Michael E Riordan

US Patent:

D2914573, Aug 18, 1987

Filed:

Feb 13, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/701229

Inventors:

Michael E. Riordan - Las Vegas NV
Daniel A. Jones - Louisville KY

US Classification:

D21 37

US Patent:

20180200610, Jul 19, 2018

Filed:

Mar 1, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/909865

Inventors:

Michael Earnest Riordan - Las Vegas NV, US
Louis Wilson DeGregorio - Las Vegas NV, US
Dino Louis DeGregorio - Las Vegas NV, US
Steven Louis Forte - Las Vegas NV, US
Westley Thomas Davis - Henderson NV, US
Zachary Joesph Cook - Las Vegas NV, US
Joseph William Riesen - Henderson NV, US
Brendan John O'Toole - Henderson NV, US

International Classification:

A63F 1/12
A63F 1/00
A63F 1/14

Abstract:

An automatic card shuffler to shuffle eight decks of cards (or less) and deal a round of Baccarat. The automatic shuffler comprises two pre-shuffle bins, each receiving approximately four decks of cards wherein the pre-shuffle bins are spaced apart from one another with card slides directing to a card-receiving area. Cards are randomly selected from the cards in each of the pre-shuffle bins and propelled onto the card slides directing the cards to the card-receiving area. Once a sufficient number of buffer cards (e.g., seven) have been deposited into the card-receiving area, a card flipper moves the seven cards against a face plate of an integral dealing shoe. A buffer-holder member maintains the buffer cards against the face plate for dealing as the card flipper returns to a home position to receive more shuffled cards while buffer cards are being dealt in a round of Baccarat.

US Patent:

20170319945, Nov 9, 2017

Filed:

Nov 14, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/351274

Inventors:

Michael Earnest Riordan - Las Vegas NV, US
Louis Wilson DeGregorio - Las Vegas NV, US
Dino Louis DeGregorio - Las Vegas NV, US
Steven Louis Forte - Las Vegas NV, US
Westley Thomas Davis - Henderson NV, US
Zachary Joesph Cook - Las Vegas NV, US
Joseph William Riesen - Henderson NV, US
Brendan John O'Toole - Henderson NV, US

International Classification:

A63F 1/12
A63F 1/14

Abstract:

A single deck shuffler includes a pre-shuffle bin, card-selector assembly, drive wheel and post-shuffle bin. The pre-shuffle bin is configured to accept a single deck of cards. While in the pre-shuffle bin, a modest downward force is applied to the single deck of cards. A base of the pre-shuffle bin is an independent member that selectively raises and lowers the deck of cards pursuant to a randomly-selected card number (e.g., 1-52). Once positioned correctly based on the randomly-selected card number, an upper body of the card-selector assembly moves forward to push a number of cards off the top of the deck corresponding to the randomly-selected card number thereby exposing a bottom card (i.e., the randomly-selected card) to a drive wheel. The drive wheel propels the card from the pre-shuffle bin into the post-shuffle bin. The process is repeated until each card is propelled into the post-shuffle bin.

US Patent:

20170319946, Nov 9, 2017

Filed:

Dec 6, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/371125

Inventors:

Michael Earnest Riordan - Las Vegas NV, US
Louis Wilson DeGregorio - Las Vegas NV, US
Dino Louis DeGregorio - Las Vegas NV, US
Steven Louis Forte - Las Vegas NV, US
Westley Thomas Davis - Henderson NV, US
Zachary Joesph Cook - Las Vegas NV, US
Joseph William Riesen - Henderson NV, US
Brendan John O'Toole - Henderson NV, US

International Classification:

A63F 1/12
A63F 1/00
A63F 1/14

Abstract:

An automatic card shuffler to shuffle eight decks of cards (or less) and deal a round of Baccarat. The automatic shuffler comprises two pre-shuffle bins, each receiving approximately four decks of cards wherein the pre-shuffle bins are spaced apart from one another with card slides directing to a card-receiving area. Cards are randomly selected from the cards in each of the pre-shuffle bins and propelled onto the card slides directing the cards to the card-receiving area. Once a sufficient number of buffer cards (e.g., seven) have been deposited into the card-receiving area, a card flipper moves the seven cards against a face plate of an integral dealing shoe. A buffer-holder member maintains the buffer cards against the face plate for dealing as the card flipper returns to a home position to receive more shuffled cards while buffer cards are being dealt in a round of Baccarat.