专利名称：Card-feeding device for a card-handling
device including a pivotable arm
发明人：Ronald R. Swanson申请号：US14195554申请日：20140303公开号：US09764221B2公开日：20170919
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摘要：A card-feeding device for feeding cards into a card-handling device is disclosed.Examples of card-handling devices include shufflers, card sorters, card delivery devicesand card verification devices. The device includes a card infeed area that supports a stack
of cards. The card infeed area has a card support surface. Included in the device is a card-removing system that removes cards individually from the bottom of the stack. Apivoting arm presses against a card at the top of the stack. At least one sensor is
provided that detects at least one of a position of the arm and a presence of a card in thecard infeed area. A method of shuffling cards is also disclosed. The method includes thesteps of providing cards to be shuffled into a card infeed area as a stack with a top andbottom and removing cards one at a time from the bottom of the stack and moving theremoved cards to a shuffling zone. Cards are then shuffled. The stack of cards isstabilized by a pivoting arm capable of pressing against the top of the stack in an
engaged position. The pivot arm may be automatically rotated from a first card-engagingposition to a second recessed position.
申请人：Bally Gaming, Inc.
地址：Las Vegas NV US
国籍：US
代理机构：TraskBritt
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