Patent ID: 6588750
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
An apparatus for handling cards comprising:a shuffling chamber having a plurality of card-receiving compartments, each card-receiving compartment is in a fixed relationship to adjacent card-receiving compartments, each compartment is able to receive more than one card within an opening of the card-receiving compartment, a card moving mechanism is positioned for moving at least one card at a time into a card-receiving compartment, a mechanism that moves the card moving mechanism and the shuffling chamber relative to each other so that cards moved by the card moving mechanism are aligned for delivery into a card receiving compartment, and a microprocessor for controlling card movement; wherein a separator is between each adjacent card-receiving compartment, and there is an acute edge of the separator that a card moved into card-receiving compartments contacts on a deflecting surface before that card is fully inserted into a card-receiving compartment.