JP6946489B2 - Playing card packaging box - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a playing card used in a playing game, in particular, a shuffle playing card individually wrapped in a randomly shuffled (chopped) state, and a packaging box and shuffle playing for individually wrapping the playing card. Regarding the storage method for setting a card in a card shooter or the like.

In various playing games such as poker, baccarat, bridge, or blackjack, the dealer sets one or more decks of playing cards in a card shooter, etc., and pays out one by one to the game participants. Distribute. At this time, in order to ensure the fairness of the game, it is necessary to randomly deal those cards, so the game organizer shuffles the playing cards sufficiently randomly before setting them in the card shooter. Must be placed in different sequences.

A conventional card shuffling device for shuffling cards is disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1.

International Publication WO 2009/06970

Shuffle playing cards used in various playing games such as poker, baccarat, bridge, or blackjack usually consist of 416 cards if they are of eight decks. If it is an 8-deck one, the card is composed of 416 cards and has a bulk of about 125 cm (cm). For this reason, when the dealer tries to set the 416 playing cards in the card shooter or the like at one time, there arises a problem that the cards are separated and cannot be stored well. For this reason, it has been a factor that hinders the efficient operation of the game. In addition, there is also a problem that there is room for fraudulent acts such as inserting / removing or replacing cards during storage.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is a packaging box for playing cards that can be easily set by the game organizer on a card shooter or the like prior to the game and has no room for fraudulent activity. It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage method for setting a shuffle playing card and a shuffle playing card in a card shooter or the like.

In order to achieve the above object, the packaging card packaging box according to the present invention has a cubic shape having six surfaces, front and rear surfaces, left and right side surfaces, and upper and lower surfaces, which wrap the entire circumference of the playing card in an assembled state. , A zipper or a cut portion having a cut line parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cube shape is provided at two places at predetermined intervals, and a central band is provided at a central portion partitioned by the two zipper or the cut portion. Further, the packaging box is provided with a configuration in which the left and right side surfaces of the packaging box are separated from each other and the side surfaces of the playing card can be exposed by removing the zipper or the cutout portion.

In order to achieve the above object, the shuffle playing card according to the present invention is stored in a packaging box so as to wrap the entire circumference in a state where the playing cards constituting a predetermined number of decks are shuffled, and the packaging box is front and rear. It has a cube shape with six surfaces, a surface, left and right side surfaces, and upper and lower surfaces, and is provided with zippers or cutouts having cut lines parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cube shape at two locations at predetermined intervals. The configuration is provided with a central band in a portion partitioned by a zipper or a cut portion at a location, and by removing the zipper along a zipper line or a cut line, the left and right side surfaces of the packaging box are removed, respectively. The playing card is housed and sealed in the packaging box having a structure in which both sides of the playing card are exposed.

In order to achieve the above object, the shuffle playing card storage method according to the present invention is such that the playing cards constituting a predetermined number of decks are shuffled and stored in a packaging box that wraps the entire circumference. The box has a cubic shape with six surfaces, front and rear surfaces, left and right side surfaces, and upper and lower surfaces, and there are two zippers or cutouts with cut lines parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cube shape at predetermined intervals. By using a structure in which a central band is provided in a portion partitioned by the two zippers or cutouts, and by removing the zippers or cutouts, the left and right side surfaces of the packaging box are respectively. A method of storing a shuffle playing card sealed in a packaging box in which the side surface of the playing card can be exposed is stored in a shoe card storage unit for a playing game, wherein the shuffle playing card is stored. A first side surface exposure step, in which one of the zipper or cutout portion of the packaging box is removed and one of the left and right sides of the packaging box is removed to expose one side of the card in the packaging box. The zipper or the other one of the cutouts of the packaging box is removed, both the left and right sides of the packaging box are removed to expose both sides of the card in the packaging box, and the central band alone is used. A second side exposure step that makes the shuffle playing card holdable, a step that lifts the shuffle playing card by grabbing and lifting the shuffle playing card through the corner of the central band, and the card of the shoe. It consists of a storage step for storing the shuffle playing card and the central band in the storage unit, and a storage completion step for breaking the central band to remove the central band and leaving only the shuffle playing card in the card storage unit. It is a thing.

