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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randy D Sines, Spokane, WA (US);
Steven L Forte, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Leonard A Hale, Spokane, WA (US);
Assignee:
Casinovations, Inc., Spokane, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2731 / ;
Abstract
A playing card shuffler having an unshuffled stack holder which holds an infeed array of playing cards. One or more ejectors are mounted adjacent the unshuffled stack holder to eject cards from the infeed array at various random positions. Multiple ejectors are preferably mounted on a movable carriage. Extractors are advantageously used to assist in removing playing cards from the infeed array. Removal resistors are used to provide counteracting forces resisting displacement of cards, to thereby provide more selective ejection of cards from the infeed array.