Patent Document ID: 20150014927
Application ID: 14500286
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A card shuffler comprising: (a) a base; (b) a deck-crib associated with said base and capable of containing a plurality of cards arranged in a pack parallel and in contact with one another; (c) a receiving rack associated with said base and defining a plurality of single-card receptacles in a linear array adjacent one another and located adjacent to said deck-crib, one of said deck-crib and said receiving rack being movable in a straight line with respect to said base, and parallel with and along the other one of said deck-crib and said receiving rack; (d) a card mover incorporated in the deck-crib and operable selectively to move a single one of said plurality of cards from said deck-crib to a selected one of said plurality of single-card receptacles; (e) a card reader mounted on or adjacent to the deck-crib and operable to identify and communicate an identity of said single one of said plurality of cards; (f) a motor arranged to move said one of said receiving rack and said deck-crib relative to the other; and (g) a controller interconnected with said card mover and at least one of said deck-crib and said receiving rack and arranged to: (i) randomly select and record an identity of an empty one of said single-card receptacles of said receiving rack; (ii) thereafter cause said motor to move one of said deck-crib and said receiving rack relative to the other in a straight line and to align one of said card mover and said randomly selected empty one of said plurality of single-card receptacles with the other; (iii) receive from said card reader a communication of the identity of said single one of said plurality of cards; (iv) thereafter cause said card mover to move said single one of said plurality of cards from said deck-crib into said randomly selected empty one of said plurality of single-card receptacles while said card mover and said single card receptacle are aligned with each other; and (v) thereafter sequentially repeat steps (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) until said deck-crib has been emptied of cards.