Multi-compartment Card Dealing Shoe with Offset Outlets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing playing card dealing shoes lack efficiency, security, and integrity in delivering cards, particularly in terms of speed and minimizing potential threats to game security.
Innovation Solution
A dual-compartment lateral card dealing shoe with offset card outlets and a sloped base design, featuring inner and outer walls that create card-receiving spaces with tapering and flaring portions, allowing for simultaneous delivery of multiple cards and enhanced security through card shielding mechanisms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a traditional single-compartment dealing shoe is used, then the device complexity is low, but the card delivery speed and productivity are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The dealing shoe is divided into multiple compartments (first card-receiving space and second card-receiving space) with separate card outlets, allowing simultaneous delivery of cards from different compartments. This segmentation enables parallel card delivery operations, significantly increasing productivity without requiring complex mechanical mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a multi-dimensional card delivery system by adding lateral offset positions for card outlets and creating three-dimensional card-receiving spaces with specific geometric configurations (tapering portions, flaring portions). This spatial arrangement allows simultaneous card delivery from multiple directions and positions.
2Reliability
If cards are delivered one-by-one through a single slot, then the device structure is simple, but the game security and integrity are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
By separating card storage into multiple secure compartments with individual outlets, the system reduces the risk of card tampering or cheating. Each compartment can be independently secured and monitored, enhancing game security while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces card shielding mechanisms that act as intermediaries between the card-receiving spaces and the external environment. These shields prevent unauthorized viewing or manipulation of cards while allowing controlled delivery, thereby enhancing security without requiring complex locking or sealing mechanisms.
3Productivity
If multiple cards are delivered simultaneously from offset outlets, then the productivity and speed are improved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The dealing shoe is divided into multiple compartments (first card-receiving space and second card-receiving space) with separate card outlets, allowing simultaneous delivery of cards from different compartments. This segmentation enables parallel card delivery operations, significantly increasing productivity without requiring complex mechanical mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a multi-dimensional card delivery system by adding lateral offset positions for card outlets and creating three-dimensional card-receiving spaces with specific geometric configurations (tapering portions, flaring portions). This spatial arrangement allows simultaneous card delivery from multiple directions and positions.
4Reliability
If card outlets are positioned at the same location, then the device structure is simple, but the card delivery security and game integrity are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The card outlets are positioned at offset locations rather than symmetrically at the same position. The first card outlet and second card outlet are laterally offset from each other, creating an asymmetric configuration that enhances security by preventing simultaneous access to multiple cards from a single viewpoint, while maintaining structural simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
A card dealing shoe including multiple independent card receiving and staging compartments having laterally adjacent openings thereto, with each compartment opening being positioned adjacent to another compartment opening at the front end of the card dealing shoe which is configured to, among other things, enable cards from each compartment to be manually withdrawn therefrom.