(19)
(11) EP 2 085 126 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.08.2009 Bulletin 2009/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.08.2009 Bulletin 2009/32

(21) Application number: 09157839.3

(22) Date of filing: 30.05.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A63F 1/12(2006.01)
A63F 9/24(2006.01)
 A63F 1/18(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
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

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
03817156.7 / 1631365

(71) Applicant: Shuffle Master, Inc.
Las Vegas, NV 89119 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hessing, Lynn
    BOISE, ID 83709 (US)
  • Mahoney, Daniel
    Star, ID 83669 (US)
  • Blad, Steven
    Henderson, NV 89074 (US)
  • Baker, Thompson
    Meridian, ID 83642 (US)

(74) Representative: Hoarton, Lloyd Douglas Charles 
Forrester & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 Munich
80336 Munich (DE)

   


(54) Card shuffling apparatus


(57) A card shuffling apparatus (100) comprising: a housing (15), a card input receptacle (50) located on said housing adapted to receive at least one deck of unshuffled playing cards a shuffling device (20) adapted to receive the cards from said card input receptacle, a controller (10) disposed within said housing, image capturing means (30) disposed within said housing for obtaining image data of a playing card, display means (42) located on said housing for displaying images captured by said image capturing means; and a card output bin (60) adapted to discharge shuffle playing cards.







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