TWM614964U - Composite card shuffling apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A composite card shuffling apparatus includes a card input assembly, a card slot rotating assembly, a card output assembly and a card picking platform. The card input assembly has a card input housing and a card input guiding device, the card input housing is configured to accommodate a plurality of cards, and the card input guiding device is configured to move the plurality of cards out from the card input housing sequentially. The card slot rotating assembly has a main body and a rotating device, the main body has a plurality of card slots, and the rotating device is configured to rotate the main body, so that the plurality of card slots in the main body respectively receives the plurality of cards moved out from the card input housing. The card output assembly has a card output housing, a card output driving device and a transporting device. The card output driving device is configured to move the plurality of cards from the plurality of card slots respectively into the card output housing, and the transporting device is configured to transport the plurality of cards inside the card output housing to the outside of the card output housing. The card picking platform has a card picking opening for receiving the plurality of cards transported by the transporting device.

Description

Compound shuffler

This creation is about a shuffler, and especially a composite shuffler.

At present, some casinos or casinos have provided automated card shuffling machines to shuffle game cards (such as poker cards) in order to save manpower and at the same time avoid cheating caused by human factors. However, the shuffling opportunities manufactured by different manufacturers have a variety of different structural designs according to customer needs, which results in an increase in design costs. Therefore, it is necessary to design a composite shuffling machine to provide composite functions and reduce the cost of structural design.

An embodiment of the invention provides a composite shuffler, which includes a card entry assembly, a card slot rotation assembly, a card exit assembly, and a card taking platform. The card entering assembly has a card entering housing and a card entering guide device. The card entering housing contains a plurality of cards, and the card entering guide device removes the plurality of cards from the card entering housing Move out in sequence; the card slot rotating assembly has a main body and a rotating device, the main body has a plurality of card slots, the rotating device rotates the main body, so that the plurality of card slots on the main body are respectively received by the card housing A plurality of cards removed from the body; the card discharging assembly has a card discharging housing, a card driving device and a conveying device. The card discharging driving device moves the plurality of cards from the plurality of card slots respectively Into the card-out shell, and the conveying device makes the card-out shell The plurality of cards in the body are transported to the outside of the card-out shell; and the card taking platform has a card taking opening for receiving the plurality of cards transported by the conveying device.

Another embodiment of the present creation provides a composite shuffler which includes a first card entry assembly, a first card slot rotation assembly, a first card outlet assembly, and a first card slot rotation assembly. Two entry card assembly, one second card slot rotation assembly, one second card out assembly and one rotation counterpoint assembly. The first card entering assembly has a first card entering housing and a first card entering guide device, the first card entering housing is configured to accommodate a first set of cards, and the first card entering guide The guiding device is configured to sequentially remove the first set of cards from the first card-in housing; the first card slot rotating assembly has a first body and a first rotating device, and the first body defines A plurality of card slots are installed, and the first rotating device is connected to the first body for rotating the first body so that the plurality of card slots on the first body are respectively received and moved out of the first card-in housing The first group of cards; the first card-out assembly has a first card-out shell and a first card-out driving device, the first card-out driving device is configured to separate the first group of cards from The plurality of card slots are moved to the first card-out shell; the second card-in assembly and the first card-in assembly are arranged side by side, and have a second card-in shell and a second card-in assembly A guiding device, the second card entering housing is configured to accommodate a second set of cards, and the second card entering guiding device is configured to follow the second set of cards from the second card entering housing Sequence removed; the second card slot rotating assembly and the first card slot rotating assembly are arranged side by side, and have a second body and a second rotating device, the second body defines a plurality of card slots, and the The second rotating device is connected to the second main body for rotating the second main body so that a plurality of card slots on the second main body respectively receive the second set of cards sequentially removed from the second card receiving housing; The second card discharging assembly is arranged side by side with the first card discharging assembly, and has a second card discharging housing and a second card discharging driving device. The second card discharging driving device is configured to the second group The cards are respectively moved from the plurality of card slots to the second card-distributing housing; and the rotation alignment assembly has a first rotating arm, a second rotating arm and a conveying carrier, wherein the first After a group of cards enter the first card-out shell, and after the second group of cards enter the second card-out shell, the first rotating arm and the second rotating arm will rotate respectively Rotate a predetermined angle so that the first card output housing and the second card output housing are aligned along a straight line; and when the first card output housing is aligned with the second card output housing, the conveying carrier is moved by The lower part of the first card-out shell and the second card-out shell are pushed upward along the straight line, so that the first set of cards and the second set of cards overlap, and are pushed to a card-drawing opening.

