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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Shark Trap Gaming & Security Systems, Llc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Michael Earnest Riordan, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Louis Wilson DeGregorio, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Dino Louis DeGregorio, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Steven Louis Forte, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Westley Thomas Davis, Henderson, NV (US);
Zachary Joesph Cook, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Joseph William Riesen, Henderson, NV (US);
Brendan John O'Toole, Henderson, NV (US);
Other;
Abstract
A single deck shuffler includes a pre-shuffle bin, card-selector assembly, drive wheel and post-shuffle bin. The pre-shuffle bin is configured to accept a single deck of cards. While in the pre-shuffle bin, a modest downward force is applied to the single deck of cards. A base of the pre-shuffle bin is an independent member that selectively raises and lowers the deck of cards pursuant to a randomly-selected card number (e.g., 1-52). Once positioned correctly based on the randomly-selected card number, an upper body of the card-selector assembly moves forward to push a number of cards off the top of the deck corresponding to the randomly-selected card number thereby exposing a bottom card (i.e., the randomly-selected card) to a drive wheel. The drive wheel propels the card from the pre-shuffle bin into the post-shuffle bin. The process is repeated until each card is propelled into the post-shuffle bin.