US20090283969A1 - Automatic poker shuffling machine - Google Patents
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Abstract
An automatic poker shuffling machine includes a frame having a first container, a second container and a card chamber between the first container and the second container, an elevating device has a table in the card chamber, a card cutting device for sending the cards on the table to the first and second containers alternately, and a card shuffling device having first and second turning wheels on the bottoms of the first and the second containers to stack the cards alternately on the table again. The present invention further includes a plurality of sensors to sense the cards and control the corresponding elements action, and a collecting box to receive the shuffled cards.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates generally to a device for poker game and, more particularly, to an automatic poker shuffling machine.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- In poker game, it needs a shuffler to shuffle cards to random the cards for the game therefore players may have different cards in the games.
- To shuffle the cards by shuffler is doubtful because a well-skill shuffler may cheat that the poker game becomes unfair, and players have less will to play it.
- In some professional poker games, the whole deck of cards are destroyed after every game, and a brand new deck of cards are used in the next game to avoid the cheating problem. However, it needs a specific machine to destroy the cards, and it needs lots of decks of cards. It expenses high for such poker game, and, furthermore, it produces lots of dust and scraps of papers after the cards are destroyed. For the reason above, the present inventor, according to our experience in this field, creates the present invention.
- The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an automatic poker shuffling machine, which may replace shuffler to shuffle cards and make a fair game for every player.
- To achieve the objective of the present invention, an automatic poker shuffling machine includes a frame having a first container, a second container and a card chamber between the first container and the second container, wherein the first container has a first bore at a bottom thereof communicated with the card chamber, and the second container has a second bore at a bottom thereof communicated with the card chamber; an elevating device having a table, on which cards stack, received in the card chamber for vertical reciprocation; a card cutting device, which is provided on a top of the frame, having a poking board for transverse reciprocation, a first sensor, and a second sensor, wherein the poking board is driven for transverse reciprocation to send the cards to the first container and the second container respectively when the first sensor senses the cards on the table, and the card cutting device is stopped when the second sensor senses no card on the table; and a card shuffling device having at least a first turning wheel on the bottom of the first container and at least a second turning wheel on the bottom of the second container, wherein after the card cutting device is stopped, the first turning wheel and the second turning wheel start turning to send the cards in the first container and in the second container to the card chamber via the first bore and the second bore respectively, and stack the cards from the first container and from the second container alternately on the table.
- Therefore, the present invention provides a machine to replace shuffler that may have the cards well shuffled and avoid the cheating problem. It doesn't needs to destroy the cards after every game to reduce the cost.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the case is taken off; -
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view ofFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 4 is a back perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the case is taken off; -
FIG. 5 is a sectional view ofFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 6 is a left front perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the case is taken off; -
FIG. 7 is a front view of the cut slot of the poking board crossing table of the preferred embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the pressing board and driving unit of the preferred embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIG. 9 toFIG. 12 are sketch diagrams of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing how to shuffle the cards. - As shown in
FIGS. 1 to 8 , an automaticpoker shuffling machine 100 of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes aframe 10, anelevating device 30, acard cutting device 40 and acard shuffling device 50. - The frame includes a card chamber A at a middle portion, in which a
first container 11 and asecond container 12 are provided. Between the first andsecond containers board 13 and a second separatingboard 14 are provided. The first andsecond containers first bore 11 and asecond bore 121 at bottoms respectively to be communicated with the card chamber A that cards may pass through the first andsecond bores stop boards frame 10 and above the containers. Each of thestop boards board face block stop board 15 for example, it may moved between a first position P1 (referring toFIG. 2 ) and a second position P2 (referring toFIG. 3 ). In the present embodiment, two pushingmembers frame 10 for vertical reciprocation, and twodriving members frame 10 that may move thestop boards member 17 and thedriving member 19 for example, the drivingmember 19 includes amotor 191 and aturn pole 192. Theturn pole 192 is swung by themotor 191 to move the pushingmember 17 up and down.FIG. 2 andFIG. 5 show the pushingmember 17 at an up position, in which atop end 171 of the pushingmember 17 is against the arched guidingblock 152 to have theboard face 151 of thestop board 15 at a horizontal position that cards may stack thereon.FIG. 3 andFIG. 12 show the pushingmember 17 at a down position, in which the arched guidingblock 152 is turned to have theboard face 151 of thestop board 15 at a vertical position that cards will drop to the associated container. - A