Another embodiment of the present creation provides a composite shuffler which includes a first card entry assembly, a second card entry assembly, a card slot rotating assembly, and a first card outlet assembly. Card assembly, a second card assembly and a sliding assembly. The first card entering assembly has a first card entering housing and a first card entering guide device, the first card entering housing is configured to accommodate a first set of cards, and the first card entering guide The guiding device is configured to sequentially remove the first set of cards from the first card-in shell; the second card-in assembly and the first card-in assembly are arranged side by side, and have a second card-in shell Body and a second card entry guide device, the second card entry housing is configured to accommodate a second set of cards, and the second card entry guide device is configured to remove the second set of cards from the first set of cards The card slot rotating assembly has a main body and a rotating device. The main body defines a plurality of card slots, and the rotating device is connected to the main body to rotate the main body so that the A plurality of card slots on the main body respectively receive the first group of cards sequentially removed from the first card-in housing, or receive the second group of cards sequentially removed from the second card-in housing; The first card out assembly has a first card out shell and a first card out driving device, the first card out driving device is configured to move the first group of cards from the plurality of card slots to the In the first card-out shell; the second card-out assembly and the first card-out assembly are arranged side by side, and have a second card-out shell and a second card-out driving device, the second card-out driving device The device is configured to move the second set of cards from the plurality of card slots to the second card-distributing housing; and the sliding assembly is arranged at the bottom of the card slot rotating assembly for the card The slot rotating assembly is slid between the first card entering assembly and the first card issuing assembly, or the card slot rotating assembly is slid between the second card entering assembly and the second card issuing assembly.

The composite shuffling machine provided by this creation can have a variety of different configurations according to customer needs. The following examples will illustrate.

B, G, E: direction

D: path

D1: first position

D2: second position

P: card position

W: width

19a, 19b: side

20: Card holding slot

22: Handle

24: opening

26: Lifting bearing seat

26a: bearing plane

30: Rolling clamping member

30a, 32a: shaft

30b, 32b: roller

40: Push the component

40a: shaft

40b: Push component

50: Card

51a: The first set of cards

51b: The second set of cards

60: shaft

70: Shaft hole

72: Ring gear structure

74: Gear

80: Slide rail components

80a: Long and narrow channel

82: putter

84: output guide rod

90: Channel shell

90a: opening

90b: Long strip opening

91: Card Holder

92: card housing shell

92a, 92b, 92c, 92d: shell plate

94: opening

96: Channel

100: Compound shuffler

101: Shell

101a: opening

101b: opening

102: admission assembly

102a: Into the card shell

102b: Entry guide device

102c: height detector

102d: Image capture device

103: Carrying Frame

103a: connecting rod

104: card slot rotating assembly

104a: main body

104b: Rotating device

104c: card slot

104d: bearing seat

104e: Carrying bracket

104w: the first wall

104x: second wall

105: Clipping component

105a: V-shaped elastic sheet

105b: round roller

106: card assembly

106a: card shell

106b: card driving device

106c: Conveying device

107: Wall

108: Take the card platform

108a: card opening

108b: Shuffle opening

108c: mobile device

108d: Slide rail

108e: Card containing cavity

109: Automatic card clamping rotating assembly

109a: The main body of the clip card

109b: Rotary drive device

109c: cavity

109d: Slide rail

110: Smart control device

111a: The first pair of clip card sliders

111b: The second pair of clip sliders

111c: first drive slider

111d: second drive slider

112: control circuit

113a, 115a: the first pair of sliding grooves

113b, 115b: the second pair of sliding grooves

114: processor

117: Input interface

117a: input line

118: output interface

118a: output line

119: The first lifting device

119a: Gear

119b: Rolling belt

121: second lifting device

121a: Gear

121b: Rolling belt

120: storage unit

160: Slide rail device

160a: Lifting and conveying sliding table

160b: slide rail

161: Conveying Carrier

161a: connecting part

161b: Bearing part

200: Compound shuffler

203: Carrying Frame

203a: connecting rod

205: Clipping component

205a: opening

206: The first U-shaped elastic sheet

206a: fixed end

206b: U-shaped free end

207: The second U-shaped elastic sheet

207a: fixed end

207b: U-shaped free end

208: Take the card platform

208a: opening for card

208b: Shuffle opening

300: Compound shuffler

302: Entry Assembly

304: card slot rotating assembly

306: Card Assembly

306a: The first card box

306b: The second card box

306c: Carrier sheet

308: card platform

308a: opening for card

308b: Shuffle opening

310: Smart control device

320: Rotational alignment assembly

330: First rotating arm

332: second rotating arm

334: Conveying Carrier

In order to make the above and other objectives, features, advantages and embodiments of the present disclosure more comprehensible, the description of the accompanying drawings is as follows:

Fig. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a composite shuffling machine according to an embodiment of the present creation.

Fig. 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the compound shuffler shown in Fig. 1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the circuit of an intelligent control device according to an embodiment of the present creation.

Fig. 4 is an exploded schematic diagram of a part of the card entry assembly shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5A is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-section of the card entering assembly shown in Fig. 2 and a side view of the slot rotating assembly.

Fig. 5B shows another embodiment of the card entry assembly shown in Fig. 5A.

FIG. 5C is a partial enlarged view of an embodiment of the main body of the card slot rotating assembly shown in FIG. 2. FIG.

Fig. 5D is a partial enlarged view of a card held in the card slot shown in Fig. 5C.

Fig. 5E is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of the main body of the card slot rotating assembly shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5F is a partial enlarged view of a card held in the card slot shown in Fig. 5E.

