Card Shuffler with Gravity Feed System for Playing Cards

摘要

A card feed system for feeding cards into a card handling system. The card feed system includes a card input compartment with a playing card support surface, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls. The playing card support surface slopes toward the front wall at an angle between 12 degrees and 22 degrees. A slot is provided in the front wall to allow single cards to pass into the card handling system. The card feed system also includes a card moving system to advance cards through the slot.

主权项

1. A card handling apparatus comprising:
a card input compartment comprising a support surface for supporting a group of cards; an opening in the card input compartment for removal of cards from the card input compartment; and a moveable blocking element that is moveable into a first position to prevent cards from being removed from the card input compartment and to a second position to allow cards to be removed from the card input compartment.