Patent ID: 7540497
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. An automatic card shuffler comprising two stands arranged in parallel, said stands each defining a working space; two conveying units respectively mounted in said stands in a bottom side of the working space of the associating stand, said conveying units each comprising two conveying wheels and a motor controllable to rotate said conveying wheels for conveying playing cards out of the associating stands toward a space between said stands; two limiters respectively mounted in said stands at an outer side opposite to each other, said limiters each comprising a lifting frame, an actuating bar, a motor for turning said actuating bar to lift said lifting frame, and two baffles bilaterally pivoted to said lifting frame and inserted into the working space of the associating stands for holding playing cards above the conveying wheels of the associating conveying unit, said baffles being biased for letting playing cards fall therefrom to the conveying wheels of the associating conveying unit when the associating lifting frame is lowered in the working space of the associating stand to a predetermined elevation; and a card carrier unit set between said stands, said card carrier unit comprising a vertical sliding track, a vertical screw rod disposed in parallel to said vertical sliding track, a motor adapted to rotate said vertical screw rod, a slide coupled to said vertical screw rod and movable along said vertical sliding track upon rotation of the motor of said card carrier unit, and a holder plate affixed to the slide of said card carrier unit for collecting playing cards delivered from said conveying units.