According to the present invention, the shuffle playing cards of a predetermined number of decks used in a card game can be easily handled, the cards can be safely and surely set in the shoe, and the workability of the game in the casino is improved. At the same time, it leads to reduction of work cost and safety.

(A) A perspective view of a packaging box for packaging a shuffle playing card according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and (b) a perspective view of a packaging box for packaging a shuffle playing card in a state where a part of the packaging box is broken to show a part of the card. The perspective view of the shuffle playing card of Embodiment 1 of the present invention in a state where both sides are exposed. Bottom view of the playing card packaging box of the shuffle playing card. An explanatory diagram showing a state in which a cut card is inserted into the shuffle playing card. A schematic explanatory view showing a state in which the shuffle playing card is stored in the shooter. An explanatory diagram of the procedure for storing the shuffle playing card in the shooter.

Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 (a) and 1 (b) are perspective views of a packaging box for packaging the shuffle playing card of the first embodiment. The packaging box 2 of the shuffle playing card 1 is a cube having six surfaces, a front surface 3 and a rear surface 4, a left side surface 5 and a right side surface 6, an upper surface 7, and a lower surface 8 so as to wrap the entire circumference of the shuffle playing card 1 in an assembled state. It has a shape. The packaging box 2 is provided with zippers 11 having zipper-shaped cut lines 10 parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cube shape (arrow L) at two locations at predetermined intervals, and is partitioned by the two zippers 11. A central band 12 is provided in the central portion. The median strip 12 is colored so as to be easily distinguished from other parts (coloring is omitted in FIGS. 1 to 4). As will be described in detail later, by removing the two zippers 11 along the zipper wire and the cut line 10 composed of the straight slit 13, the left and right side surfaces 5 and 6 of the packaging box 2 are separated from each other, and the shuffle playing card 1 Both sides can be exposed. As a modification, the zipper 11 can be changed to a cut portion in which the cut line 10 is cut off with a thread or the like.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which both side surfaces 1s of the shuffle shuffle playing card 1 are exposed. The shuffle playing card 1 is composed of a predetermined number of decks. For example, the shuffle playing card 1 of 8 decks is composed of 416 cards and is shuffled in a random arrangement by a known card shuffling device in advance. After being stored in the packaging box 2 that wraps the card, it is sealed with a sealing material or a shrink-shaped packaging material and supplied to a casino or the like. A bar code (also serving as a sticker) 14 with a different ID code (identification code) is attached to the packaging box 1 containing each shuffle playing card 1. The shuffle playing card 1 is unique in that it is shuffled and each has a different card arrangement, and an ID code is expressed as a barcode 14 or a QRP code to identify this.

Next, a method of storing the shuffle playing card 1 in the shooter 15 used in a casino or the like will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. When storing the shuffle playing card 1 in the card shooter 15 used in a casino or the like, as described above, remove the zipper 11 along the cut line 10 such as the zipper line, and remove the left and right side surfaces 5 and 6 of the packaging box 2, respectively. After exposing both side surfaces 1s of the shuffle playing card 1 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the shuffle playing card 1 is grasped and lifted at the corner of the central band 12, and then as shown in FIG. It is stored in the card storage portion 16 of the card shooter 15 for a playing game. The detailed steps will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the order (1) to (3) for removing the zipper 11 is printed on each zipper 11 (indicated by the circled number) on the packaging box 2 in which the shuffle playing card 1 is stored. .. According to this order, as shown in 1 in FIG. 6, the left side of the zipper 11 is first removed, and the left side surface 5 of the packaging box 2 is removed to expose one side surface of the shuffle playing card 1 in the packaging box 2. (First side exposure step). In this first side exposure step, a card cut step may be further provided in which a cut card 17 for appropriately stopping the use of the shuffle playing card 1 in the casino is inserted into the shuffle playing card 1. FIG. 4 shows the state of the card cutting step. When inserting the cut card 17 into the shuffle playing card 1, the casino player (customer) is asked to insert it. Therefore, if the index 100 of the card 1 at the insertion position is visible when the cut card 17 is inserted, fraud may occur. There is. Therefore, when inserting the cut card 17, the shuffle playing card 1 is stored in the storage box 2 in advance so that the side where the index of the shuffle playing card 1 is not printed (upper left of the upper surface 7) faces up. (See Fig. 4). The order in which the zipper 11 is removed is specified by the circled number printed on each zipper 11 so that the cut card 17 can be inserted into the exposed left side surface 1s of the shuffle playing card 1.