first side wheel 21 and asecond side wheel 22 are pivoted on theframe 10 at sides where thestop boards first stop plate 23 and asecond stop plate 24 are connected to the first andsecond separating boards second stop plate 24 for example (referring toFIG. 5 ), thesecond stop plate 24 has a threadedhole 241 at an upper portion to screw abolt 141 therein. Thebolt 141 has abody portion 141 a inserted into the threadedhole 241, and ahead portion 141 b being restricted for rotation only. Thesecond stop plate 24 may be moved up and down by turning thebolt 141 clockwise or counterclockwise that may change the size of thesecond bore 121. Thefirst stop plate 23, with the same structure, may be turned to change the size of thefirst bore 111. - A
first scrap container 25 and asecond scrap container 25 are provided in theframe 10 under the first andsecond containers frame 10. Each scrap container is provided with a filter (labeled 251 inFIG. 1 ) at a back. Twofans 27 are provided on a back of theframe 10 to suck the paper scraps in theframe 10 to thefirst scrap container 25 and thesecond scrap container 25, and the paper scraps will be collected by the filters. - The
frame 10 further includes acollecting box 29, which may be drawn out of the frame, to collect the cards in the card chamber A. User may insert or draw thecollecting box 29 into or out of the frame to move the card between the shuffling machine of the present invention and other machines (such as dealing box). - The
elevating device 30 includes asliding base 31 on the back of theframe 10 for vertical reciprocation and a table 32 on thesliding base 31 extending into the card chamber A. Therefore, the table may vertically move in the card chamber A. A worm (not shown) and a motor (not shown) are provided to reciprocate thesliding base 31. In addition, cards stack on the table 32, on which acutting slot 321 and a sensor board 322 are provided (they will be described in following paragraphs). - As shown in
FIG. 5 , thecard cutting device 40, which is mounted on a top of theframe 10, includes apoking board 41 for transverse movement, afirst sensor 42, asecond sensor 43, and athird sensor 44, wherein: - The
first sensor 42 is provided on the back of theframe 41 to sense whether there is card on the table 32. If do, thefirst sensor 42 transmits a signal to a circuit board (not shown) and an output signal to control the poking transversally reciprocating to send the cards into thefirst container 11 and thesecond container 12 alternately. As shown inFIG. 10 andFIG. 11 , when thepoking board 41 reciprocates once, thestop boards second containers - The
second sensor 43 is provided on the table 32. When thesecond sensor 43 doesn't sense any card on the table 32, it sends a signal to stop the card cutting device. - The
third sensor 44 is provided at a bottom of thepoking board 41 to sense whether there is card not totally entering thefirst container 11 or thesecond container 12, as shown inFIG. 11 . If do, it sends a signal to control thefirst side wheel 21 and thesecond side wheel 22 turning reversely to move the sensed card back to the card chamber A. as shown inFIG. 7 , thecutting slot 321 of the table 32 is designed for thepoking board 41 moving therein to send all of the cards to thefirst container 11 or thesecond container 12. - The
card shuffling device 50 includes twofirst turning wheels 51 in thefirst container 11 and twosecond turning wheels 32 in thesecond container 12. Thefirst bore 111 is formed between thefirst wheels 51 and the first separatingboard 13, and thesecond bore 121 is form between thesecond wheels 52 and the second separatingboard 14. The first turningwheel 51 and the second turningwheel 52 are driven for turning to send the cards in thefirst container 11 and thesecond container 12 to the card chamber A via thefirst bore 111 and thesecond bore 121 respectively, and then stacked on the table 32. - The card shuffling device further includes a fourth sensor under the first and
second bores card device 40 completes the cutting step, the table 32 of the elevatingdevice 30 will move downward immediately and is sensed by thefourth sensor 53 to stop the table 32 for stacking the cards thereon. - The
card shuffling device 50 further includes twofifth sensors 54 in thefirst container 11 and thesecond container 12 respectively. The fifth sensors may sense whether thefirst container 11 and thesecond container 12 are empty. If do, it sends a signal to top the first orsecond turning wheel - To avoid cards jammed at the
first bore 111 and thesecond bore 121, thecard shuffling device 50 of present embodiment is provided with twosixth sensors 55 at the exits of thefirst bore 111 and thesecond bore 121 respectively to sense the jammed card. If do, it sends a signal to control the turning wheel keeping turning until no card is sensed by thesixth sensors 55. - The
card shuffling device 50 further includes apressing board 56 and a drivingunit 57 on theframe 10. The drivingunit 57 includes atransmission set 571, amotor 572, and asensor 573. Thesensor 573 may sense protrusions on adisk 571 a on a bottom of the transmission set 571 to drive the motor 472 turning the transmission set 571 having bevel gears that will move thepressing board 56 between a down position P3 and an up position P4. Thepressing board 56 will press the shuffling cards when it moves to the down position P3 that will help ordering the cards. - Above are the elements and the relationship therebetween of the automatic
