CN220443167U

CN220443167U - Automatic shuffling machine

Info

Publication number: CN220443167U
Application number: CN202321972104.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 梁耀文
Original assignee: Msi Innovation And Technology Shenzhen Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Msi Innovation And Technology Shenzhen Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-07-25
Filing date: 2023-07-25
Publication date: 2024-02-06
Anticipated expiration: 2033-07-25

Abstract

An automatic shuffling machine relates to the technical field of entertainment products. It comprises the following steps: a shell provided with a card bin for accommodating playing cards, the rear side of the card bin is provided with a card taking and placing port; at least two card bearing plates arranged on the shell and respectively positioned at the left and right sides of the upper part of the card bin, a cover body arranged on the shell, and the shuffling channel is positioned above the card bin and is communicated with the card bearing plate and the card bin; the shuffling mechanism is arranged at the entrance of the card bearing plate close to the shuffling channel, the card shuffling device is used for interleaving playing cards on at least two card bearing boards through the card shuffling channels and falling into the card bin; the card bearing plate and/or the lower side of the cover body are/is provided with a card shuffling sensor for sensing the condition of the playing cards on the card bearing plate. The dealer has the advantages of automatic start and stop and convenient use.

Description

Automatic shuffling machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of entertainment products, in particular to an automatic shuffling machine.

Background

With the continuous improvement of the material life of people, the entertainment life is also gradually enriched. Playing cards are a mainstream entertainment mode and are deeply favored by people. After one playing card game, the playing cards need to be reshuffled to start the next playing card game, and many players feel that the shuffling process is boring, so that the game pleasure is affected.

Thus, some shufflers are presented on the market to replace manual shuffling, which greatly improves the sense of happiness in people's games. However, the current shuffling machine generally adopts artificial control of starting and stopping of the shuffling process, which is inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to overcome the defects and shortcomings of the prior art, and provides an automatic shuffling machine which has the advantages of automatic start and stop and convenience in use.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: an automatic shuffler, comprising:

the shell is provided with a card bin for accommodating playing cards, and the rear side of the card bin is provided with a card taking and placing port;

at least two card bearing plates arranged on the shell and respectively positioned at the left side and the right side of the upper part of the card bin;

the cover body is arranged on the shell and is positioned above the card bin, and a card shuffling channel which is communicated with the card bearing plate and the card bin is arranged between the cover body and the card bearing plate;

the shuffling mechanism is arranged at the entrance of the card bearing plate close to the shuffling channel and is used for alternately dropping the playing cards on at least two card bearing plates into the card bin through the shuffling channel;

and the card bearing plate and/or the cover body are/is provided with a card shuffling sensor for sensing the condition of the playing cards on the card bearing plate.

The utility model further provides that the shuffling sensor is arranged on the card bearing plate.

The utility model further provides that a first baffle is arranged on one side, far away from the card taking and placing port, of the card bearing plate, the card bearing plate inclines towards the side of the first baffle, and the side, close to the first baffle, of the card bearing plate is lower than the side, close to the card taking and placing port, of the card bearing plate.

The utility model further provides that the shuffling sensor is arranged on one side of the card bearing plate, which is close to the first baffle plate.

The utility model further provides that the shuffling sensor is disposed on the side of the card holding plate adjacent to the shuffling channel.

The utility model further provides that the shuffling sensor is arranged as at least one of a photoelectric sensor, a Hall sensor and a gravity sensor.

The utility model further provides that the card bearing plate inclines towards the card bin, and one side of the card bearing plate, which is close to the card shuffling channel, is lower than one side of the card bearing plate, which is far away from the card shuffling channel.

The utility model is further provided with guide plates which are arranged on the left side and the right side of the bottom of the cover body and above the card bin, wherein the guide plates on the two sides incline towards the middle and have the same inclination direction as the adjacent card bearing plate.

The utility model further provides that ribs which are parallel to the shuffling direction and protrude downwards are arranged on the guide plate.

