plate 301 , the upper end of the pressing plate 301 is fixedly connected to a roller 302 , both ends of the outer surface of the roller 302 are provided with a torsion spring 303 , and both ends of the roller 302 are fixedly connected to bearings 304 .

[0027] A bottom plate 11 is provided on the housing 1 , an outer surface of the bottom plate 11 is provided with an opening, and a power supply 12 is provided at the rear end of the housing 1 .

[0028] The composite gear 203 is rotatably connected to the housing 1 . The composite gear 203 includes a small gear 2030 and a large gear 2031 fixedly connected to the front end of the small gear 2030 .

[0029] A card dealing roller is fixedly connected to the middle of the card dealing roller 205 , and four card delivering rollers are fixedly connected to the outer surface of the card delivering roller 209 .

[0030] Through the above technical solution, by starting the motor 201, the motor 201 drives the driving gear 202 to rotate, the driving gear 202 drives the composite gear 203 to rotate, the composite gear 203 drives the gear 1 204 to rotate, the gear 1 204 drives the card dealing roller 205 to rotate, and the card dealing operation is performed by the rotation of the card dealing roller 205. At the same time, the composite gear 203 drives the gear 2 206 to rotate, and the gear 2 206 and the gear 3 208 are rotated synchronously by the gear 207, so that the two card feeding rollers 209 rotate to perform the card feeding operation, thereby achieving the effect of improving the accuracy of card dealing and reducing the probability of card jams.

[0031] The playing cards are placed on the bottom plate 11 . The opening on the bottom plate 11 facilitates the driving device 2 to deal the playing cards, and the power supply 12 increases the power for the motor 201 .

[0032] By adopting the composite gear 203 to replace the pulley, the card dealing accuracy is effectively improved.

[0033] By setting the card feeding roller to rub against the playing cards, the playing cards are pushed to move for the card feeding operation. The four card dealing rollers are set to increase the contact area with the playing cards, avoiding the gaps caused by wrinkles on the playing cards that affect the card feeding. The playing cards are transmitted to the card dealing port through the friction between the card dealing rollers and the playing cards. Example 2

[0034] Please refer to Figures 1 and 4. The card delivery gear mechanism of the card dealing machine includes a housing 1. A rotating base 4 is provided at the lower end of the housing 1. A driving device 2 is provided inside the housing 1. A limiting device 3 is provided at the upper end of the housing 1.

[0035] The driving device 2 includes a motor 201, the output end of the motor 201 is fixedly connected to a driving gear 202, one end of the driving gear 202 is meshed with a composite gear 203, the left front end of the composite gear 203 is meshed with a gear 1 204, the middle of the gear 1 204 is fixedly connected to a card dealing roller 205, the right rear end of the composite gear 203 is meshed with a gear 2 206, the other end of the gear 2 206 is meshed with a slave gear 207, the other end of the slave gear 207 is meshed with a gear 3 208, and the middle of the gear 2 206 and the gear 3 208 are fixedly connected to a card delivering roller 209.

[0036] The limiting device 3 includes a pressing plate 301 , the upper end of the pressing plate 301 is fixedly connected to a roller 302 , both ends of the outer surface of the roller 302 are provided with a torsion spring 303 , and both ends of the roller 302 are fixedly connected to bearings 304 .

[0037] The roller 302 is rotatably connected to the housing 1 via bearings 304 at both ends, and the torsion spring 303 is located inside the housing 1 .

[0038] The lower end of the pressing plate 301 is configured as a U-shaped structure, and arc-shaped extension portions 305 are provided on both sides of the lower end of the pressing plate 301 .

[0039] Through the above technical solution, the roller 302 is driven to rotate under the action of the torsion spring 303, and the roller 302 then drives the pressure plate 301 to press the playing cards, thereby preventing the playing cards from being thrown out when the card dealing machine rotates. By providing a bearing 304, the roller 302 is connected and limited to the housing 1.

[0040] The torsion spring 303 controls the pressure plate 301 to press the playing cards. The pressure plate 301 is configured as a U-shaped structure, which is convenient for movement and for taking and placing the playing cards. The arc-shaped extension portion 305 reduces the contact area between the pressure plate 301 and the playing cards, thereby reducing friction and facilitating the dealing of the playing cards.

[0041] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit thereof, and the scope is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. Card dealing machine card sending gear mechanism, including a housing (1), a rotary base (4) is provided at the lower end of the housing (1), characterized in that: Inside the housing (1), a driving device (2) is provided, and a limiting device (3) is provided at the upper end of the housing (1). The driving device (2) includes a motor (201). The output end of the motor (201) is fixedly connected to a driving gear (202). One end of the driving gear (202) meshes with a compound gear (203). The front side of the left end of the compound gear (203) meshes with a first gear (204). The middle of the first gear (204) is fixedly connected to a card-dealing roller (205). The rear side of the right end of the compound gear (203) meshes with a second gear (206). The other end of the second gear (206) meshes with a follower gear (207). The other end of the follower gear (207) meshes with a third gear (208). The middle of the second gear (206) and the third gear (208) is fixedly connected to a card-feeding roller (209).

2. The card-dealing machine card-feeding gear mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: The limiting device (3) includes a pressing plate (301). The upper end of the pressing plate (301) is fixedly connected to a rotating roller (302). Torsion springs (303) are provided on the outer surfaces of both ends of the rotating roller (302). Both ends of the rotating roller (302) are fixedly connected to bearings (304).

3. The card-dealing machine card-feeding gear mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: A bottom plate (11) is provided on the housing (1). An opening is formed on the outer surface of the bottom plate (11). A power supply (12) is provided at the rear end of the housing (1).

4. The card dealing machine card feeding gear mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The compound gear (203) is rotationally connected to the housing (1). The compound gear (203) includes a small gear (2030) and a large gear (2031) fixedly connected to the front end of the small gear (2030).

5. The card-dealing machine card-sending gear mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: A card-dealing roller is fixedly connected to the middle of the card-dealing roller (205). Four card-feeding rollers are fixedly connected to the outer surface of the card-feeding roller (209).

6. The card dealing machine card feeding gear mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating roller (302) is rotationally connected to the housing (1) through bearings (304) at both ends. The torsion springs (303) are located inside the housing (1).

7. The card-dealing machine card-sending gear mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lower end of the pressing plate (301) is of a U-shaped structure. Arc-shaped extension parts (305) are provided on both sides of the lower end of the pressing plate (301).

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