CN112891912A

CN112891912A - Poker machine and card lifting device thereof

Info

Publication number: CN112891912A
Application number: CN202110271311.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡取贤; 其他发明人请求不公开姓名
Original assignee: Zhejiang Xuanhe Electromechanical Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Xuanhe Electromechanical Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-12
Filing date: 2021-03-12
Publication date: 2021-06-04

Abstract

The invention discloses a poker machine and a poker lifting device thereof, wherein the poker lifting device comprises a poker lifting seat, a poker lifting motor, a poker lifting plate, a poker pushing piece and a poker bearing piece; the card bearing piece is arranged on one side, close to the card receiving box, of the card lifting seat and driven by the card lifting motor to slide up and down, the card bearing piece extends into an opening at the bottom of the card receiving box, the bottom opening penetrates through the inner side wall of the card receiving box from bottom to top so as to divide the inner side wall of the card receiving box into a left part and a right part, the outer side wall of the card receiving box is higher than the inner side wall of the card receiving box, and the left side wall and the right side wall of the card receiving box are higher than the outer side wall of the card receiving box, so that the card bearing piece can lift the playing cards in the card receiving box; the card lifting plate is arranged at the upper part of the card lifting seat and is driven by the card lifting motor to lift up and down, the card pushing piece is arranged at one side of the card lifting seat close to the card receiving box and is positioned above the card bearing piece, and the card pushing piece is driven by the card lifting motor to slide inside and outside. The scheme has the advantages of simple and compact structure, reasonable action, reliable operation, small volume, few motors and low manufacturing cost.

Description

Poker machine and card lifting device thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of poker machines, in particular to a poker machine and a card lifting device thereof.

Background

Playing cards are a favorite entertainment item, and after playing a game, players need to manage, shuffle and deal the cards. In order to save the dealing time, people invent an automatic dealing machine to deal cards, for example, a four-mouth dealing machine for playing cards is disclosed in the patent document with the publication number of CN201164714Y, the four-mouth dealing machine is provided with a shuffling cavity, a shuffling differential mechanism driven by a shuffling motor is arranged in the center of the shuffling cavity, four conveying belts connected to a dealing mechanism are uniformly distributed around the four-mouth dealing machine, the conveying belts are driven by a conveying motor, one side of each conveying belt is provided with a card arranging wheel, the other side of each conveying belt is provided with a stop block matched with the card arranging wheel, a spiral deflector rod is arranged on the card arranging wheel, and a counting light eye is arranged at the output end of the. When the card dealing machine is used, disordered cards are placed into the shuffling cavity with the front face facing downwards, and are dealt from the four card outlet ports after passing through the card shuffling differential mechanism, the card arranging wheel and the card dealing mechanism. Although the card dealing machine basically completes the actions of shuffling and dealing, the card dealing machine still cannot avoid the need that players fold, sort and turn over the playing cards with different front and back faces, so that the labor intensity in the game is high, and the waiting time is long.

Patent document No. CN102580307A discloses a full-automatic poker machine, which includes a mounting base plate and a plurality of support legs disposed at the bottom of the mounting base plate; the mounting bottom plate is provided with a card inlet parallel to the desktop in an opening mode and used for placing playing cards, a shuffling and primary card distributing device arranged at one end of the card inlet and used for primarily separating the disordered playing cards, and a card arranging and secondary card distributing device arranged at the other end of the shuffling and primary card distributing device and used for adjusting the playing cards in the same direction and separating the playing cards into single cards; the card turning and dealing device is arranged at the other end of the card arranging and distributing device and is used for turning the single playing cards with different front and back surfaces into the same direction and dealing the single playing cards according to the regulations; the card pushing device is arranged at the other end of the card turning and dealing device and used for dealing the playing cards; the card lifting device is arranged on one side of the card pushing device and used for lifting the playing cards onto the table top. The card shuffling and primary card distributing device achieves primary card distributing (namely, separating playing cards into a few cards) through different rotating speeds of a card feeding belt and a card distributing belt, the card arranging and secondary card distributing device conveys the playing cards through the secondary card distributing belt and achieves card arranging (namely, adjusting the playing cards to the same direction) through the card arranging belts on two sides and the auxiliary card arranging belts on two sides, the card overturning device achieves card overturning (namely, overturning the playing cards to a required surface) through cooperation of a card overturning plate and three card overturning belts in a concave design, the card dealing device achieves random card dealing (namely, card shuffling and dealing) through cooperation of a card dealing belt and a card dealing rod, the dealt playing cards directly fall on a card pushing panel and then are pushed onto a card lifting panel through the card pushing rod, and the playing cards are lifted onto a tabletop of the card table through the card lifting device.

Although the above-mentioned poker machine basically realizes the actions of arranging, shuffling and dealing the playing cards, the following problems exist due to the structural limitation:

1. the playing cards are easily embedded into a gap between the conveying belt and the peripheral wall, so that the playing cards are easily damaged, lost, stuck or broken;

2. playing cards are horizontally placed on the conveying belt, and are stirred to rotate in a horizontal plane to adjust the orientation through opposite movement of the two card following belts on two sides, so that the aim of horizontal card arrangement is fulfilled, the playing cards are easily floated and stuck between the two card following belts on the two sides, and even the playing cards are damaged or embedded into the belt gap, and the conveying speed and the length of the conveying belt have higher requirements, so that the card arrangement efficiency is lower;

3. the card turning plate is matched with the three card turning belts to turn cards, so that the defects of unstable card turning and low card turning efficiency exist, and the defect that the cards are clamped into the gaps of the belts also exists;

4. the adoption of the dealing belt and the plurality of the dealing openings which are arranged in a straight line has the defects of unstable dealing and low dealing efficiency, and the playing cards in a plurality of card positions are lifted at the same position, so that the player is inconvenient to take the playing cards and cheating possibility exists.

Patent document CN103055499A discloses a fully automatic poker machine, comprising: the card feeding frame is used for placing playing cards, and the bottom of the card feeding frame is provided with a card sending mechanism for sending the playing cards; the card arranging groove is used for vertically placing the playing cards, and at least two card arranging components which can generate relative movement so as to poke the playing cards to move out of the card arranging groove in a length side vertical mode are arranged in the card arranging groove; the vertical card transferring device is used for vertically placing the playing cards sent out from the card inlet frame in the card arranging groove; the card turning device is used for turning the front side and the back side of the playing cards and is arranged on the outlet side of the card arranging groove; a card dealing device arranged behind the card turning device and used for randomly sending the playing cards to a plurality of card receiving boxes; and the card lifting devices are used for respectively lifting the playing cards in the card receiving boxes to the table top. The poker machine uses common poker cards and adopts a vertical card arranging mode, so that the card arranging accuracy and efficiency are greatly improved. However, the poker machine has more parts and devices and high manufacturing cost.

Patent document No. CN105854274A discloses a poker machine and a poker arranging method thereof, wherein a poker arranging device and a vertical poker transferring device are omitted, a poker discharging mechanism is arranged at a poker discharging port of the existing poker feeding frame, the poker discharging mechanism sends out a single poker to enter the poker turning device for turning over and dealing, the poker which is already arranged into a pile can be separated, turned over, shuffled and dealt, the shuffling efficiency is high, the reliability is good, and the machine manufacturing cost is low. However, the card turning device of the poker machine can only send one mahjong to the card turning box for identification, turning and sending out for dealing, the card turning efficiency is low, and the card turning box has the disadvantages of high rotation noise, large motor load, complex structure and poor stability. In addition, the poker machine has loose structural arrangement, large volume and low installation efficiency.

Patent documents with publication numbers CN110787444A, CN111298424A, etc. disclose a poker machine, including: the card feeding device is used for placing playing cards and comprises a panel fixed on the top of the base, a control panel is arranged in the center of the panel, the control panel is driven to lift by a central lifting mechanism, a card placing opening used for placing the playing cards is formed below the control panel when the control panel is lifted, and the control panel covers the card placing opening when the control panel is lowered; the card arranging device is used for arranging the playing cards into cards which are consistent in orientation and sent out, the card arranging device is positioned below the control panel and comprises a card arranging seat fixed on the base, a central turntable driven to rotate by a turntable motor is arranged in the center of the card arranging seat, the periphery of the card arranging seat is surrounded with the outer side wall of a card arranging channel, an arc-shaped card arranging channel for arranging the playing cards is formed between the central turntable and the outer side wall of the card arranging channel, a plurality of conveying rollers for conveying the playing cards are arranged at the bottom of the arc-shaped card arranging channel, and one end of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is provided with a card arranging channel outlet for sending out the playing cards along the length direction of the arc; the width of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is smaller than the length of the playing cards and larger than the width of the playing cards, the distance between two adjacent conveying rollers is smaller than the length of the playing cards, and the width of an outlet of the card arranging channel is close to the width of the playing cards; the card dealing device is used for sending the playing cards to the card receiving device one by one, the card dealing device is fixed on the base and is positioned below the card arranging seat, the card dealing device comprises a card storing box and a card dealing device, an upper opening of the card storing box is positioned below an outlet of the card arranging channel, and one side of the bottom of the card storing box is communicated with a card inlet channel of the card dealing device; the card dealing device comprises a card distributing mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a card turning mechanism, wherein the card distributing mechanism is used for separating the playing cards in the card storage box into one piece and conveying the piece to the conveying mechanism, the conveying mechanism is used for identifying the front side and the back side of the playing cards and conveying the playing cards to the card turning mechanism, and the card turning mechanism is used for turning the playing cards as required and sending the playing cards to the card receiving device; a card receiving device for receiving playing cards, the card receiving device including a plurality of card receiving shoes disposed around the card shoe, the card receiving shoes being driven to rotate relative to the card shoe by a rotary drive mechanism. However, these poker machines with card arranging function have complicated structure, large volume, large core height, and high manufacturing cost, and cannot be made into ultra-thin type poker machines.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a poker machine and a card lifting device thereof, which have the advantages of simple and compact structure, reasonable action, reliable operation, small volume, less motors and low manufacturing cost.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a card lifting device of a poker machine comprises a card lifting seat (210), a card lifting motor (211), a card lifting plate (213), a card pushing piece (215) and a card bearing piece (216); the card bearing piece (216) is arranged on one side (outer side) of the card lifting seat (210) close to the card receiving box (20) and driven by the card lifting motor (211) to slide up and down, the card bearing piece (216) extends into an opening at the bottom of the card receiving box (20), the opening at the bottom penetrates through the inner side wall of the card receiving box (20) from bottom to top so as to divide the inner side wall of the card receiving box (20) into a left part and a right part, the outer side wall of the card receiving box (20) is higher than the inner side wall of the card receiving box, and the left side wall and the right side wall of the card receiving box (20) are higher than the outer side wall of the card receiving box, so that the card bearing piece (216) can lift the playing cards in the card receiving box (20) from; the card lifting plate (213) is arranged at the upper part of the card lifting seat (210) and driven by the card lifting motor (211) to lift up and down, the card pushing piece (215) is arranged at one side (outer side) of the card lifting seat (210) close to the card receiving box (20) and positioned above the card bearing piece (216), and the card pushing piece (215) is driven by the card lifting motor (211) to slide inwards and outwards; when the card lifting device lifts cards, the card receiving box (20) stays above the card bearing piece (216) of the card lifting device, the card pushing head on the card pushing piece (215) is positioned at the outer side above the card receiving box (20), the card pushing position of the card pushing piece (215) is higher than the outer side wall of the card receiving box (20) and lower than the left side wall and the right side wall of the card receiving box (20), the card bearing piece (216) rises upwards to lift the playing cards from the bottom to the top in the card receiving box (20), meanwhile, the card lifting plate (213) descends from the table top, the inner side and the left and right sides of the card lifting plate (213) are shielded by the side wall of the card lifting seat (210), the outer side of the card lifting plate (213) is provided with a card bearing piece (216), and then the card pushing piece (215) pushes the playing cards from the card bearing piece (216) to the card lifting plate (213), then the card lifting plate (213) lifts the playing cards on the card lifting plate to the tabletop of the poker machine, and the card bearing piece (216) and the card pushing piece (215) are reset.