The utility model further provides that the ribs are provided with a plurality of ribs which are uniformly distributed on the guide plate.

After the technical scheme is adopted, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

1. in the utility model, a shuffling sensor is arranged on the card bearing plate to sense the playing card condition on the card bearing plate, and when the playing card condition is sensed, a shuffling mechanism is automatically started; and when the playing cards are not sensed, the card shuffling mechanism is automatically stopped. So as to realize the automatic start and stop of the shuffling machine, and make the shuffling process more intelligent, convenient and energy-saving.

2. In the utility model, the bottom of the cover body is provided with the guide plate to play a guiding role on the playing cards entering the card bin, so that the playing cards at the two sides are well staggered, and the effect of uniform and smooth shuffling is achieved.

3. In the utility model, the ribs parallel to the shuffling direction are arranged on the guide plate, so that the friction force between the playing cards and the guide plate can be reduced, the smoothness of shuffling is improved, and the plurality of ribs are uniformly arranged on the guide plate, so that the playing cards are prevented from deforming in the shuffling process.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions of the prior art, the drawings which are used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive faculty for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is another embodiment of the present utility model a schematic structural view of the viewing angle;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another view of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another view of the present utility model;

FIG. 5 is a schematic exploded view of the structure of the present utility model;

fig. 6 is an exploded view of a structure according to another aspect of the present utility model.

Reference numerals illustrate: 1. a housing; 11. a card bin; 12. a card taking and placing port; 13. a card inlet; 14. a card feeding mechanism; 15. a card outlet; 2. a cover body; 3. a card bearing plate; 31. a first baffle; 32. a second baffle; 4. a shuffling mechanism; 5. a shuffling sensor; 6. a shuffling path; 7. a guide plate; 71. ribs; 8. and (5) rotating the base.

Detailed Description

The present utility model will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present embodiment is only for explanation of the present utility model and is not to be construed as limiting the present utility model, and those skilled in the art can make modifications to the present embodiment which do not contribute to the utility model as required after reading the present specification, but are protected by the patent laws within the scope of the appended claims.

This embodiment relates to an automatic shuffler, as shown in fig. 1-6, comprising: a shell 1, a cover 2, a card bearing plate 3, a card shuffling mechanism 4 and a card shuffling sensor 5.

Wherein, a card bin 11 is arranged in the middle of the shell 1 and is used for accommodating the cleaned playing cards; a card taking and placing opening 12 is arranged at the rear side of the card bin 11 so that a user can take out the shuffled playing cards from the card bin 11. The card bearing plate 3 is arranged above the shell 1 and positioned at the left and right sides of the upper part of the card bin 11 to accommodate playing cards to be shuffled. The cover body 2 is arranged above the shell body 1 and is positioned above the card bin 11, and a card shuffling channel 6 which is communicated with the card bearing plate 3 and the card bin 11 is arranged between the cover body 2 and the card bearing plate 3. The shuffling mechanism 4 is disposed at the entrance of the card holding plate 3 near the shuffling path 6. The shuffling mechanism 4 staggers the playing cards placed on the card bearing plate 3 through the shuffling channels 6 and falls into the card bins 11 to shuffle the playing cards in order.

