EP0597818A2 - Batteur de cartes - Google Patents

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EP0597818A2
EP0597818A2 EP93890177A EP93890177A EP0597818A2 EP 0597818 A2 EP0597818 A2 EP 0597818A2 EP 93890177 A EP93890177 A EP 93890177A EP 93890177 A EP93890177 A EP 93890177A EP 0597818 A2 EP0597818 A2 EP 0597818A2
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Ernst Blaha
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Casinos Austria AG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F1/00—Card games
    • A63F1/06—Card game appurtenances
    • A63F1/12—Card shufflers

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  • the invention relates to a card mixer with a storage container arranged in a housing for receiving a mixed card stack, which is provided with a removal opening for the individual removal of cards, and a mixing container for receiving cards to be mixed, which is adjustable relative to the storage container. wherein a drive for the mixing container and a drive for a single card from this ejector transporting into the storage container are controlled by a random generator.
  • Such a card shuffler was e.g. known from U.S. Patent 4,659,082.
  • the mixing container is formed by a drivable drum which has radial shafts for receiving one card each.
  • An input station is provided for receiving a stack of played cards, via which the individual shafts of the drum are loaded.
  • the storage container for the mixed cards is fed by the drum, the individual cards being pushed out into the storage container at random due to the actuation of a card ejector.
  • the disadvantage of the known solution lies in the large space requirement of the card mixer, which is caused by the drum.
  • the aim of the invention is to avoid these disadvantages and to propose a card mixer of the type mentioned at the outset which is characterized by a small space requirement and from which the cards are easily removed in the event of a fault and the game can be continued by hand shuffling.
  • this is achieved in that the mixing container is arranged next to the storage container and can be moved parallel thereto and the ejector transfers cards from the mixing container into the storage container, the cards to be mixed being able to be inserted into the mixing container through an opening in the housing in an end position thereof are.
  • the construction according to the invention has the advantage that, in the event of a fault in the card shuffler, it is possible to continue playing with the same card package, which is a very important advantage in a casino operation.
  • the card pack played can be removed from the mixing container and mixed by hand, after which, as is customary in a game without an automatic card mixer, it can be inserted into the storage container and the cards can be removed from it individually via its removal opening. In this way, in the event of a failure of the card shuffler, unpleasant debates with the players when using a new deck of cards, as would be necessary with the known solution, can be avoided.
  • the mixing container has on its one end in its upper and lower region spacer plates which, with the end of a side wall of the mixing container on the ejection side, define an ejection gap for the cards to be mixed, which essentially corresponds to the Thickness corresponds to a card and between these plates the pusher is movable, which sweeps over the end faces of the side of the mixing container leading the card.
  • the lower spacer plate on the ejection side has an extension delimiting the ejection gap at the height of the bottom of the mixing container, which has a convex fillet in the plane of the front side of the ejection side wall of the mixing container, over which the card to be ejected slides into the storage container.
  • the mixing container has a width corresponding to the width of the cards and the storage container has a width corresponding to the length of the cards.
  • this enables the cards played to be simply entered into the mixing container, since the cards can be inserted standing up and the mixed cards can be easily removed via the removal opening of the storage container, since these cards are stacked horizontally in the storage container.
  • the ejector attaches to each card in the upper end region, as a result of which the card is tilted at the same time as it is ejected from the mixing container.
  • the ejector is designed as an angle lever which is pivotally mounted in the end region of one of its legs, preferably its shorter leg, in the bottom region of the end face near the side wall of the mixing container adjacent to the storage container and can be driven via a crank mechanism, if necessary.
  • the mixing container is connected to a laterally arranged support plate on which a supporting structure projecting in front of an obliquely inclined rear end of the mixing container is fastened, in which the drive of the ejector is held, the Motor for driving the ejector is preferably aligned parallel to this end face of the mixing container and drives a crank disk connected to the ejector via a connecting rod, which engages connecting rods on the ejector, via an angular gear.
  • the support plate is provided with a clamping device which is clamped to a rotating toothed belt which is guided over a motor-driven pulley and a deflection roller, the strand of the toothed belt held in the clamping device essentially parallel to guides runs that cooperate with the support plate.
  • the mixing container is carried very securely, so that separate monitoring of the position of the mixing container relative to the storage container can be dispensed with, in particular if a stepping motor is used to drive the mixing container.
  • a storage container 2 for the mixed cards which rises obliquely upwards, is arranged.
  • This has a removal opening 3 on its one end side, the end wall 4 having the removal opening 3 defining a slot on its underside with the bottom 5 of the storage container 2, through which the foremost card of the card stack 6 can be withdrawn.