Preferably, the card pushing device further comprises a first cam (214), a second cam (217), a card lifting plate connecting rod (2131), a card pushing piece connecting rod (2151) and a card bearing piece connecting rod (2161), wherein the first cam (214) and the second cam (217) are coaxially arranged and driven by a card lifting motor (211) to synchronously rotate; one end of a tile lifting plate connecting rod (2131) is hinged with the tile lifting seat (210), the other end of the tile lifting plate connecting rod (2131) is movably connected with a tile lifting plate (213), and the tile lifting plate connecting rod (2131) is movably connected with a first cam (214), so that the first cam (214) drives the tile lifting plate (213) to lift up and down; one end of a tile pushing piece connecting rod (2151) is hinged with the tile lifting seat (210), the other end of the tile pushing piece connecting rod (2151) is movably connected with the tile pushing piece (215), and the tile pushing piece connecting rod (2151) is movably connected with a second cam (217), so that the second cam (217) drives the tile pushing piece (215) to slide inwards and outwards; one end of the mahjong piece bearing connecting rod (2161) is hinged with the mahjong piece lifting seat (210), the other end of the mahjong piece bearing connecting rod (2161) is movably connected with the mahjong piece bearing part (216), the mahjong piece bearing connecting rod (2161) is movably connected with the first cam (214), and therefore the first cam (214) drives the mahjong piece bearing part (216) to lift up and down.

Preferably, the first cam (214) and the second cam (217) are fixed on the same cam shaft (2171), and the cam shaft (2171) is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the mahjong rising motor (211) in the circumferential direction.

Preferably, a sensor (219) for detecting the rotating positions of the first cam (214) and the second cam (217) is arranged on the card lifting seat (210), and a sensing component (2191) for triggering the sensor (219) is fixed on the cam shaft (2171).

Preferably, the card lifting plate connecting rod (2131) and the card supporting piece connecting rod (2161) are respectively connected to the left and right sides of the first cam (214).

Preferably, the first cam (214) and the second cam (217) are respectively arranged at the left side and the right side of the card lifting seat (210), the spaces where the first cam and the second cam are positioned are respectively shielded by the cam shell (212) and the cover plate (218), and the card lifting motor (211) is fixedly arranged on the cam shell (212).

Preferably, the card lifting plate (213) is respectively matched with a guide sleeve hole and a guide sliding groove on the card lifting seat (210) through a card lifting plate guide column (2132) at the bottom and guide protrusions on two sides of the card lifting plate to realize vertical sliding connection.

Preferably, the card bearing part (216) is matched with a card bearing part guide post (2162) fixed on the card lifting seat (210) through a card bearing part guide sleeve (2163) to realize up-and-down sliding, the two card bearing part guide posts (2162) are fixed on the outer side of the card lifting seat (210), and the distance between the two card bearing part guide posts (2162) is larger than the length of the playing card, so that the playing card can pass through the two card bearing part guide posts (2162) when the card pushing part (215) pushes the playing card.

Preferably, the card pushing piece (215) slides inwards and outwards along a card pushing piece guide rod (2152) arranged on the card lifting seat (210), the two card pushing piece guide rods (2152) are fixed on the left side or the right side of the card lifting seat (210), the card pushing piece (215) is L-shaped, one side of the L-shaped is connected with the card pushing piece guide rod (2152), two card pushing heads are arranged below the other side of the L-shaped, and the distance between the two card pushing heads is larger than the width of a card bearing part used for bearing the playing cards on the card bearing part.

A poker machine including a card lifting device as described above.

By adopting the technical scheme, the playing cards are limited by the side wall of the card receiving box or the side wall of the card lifting seat in the lifting and pushing processes, so that the playing cards are prevented from moving and falling off in the action process, the card blocking box and the card supporting frame with a complex structure in the prior art are not required to be arranged, the structure is simple and compact, the action is reasonable, the operation is reliable, the size is small, the number of motors is small, and the manufacturing cost is low.

Description of the drawings:

figure 1 is a schematic structural view of a poker machine of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a card arranging device in the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 3 is an exploded view of the card arranging device of the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 4 is a schematic drawing of the card dealing arrangement of the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 5 is a card entry illustration of a card dealing arrangement in a poker machine of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a card dealing arrangement in the poker machine of the present invention (in the card feed state);

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a card dealing arrangement in the poker machine of the present invention (in a card-out state);

figure 8 is one of the exploded views of the card feed mechanism of the card dealing arrangement in the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 9 is a second exploded view of the card feed mechanism of the card dealing arrangement of the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 10 is a schematic view of the card dealing arrangement of the poker machine of the present invention in cooperation with the card dealing mechanism of the card arranging device;

figure 11 is a top plan view of a card dealing arrangement in the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 12 is an exploded view of a card lifting device in the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 13 is a schematic view of the construction of the card lifting device of the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 14 is one of the actions of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 15 is a second schematic view of the action of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 16 is a third schematic view of the action of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 17 is a fourth schematic view of the action of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 18 is a fifth schematic view of the action of the card lifting device in the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 19 is a sixth schematic view of the action of the card lifting device of the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 20 is a schematic view of the construction of the central lift mechanism in the poker machine of the present invention;

figure 21 is a schematic diagram of the construction of another embodiment of the channel carousel in the poker machine of the present invention;

fig. 22 is a sectional view a-a in fig. 21.

Wherein, the playing card 10, the base 1, the card receiving box 20, the rotating ring 22,

the card lifting device 21, the card lifting seat 210, the card lifting motor 211, the cam housing 212, the card lifting plate 213, the card lifting plate connecting rod 2131, the card lifting plate guide post 2132, the first cam 214, the card pushing member 215, the card pushing member connecting rod 2151, the card pushing member guide rod 2152, the card receiving member 216, the card receiving member connecting rod 2161, the card receiving member guide post 2162, the card receiving member guide sleeve 2163, the second cam 217, the cam shaft 2171, the cover plate 218, the sensor 219, the sensing member 2191, the panel 3, the card discharge port 301, the card loading port 302, the control panel 303, the lifting guide rod 304, the lifting pushing portion 3041, the guide seat 305, the mounting frame 306, the central lifting motor 307, the central lifting rocker arm 308, the card dealing device 40, the card feeding wheel 401, the card feeding support 402, the card distributing wheel 403, the one-way bearing 4031, the distributing wheel 404, the conveying wheel 405, the first card discharging wheel 406, the card turning part 407, the second card discharging wheel 408, the first card discharging wheel 410, the second card discharging wheel 412, a card pushing component 413, a card blocking component 414, a connecting hole 4141, a card dealing base 415, a guide post 416, a card blocking motor 417, a rocker arm 418, a swing rod 419, a kidney-shaped hole 4191, a connecting column 4192, an adjusting bolt 420, a spring 421, an adjusting bracket 422, a transmission belt 423, a card arranging device 6, an upper housing 601, a card arranging base 602, a mounting base 6021, a channel turntable 603, a card pushing part 6031, a slope surface 6032, a card pushing surface 6033, an annular recess 6034, an annular protrusion 6035, a torsion spring 6036, a card placing space 604, a card storing space 605, a center turntable 606, a turntable upper conical surface 6061, a turntable plate shifting part 6062, a turntable side wall 6063, a bearing 6064, a bearing cover 6065, a conical cover 6066, a first transmission gear 607, a second transmission gear 608, a center turntable motor 609, a channel turntable motor 610, a friction wheel motor 611, a third transmission gear 612, a fourth transmission gear 613, a fifth transmission gear 614, a first friction wheel, a second friction wheel 616, a sensing member 617 and a sensing switch 618.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "a plurality" means two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

A poker machine, as shown in figure 1, includes: the card dealing device comprises a base 1, and a card arranging device 6, a card dealing device 40, a card receiving box 20 and a card lifting device 21 which are installed on the base, wherein the card dealing device 40 is installed on one side of the card arranging device 6, an outlet of the card arranging device 6 is connected with the card dealing device 40, a plurality of card receiving boxes 20 are arranged around the card arranging device 6 and the card dealing device 40, the card receiving boxes 20 are driven to rotate relative to the card arranging device 6 and the card dealing device 40 through a rotation driving mechanism, and the card lifting devices 21 and the card dealing device 40 are arranged on the base 1 around the card arranging device 6 and matched with the card receiving boxes 20.