poker shuffling machine 100 of the present invention. The following is the operation of shuffling of the present invention: - As shown in
FIGS. 1 , and 9-12, user puts cards in thecollecting box 29, and then inserts thecollecting box 29 into the card chamber A of theframe 10, and now user may start themachine 100. After the machine started, the slidingseat 31 of the elevatingdevice 30 will move the table upwards to take the cards in thecollecting box 29. When the table 32 is elevated and is sensed by the first sensor 42 (referring toFIG. 9 ), the worm of the elevatingdevice 30 is turned for random rounds to have the card stack higher than the first sensor 42 a predetermined distance. This distance affects the pokingboard 41 cutting the cards at a very position. Because the worm is controlled by random, the pokingboard 41 will cut the cards at different positions in every shuffling step. After the poking 41 had moved left and right once to send cards to thefirst container 11 and thesecond container 12, thestop boards second containers second containers stop boards board 41 and thestop boards second sensor 43 senses that no card on the table 32 and thecard cutting device 40 is stopped. Of course, thestop boards FIG. 11 ), thethird sensor 44 will senses the jammed card P and controls the second side wheel turning reversely to move the card P back to the card chamber A, waiting for the next cutting step. - When there is no card on the table 32, the table will be moved downwards automatically to be sensed by the
fourth sensor 53 and stops. As shown inFIG. 4 , in this time, the pressingboard 56 is switched to the down position P3, and thefirst turning wheels 51 and thesecond turning wheels 52 start turning to send the card in the first andsecond containers second containers pressing board 56 has two opposite inclined edges that have function of guiding the cards. In the same time, the table 32 is controlled to vibrate up and down slightly to order the cards. When thefifth sensors 54 sense no card in the first and thesecond container first bore 111 or thesecond bore 121, thesixth sensor 55 will control the first or thesecond turning wheel - In conclusion, the present invention provides the automatic poker shuffling machine to replace shuffler that may have the cards well shuffled and avoid the cheating problem. It doesn't needs to destroy the cards after every game to reduce the cost.
- Although a particular embodiment of the invention has been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
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1. An automatic poker shuffling machine, comprising:
a frame having a first container, a second container and a card chamber between the first container and the second container, wherein the first container has a first bore at a bottom thereof communicated with the card chamber, and the second container has a second bore at a bottom thereof communicated with the card chamber;
an elevating device having a table, on which cards stack, received in the card chamber for vertical reciprocation;
a card cutting device, which is provided on a top of the frame, having a poking board for transverse reciprocation, a first sensor, and a second sensor, wherein the poking board is driven for transverse reciprocation to send the cards to the first container and the second container respectively when the first sensor senses the cards on the table, and the card cutting device is stopped when the second sensor senses no card on the table; and
a card shuffling device having at least a first turning wheel on the bottom of the first container and at least a second turning wheel on the bottom of the second container, wherein after the card cutting device is stopped, the first turning wheel and the second turning wheel start turning to send the cards in the first container and in the second container to the card chamber via the first bore and the second bore respectively, and stack the cards from the first container and from the second container alternately on the table;
wherein the frame is provided with two stop boards respectively disposed above the first container and the second container to be moved between a first position, in which the stop boards carry the cards from the cutting device thereon, and a second position, in which the cards on the stop boards drop to the first container and the second container, respectively;
wherein the frame further includes a first side wheel and a second side wheel on the stop board at a side adjacent to the card chamber, a third sensor on a bottom of the poking board to control rotation of the first side wheel and the second side wheel for sending a sensed card back to the card chamber when the third sensor senses cards thereunder not totally entering the stop boards above the first container and the second container.
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3. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein after the poking board has completed the reciprocation once, the stop boards rapidly move to the second position from the first position, and return to the first position immediately.
4. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the stop boards are pivoted on the frame, each of which has a board face to carry the cards, an arched guiding block on an end, two pushing member on the frame out of the containers for vertical reciprocation, and two driving members moving the pushing members when the poking board of the card cutting device completes the reciprocation once and sends signals to the driving members, and further wherein when the pushing members are moved upwards and against the arched guiding blocks, the board faces of the stop boards are horizontal to carry the cards, and when the pushing members are moved downwards to turn the arched guiding blocks, the board faces of the stop boards are vertical to drop the cards thereon.
