BATCH CARD SHUFFLING APPARATUSES INCLUDING MULTI CARD STORAGE COMPARTMENTS, AND RELATED METHODS

摘要

Automatic card shufflers may include a card input mechanism for inputting cards into the card shuffler, a card storage device for receiving cards from the card input mechanism and temporarily storing cards within the card shuffler, and a card output mechanism for outputting cards from the card shuffler.

主权项

1. An automatic card shuffler, comprising:
a card input mechanism configured to input cards into the automatic card shuffler; a card storage device configured to receive cards from the card input mechanism and temporarily store the cards within the automatic card shuffler, the card storage device including a rack configured to move within the automatic card shuffler, the rack comprising a plurality of card storage compartments, each card storage compartment sized and configured to hold at least one card, the card storage device configured to substantially simultaneously eject cards out from two or more card storage compartments of the rack; and a card output mechanism for receiving a stack of cards from the card storage device and outputting the stack of cards from the automatic card shuffler.