In this embodiment, a shuffling sensor 5 is provided on the card bearing plate 3 to sense playing cards on the card bearing plate 3. The playing cards are placed on the sensed card bearing plate 3, and the shuffling mechanism 4 is automatically started to shuffle the playing cards; when no playing cards are sensed on the card bearing plate 3, the automatic card shuffling stopping mechanism 4 stops shuffling. The shuffling machine has the function of shuffling immediately after shuffling, so that the shuffling is more intelligent and convenient, and the shuffling mechanism 4 is prevented from continuously running to waste the electric quantity of the shuffling machine when shuffling is completed. Of course, in other embodiments, the shuffling sensor 5 may be disposed on the underside of the cover 2, or on other locations such as the underside of the deck 3 and the cover 2, to sense playing card conditions on the deck 3.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, a first baffle 31 is disposed on the side of the card-holding plate 3 away from the card-taking and placing opening 12, the card-holding plate 3 is inclined toward the first baffle 31, and the side of the card-holding plate 3 close to the first baffle is lower than the side of the card-holding plate 3 close to the card-taking and placing opening 12. So that the playing cards placed on the card bearing plate 3 will slide to the first barrier 31 side of the card bearing plate 3. The first baffle 31 will abut against one side of the playing cards placed on the inclined card holder 3 so that the playing cards can be kept tidy and beautiful when placed on the card holder 3. Because the card bearing plate 3 inclines towards the side of the first baffle plate 31, the playing cards placed on the card bearing plate 3 also tend towards the side of the first baffle plate 31, and are not easy to fly out from the side of the card bearing plate 3, which is close to the card taking and placing port 12. The side of the card bearing plate 3 close to the card taking and placing port 12 is not required to be provided with a baffle, so that longer playing cards can be placed on the card bearing plate 3, and the applicability of the card shuffling machine is improved.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the shuffling sensor 5 is disposed on the side of the card holding plate 3 adjacent to the first barrier. Because the card bearing plate 3 is obliquely arranged towards the first baffle plate 31, playing cards placed on the card bearing plate 3 can slide towards the first baffle plate 31 side of the card bearing plate 3, and the card shuffling sensor 5 is arranged on one side of the card bearing plate 3 close to the first baffle plate and can accurately sense the playing card condition on the card bearing plate 3, and the card shuffling machine can accurately sense the playing cards in the face of narrower playing cards, so that the automatic start-stop reliability of the card shuffling machine is ensured.

As a preferred solution, the shuffling sensor 5 may be disposed on the card bearing plate 3 and the cover 2 at positions corresponding to the upper side and the lower side of the shuffling channel 6, so as to sense the playing card situation on the card bearing plate 3. Of course. In other embodiments, the shuffling sensor 5 may be disposed only on the upper or lower side of the shuffling channel 6.

As a preferred solution, the shuffling sensor 5 is a photosensor, hall sensor or gravity sensor.

As a preferred scheme, as shown in fig. 1, a second baffle 32 is further arranged on one side of the card bearing plate 3 close to the card taking and placing port 12, so as to further prevent playing cards placed on the card bearing plate 3 from flying out from the side close to the card taking and placing port 12. The distance between the second baffle 32 and the first baffle 31 may be set longer to accommodate some longer playing cards.

As a preferred scheme, the second baffle 32 is configured as a movable baffle, and can move relative to the card bearing plate 3, so as to adjust the distance between the movable baffle and the first baffle 31, so as to adapt to playing cards with different lengths, and enable two ends of the playing cards to respectively prop against the first baffle 31 and the movable baffle, so that stability of a shuffling process is further improved, and meanwhile, induction accuracy of the shuffling sensor 5 can be improved.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the card bearing plate 3 is further provided to be inclined toward the side of the card bearing plate 3 near the card hopper 11 such that the side of the card bearing plate 3 near the shuffling channel 6 is lower than the side of the card bearing plate 3 away from the shuffling channel 6. The arrangement is that the playing cards placed on the two side card bearing plates 3 are inclined to the side of the card shuffling channel 6, so that the smoothness of card shuffling is improved, and meanwhile, the playing cards placed on the two side card bearing plates 3 are staggered in the card converging bin 11, so that the sequence of the playing cards is disordered.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, guide plates 7 are provided on both left and right sides of the bottom of the cover 2 and above the card deck 11. The guide plate 7 is inclined toward the middle of the card bin 11 in the same direction as the direction of inclination of the card bearing plate 3 adjacent to the guide plate. Playing cards entering the card bin 11 from the card shuffling channel 6 are guided, so that the playing cards on two sides can be well staggered, and the effect of evenly and smoothly shuffling is achieved.

In this embodiment, ribs 71 protruding downward in parallel are further disposed on the guide plate 7, so as to reduce friction between the playing cards and the guide plate 7, and ensure smooth shuffling process.

