Patent ID: 8579289
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A playing card handling device, comprising: a card storing area that supports a stack of playing cards, the card storing area having a playing card support surface; a card removing system that removes playing cards individually from a bottom of the stack; a card weight comprising an arm pivotally engaged to the playing card handling device that is automatically moved by a motor between at least two positions, wherein in a first position an end of the card weight opposite a pivot is disengaged from a playing card at the top of the stack and, in a second position, the end of the card weight is engaged with a playing card at the top of the stack; and a processor in the playing card handling device that directs movement of the card weight between at least a first and second position when information is known to the processor that a predetermined number of cards is present in the card storing area of the card handling device.