Inventors:
Tony A. Cranford - Morrison CO
Thomas E. Sawyer - Idaho Springs CO
Michael G. Humecki - Colorado Springs CO
Richard G. Stewart - Colorado Springs CO
Gerald A. Dal Ferro - Palmer Lake CO
International Classification:
A63F 112
Abstract:
Playing cards from two unshuffled card stacks are interleaved or shuffled in random by propelling the cards in two intersecting trajectories and interleaving the cards into a single shuffled card collection at the intersection point of the trajectories. Two card holding bins receive the unshuffled card stacks of playing cards and preferably a random number of cards are removed at a time. The interleaved cards settle downward onto an elevator assembly to form the shuffled card collection.