  • a card shoe 7 which is made of a relatively heavy material, such as e.g. Steel rests, so that the card shoe 7, due to the inclination of the base 5, has the tendency to slide in the direction of the front end wall 4 which is inclined.
  • a mixing container 8 arranged parallel to the latter is provided, which is held so as to be displaceable essentially parallel to the bottom 5 of the storage container 2 and parallel to its longitudinal axis.
  • a card shoe 7 ' is also arranged, which ensures the necessary contact pressure of the played card stack 9 on spacer plates 11 arranged in the upper and lower region of the end face of the mixing container 8.
  • spacer plates 10, 11 lie against the end face of the wall 12 of the mixing container 8 facing away from the storage container 2 and define with the end face of the wall 13 of the mixing container 8 adjacent to the storage container 2 an ejection gap, the width of which essentially corresponds to the thickness of a card.
  • This discharge gap can be seen in FIG. 2 and is designated 41.
  • the foremost card of the card stack 9 can be pushed out into the storage container 2 by means of the ejector 14 through this ejection gap, the card being tilted at the same time.
  • This ejector 14 is designed as an angle lever and moves with the free end of its longer one Leg 15 between the two spacer plates 10, 11 and pushes the foremost card of the card deck 9 played through the ejection gap into the storage container 2, the card being tilted at the same time.
  • the ejector 14 is driven by a motor 17 held on a support structure 16 formed by a plate via a crank disk 18 and a connecting rod 19.
  • the end of the shorter leg 20 of the ejector 14 is thickened and pivotally mounted in the bottom region of the front end of the mixing container 8.
  • the mixing container 8 is connected via a connecting piece 21 to a support plate 22 which holds the support structure 16 in its front end region.
  • this support plate 22 has three rotatably held rollers 23, which are provided with circumferential grooves 24 and cooperate with guide rails 25 provided with knife edges, which are fastened to the wall of the housing 1 and essentially parallel to the floor 5 of the reservoir 2 run.
  • a clamping device 26 is also held, which is clamped to a rotating toothed belt 27, which rotates via a drive pulley 28, which is non-rotatably connected to a motor 29, and a deflection roller 30, which in a at the bottom 31 of the housing 1st attached console 32 is held.
  • the mixing container 8 can also be driven by means of a threaded spindle which can be driven by the motor 29 and a nut which is displaceable on the latter but held in a rotationally fixed manner relative to the mixing container 8, it being possible to dispense with the guide rails 25.
  • the side walls of the storage container 2 and the mixing container 8 sliding against each other are sufficient to support the frictional moment of the nut.
  • the two motors 17 and 29 are controlled by a random number generator, not shown, so that the mixing container 8 constantly oscillates between two end positions of its displacement path and stops between them and the ejector 14 is actuated, so that on a random basis fixed positions of the mixed card stack in the storage container 2 cards are inserted from the mixing container 9.
  • the motor 29 is controlled directly by the random generator (not shown) and is stopped at random, after which the motor 17 is activated, after which the mixing container 9 is moved on again. This also results in indirect control of the motor 17 by the random generator.
  • the cards are mixed in such a way that, when the mixing container 8 is in the rear end position, the cards played are inserted through an opening 34 of a cover 33 of the housing 1 fastened to the hinges 1 a into the mixing container 8 and the mixer is started .
  • the mixing container 8 moves back and forth several times between its two end positions, cards being pushed out at random from the mixing container 8 into the storage container 2, the cards being tilted at the same time.
  • the cards in the mixing container 8 can be easily removed after opening the cover 33.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 differs from that according to FIG. 1 in that the supporting structure 16 is formed by a U-profile, the legs 35 of which are aligned essentially parallel to the end faces of the walls 12, 13 of the mixing container 8 are and on the web 36 of the motor 17 is attached. This results in a reduction in the overall length of the mixing container 8 together with the motor 17.
  • the crank disk 18 is driven by an angular gear 37, which is formed by bevel gears 49.
  • an angle 38 is also attached, one leg 39 of which is provided with a sliding support 40, along which the ejector 14 slides.
  • the angle 38 serves as a hold-down and guide for the ejector 14 to ensure that this foremost card of the played card stack 9 is detected in the mixing container and can be pushed out.
  • the spacer plate 11 bears against the end face of the bottom 42 of the mixing container 8, the thickened extension 43 of the spacer plate 11, with which it bears against the end face of the bottom 42, as can be seen in FIG. 3, a convex fillet 44 has on the discharge side of the mixing container 8. As indicated by dashed lines, the card slides over this fillet 44 into the storage container 2 or is inserted into the mixed card stack 6. Since the ejector 14 engages with its conical head 48 during the entire swiveling movement in the upper region of the card and in the lower region of the card there is a corresponding frictional resistance due to the pressure by the card shoe 7, the card tilts.
  • a cross-sectionally L-shaped carrier 45 is attached to the side wall 13 of the mixing container 8, which carries a depressor 46 which, when the mixing container 8 is moved, counteracts the cards of the mixed card stack 6 in the storage container 2 whose bottom 5 presses.
  • This pusher 46 is attached to the carrier 45 and is provided in its front region with a bend 47, which facilitates the passage of cards which protrude upwards. The protruding cards are pressed into the card stack 6 so that they stand up on the bottom 5 of the storage container 2.

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