Next, as shown in explanatory numbers 2 to 3 in FIG. 6, the remaining other side of the zipper 11 of the packaging box 2 is removed according to the order (2) and (3), and the right side surface of the packaging box 2 is removed. 6 is removed to expose both sides of the shuffle playing card 1 in the packaging box 2 so that the shuffle playing card 1 is wrapped only by the central band 12 (second side surface exposure step) (see FIG. 2). Next, as shown in the explanation number 4 in FIG. 6, the back corner of the median strip 12 is picked and the shuffle playing card 1 is lifted together with the median strip 12 (lifting step). With the shuffle playing card 1 lifted together with the median strip 12, the shuffle playing card 1 and the median strip 12 are stored in the card storage unit 16 of the card shooter 15 as shown in FIG. 5 (storage step for storing). Next, a part of the median strip 12 (for example, broken at the break line 18, the median strip 12 is removed from the card storage unit 16, and only the shuffle playing card 1 is left in the card storage unit 16 to complete the storage (storage completion step). ). As shown in FIG. 4, the bar code 14 of the ID code (bar code or the like) remains in the central band 12. The bar code 14 of the ID code (bar code or the like) is left in the central band 12. Since it is designed to remain, leave the median strip 12 without discarding it, and when disposing of the shuffle playing card 1 collectively after using the game, put the discard card in the discard carton bag of the shuffle playing card 1. When the median strip 12 with the barcode 14 of the ID code (bar code, etc.) is attached and discarded, the individual management of the disposal of the shuffle playing card 1 is performed by reading the barcode 14 with a reader (not shown). It is advantageous because it can be performed by a computer or the like in conjunction with the storage of 15 cards.

In the first embodiment, the upper surface 7 of the packaging box 2 indicates that it is the upper surface (UPPER) and indicates the direction of the shuffle playing card 1 when it is inserted into the card storage unit 16 (the shuffle playing card 1). Since it has an arrow 19 (indicating the front and back), it can be stored in the card shooter 15 without fail. When storing the shuffle playing card 1 in the card shooter 15, it is usual to store the shuffle playing card 1 so that the back pattern of the card is in front. Further, a mark (mark 20) indicating a point to be picked and lifted is printed on the median strip 12 of the packaging box 2, so that the point to be lifted can be easily found.

The shuffle playing card, the storage box for the shuffle playing card, and the storage method for the card shooter used in the table game according to the present invention are such that the shuffle playing cards of a plurality of decks can be easily handled and can be stored in the card shooter without fail. Therefore, it is useful for table games such as casinos.

1 shuffle playing card, 2 packaging box, 3 front, 4 back, 5 left side, 6
Right side, 7 top, 8 bottom, 10 cut lines, 11 zippers, 12 median strip, 14
barcode.

Claims (6)

A packaging box for playing cards that has a rectangular parallelepiped shape with six sides, front and rear, left and right, and top and bottom, in the assembled state.
The packaging box allows at least one of the left and right sides of the packaging box to be removed so that a portion of the playing card is exposed for inserting the cut card into the playing card in the packaging box. The cut line formed in the longitudinal direction of
When one of the left and right sides of the packaging box is first removed to insert the cut card and a portion of the playing card is exposed, the index-printed side of the exposed portion of the playing card is on top. A display indicating the correct orientation of the top surface of the packaging box or the playing card so that it does not become
Playing card packaging box with. The playing card packaging box of claim 1, further comprising a label indicating a portion of the packaging box that should be removed first to insert the cut card. When the packaging box is housed in a card shooter device, it comprises a break line that allows the rest of the packaging box to be torn.
The packaging box for playing cards according to claim 1, wherein when the remaining portion is broken along the break line and the remaining portion is removed from the card shooter device, only the playing card remains in the card shooter device. .. Claims 1 to 3 include a pair of cut lines, one of which allows the left side surface of the packaging box to be removed, and the other cut line allows the right side surface of the packaging box to be removed. The packaging box for the playing cards listed in any of the above. A shuffle playing card according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a set of playing cards including one or a plurality of decks is stored and sealed in the packaging box in a shuffled state. The shuffle playing card according to claim 5, wherein the remaining portion of the packaging box is provided with a print or bar code representing a different ID for each set of the shuffle playing cards.

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