Global Patent Index - EP 1620187 B1

EP 1620187 B1 20061206 - APPARATUS FOR PLAYING GAME OF CARDS

Title (en)

APPARATUS FOR PLAYING GAME OF CARDS

Title (de)

GERÄT ZUM KARTENSPIELEN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL POUR JOUER A UN JEU DE CARTES

Publication

EP 1620187 B1 20061206 (EN)

Application

EP 03730383 A 20030426

Priority

HU 0300033 W 20030426

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2004096389A1] An apparatus for playing card game, comprising a half-round gambling table (2), having multiple player's fields (21) formed in the plate of the gambling table (2) and a dealer's field (25), a radial dealer arm (4) is arranged under the plate of the gambling table (2) and pivotably supported on a vertical shaft (3) placed in the centre of curvature of the half-round gambling table (2), at the end of the dealer arm (3) near the shaft a card magazine (61) and a dealing device (65) are arranged, on the dealer arm an endless belt-conveyor (41) is supported having a horizontal carrying surface extending between the card magazine (61) and the outer end of the dealer arm (4), each player's fields (21) contain a card showing window (22), a display (24) and a keyboard, the outlines of the card showing windows are fitted to the sizes of the cards, the cards are of soft magnetic sheet, the lower edges of the card showing windows (22) are provided with permanent magnets (27), two card lifting devices (48, 49) are mounted onto the dealer arm (4), aligned with the card showing windows (22) of the player's field, and with the card showing window (26) of the dealer's field (25), respectively, implemented with electromagnets, a drive (45) producing a pivot movement of the dealer arm (4), a driving drum (44) moving the belt-conveyor (41), a drive moving the card magazine (63), the dealing devices (65) of the cards (62), the electromagnets of the card lifting devices (48, 49), as well as the card identifying sensor (50) are connected to and controlled by a computer (7).

IPC 8 full level

A63F 1/06 (2006.01); A63F 1/12 (2006.01); A63F 1/14 (2006.01); A63F 9/00 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 9/34 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A63F 1/06 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 1/14 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 2009/2413 (2013.01 - EP US); A63F 2009/345 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL LT LV MK

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2004096389 A1 20041111; AU 2003241063 A1 20041123; DE 60310274 D1 20070118; EP 1620187 A1 20060201; EP 1620187 B1 20061206; US 2007090595 A1 20070426

DOCDB simple family (application)

HU 0300033 W 20030426; AU 2003241063 A 20030426; DE 60310274 T 20030426; EP 03730383 A 20030426; US 55424403 A 20030426