David E. Sampson - Woodinville WA, US Steven L. Forte - Las Vegas NV, US
Assignee:
Savant Shuffler LLC - Woodinville WA
International Classification:
A63F 1/12
US Classification:
273149R
Abstract:
A card shuffler that moves cards one-at-a-time from the bottom of a deck in a deck-crib to randomly designated single-card receptacles in a dealing rack. The dealing rack is moved by a motor to align a receptacle, randomly selected from among remaining empty receptacles, with an outfeed slot of the deck-crib to receive each card to be moved from the deck-crib. A space is provided in the dealing rack where a dealer's hand can reach cards and remove them from the dealing rack. A controller can cause the dealing rack to move so as to allow a selected number of cards to be removed by the dealer for a player hand or a dealer hand. A card reader may be included, and positions in the dealing rack of cards identified by the card reader can be stored in memory in the controller.
David E. Sampson - Woodinville WA, US Steven L. Forte - Las Vegas NV, US
Assignee:
Savant Shuffler LLC - Woodinville WA
International Classification:
A63F 1/14
US Classification:
273149R
Abstract:
A card shuffler that moves cards one-at-a-time from the bottom of a group that may be a deck in a deck-crib, to randomly designated single-card receptacles in a receiving or dealing rack. Either the deck-crib or the receiving rack is moved by a motor to align a receptacle, randomly selected from among remaining empty receptacles, with an outfeed slot of the deck-crib to receive each card to be moved from the deck-crib. A space is provided in the dealing rack in one embodiment, where a dealer's hand can reach cards and remove them from the dealing rack. A controller can cause the dealing rack to move so as to allow a selected number of cards to be removed by the dealer for a player hand or a dealer hand. A card reader may be included, and positions in the receiving or dealing rack of cards identified by the card reader can be stored in memory in the controller.
Steven Forte (1972-1980), Mike Ziacoma (1981-1985), Debbie Crocetti (1962-1971), Sean Fox (2001-2003), Ann Morfogen (1962-1971), Bruce Webber (1977-1983)