As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the base 1 includes a square bottom plate, the pillars are disposed around the bottom plate, a panel 3 is erected above the bottom plate through the pillars, and the electric control and the power supply are installed on the base 1. The panel 3 is provided with a card placing port 301 and a plurality of card feeding ports 302 arranged around the card placing port 301, a control panel 303 is arranged in the card placing port 301, a card lifting plate 213 is arranged in the card feeding port 302, and a card lifting device 21 is arranged below the card feeding port 302. The base plane of the present invention is not limited to a square shape, and may be a circle, a polygon, a quincunx shape, and other various shapes. In other embodiments, the base 1 may be box-shaped, barrel-shaped, box-shaped, or disk-shaped. The rotation driving mechanism comprises a rotating ring 22 rotatably arranged on the base 1, the card arranging device 6 and the card dealing device 40 are arranged inside the rotating ring 22, the plurality of card receiving boxes 20 are fixed on the rotating ring 22, and the rotating ring 22 is driven by a rotating motor to rotate around the card arranging device 6 and the card dealing device 40.

Relates to a card arranging device.

As shown in fig. 2, 3 and 4, the card arranging device 6 comprises an upper housing 601, a card arranging base 602, a channel turntable 603 and a central turntable 606, the card arranging base 602 is directly or indirectly fixed on the base 1, the upper housing 601 is fixed on the card base 602, the card placing port 301 for arranging the control panel 303 is arranged in the center of the top wall of the upper housing 601, the central turntable 606 is arranged in the center of the card arranging base 602 below the control panel 303, the central turntable 606 is driven to rotate by a central turntable motor 609 arranged on the card base 602, the channel turntable 603 is arranged around the outer side of the central turntable 606, the channel turntable 603 is driven to rotate by a channel turntable motor 610 arranged on the card base 602, a card placing space 604 for placing playing cards is formed between the top wall of the upper housing 601 and the central turntable 606, an arc-shaped card arranging channel for arranging the playing cards is formed between the side wall of the upper housing 601 and the central turntable 606, the bottom wall of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is a part of the channel turntable 603, one end of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is provided with a card arranging channel outlet for playing cards to be sent out along the length direction of the arc-shaped card arranging channel, the upper shell 601 is formed with a card storing space 605 outside the card arranging channel outlet, the bottom wall of the card storing space 605 is a part of the channel turntable 603, a card feeding mechanism of the card dealing device 40 extends into the card storing space 605 to pick up the playing cards, wherein the width of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is smaller than the length of the playing cards and larger than the width of the playing cards, the central turntable 606 is in a frustum shape, the central turntable 606 is provided with a plurality of turntable card shifting portions 6062, the channel turntable 603 is in an annular plate shape, the annular upper surface of the channel turntable 603 is provided with a plurality of card pushing portions 6031, and when the channel turntable 603 rotates, the card pushing portions 6031 push the playing cards from the arc-shaped card arranging. Thus, the disordered playing cards put in from the card putting port are rotationally shifted into the arc-shaped card arranging channel through the center turntable 606, the playing cards with the length direction basically consistent with the rotation direction of the channel turntable 603 are flatly laid on the channel turntable 603, the playing cards with the length direction inconsistent with the rotation direction of the channel turntable 603 are shifted by the center turntable 606 and/or the channel turntable 603 to rotate until the length direction is basically consistent with the rotation direction of the channel turntable 603 and are flatly laid on the channel turntable 603, and the playing cards flatly laid on the channel turntable 603 in the arc-shaped card arranging channel are carried by the card pushing part 6031 to be pushed into the card storing space 605, so that the disordered playing cards are arranged into the playing cards which are sent out along the width direction to realize card arranging. Adopt central carousel and the relative rotation of passageway carousel to realize reason tablet and propelling movement cards, it is simple more reasonable to compare in prior art to adopt reason tablet passageway lateral wall reason tablet and conveying roller propelling movement cards structure, manufacturing cost is lower, and will store up the direct formation of tablet space in the tablet device, the storage card box among the prior art has been saved, make the device of dealing out can set up the one side at the device of reason tablet, make the linking structure of the device of dealing out and the device of reason tablet reasonable compacter, the complete machine volume is littleer.

In this embodiment, the central turntable 606 may be intermittently rotated, continuously rotated, and/or alternately rotated in the forward and reverse directions, and the channel turntable 603 is preferably intermittently rotated to facilitate the card feeding mechanism of the card dealing arrangement 40 to pick up playing cards from the channel turntable 603 in the card storage space 605. Preferably, the center wheel 606 rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the channel wheel 603 to facilitate rotation of playing cards that are not uniformly oriented, thereby arranging the playing cards into an orientation that increases card arranging efficiency. In this embodiment, the card sorting efficiency can be improved by reasonably controlling the rotation direction and/or the rotation speed of the center turntable 606 and the channel turntable 603, and the playing cards are prevented from being stuck and floating.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the top of the central turntable 606 is a turntable upper conical surface 6061, the lower edge of the turntable upper conical surface 6061 is provided with a plurality of turntable shifting portions 6062 which are arranged along the circumference of the central turntable 606 and protrude upwards, and a turntable side wall 6063 is formed at the lower part of the central turntable 606 at a position close to the bottom of the card arranging passage. Like this, the carousel up cone 6061 helps playing card to move in order to fall into the card arrangement passageway to the edge all around of center carousel 606, and the carousel is dialled tablet portion 6062 and can be avoided the playing card to die or float when stirring playing card pivoted, and the carousel lateral wall 6063 is vertical setting can carry out spacing direction in order to ensure direction of delivery to the playing card that is located card arrangement passageway bottom. In the embodiment, preferably, the mounting seat 6021 is arranged in the center of the tile arranging seat 602, the central turntable 606 is rotatably mounted on the mounting seat 6021 through a bearing 6064, the bearing 6064 is fixed in the central turntable 606 through a bearing cover 6065 and a cone cover 6066, and the bottom of the central turntable 606 is provided with annular teeth in gear transmission connection with the central turntable motor 609, so that the structure is reasonable and the installation is convenient. In the embodiment, preferably, the channel turntable 603 is rotatably mounted on the card holder 602 through a plurality of supporting guide wheels, and the bottom of the channel turntable 603 is provided with annular teeth in transmission connection with the channel turntable motor 610, so that the structure is reasonable and the mounting is convenient. In other embodiments, the center turntable 606 and the lane turntable 603 may also be connected to their respective driving motors through other transmission methods, such as a speed reducing mechanism or a chain transmission.

In this embodiment, one end of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is an outlet end, the other end of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is closed, and the card storage space 605 is located between the closed end and the outlet end of the arc-shaped card arranging channel. In other embodiments, in order to further improve the card arranging efficiency of the card arranging device, two card arranging channel outlets are respectively arranged at two ends of the arc-shaped card arranging channel, the card storing space 605 is positioned between the two outlets, and the playing cards coming out of the two outlets can enter the card storing space 605. Generally speaking, the cards can be alternately played at two outlets by controlling the rotating speed and the rotating direction of the center turntable 606 and/or the channel turntable 603, so that the problems of overlong transportation distance of part of the playing cards, dead angle card blocking and the like in one outlet can be avoided, the fast playing can be realized, and the card arranging efficiency can be improved.

In this embodiment, the protruding portion of the upper surface of the channel turntable 603 is provided with a plurality of card pushing portions 6031, the distance between two adjacent card pushing portions 6031 is greater than the length of the playing card, one side of the card pushing portion 6031 is a card pushing face 6033 for forming a height difference to push the playing card, the other side of the card pushing portion 6031 is a slope 6032 for facilitating the sliding of the playing card, and the card pushing portion adopts a single-side card pushing to avoid the deadlocking of the playing card and improve the card arranging efficiency.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the card pushing portion 6031, the card pushing surface 6033 and the slope surface 6032 are integrally formed with the channel turntable 603, and in other embodiments, the card pushing portion 6031 may be a component fixedly or movably disposed on the channel turntable 603. In a further preferred embodiment, four card pushing portions 6031 are uniformly distributed on the upper surface of the channel turntable 603, and each card pushing portion 6031 comprises an inner portion and an outer portion, and the inner portion and the outer portion push the playing cards together from the inner side and the outer side to ensure that the playing cards are positioned on the channel turntable 603 in order. In a further preferred embodiment, a ring of annular recess 6034 is provided on the upper surface of the channel turntable 603, and the annular recess 6034 smoothly transitions to the top plane of the channel turntable 603. Thus, playing cards having a length that is not aligned with the direction of rotation of the channel carousel 603 will rest on the outside in the annular recess 6034 of the channel carousel 603 and on the inside on the center carousel 606 to facilitate relative rotational movement of the center carousel 606 and channel carousel 603 to improve card sorting efficiency.