As a preferable scheme, the ribs 71 are provided with a plurality of ribs and are uniformly arranged on the guide plate 7 so as to ensure the stress balance of the playing cards and avoid bending and damaging the playing cards in the process of shuffling.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 5, the shuffling machine further has a dealing function, and the dealing function is realized by a card inlet 13, a card feeding mechanism 14, a card outlet 15 and a dealing mechanism provided on the housing 1. Wherein the card inlet 13 is arranged at the front side of the bottom of the card bin 11; the card feeding mechanism 14 is arranged at the bottom of the card bin 11 to feed the playing cards in the card bin 11 to the card inlet 13; the card outlet 15 is positioned at the outer side of the shell 1 and corresponds to the card inlet 13; a card dealing mechanism is provided between the card inlet 13 and the card outlet 15 to deal the playing cards in the card inlet 13 from the card outlet 15.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1-6, the shuffling machine is further provided with a rotating base 8, the rotating base 8 is disposed at the bottom of the housing 1, and the rotating base 8 and the housing 1 can rotate relatively, so that the shuffling machine can deal cards in different directions.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model and not for the purpose of limiting the same, and other modifications and equivalents thereof by those skilled in the art should be included in the scope of the claims of the present utility model without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present utility model.

Claims

1. An automatic shuffler, comprising:

the shell (1) is provided with a card bin (11) for accommodating playing cards, and a card taking and placing opening (12) is formed in the rear side of the card bin (11);

at least two card bearing plates (3) which are arranged on the shell (1) and are respectively positioned at the left side and the right side of the upper part of the card bin (11);

the cover body (2) is arranged on the shell (1) and is positioned above the card bin (11), and a card shuffling channel (6) which is communicated with the card bearing plate (3) and the card bin (11) is arranged between the cover body and the card bearing plate (3);

the shuffling mechanism (4) is arranged at the entrance of the card bearing plate (3) close to the shuffling channel (6) and is used for enabling the playing cards on at least two card bearing plates (3) to fall into the card bin (11) in a staggered manner through the shuffling channel (6);

the card bearing plate (3) and/or the cover body (2) are/is provided with a card shuffling sensor (5) for sensing the playing card condition on the card bearing plate (3).

2. An automatic shuffler as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shuffler sensor (5) is provided on said deck (3).

3. The automatic shuffling machine according to claim 2, wherein a first baffle plate (31) is arranged on one side of the card bearing plate (3) away from the card picking and placing port (12), the card bearing plate (3) is inclined towards the first baffle plate (31), and the side of the card bearing plate (3) close to the first baffle plate (31) is lower than the side of the card bearing plate (3) close to the card picking and placing port (12).

4. An automatic shuffler as claimed in claim 3, wherein said shuffler sensor (5) is disposed on a side of said deck (3) adjacent said first baffle (31).

5. The automatic shuffler of claim 4, wherein said shuffling sensor (5) is disposed on a side of said deck (3) adjacent said shuffling path (6).

6. The automatic shuffler of claim 1, wherein said shuffler sensor (5) is provided as at least one of a photoelectric sensor, a hall sensor, a gravity sensor.

7. The automatic shuffler of claim 1 wherein said deck (3) is inclined to said card magazine (11) side, a side of said deck (3) adjacent said shuffling path (6) being lower than a side of said deck (3) remote from said shuffling path (6).

8. The automatic shuffling machine according to claim 7, wherein guide plates (7) are provided on both sides of the bottom of the cover body (2) above the deck (11), and the guide plates (7) on both sides are inclined toward the middle in the same direction as the direction of inclination of the deck (3) to which they are adjacent.

9. Automatic shuffler according to claim 8, characterized in that the guide plate (7) is provided with ribs (71) protruding downwards parallel to the shuffling direction.

10. Automatic shuffler according to claim 9, characterized in that said ribs (71) are provided in a plurality, uniformly distributed on said guide plate (7).