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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2010
Thompson Baker, Meridian, ID (US);
Steven J. Blad, Henderson, NV (US);
Lynn Hessing, Boise, ID (US);
Phil Price, Boise, ID (US);
Carl W. Price, Boise, ID (US);
Thompson Baker, Meridian, ID (US);
Steven J. Blad, Henderson, NV (US);
Lynn Hessing, Boise, ID (US);
Phil Price, Boise, ID (US);
Carl W. Price, Boise, ID (US);
SHFL Entertainment, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for randomly arranging and dealing a plurality of playing cards includes a device for moving cards and randomly ejecting playing cards from an initial set of playing cards located in a card input unit for an initial delivery of randomly arranged playing cards to a card delivery unit. The card delivery unit includes upper powered rollers and lower powered belts for receiving and transporting the playing cards through the card delivery unit and into a card collection unit. A playing card limiter is adjustable to allow a greater number or a lesser number of cards to pass from the card delivery unit to the card collection unit. Methods of randomly arranging and dealing a plurality of playing cards may include related apparatus.