In another preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 21 and 22, the card pushing part 6031 is hinged on the channel turntable 603 as a separate rotating part and is given a tendency to bulge upward by an elastic part, when the card pushing part 6031 bulges upward, one side of the card pushing part 6031 forms a card pushing face 6033 having a height difference for pushing the playing cards, and when the card pushing part 6031 retracts downward, the card pushing face 6033 is turned over to form a slope or is taken in the channel turntable 603 for the playing cards to pass through. Therefore, when the situation that the playing cards are jammed and the like is encountered, the playing cards push the card pushing part 6031 to rotate and retract downwards to avoid the card pushing fault, and the like. In this embodiment, preferably, a slope 6032 for facilitating the sliding of the playing cards is provided on the other side of the card pushing part 6031 and is integrally formed with the channel turntable 603. In this embodiment, the elastic member is preferably a torsion spring 6036. In this embodiment, preferably, a ring of annular protrusions 6035 is disposed on the upper surface of the channel turntable 603, the annular protrusions 6035 smoothly transition to the top plane of the channel turntable 603, and the card pushing portion 6031 and the slope surface 6032 are both disposed on the annular protrusions 6035. In this way, the outer side of the playing cards with the length direction inconsistent with the rotating direction of the channel turntable 603 can be placed on the inner side of the annular protrusion 6035 of the channel turntable 603, the inner side of the playing cards is placed on the central turntable 606, relative rotating motion of the central turntable 606 and the channel turntable 603 is facilitated to improve card arranging efficiency, and the card pushing part is arranged on the annular protrusion, so that the playing cards can be tiled on the channel turntable and pushed.

In this embodiment, the upper housing 601 and/or the card arranging base 602 are further provided with a position sensor for detecting a rotation position of the channel turntable 603 and a detection sensor for detecting whether there are playing cards on the channel turntable 603. Preferably, in this embodiment, the position sensor and the detection sensor are both photoelectric sensors, and the channel turntable 603 is provided with through holes corresponding to the photoelectric sensors.

In this embodiment, the card arranging device adopts the center similar to mahjong machine to advance the tablet mode, and base 1 top is equipped with panel 3, advances the tablet device and includes: the control panel 303 is arranged in the center of the panel 3, the control panel 303 is driven to lift by a central lifting mechanism, a card placing opening 301 for placing playing cards is formed below the control panel 303 when the control panel 303 is lifted, a card placing space 604 of the card arranging device 6 is arranged below the card placing opening 301, the control panel 303 covers the card placing opening when descending, and the central turntable 606 is arranged below the control panel 303.

In this embodiment, the control panel 303 is provided with keys for controlling operations such as starting, shuffling, and putting cards, and when playing cards, a player can set playing rules on the control panel. The poker machine deals cards for each player according to a set playing rule, and during dealing, the playing cards of each player are randomly dealt by the card dealing device and are intermittently dealt to the card receiving position or the card receiving box of each player according to the number set by the player. Reference may be made to the center lifting mechanism of the mahjong machine as the control panel 303 and the center lifting mechanism thereof, for example, the center lifting mechanism disclosed in patent documents with publication numbers CN206881093, CN206881095, and CN 205235367.

In this embodiment, the control panel 303 includes a control panel, a control panel circuit board and a control panel base, the control panel circuit board is fixed in the control panel base, and the control panel covers the control panel circuit board. As shown in fig. 20, the central lifting mechanism includes a lifting guide rod 304, a guide seat 305, a central lifting motor 307 and a central lifting rocker arm 308, the control panel 303 is fixed at the upper end of the lifting guide rod 304, the guide seat 305 is sleeved outside the lifting guide rod 304, the guide seat 305 and the central lifting motor 307 are fixed on the plaque holder 602, the central lifting rocker arm 308 is sleeved at the lower part of the guide seat 305, the central lifting rocker arm 308 pushes a lifting pushing part 3041 at the lower end of the lifting guide rod 304, and the central lifting rocker arm 308 is driven by the central lifting motor 307 to rotate, so as to drive the support rod and the lifting guide rod 304 thereof to move up and down, thereby driving the control panel 303 at the top. In the preferred embodiment, a mounting rack 306 is fixed to the lower portion of the guide base 305, the lower portion of the lifting guide rod 304 is accommodated in the mounting rack 306, and the upper portion of the mounting rack 306 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the mounting base 6021 on the card arranging base 602.

In this embodiment, the central turntable 606 is sleeved outside the mounting seat 6021 of the playing card holder 602, the mounting seat 6021 is sleeved outside the guide seat 305, and the upper end of the lifting guide rod 304 extends out of the top of the central turntable 606.

In order to further improve the card arranging and playing efficiency and stability, a card playing mechanism is installed at the outlet end of the card channel and is installed on the card holder 602 or the upper shell 601. The card-playing mechanism comprises a card-playing baffle plate, a card-arranging channel outlet is formed between the card-playing baffle plate and the channel turntable 603, playing cards falling in front of the card-pushing part 6031 are sent out of the card-arranging channel outlet to the card-storing space 605, and the playing cards placed above the card-pushing part 6031 of the channel turntable 603 are blocked in the card-arranging channel by the card-playing baffle plate. In order to prevent redundant playing cards from being stuck between the card-out baffle and the card-pushing part 6031 of the channel turntable 603,

friction wheels

615 and 616 for returning the playing cards to the card-arranging channel are arranged on one side of the card-out baffle, and the

friction wheels

615 and 616 are in transmission connection with a friction wheel motor 611 arranged on the card holder 602. In this way, the friction wheel may retract excess playing cards above the card pushing portion 6031 along the sloped surface 6032 of the card pushing portion 6031 into the card arranging path. In the present embodiment, two friction wheels are provided, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the two friction wheels include a first friction wheel 615 and a second friction wheel 616, the second friction wheel 616 is in transmission connection with a friction wheel motor 611 through a first transmission gear 607 and a second transmission gear 608, the first friction wheel 615 is in transmission connection with the second friction wheel 616 through a third transmission gear 612, a fourth transmission gear 613 and a fifth transmission gear 614 to rotate synchronously, and the first friction wheel 615 and the second friction wheel 616 are mounted on the upper housing 601 and located between the card-out shutter and the card-placing space 604. Preferably, the first friction wheel 615 and/or the second friction wheel 616 are mounted with one-way bearings so that the two friction wheels can only rotate in one direction to avoid the playing card from being stuck at the exit of the card path. To accommodate the annular configuration of the channel carousel 603, the axes of the first friction wheel 615 and the second friction wheel 616 are disposed at an oblique angle. The friction wheel may be continuously rotated or intermittently rotated. In this embodiment, the upper housing 601 and/or the card arranging base 602 are further provided with a detection sensor for detecting whether the top of the card pushing part 6031 of the channel turntable 603 has playing cards, the detection sensor is a photoelectric sensor, the top of the card pushing part 6031 of the channel turntable 603 is provided with a through hole corresponding to the photoelectric sensor, and when the detection sensor detects the playing cards, the friction wheel motor 611 drives the friction wheel to rotate to withdraw redundant playing cards.

In the preferred embodiment, a sensing switch 618 for detecting whether the card pushing part 6031 of the channel turntable 603 is in place is disposed on one side of the card outlet, and when the sensing switch 618 detects that the card pushing part 6031 of the channel turntable 603 approaches or passes through the card arranging channel outlet, the channel turntable motor 610 controls the channel turntable 603 to stop rotating (stop rotating immediately and/or with a delay) so that the playing cards stay in the card storage space 605 for being picked up by the card feeding mechanism of the card dealing device 40. The inductive switch 618 may be a proximity switch, a photosensor, or a magnetic induction switch. Preferably, the card game machine further comprises a sensing member 617, the sensing member 617 is located on one side of the card discharge baffle close to the card arranging channel and movably connected to the upper housing 601, a plate-shaped main body of the sensing member 617 is located in the card arranging channel and is matched with a card pushing portion 6031 on the channel turntable 603, an extended end of the sensing member 617 is matched with the sensing switch 618, and when the card pushing portion 6031 on the channel turntable 603 passes through the plate-shaped main body of the sensing member 617, the sensing member 617 is driven to rotate so as to trigger the sensing switch 618. Thus, the structure is simple and reliable, and the cost is low.

In this embodiment, preferably, the upper housing 601 and/or the card arranging base 602 are further provided with a detection sensor for detecting whether playing cards are on the channel turntable 603 in the card storage space 605, the detection sensor is a photoelectric sensor, and the channel turntable 603 is provided with a through hole corresponding to the photoelectric sensor. If there are cards in the card storage space 605, the channel carousel motor 610 stops rotating, and if there are no cards, the channel carousel motor 610 continues to rotate until a card is detected.

To a card dealing arrangement.

The internal structure of the card dealing device 40 is basically the same as that disclosed in patent documents with publication numbers CN209405643, CN110193184, CN111298424, CN111282258 and the like, the card dealing device 40 is also fixed and does not rotate, and the plurality of card receiving boxes rotate around the card dealing device 40 to realize random card receiving. The difference is mainly as follows: in this embodiment, a card feeding mechanism for picking up playing cards from the card storage space 605 of the card arranging device 6 is provided at the card feeding port of the card dealing device. The concrete description is as follows:

as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the card dealing device 40 is fixed on the base 1 and is positioned at one side of the card arranging device, and the card dealing device 40 comprises a card feeding mechanism, a card distributing mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a card turning mechanism. In this embodiment, the structures, principles, operation processes and methods of the card feeding mechanism, the card distributing mechanism, the conveying mechanism and the card turning mechanism for conveying the playing cards along the width direction of the playing cards may all adopt the structures, principles, operation processes and methods disclosed in patent documents with publication numbers CN209405643, CN110193184, CN111298424, CN111282258, and the like, and various alternative structures, principles, operation processes and methods disclosed in patent documents with publication numbers CN209405643, CN110193184, CN 111842924, CN111282258, and the like, and the same contents are omitted.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, 7, 8, and 9, a card inlet, a conveying channel, a card turning channel, and a card outlet are sequentially disposed on the card shoe 415 along a conveying path of the playing cards, the card inlet is disposed outside the card inlet, the card distribution mechanism is disposed at the card inlet, the conveying mechanism and an identification element for identifying the front and back sides of the playing cards are disposed at the conveying channel, the card turning channel is disposed below the conveying channel, and the card turning mechanism is disposed at the card turning channel.