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6. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the frame has a first separating board between the card chamber and the first container, wherein the first bore is formed between a bottom edge of the first separating board and the first turning wheel, a second board between the card chamber and the second container, wherein the second bore is formed between a bottom edge of the second separating board and the second turning wheel, and at least a stop plate, which is connected to one of the separating boards, to be adjusted for vertical movement to change sizes of the bores that the cards pass.
7. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the stop plate has a first stop plate and a second stop plate, which the first stop plate is provided on the first separating board and above the first turning wheel, and the second stop plate is provided on the second separating board and above the second turning wheel.
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9. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the card shuffling device further includes a fourth sensor on the frame to stop the table at a position under the first bore and the second bore when the card cutting device completes a cutting step and the table of the elevating device is moved downwards and sensed by the fourth sensor.
10. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising two fifth sensors on the bottoms of the first container and the second container, wherein the first turning wheel or the second turning wheel is stopped running when the fifth sensors sense no card in the first container or in the second container.
11. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising a collecting box to collect the cards stacked on the table, wherein the collecting box is detachably mounted on the frame.
12. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising two sixth sensors on the frame to sense the card in the first bore and in the second bore, wherein the card shuffling device is stopped when the sixth sensors sense no card in the first bore and in the second bore.
13. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elevating device has a cutting slot on the table to have the poking board moving in the cutting slot, whereby all cards on the table may be sent to the first container and the second container by the poking board.
14. An automatic poker shuffling machine, comprising:
a frame having a first container, a second container and a card chamber between the first container and the second container, wherein the first container has a first bore at a bottom thereof communicated with the card chamber, and the second container has a second bore at a bottom thereof communicated with the card chamber;
an elevating device having a table, on which cards stack, received in the card chamber for vertical reciprocation;
a card cutting device, which is provided on a top of the frame, having a poking board for transverse reciprocation, a first sensor, and a second sensor, wherein the poking board is driven for transverse reciprocation to send the cards to the first container and the second container respectively when the first sensor senses the cards on the table, and the card cutting device is stopped when the second sensor senses no card on the table; and
a card shuffling device having at least a first turning wheel on the bottom of the first container and at least a second turning wheel on the bottom of the second container, wherein after the card cutting device is stopped, the first turning wheel and the second turning wheel start turning to send the cards in the first container and in the second container to the card chamber via the first bore and the second bore respectively, and stack the cards from the first container and from the second container alternately on the table;
wherein the frame includes a first scrap container under the first container and near the first bore, a second scrap container under the second container and near the second bore, and at least a fan at a back of the frame to suck paper scraps in the frame to the first scrap container and the second scrap container via the first bore and the second bore.
15. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the first scrap container and the second scrap container are detachably mounted on the frame respectively.
16. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the first scrap container and the second scrap container are provided with a filter at backs thereof respectively to collect the paper scraps in the first scrap container and the second scrap container.
17. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the card shuffling device includes a pressing board and a driving unit to move the pressing board between a down position, in which the pressing board is in the card chamber of the frame to guide the cards from the first bore and the second bore to the card chamber, and an up position.
18. An automatic poker shuffling machine, comprising:
a frame having a first container, a second container and a card chamber between the first container and the second container, wherein the first container has a first bore at a bottom thereof communicated with the card chamber, and the second container has a second bore at a bottom thereof communicated with the card chamber;
an elevating device having a table, on which cards stack, received in the card chamber for vertical reciprocation;
a card cutting device, which is provided on a top of the frame, having a poking board for transverse reciprocation, a first sensor, and a second sensor, wherein the poking board is driven for transverse reciprocation to send the cards to the first container and the second container respectively when the first sensor senses the cards on the table, and the card cutting device is stopped when the second sensor senses no card on the table; and
a card shuffling device having at least a first turning wheel on the bottom of the first container and at least a second turning wheel on the bottom of the second container, wherein after the card cutting device is stopped, the first turning wheel and the second turning wheel start turning to send the cards in the first container and in the second container to the card chamber via the first bore and the second bore respectively, and stack the cards from the first container and from the second container alternately on the table, wherein the table is controlled to vibrate up and down slightly to order the cards at the same time.
19. The automatic poker shuffling machine as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the card shuffling device includes a pressing board and a driving unit to move the pressing board between a down position, in which the pressing board is in the card chamber of the frame to guide the cards from the first bore and the second bore to the card chamber, and an up position.
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