Patent SG-11201804541P-A (SG)
Title: Card handling devices and related assemblies and components
Inventor: KRENN PETER
IPC: A63F1/14
Filed: 2016-12-02
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau 111111111M 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111R111111111111111 (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/093507 A4 WIPO I PCT (43) International Publication Date 8 June 2017 (08.06.2017) BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art 21(3)) with amended claims and statement (Art 19(1)) Date of publication of the amended claims and statement: 17 August 2017 (51) International Patent Classification: A63F 1/12 (2006.01) A63F 1/14 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/EP2016/079630 (22) International Filing Date: 2 December 2016 (02.12.2016) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 14/959,536 4 December 2015 (04.12.2015) US (71) Applicant: SHUFFLE MASTER GMBH & CO KG [AT/AT]; Wipplingerstrasse 25, A-1010 Vienna (AT). (72) Inventors: KRENN, Peter; Wohnpart Kery 14/6, 2491 Neufeld (AT). BLAHA, Ernst; Irenetalstrasse 44, 3011 Tullnerbach (AT). (74) Agent: CORNFORD, James; FORRESTERS, Sherborne House, 119-121 Cannon Street, London Greater London EC4N 5AT (GB). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (54) Title: CARD HANDLING DEVICES AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND COMPONENTS (57) : Card handling devices may in- clude a card shuffling apparatus and a card out- put portion having a card buffer area positioned 106 at an interface of the card shuffling apparatus and the card output portion. The card output portion may be configured to move relative to the card shuffling apparatus and alter the ori- entation of the card buffer area. Card handling devices having a substantially flat card output 106 area may include an interface portion having an at least substantially flat draw surface. The sub- stantially flat card output area may permit play- ing cards to be drawn from an outlet of the sub- 102 stantially flat card output area in a plurality of at least substantially horizontal directions. Methods of shuffling playing cards may include altering an orientation of a card buffer area and inserting cards into the card buffer area at both a top and a bottom of a group of cards within the card buffer area. izz „-100 W O 20 17 /0935 07 A4 FIG. 104 105