In this embodiment, the card distributing mechanism includes a card distributing wheel 404 and a card distributing pressure wheel 403, the card distributing wheel 404 is a driving wheel driven by a motor, the card distributing pressure wheel 403 is a driven wheel rotating in one direction, the card distributing wheel 404 is rotatably mounted on a card distributing base 415 of the card distributing device, the card distributing pressure wheel 403 is mounted on the adjusting bracket 422 through a one-way bearing 4031, the rotation direction of the card distributing pressure wheel 403 is opposite to the card feeding direction of the card distributing device 40, the adjusting bracket 422 is mounted on the card distributing base 415 in a manner of being capable of moving up and down, and the adjusting bracket 422 and the card distributing base 415 are connected through an elastic member to give the card distributing pressure wheel 403 a tendency of pressing towards the card distributing wheel 404. Therefore, the number of the cards is limited by the gap between the card distributing wheel 404 and the card distributing pressure wheel 403, and the overlapped playing cards are separated by the card distributing pressure wheel 403 which rotates in one direction, so that the card distributing mechanism has a good card distributing effect.

In other embodiments, a card-distributing cam may be further disposed on a side of the card-distributing pressure wheel 403 close to the card-storing space 605, the card-distributing cam is rotatably mounted on the adjusting bracket 422 or the card-dealing base 415, the card-distributing cam is preferably a driving wheel driven by a motor, a rotation axis of the card-distributing cam is parallel to a rotation axis of the card-distributing wheel 404, and a rotation direction of the card-distributing cam is identical to a rotation direction of the card-distributing wheel 404. Therefore, the card distributing cam can be filled between the card distributing device and the card arranging device to prevent the playing cards from being clamped into the gap, and the redundant playing cards can be pushed out of the card inlet of the card distributing device, so that the entering number of the playing cards is limited to achieve the effect of pre-distributing the playing cards. Further preferably, the card-distributing cam and the card-distributing wheel 404 are connected to rotate synchronously through a synchronous belt drive.

Further preferably, the card dealing seat 415 is provided with a plurality of card feeding ribs at the card feeding port, and the card feeding ribs, the card distributing wheel 404 and the card distributing pressing wheel 403 are arranged at intervals in a staggered manner, so that a continuous and efficient card rubbing and separating effect can be realized.

Further preferably, the card distributing pressing wheel and the card distributing wheel are designed to be staggered front and back and overlapped up and down (namely, the axes of the card distributing pressing wheel and the card distributing wheel are staggered by a horizontal distance, the card distributing pressing wheel is closer to the card storage space of the card storage box than the axis of the card distributing wheel, and the bottommost part of the card distributing pressing wheel is lower than the highest part of the card distributing wheel).

Each of the parts of the card distributing wheel, the card distributing cam and the card distributing pressing wheel can be a roller-type part or a plurality of wheel-type parts arranged on the same shaft. Each card distributing wheel comprises a supporting frame with certain rigidity strength and a rubber ring sleeved and fixed on the supporting frame, and part or all of the arc circumference of the rubber ring is provided with protruding rubber sawteeth used for contacting with the playing cards, so that the friction force is large when the rubber sawteeth part of the card distributing wheel contacts with the playing cards, and the playing cards are easily driven to move to be beneficial to separating the two playing cards.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 6 and 11, one end of the adjusting bracket 422 is hinged to the card dealing seat 415, the other end of the adjusting bracket 422 is sleeved on the adjusting bolt 420, the adjusting bolt 420 is further sleeved with a spring 421, the upper end of the spring 421 abuts against the card dealing seat 415, the lower end of the spring 421 abuts against the adjusting bracket 422, the adjusting bolt 420 is in threaded connection with the adjusting bracket 422 or a nut installed on the adjusting bracket 422, and thus the gap between the card distributing pressing wheel 403 and the card distributing wheel 404 can be adjusted by adjusting the adjusting bolt 420 to limit the number of cards to be fed.

The card shoe 415 may be an integrally formed part, or a plurality of independent forming parts may be fixed together by a fixing connection manner such as a fastener, clamping, riveting or welding, as shown in fig. 8, 9 and 10, in this embodiment, the card shoe 415 at least includes a card shoe main body (shown in fig. 9) and a card inlet side portion (shown in fig. 8) fixedly connected by a fastener, and may further include an outer cover plate and other parts. Thus, the installation, debugging and part replacement are convenient.

In this embodiment, a card feeding mechanism is further provided, as shown in fig. 6 to 11, which includes a card feeding wheel 401 and a card blocking member 414, the card feeding wheel 401 is rotatably mounted on the card feeding support 402, the card feeding support 402 is movably connected (preferably hinged) with the card dealing base 415, the card feeding wheel 401 is a driving wheel, the card blocking member 414 is mounted on the card dealing base 415 in a manner of sliding up and down and is driven by a card blocking motor 417 to slide up and down, the card blocking member 414 is located below the card feeding support 402 and between the card storing space 605 of the card arranging device 6 and the card feeding port of the card dealing device 40, the card feeding wheel 401 extends into the card storing space 605, the card feeding support 402 and the card feeding wheel 401 are lifted when the card blocking member 414 is lifted up, so that the card feeding wheel 401 does not contact with the playing cards in the card storing space 605 and thus does not feed the playing cards, and the card blocking member 414 blocks outside the card storing space 605 to prevent the playing cards from falling out, when the card blocking member 414 is lowered, the card feed wheel 401 presses the top playing card in the card storage space 605 and pushes the playing card into the space between the card dispensing wheel 404 and the card dispensing wheel 403 as the card feed wheel 401 rotates.

In the preferred embodiment, the jointed shaft of the card feeding bracket 402 and the card dealing seat 415 is coaxial with the shaft of the card distributing wheel 404, and the card feeding wheel 401 and the card distributing wheel 404 are in transmission connection through the transmission belt 423, so that the structure is simple, the operation is reliable, the card feeding motor can be saved, and the cost is reduced. In other embodiments, the card feeding wheel 401 and the card distributing wheel 404 may be in transmission connection by gears, timing belts, chains, and the like.

In the preferred embodiment, the card blocking component 414 is connected with the card dealing seat 415 in a vertically sliding manner through the guide post 416, the card blocking motor 417 drives the card blocking component 414 to move up and down through the rocker arm 418 and the swing rod 419, the rocker arm 418 is fixed on an output shaft of the card blocking motor 417, one end of the swing rod 419 is hinged with the card dealing seat 415, the other end of the swing rod 419 is movably connected with a rotating end of the rocker arm 418 through a kidney-shaped hole 4191, the swing rod 419 is fixed with the connecting column 4192, the connecting column 4192 is inserted into a connecting hole 4141 in the card blocking component 414, and the swing rod 419 swings up and down to drive the card blocking component 414 to move up and.

In this embodiment, the transport mechanism includes a plurality of sets of transport wheels 405 disposed in a transport path of the card shoe 415, each set of transport wheels 405 including a driving transport wheel and a driven transport puck that cooperate to transport playing cards up and down. A plurality of identification elements (such as cameras) for identifying the front and the back of the playing cards are arranged on the bottom wall or the top wall of the conveying channel. Preferably, the driving conveying wheel, the card distributing wheel and the card feeding wheel are in transmission connection and driven by the same conveying motor.

The embodiment is preferable, two identification elements are arranged to be arranged at the oblique opposite angles of the playing cards so as to be used for respectively detecting two patterns on the oblique opposite angles of the front of the playing cards, and the identification accuracy and efficiency of the front and the back of the playing cards are improved. The two identification elements can be triggered to work by the same detection sensor for detecting the in-place of the playing cards, and can also be triggered to work by two detection sensors for detecting the in-place of the playing cards respectively. When the detection sensor detects the playing cards, the camera is started simultaneously or in a delayed mode, so that the camera can just shoot pattern information on the diagonal fixed position of the playing cards in the conveying channel, the controller can identify the front side and the back side of the playing cards according to the pattern information, and if the pattern information is identified as a character pattern, the front side is determined as the front side. Other structures, principles, action processes and methods for identifying the front and back sides of the playing cards are the same as those of patent documents with publication numbers of CN209405643 and CN110193184 and various alternative structures, principles, action processes and methods thereof.

In the preferred embodiment, a thickness measuring assembly for detecting whether playing cards passing through the conveying channel are overlapped is arranged on the bottom wall or the top wall of the conveying channel, and the thickness measuring assembly can refer to patent document with publication number CN111298424, and comprises a rotating member, a thickness measuring wheel, a thickness measuring sensor and a thickness measuring conveying wheel, wherein the thickness measuring wheel and the thickness measuring conveying wheel are vertically corresponding and respectively arranged on the bottom wall and the top wall of the conveying channel, a shaft of the thickness measuring wheel is arranged on the rotating member, one end of the rotating member is hinged with the bottom wall or the top wall of the conveying channel, the other end of the rotating member is movable and correspondingly matched with the thickness measuring sensor arranged on the bottom wall or the top wall, and the rotating member and the thickness measuring wheel are endowed with a tendency of pressing towards the thickness measuring conveying wheel through an elastic member. When the playing cards pass between the thickness measuring wheel and the thickness measuring conveying wheel, the thickness measuring wheel and the rotating part are jacked upwards, the thickness measuring sensor can determine the thickness of the passing playing cards according to the vertical change distance of the movable end of the rotating part, when the measured thickness is close to or even exceeds the thickness of two playing cards, the controller judges that the condition that two or more playing cards are overlapped exists, and the conveying mechanism returns the playing cards to the card storage space to enter the card storage space again for card distribution. This can further reduce the occurrence of card-sorting errors and malfunctions. The thickness measuring assembly can be used together with the thickness measuring structure or method in the patent documents with publication numbers CN209405643, CN110193184 and the like, or can be used alone, and in the embodiment, only the thickness measuring structure or method in the patent documents with publication numbers CN209405643, CN110193184 and the like and various alternative structures, principles, operation processes and methods thereof can be used.

