Patent ID: 9713761
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A card shuffler comprising: a deck-crib sized and configured to contain cards arranged in a pack parallel and in contact with one another; a receiving rack defining single-card receptacles in a linear array adjacent one another and located adjacent to the deck-crib, one of the deck-crib and the receiving rack being movable in a straight line with respect to, parallel with and along the other one of the deck-crib and the receiving rack; a card mover incorporated in the deck-crib and operable selectively to move a single one of the cards from the deck-crib to a selected one of the single-card receptacles; a card reader associated with the deck-crib and operable to identify and communicate an identity of the single one of the cards; a motor operably coupled to move the one of the receiving rack and the deck-crib relative to the other; and a controller interconnected with the card mover and at least one of the deck-crib and the receiving rack and programmed to repetitively, until the deck-crib has been emptied of cards: