Patent Document ID: 9993719
Application ID: 14959536
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A card handling device, comprising: a card shuffling apparatus configured to shuffle playing cards, the card shuffling apparatus defining at least a portion of a card path; and a card output portion including a card buffer area positioned at an interface of the card shuffling apparatus and the card output portion, the card buffer area configured to receive shuffled playing cards from the card shuffling apparatus via the card path and temporarily store a group of playing cards in a stacked configuration having a top and a bottom, the card output portion being configured to move to alter an orientation of the group of playing cards in the card buffer area relative to the card shuffling apparatus between a first orientation in which playing cards are inserted from the card shuffling apparatus at the top of the group of playing cards and a second orientation in which playing cards are inserted from the card shuffling apparatus at the bottom of the group of playing cards, wherein the card path between the card shuffling apparatus and the card buffer area remains fixed in both the first orientation and the second orientation.