In order to facilitate installation, debugging and part replacement, the sensor is in a modular design, an identification element for identifying the front side and the back side of the playing card and a control circuit thereof are arranged on a first circuit board, a thickness measuring sensor and a control circuit thereof are arranged on a second circuit board, and the first circuit board and the second circuit board are respectively fixed on the top wall or the bottom wall of the conveying mechanism through fasteners.

In this embodiment, the card flipping mechanism includes a first card-playing wheel 406, a card-playing wheel 410, a card-playing wheel 411 and a second card-playing wheel 412, the card-playing wheel 410 is a driving wheel and is driven by a card-playing motor to rotate, the first card-playing wheel 406, the card-playing wheel 411 and the second card-playing wheel 412 are driven wheels, the first card-playing wheel 406 and the card-playing wheel 411 respectively contact with the card-playing wheel 410 in a rolling manner, the second card-playing wheel 412 contacts with the card-playing wheel 411 in a rolling manner, a first card-playing channel is formed between the card-playing wheel 410 and the first card-playing wheel 406, a card-playing channel is formed between the card-playing wheel 410 and the card-playing wheel 411, a second card-playing channel is formed between the card-playing wheel 411 and the second card-playing wheel 412, the card-playing wheel 410 is installed inside the card-playing channel and is located between the first card-playing channel and the second card-playing channel, the card-playing channel extends from one side of the card-playing wheel 410 close to the first card-playing channel along a part of the arc circumference of the, the card turning component 407 for opening or closing the card turning channel or the first card outlet channel is arranged at the outer side of the card turning channel and close to one end of the first card outlet channel, a card pushing component 413 is arranged at one end of the card turning channel far away from the first card outlet channel, the second card outlet channel is arranged at the outer side of the card turning channel and opposite to the card pushing component 413, and the card turning component 407 is driven by a card turning driving mechanism to swing so as to open or close the card turning channel or the first card outlet channel. When the card turning component 407 closes the card turning channel or opens the outlet of the first card outlet channel, the card inlet, the conveying channel and the first card outlet channel are sequentially connected, and the playing cards are sent out from the first card outlet channel to the card receiving box; when the card turning component 407 opens the card turning channel and closes the outlet of the first card outlet channel, the card inlet, the conveying channel, the first card outlet channel, the card turning channel and the second card outlet channel are sequentially connected, the playing cards are blocked by the card turning component 407 after coming out of the first card outlet channel, turn to enter the card turning channel and are sent to the tail end of the card turning channel by the card turning wheel 410 and the card turning pressing wheel 411, the front ends of the playing cards abut against the card pushing component 413, the playing cards return to a straight state after passing through the card turning pressing wheel 411 at the rear ends of the playing cards, and under the thrust action of the card pushing component 413, the rear ends of the playing cards firstly enter the second card outlet channel and are sent to the card receiving box by the card turning pressing wheel 411 and the second card outlet wheel 412. Therefore, the passing playing cards are turned back and forth by 180 degrees through the card turning channel, so that the front and back sides of the playing cards are turned.

In this embodiment, each of the card turning wheel 410, the first card-playing pressure wheel 406, the card turning pressure wheel 411 and the second card-playing wheel 412 may be a roller-type component or may be composed of a plurality of wheel-type components mounted on the same shaft. In the preferred embodiment, the card turning wheel 410, the first card-playing pressing wheel 406, the card-turning pressing wheel 411 and the second card-playing wheel 412 all comprise a plurality of wheels arranged on respective shafts, the card-turning part 407 also comprises a plurality of parts arranged on the same rotating shaft, and the card-turning part 407 and the card-turning wheel 410 are arranged in a staggered manner, so that the card-turning mechanism is simple in structure and convenient to install and cooperate. The card flipping wheel 410, the first card-playing pressure wheel 406, the card-playing pressure wheel 411 and/or the second card-playing wheel 412 may be provided with rubber rings to increase friction with the playing cards.

In the preferred embodiment, the swing center (card turning shaft) of the card turning part 407 is located in the middle of the card turning part 407, so that two swing ends are formed on two sides of the swing center, and the inner side of the card turning part 407 is in an arc shape corresponding to the periphery of the card turning wheel 410, so that the card turning part 407 can not only play a role in blocking and turning, but also play a role in turning the outer side wall of the card turning channel without specially setting the outer side wall of the card turning channel. In other embodiments, the swing center (the card-turning shaft) of the card-turning member 407 may be located at one end thereof, which requires an outer side wall of the card-turning path at the card shoe to ensure smooth passage of the playing cards in the card-turning path.

In the preferred embodiment, the card turning channel and the second card-playing channel are arranged below the first card-playing channel (i.e. the card turning wheel 410, the card turning pressing wheel 411 and the second card-playing wheel 412 are arranged below the first card-playing pressing wheel 406), so that the card dealing device is arranged on one side of the card dealing device, the card dealing device and the card dealing device are highly adaptive, the space below the conveying channel of the card dealing device can be fully utilized, and the machine type is thinner and more reasonable. In other embodiments, the card turning chute and the second card-playing chute may be disposed above the first card-playing chute (i.e., the card turning wheel 410, the card turning pinch wheel 411, and the second card-playing wheel 412 are disposed above the first card-playing pinch wheel 406) if space allows it.

To ensure delivery pressure and avoid slippage, the first card-handling wheel 406 and/or the flipping wheel 411 is preferably given a tendency to press against the card-flipping wheel 410 by respective energizing mechanisms, and the second card-handling wheel 412 is preferably given a tendency to press against the card-flipping wheel 411 by energizing mechanisms. These energizing means may be elastic members such as springs, elastic pieces, elastic rings, or elastic shafts (for example, a long spring is used as a rotating shaft of the pinch roller), or may be elastic energizing means composed of a plurality of members.

The card turning driving mechanism for driving the card turning component 407 to open or close the first card outlet channel (open the card turning channel) may be realized by a motor through a speed reducing mechanism or a transmission mechanism, in this embodiment, preferably, the card turning driving mechanism is driven by an electromagnet, a crank is fixed at one end of a card turning shaft of the card turning component 407, and a swinging end of the crank is connected with a movable end of the electromagnet through a connecting rod, so that when the card turning component 407 needs to move, the electromagnet pulls the card turning component 407 to swing through the connecting rod and the crank. Because the card turning action is carried out according to the result that the front side and the back side of the playing card are identified by the identification element, the card turning action is selective and intermittent, the electromagnet of the embodiment has a more reasonable structure and is low in manufacturing cost.

The card pushing member 413 may be an elastic member such as a spring, a spring plate, or an elastic rubber band, or may be an elastic energizing mechanism composed of a plurality of members. Preferably, the card pushing member 413 is a plurality of springs disposed at the end of the passage. Thus, the structure is simple and the installation is convenient.

In another alternative embodiment of the card turning mechanism, the card turning channel is directly connected to the card placing space or the card storing space of the card arranging device, the second card outlet channel 4213, the second card outlet wheel 412 and the card pushing component 413 are not arranged, and the turned playing cards directly return to the card arranging device to be sent again. Namely, the card turning mechanism comprises a first card discharging pressing wheel, a card turning wheel and a card turning pressing wheel, the card turning wheel is a driving wheel and is driven by a card turning motor to rotate, the first card discharging pressing wheel and the card turning pressing wheel are driven wheels, the first card discharging pressing wheel and the card turning pressing wheel are respectively in rolling contact with the card turning wheel, a first card discharging channel is formed between the card turning wheel and the first card discharging pressing wheel, a card turning channel is formed between the card turning wheel and the card turning pressing wheel, the card turning wheel is arranged on the inner side of the card turning channel, the card turning channel extends from one side of the card turning wheel close to the first card discharging channel to the other side of the card turning wheel far away from the first card discharging channel along part of the arc circumference of the card turning wheel, the tail end of the card turning channel is communicated with the card placing space or the card storing space of the card, the card turning component is used for opening or closing the card turning channel or the first card outlet channel and is arranged at one end, close to the first card outlet channel, of the outer side of the card turning channel, and the card turning component is driven by the card turning driving mechanism to swing so as to open or close the card turning channel or the first card outlet channel. When the card turning part closes the card turning channel or opens the outlet of the first card outlet channel, the card inlet, the conveying channel and the first card outlet channel are sequentially connected, and the playing cards are sent out from the first card outlet channel to the card receiving box; when the card turning component opens the card turning channel and closes the outlet of the first card outlet channel, the card inlet, the conveying channel, the first card outlet channel and the card turning channel are sequentially connected, and the playing cards are stopped by the card turning component after coming out of the first card outlet channel and then turn to enter the card turning channel, and are conveyed to the tail end of the card turning channel by the card turning wheels and the card turning pressing wheels to enter a card placing space or a card storing space of the card arranging device (a plurality of conveying wheels and pressing wheels thereof can be arranged between the card arranging device and the card turning wheels to convey the playing cards). Therefore, the front and the back of the passing playing cards are turned back through the card turning channel, so that the front and the back of the playing cards are turned over. The other structures are the same as the foregoing. The structural scheme can make the depth of the card storage box shallow and the height of the poker machine low, but the card dealing efficiency is relatively low and the manufacturing cost is high.

It should be noted that the first card-playing channel and the second card-playing channel may be outlets directly connected to the card-receiving box (i.e. the card-turning mechanism has two card-playing outlets); in other embodiments, the first card-playing channel and the second card-playing channel may not directly connect the outlet of the card-receiving box, that is, one or more channels (or transport wheels/transport rollers) for continuously transporting the playing cards may be further disposed after the first card-playing channel and/or the second card-playing channel, and then the playing cards are transported to the card-receiving position, for example, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, a second card-playing pressing wheel 408 and a first card-playing wheel 409 are disposed outside the outlet of the first card-playing channel, and a card-playing port for sending the playing cards from the first card-playing channel to the card-receiving box is formed between the second card-playing wheel 408 and the first card-playing wheel 409, so that the two card-playing ports are closer to each other, and the card-receiving of the card-receiving box is more convenient and stable. Of course, it is further preferable that the two card outlets of the original first card outlet channel and the original second card outlet channel are combined into one card outlet, so that the card dealing and receiving are more stable and reliable, and the card dropping position is accurate and does not drift.

