US 11,896,891 B2
Card-handling devices and related methods, assemblies, and components
Paul K Scheper, Bloomington, MN (US); Ronald R. Swanson, Otsego, MN (US); James B. Stasson, Chaska, MN (US); James P. Helgesen, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Haven A. Mercer, Excelsior, MN (US); Troy D. Nelson, Big Lake, MN (US); Jamal Hani Kotifani, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Feraidoon Bourbour, Eden Prairie, MN (US); and Peter Krenn, Neufeld (AT)
Assigned to SG Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by SG Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/132,090.
Prior Publication US 2020/0086203 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A63F 1/12 (2006.01); A63F 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 1/12 (2013.01) [A63F 1/062 (2013.01); A63F 1/067 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A card-handling device, comprising:
a playing card-shuffling apparatus; and
a card rotation device configured to rotate one or more playing cards about a minor axis of the one or more playing cards to randomly alter an orientation of lateral edges of the one or more playing cards, the minor axis of the one or more playing cards extending through a thickness of the one or more playing cards in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis of the one or more playing cards as at least one of the one or more playing cards enters the playing card-shuffling apparatus.