Patent ID: 7669853
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A card shuffling machine for singulating a card from among a set of cards in a game of chance, said machine comprising: a stationary base for establishing a generally vertical central axis; a turntable moveably supported above said base for free rotation within a generally horizontal plane about said central axis; said turntable including a defined plurality of trays, said trays equally circumferentially spaced apart one from another about said central axis, each said tray including a radially outermost stop; said turntable further including a plurality of dividers, said plurality of dividers being equal in number to said defined plurality of trays and spaced one from another in equal circumferentially-spaced increments about said central axis; a detent fixed relative to said base and operatively interactive with said dividers, said detent effective to apply a pulsating resistance to free rotation of said turntable and thereby progressively slow said turntable to a stopped condition relative to said base; a set of cards equal in number to said defined plurality of trays, each said card bearing an indicia related to a decision for a game of chance; and one said card removably disposed in each of said trays, whereby by a random one of said cards is singulated from said set of cards by progressively slowing a free rotating said turntable to rest through the interference of said detent.