In this embodiment, the rotational driving mechanism of the card receiving box 20 includes: the plurality of card receiving boxes 20 are fixed on a rotating ring 22, the rotating ring 22 is erected on the base 1 in a rotatable mode through a plurality of supporting rollers, the rotating ring 22 is driven to rotate by a rotating motor, when cards are dealt, one of the card receiving boxes 20 rotates to the outside of a card outlet of the card dealing device 40, and the playing cards are dealt into the card receiving boxes 20. In this embodiment, the plurality of support rollers are preferably mounted on the base and uniformly distributed on the inner side or the outer side of the rotating ring 22, rolling grooves are formed on the circumference of the support rollers, and the inner side or the outer side of the rotating ring 22 is embedded in the rolling grooves of the support rollers and can rotate. The rotating ring 22 is formed with gear teeth on its inner or outer side, and in a preferred embodiment, the rotating ring 22 is provided with an internal gear on its inner side, and the rotating motor is engaged with the internal gear on the rotating ring 22 through the gear.

Regarding the card raising device.

The base 1 is provided with a plurality of card lifting devices 21 used for lifting the playing cards in each card receiving box to the panel, and the card lifting devices 21 are arranged corresponding to the card receiving boxes 20. The card lifting devices may adopt the structures disclosed in patent documents with publication numbers CN108283800A, CN103055500A, CN111298424, etc., but these card lifting devices all need to provide a door opening plate structure and a corresponding driving motor on the face plate of the poker machine, resulting in high cost and unstable operation. The card lifting device disclosed in patent document No. CN103157271 is characterized in that a card blocking box is placed on a card receiving box, the card blocking box and playing cards are lifted upwards by a card supporting frame, the playing cards are pushed to a card lifting plate which is lowered from a table top by a card pushing piece, and then the playing cards are lifted to the table top by the card lifting plate, so that a plurality of parts have complex structures, and the card lifting device is large in size and high in cost.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the card raising device 21 and the card dealing device 40 are disposed inside the rotating ring 22, and they are both located between the card arranging device 6 and the rotating ring 22, the card dealing device 40 transports the playing cards along the radial direction of the rotating ring 22, the N card raising devices 21 and the card dealing device 40 are uniformly distributed along the rotating ring 22 and respectively correspond to the N +1 card receiving boxes 20 fixed on the rotating ring 22, the card dealing device 40 and the card raising devices 21 are located inside the card receiving boxes 20, and N is greater than 2. Therefore, the card dealing device 40 and the card lifting device 21 both enter and exit the playing cards from the inner side of the card receiving box 20, so that the structure of the card receiving box 20 is simpler, the action and the structure of the card lifting device 21 are simpler and more reliable, the size is smaller, and the cost is lower; moreover, the card dealing device 40 and the card lifting device 21 are arranged in an annular shape, so that the problem that the height of the poker machine is high due to the fact that the two devices are vertically stacked (for example, the card arranging device is stacked above the card dealing device) in the prior art is solved, the card dealing device 40 can be arranged on one side of the card arranging device 6, the problem that the outer diameter of the poker machine is too large due to the fact that the card lifting device 21 is arranged outside the rotating ring 22 in the prior art is solved, the structural layout is more compact, the space utilization rate is higher, and the whole poker machine is smaller and thinner.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 12 and 13, the card lifting device 21 includes a card lifting base 210, a card lifting motor 211, a card lifting plate 213, a card pushing member 215 and a card holding member 216; the card bearing piece 216 is arranged on one side (outer side) of the card lifting seat 210 close to the card receiving box 20 and driven by the card lifting motor 211 to slide up and down, the card bearing piece 216 extends into an opening at the bottom of the card receiving box 20, the opening at the bottom penetrates through the inner side wall of the card receiving box 20 from bottom to top so as to divide the inner side wall of the card receiving box 20 into a left part and a right part, the outer side wall of the card receiving box 20 is higher than the inner side wall of the card receiving box, and the left side wall and the right side wall of the card receiving box 20 are higher than the outer side wall of the card receiving box, so that the card bearing piece 216 can support the playing cards in the card receiving box; the card lifting plate 213 is arranged at the upper part of the card lifting seat 210 and is driven by the card lifting motor 211 to lift up and down, the card pushing piece 215 is arranged at one side (outer side) of the card lifting seat 210 close to the card receiving box 20 and is positioned above the card receiving piece 216, and the card pushing piece 215 is driven by the card lifting motor 211 to slide inwards and outwards; thus, when the card dealing device 40 deals cards, the plurality of card receiving boxes 20 rotate to randomly receive cards, and the card lifting device does not influence the card dealing; when the card lifting device lifts a card, as shown in fig. 14, the card receiving box 20 stays above the card holding member 216 of the card lifting device, the card pushing head on the card pushing member 215 is positioned at the upper outer side of the card receiving box 20, the card pushing position of the card pushing member 215 is higher than the outer side wall of the card receiving box 20 and lower than the left side wall and the right side wall of the card receiving box 20, as shown in fig. 15, the card holding member 216 is lifted upwards to lift the playing card from the bottom to the top in the card receiving box 20, meanwhile, the card lifting plate 213 descends from the table top, the inner side and the left side and the right side of the card lifting plate 213 are shielded by the side wall of the card lifting seat 210, the outer side of the card lifting plate 213 is the card holding member 216, as shown in fig. 16 and 17, and the playing card is pushed onto the card holding member 216 by the card pushing member 215, as shown in fig. 18 and 19, and then the card lifting plate 213 lifts the playing card on the table top of the playing card holding member 216, and the. Therefore, the playing cards are limited by the side wall of the card receiving box 20 or the side wall of the card lifting seat 210 in the lifting and pushing processes, the playing cards are prevented from moving and falling off in the action process, the card blocking box and the card supporting frame with a complex structure in the prior art are not required to be arranged, the structure is simple and compact, the action is reasonable, the operation is reliable, and the manufacturing cost is low.

Preferably, the card lifting device 21 further comprises a first cam 214, a second cam 217, a card lifting plate connecting rod 2131, a card pushing member connecting rod 2151 and a card supporting member connecting rod 2161, wherein the first cam 214 and the second cam 217 are coaxially arranged and driven by the card lifting motor 211 to synchronously rotate; one end of the tile lifting plate connecting rod 2131 is hinged with the tile lifting seat 210, the other end of the tile lifting plate connecting rod 2131 is movably connected with the tile lifting plate 213, and the tile lifting plate connecting rod 2131 is movably connected with the first cam 214, so that the first cam 214 drives the tile lifting plate 213 to lift up and down; one end of the tile pushing piece connecting rod 2151 is hinged to the tile lifting seat 210, the other end of the tile pushing piece connecting rod 2151 is movably connected with the tile pushing piece 215, and the tile pushing piece connecting rod 2151 is movably connected with the second cam 217, so that the second cam 217 drives the tile pushing piece 215 to slide inwards and outwards; one end of the mahjong piece bearing connecting rod 2161 is hinged with the mahjong piece lifting seat 210, the other end of the mahjong piece bearing connecting rod 2161 is movably connected with the mahjong piece bearing member 216, and the mahjong piece bearing connecting rod 2161 is movably connected with the first cam 214, so that the first cam 214 drives the mahjong piece bearing member 216 to move up and down. Thus, the two cams are arranged in parallel and coaxially to respectively drive the card bearing part 216, the card pushing part 215 and the card lifting plate 213, and the card pushing device has compact structure, small volume and stable and reliable action.

In the present embodiment, the first cam 214 and the second cam 217 are preferably fixed to the same cam shaft 2171, and the cam shaft 2171 is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the card raising motor 211 in the circumferential direction. The transmission structure is simple, compact and low in cost.

In the present embodiment, a sensor 219 for detecting the rotational positions of the first cam 214 and the second cam 217 is preferably disposed on the card lifting holder 210, and a sensing member 2191 for triggering the sensor 219 is fixed on the cam shaft 2171.

Preferably, the card lifting plate link 2131 and the card supporting member link 2161 are connected to the left and right sides of the first cam 214, respectively.

In the present embodiment, the first cam 214 and the second cam 217 are disposed on the left and right sides of the card lifting base 210, respectively, and the spaces where the first cam 214 and the second cam 217 are located are shielded by the cam housing 212 and the cover plate 218, respectively, and the card lifting motor 211 is fixedly mounted on the cam housing 212.

In this embodiment, the card lifting plate 213 is preferably in up-and-down sliding connection by the guide post 2132 of the card lifting plate at the bottom and the guide protrusions at two sides of the card lifting plate respectively matching with the guide sleeve hole and the guide sliding groove on the card lifting base 210.

In the preferred embodiment, the card receiving member 216 is matched with the card receiving member guide post 2162 fixed on the card lifting seat 210 through the card receiving member guide sleeve 2163 to slide up and down, the two card receiving member guide posts 2162 are fixed on the outer side of the card lifting seat 210, and the distance between the two card receiving member guide posts 2162 is larger than the length of the playing card, so that the playing card can pass through between the two card receiving member guide posts 2162 when the card pushing member 215 pushes the playing card.

Preferably, the card pushing member 215 slides inside and outside along a card pushing member guide rod 2152 arranged on the card lifting seat 210, the two card pushing member guide rods 2152 are fixed on the left side or the right side of the card lifting seat 210, the card pushing member 215 is in an L shape, one side of the L shape is connected with the card pushing member guide rod 2152, two card pushing heads are arranged below the other side of the L shape, and the distance between the two card pushing heads is larger than the width of a card bearing part used for bearing playing cards on the card bearing member. Therefore, the card pushing action is more stable and reliable.

