Patent Document ID: 20150290528
Application ID: 14684111
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A card shuffler comprising: a deck-crib configured to contain a stack of playing cards with one card of the stack adjacent a deck support member of the deck-crib; a dealing rack located adjacent to the deck-crib and defining single-card receptacles; a card mover associated with the deck-crib and operable to move a single playing card from the deck-crib to a single-card receptacle aligned with the deck-crib, the card mover including: a primary card-contacting drive member in position to engage a surface of a playing card located adjacent to the deck support member of the deck-crib to move the single playing card toward the aligned single-card receptacle; an auxiliary card pusher including a card-contacting member movable reciprocably in the deck-crib toward and away from the dealing rack and move the single playing card out of the deck-crib and substantially into the aligned single-card receptacle; a first motor operably connected to move one of the dealing rack and the deck-crib relative to the other and to place the card mover and a single-card receptacle into mutual alignment; and a second motor operably connected to the auxiliary card pusher.