Patent ID: 7500672

Claim:
An automatic shuffling and dealing machine comprising a card-input device having a first motor; a first gear assembly comprising multiple gears engaged to each other, and one of the gears being connected with and driven by the first motor; a first swiveling board being pivotally mounted slantwise in the card-input device and having a bottom edge; two sides; a back surface; a front surface being attached with a static electricity mitigating sheet; and a notch being formed through the surface in one of the sides of the first swiveling board; a guiding board being horizontally mounted securely in the card-input device adjacent the first swiveling board to form an inlet passage and having a surface; and a semicircular-cross-sectional groove formed on the surface corresponding to the bottom edge of the first swiveling board; a first roller assembly having at least two roller couples being mounted in the card-input device adjacent to each other along the guiding board, and each roller couple comprising two rollers separately mounted rotatably in the card-input device opposite to each other and having a slight gap formed between each other and at the same level with the surface of the guiding board, and each roller couple having at least one roller connected to one gear of the first gear assembly; and an attracting roller being mounted rotatably in the card-input device aligning to the front surface of the first swiveling board and having at least one end connected to one of the gears of the first gear assembly; a lever being mounted in the card-input device and being connected to and is rotated by a control motor; and a shuffling device having a stage having an activating gear being mounted rotatably on the stage; a primary power assembly having a driving gear engaging with the activating gear; and a controller being mounted securely on the stage, controlling the primary power assembly; a shuffling wheel being mounted rotatably on the stage, driven by the primary power assembly and having multiple teeth being formed around the shuffling wheel and being engaged with the activating gear of the stage; and multiple card slots being formed diametrically around the shuffling wheel and selectively corresponding to the inlet passage and; a discharging rod being mounted pivotally on the stage and mounted oppositely adjacent to the shuffling wheel and having an elongate slot being formed longitudinally through the discharging rod; and an arm protruding transversely from the discharging rod and selectively aligning with one of the card slots; a driving motor having a rotating disk; and a pin eccentrically mounted securely on the rotating disk and mounted slidably in the elongate slot of a corresponding discharging rod.