US 12,303,772 B1
Compact continuous shuffler
Charles M. Curley, Cortland, NY (US)
Filed by Charles M. Curley, Cortland, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/956,048.
Application 18/956,048 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/737,984, filed on Jun. 8, 2024, granted, now 12,179,090.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 1/12 (2006.01); A63F 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 1/12 (2013.01) [A63F 1/14 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A card handing device for shuffling playing cards in a casino comprising:
a bezel having a mounting surface;
a control panel positioned on the exterior of the bezel;
an unshuffled card input portal consisting of a receiving cavity;
a shuffled card discharge portal consisting of a multi-card delivery shoe for receiving substacks of play-ready cards from an elevation below a multi-card storage cavity of the shoe;
the shoe interfaced to a stripper mechanism which comprises a pair of support pawls;
a rotatable card receiver having a plurality of radially-arranged card storage nests which rotate about a common axis;
each nest having an exit orifice and an entrance orifice;
each nest holding a plurality of cards;
at least one microcontroller responsive to the control panel;
a motor that rotates the card receiver incrementally and bidirectionally amongst the radially-arranged nests while producing centrifugal force;
a card transport that moves cards from the input portal to the rotatable card receiver in the direction of the centrifugal force;
at least one retainer that retains cards within the rotatable card receiver in opposition to centrifugal force;
card substacks within each nest being aligned by the retainer; and
wherein the card handing device moves cards into the nests and out of the nests in the same centrifugal force direction; and
wherein the substacks from each nest are individually moved from an elevation below the shoe to an elevation above the shoe during delivery to the shoe.