The poker machine as described above, comprising:

the card arranging device 6 is used for arranging the playing cards into the cards which are consistent in orientation and sent out, a control panel 303 is arranged in the center of the card arranging device 6, the control panel 303 is driven to lift by a central lifting mechanism, a card placing opening used for placing the playing cards is formed below the control panel 303 when the control panel 303 rises, the card placing opening is covered when the control panel 303 falls, and a card arranging channel of the card arranging device 6 is positioned below the control panel 303; the card arranging device 6 comprises a card arranging seat 602, a central turntable 606 driven by a central turntable motor 609 to rotate is arranged in the center of the card arranging seat 602, a channel turntable 603 is arranged around the central turntable 606, a plurality of card pushing parts 6031 used for pushing playing cards are arranged on the annular upper surface of the channel turntable 603, an arc-shaped card arranging channel used for arranging the playing cards is formed between the central turntable 606 and the channel turntable 603, the bottom wall of the arc-shaped card arranging channel is a part of the channel turntable 603, a card arranging channel outlet used for sending the playing cards along the length direction of the playing cards is formed in one end of the arc-shaped card arranging channel, a card storing space 605 is arranged outside the card arranging channel outlet, and the bottom wall of the card storing space 605 is a part of the channel turntable 603;

the card dealing device 40 is used for sending the playing cards to the card receiving box one by one, and the card dealing device 40 comprises a card feeding mechanism extending into the card storing space 605 for picking up the playing cards, a card distributing mechanism used for separating the playing cards into one by one and sending the one by the conveying mechanism, a conveying mechanism used for identifying the front and the back of the playing cards and conveying the playing cards to the card turning mechanism, and a card turning mechanism used for turning the playing cards according to the requirement and sending the playing cards to the card receiving box 20;

the card receiving boxes 20 are used for receiving playing cards, a plurality of card receiving boxes 20 are fixed on a rotating ring 22, and the rotating ring 22 is driven by a rotating motor to rotate around the card dealing device 40;

a card lifting device 21 for lifting the playing cards in the card receiving box 20 to the table surface, a plurality of card lifting devices 21 and a card dealing device 40 are distributed on the inner side of the rotating ring 22 along the circumference and correspond to the plurality of card receiving boxes 20 fixed on the rotating ring 22.

The playing card sorting method of the playing card machine comprises the following steps:

1) the control panel is lifted, and the control panel is descended after the playing cards are placed in the card arranging device;

2) the card arranging device arranges the playing cards into the same orientation and sends the playing cards out to the card storage box; the card arranging device arranges the cards into cards and sends the cards out to the card storage space along the length direction of the cards through the rotation of the central turntable and the rotation of the channel turntable;

3) a card feeding mechanism of the card dealing device extends into the card storage space to pick up the playing cards;

3) the playing cards are separated into one card by the card distributing mechanism and are sent to the conveying mechanism;

4) the conveying mechanism identifies the front and the back of the playing cards and conveys the playing cards to the card turning mechanism;

5) the card turning mechanism turns the playing cards according to the needs and sends the playing cards to each card receiving box;

6) when the dealing and the card loading are finished, the card lifting devices of all the parties lift the playing cards in the corresponding card receiving boxes to the tabletop of the poker machine.

Specifically, according to the playing method set by the player, the control panel motor rotates to drive the control panel to rise, played cards can be pushed in from different directions of the table top, and the player pushes the cards in the machine in different states; the cards that have been dealt inside the machine then rise to the table according to the player's settings and the player continues with the next game. The cards pushed into the machine by the player are sent to the card dealing device in a sorted order at a certain angle through the card arranging device, the card dealing device detects a card signal, and the single card dealing is started according to the playing method set by the player. The playing cards passing through the card dealing device are all turned into one direction, and according to a set rule, the rotating motor rotates at random for a certain angle to drive the rotation and the card receiving box fixedly connected with the rotating ring to rotate, so that the playing cards are randomly sent to the set card receiving box until the set number is finished. Waiting for the player to start the next play. When the next round begins, the card lifting plate at the card feeding port on the panel of the poker machine descends, and the card lifting devices of all parties lift the playing cards in the corresponding card receiving boxes to the tabletop of the poker machine. And starting next game card management, card turning and card dealing while waiting for the player to take the cards.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and not to be construed as limiting the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations to the above embodiments without departing from the principle and spirit of the present invention, and any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiments according to the technical spirit of the present invention still fall within the technical scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A card lifting device of a poker machine is characterized by comprising a card lifting seat (210), a card lifting motor (211), a card lifting plate (213), a card pushing piece (215) and a card bearing piece (216); the card bearing piece (216) is arranged on one side, close to the card receiving box (20), of the card lifting seat (210) and driven by the card lifting motor (211) to slide up and down, the card bearing piece (216) extends into an opening at the bottom of the card receiving box (20), the opening at the bottom penetrates through the inner side wall of the card receiving box (20) from bottom to top so as to divide the inner side wall of the card receiving box (20) into a left part and a right part, the outer side wall of the card receiving box (20) is higher than the inner side wall of the card receiving box, and the left side wall and the right side wall of the card receiving box (20) are higher than the outer side wall of the card receiving box, so that the card bearing piece (216) can lift the playing cards in the card receiving box (20) from; the card lifting plate (213) is arranged at the upper part of the card lifting seat (210) and driven by the card lifting motor (211) to lift up and down, the card pushing piece (215) is arranged at one side of the card lifting seat (210) close to the card receiving box (20) and positioned above the card bearing piece (216), and the card pushing piece (215) is driven by the card lifting motor (211) to slide inwards and outwards; when the card lifting device lifts cards, the card receiving box (20) stays above the card bearing piece (216) of the card lifting device, the card pushing head on the card pushing piece (215) is positioned at the outer side above the card receiving box (20), the card pushing position of the card pushing piece (215) is higher than the outer side wall of the card receiving box (20) and lower than the left side wall and the right side wall of the card receiving box (20), the card bearing piece (216) rises upwards to lift the playing cards from the bottom to the top in the card receiving box (20), meanwhile, the card lifting plate (213) descends from the table top, the inner side and the left and right sides of the card lifting plate (213) are shielded by the side wall of the card lifting seat (210), the outer side of the card lifting plate (213) is provided with a card bearing piece (216), and then the card pushing piece (215) pushes the playing cards from the card bearing piece (216) to the card lifting plate (213), then the card lifting plate (213) lifts the playing cards on the card lifting plate to the tabletop of the poker machine, and the card bearing piece (216) and the card pushing piece (215) are reset.

2. The card lifting device of the poker machine according to claim 1, further comprising a first cam (214), a second cam (217), a card lifting plate connecting rod (2131), a card pushing member connecting rod (2151) and a card holding member connecting rod (2161), wherein the first cam (214) and the second cam (217) are coaxially arranged and driven by the card lifting motor (211) to synchronously rotate; one end of a tile lifting plate connecting rod (2131) is hinged with the tile lifting seat (210), the other end of the tile lifting plate connecting rod (2131) is movably connected with a tile lifting plate (213), and the tile lifting plate connecting rod (2131) is movably connected with a first cam (214), so that the first cam (214) drives the tile lifting plate (213) to lift up and down; one end of a tile pushing piece connecting rod (2151) is hinged with the tile lifting seat (210), the other end of the tile pushing piece connecting rod (2151) is movably connected with the tile pushing piece (215), and the tile pushing piece connecting rod (2151) is movably connected with a second cam (217), so that the second cam (217) drives the tile pushing piece (215) to slide inwards and outwards; one end of the mahjong piece bearing connecting rod (2161) is hinged with the mahjong piece lifting seat (210), the other end of the mahjong piece bearing connecting rod (2161) is movably connected with the mahjong piece bearing part (216), the mahjong piece bearing connecting rod (2161) is movably connected with the first cam (214), and therefore the first cam (214) drives the mahjong piece bearing part (216) to lift up and down.

3. A card lifting device of a poker machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the first cam (214) and the second cam (217) are fixed to the same cam shaft (2171), and the cam shaft (2171) is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the card lifting motor (211) in the circumferential direction.

4. A card lifting device of a poker machine according to claim 2, wherein a sensor (219) for detecting the rotational positions of the first cam (214) and the second cam (217) is provided on the card lifting shoe (210), and a sensing member (2191) for activating the sensor (219) is fixed on the cam shaft (2171).

5. A card lifting device of a poker machine according to claim 2, wherein the card lifting plate link (2131) and the card holding member link (2161) are connected to the left and right sides of the first cam (214), respectively.

6. The card lifting device of a poker machine according to claim 2, wherein the first cam (214) and the second cam (217) are respectively provided at left and right sides of the card lifting shoe (210) and are located in spaces which are respectively shielded by the cam housing (212) and the cover plate (218), and the card lifting motor (211) is fixedly installed at the cam housing (212).

7. A card lifting device of a poker machine according to claim 1, wherein the card lifting plate (213) is slidably connected up and down by means of guide posts (2132) of the card lifting plate at the bottom and guide protrusions at both sides thereof respectively cooperating with guide sleeve holes and guide sliding grooves on the card lifting base (210).

8. The card lifting device of a poker machine according to claim 1, wherein the card receiving member (216) slides up and down by means of a card receiving member guide (2163) in cooperation with a card receiving member guide post (2162) fixed to the card lifting base (210), the two card receiving member guide posts (2162) are fixed to the outside of the card lifting base (210) and the distance between the two card receiving member guide posts (2162) is greater than the length of the playing card, so that the playing card can pass between the two card receiving member guide posts (2162) when the card pushing member (215) pushes the playing card.

9. The card lifting device of the poker machine according to claim 1, wherein the card pushing member (215) slides inside and outside along a card pushing member guide rod (2152) provided on the card lifting base (210), two card pushing member guide rods (2152) are fixed on the left side or the right side of the card lifting base (210), the card pushing member (215) is L-shaped, one side of the L-shape is connected with the card pushing member guide rod (2152), two card pushing heads are provided below the other side of the L-shape, and the distance between the two card pushing heads is greater than the width of a card bearing part on the card bearing member for bearing the playing cards.

10. A poker machine, including a card lifting device of a poker machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.