Patent GB-190613297-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Shuffling Playing Cards.
Inventor: HINES JAMES
Filed: 1906-06-09
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 13,297. Hines, J. June 9. Card games.-A machine for shuffling playing- cards is arranged in a casing a preferably provided with a slot for introducing a drawer b with the cards on to an inclined shelf a', where the cards are held in position by a slide c with a rubbercovered, turned - over end c'. The cards are delivered singly or in groups from the drawer b to a hopper m with pivoted inclined sides m<1>, m<2>, which are oscillated so as to cause the cards to be delivered alternately to the back and front of the pack assembled in the hopper. Each card is turned completely over in its descent, so that at the finish the cards face correctly. The cards are delivered by fingers f on a spring-controlled shaft e on an arm d which is oscillated by a crank or cam-disk j<1> and a pitman j. The sides m', m<2> of the hopper are connected by cranks n<1>, o' to rods n<2>, o' provided with projections n<3>, o<3> which are acted on by a projection k' on a cam-disk k<3> on a shaft k<1>, which is so geared to the shaft of the crank j<1> that the shaft k<1> rotates at half the speed of the latter, one side m<1> or m<2> being oscillated for each descent of a card. The arms f are normally raised clear of the cards by a spring-controlled trigger h acted on by a fixed stop i, i<1>, the trigger holding on an arm e<1> of the shaft e until the arm d is just returning. At this instant the card is returned to the hopper. The mechanism may be driven by hand, or by ordinary clock-work, which is wound up by pulling out a string L, Fig. 3, wound around a pulley l<2>, loosely mounted on the main driving-spindle l<1>, and to which is attached a spring l<3> the other end of which is fixed to the casing. When the string L is pulled out, the pulley l<2> drives the spindle l<1> by means of a spring pawl l<4> and fixed ratchet l<5>, and this winds up the main spring attached to the spindle l<1>. On the release of the spring, the main spring rotates the spindle l', which, in turn, drives a wheel l, Fig. 1, by means of a ratchet l<6> and pawl l<7>, the wheel l being geared to the shaft k<1>. The spring l<3> re-winds the string L. The driving- mechanism drives a governor r<2> provided with a disk r<3>, which presses against a plate r' when the governor rotates, and so controls the speed of the mechanism. The disk r<3> is normally engaged by a projection s<1> on a lever s provided with a slot u, which engages a cross spindle on which is fixed an arm which carries arms t<2>, t<3>, the former of which is connected to the lever s by a slot and screw w and by means of a spring t'. The cross spindle is actuated by a depending arm in order to move the lever s so that a projection s<2> on it is clear of a projection s<3> on the spindle k<1>, and the spring t<4> then moves the lever s so that the projection s<1> is clear of the disk r<3> and the mechanism is thus started. When all the cards have been dealt, an arm e<2>, arranged in front of the arms f, acts on the arm t<3>, and causes the projection. 81 again to engage the disk r<3>, thereby automatically stopping the device.