Fig. 6 is an exploded schematic diagram of a part of the card slot rotating assembly and the card discharging driving device of the card discharging assembly shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of part of the slot rotation assembly and the card discharging assembly shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the slot rotation assembly and the card discharging driving device of the card discharging assembly shown in Fig. 2.

FIG. 9 is an exploded schematic diagram of a part of the card discharging assembly 106 shown in FIG. 2.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a composite shuffling machine according to another embodiment of the present creation.

Figure 11a is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the automatic card clamping rotating assembly shown in Figure 10.

Fig. 11b is a perspective schematic view of the other side of the card holder body shown in Fig. 11a.

Fig. 11c is a schematic diagram of a lifting device for driving the first driving slider of Fig. 11a and the second driving slider of Fig. 11b according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the card discharging assembly and the card discharging platform shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 13 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a composite shuffling machine according to another embodiment of the present creation.

Fig. 14a is a schematic diagram of a rotary alignment assembly that can be applied to the compound shuffler shown in Fig. 13.

Fig. 14b is a schematic diagram of the first rotary arm and the second rotary arm of the rotary positioning assembly shown in Fig. 14a rotated by 90 degrees.

The following disclosure provides a number of different embodiments in order to implement different features of this creation. Specific examples of components and arrangements are described below to simplify the creation. Of course, these examples are only illustrative and not restrictive. In addition, the present disclosure may repeat element symbols and/or letters in each example. This repetition is for the purpose of conciseness and clarity, and does not in itself indicate the relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed.

In this article, unless there are special restrictions on the article in the text, "一" and "the" can generally refer to one or more. It will be further understood that the words "include", "include", "have" and similar words used in this article indicate the described features, elements and/or components, but do not exclude one of the mentioned or additional ones Or multiple other features, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

1 and 2 are respectively a three-dimensional schematic diagram and an exploded schematic diagram of a composite shuffler 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the composite shuffler 100 can be used to shuffle a plurality of cards. In this embodiment, the plurality of cards may be a plurality of playing cards or any other game cards, and the number of cards may be determined according to the game rules of playing cards or other game cards.

The composite shuffler 100 includes a housing 101, a card entering assembly 102, a card slot rotating assembly 104, a card output assembly 106, a card taking platform 108 and a smart control device 110. The entering assembly 102, the card slot rotating assembly 104, and the card outlet assembly 106 are arranged in the housing 101, and the card slot rotating assembly 104 is arranged in the entering assembly 102 and the card issuing assembly Into 106 between. The card taking platform 108 is arranged above the card entering assembly 102, the card slot rotating assembly 104 and the card issuing assembly 106.

The card entering assembly 102 has a card entering housing 102a and a card entering guide device 102b. The card entering housing 102a is configured to accommodate the plurality of cards, and the card entering guiding device 102b is configured to sequentially remove the plurality of cards from the card entering housing 102a.

The card slot rotating assembly 104 has a main body 104a and a rotating device 104b. In this embodiment, the main body 104a has a wheel shape, but it is not limited to this. A plurality of card slots 104c are evenly defined on the periphery of the main body 104a, and each card slot 104c can accommodate and hold a card. In this implementation, there are a total of 104 card slots 104c defined on the main body 104a for accommodating and holding two cards at most. 104 cards of the deck of playing cards. The rotating device 104b is connected to the main body 104a for intermittently rotating the main body 104a so that the plurality of card slots 104c on the main body 104a receive the plurality of cards sequentially removed from the card receiving housing 102a.

The card discharging assembly 106 has a card discharging housing 106a, a card discharging driving device 106b, and a conveying device 106c. The card discharging driving device 106b is configured to move the plurality of cards from the plurality of card slots 104c to the card discharging housing 106a, respectively. When the plurality of cards are all moved to the card-distributing housing 106a, they will be piled up into a pile. Subsequently, the conveying device 106c conveys the plurality of cards in the card discharging housing 106a to the outside of the card discharging housing 106a.

Referring now to FIG. 12, the card taking platform 108 has a card taking opening 108a, a shuffling opening 108b, a moving device 108c, and a sliding rail 108d. The card taking opening 108a communicates with the card ejecting housing 106a for receiving the plurality of cards conveyed by the conveying device 106c. The shuffling opening 108b is connected to the card entering housing 102a, so that the plurality of cards can enter the card entering housing 102a from the shuffling opening 108b to restart shuffling. The moving device 108c is slidably connected to the slide rail 108d, and is configured to move the plurality of cards 50 received by the card removal opening 108a along the slide rail 108d from the card removal opening 108a to the card removal A card taking position P on the platform 108 enables the plurality of cards 50 to be taken by a robot arm or a player to perform a card game. When the card game is over, the moving device 108c is further configured to move the plurality of cards 50 from the card taking position P to the shuffle opening 108b along the slide rail 108d, so that the plurality of cards 50 Enter into the card entry housing 102a from the shuffling opening 108b to restart shuffling.

In this embodiment, the composite shuffler 100 further includes a supporting frame 103. The supporting frame 103 is disposed under the card entering housing 102a and is formed by connecting a plurality of connecting rods 103a for supporting the card entering housing 102a. The bearing frame 103 is defined by the connecting rods 103a A plurality of accommodating spaces are used for arranging various electronic devices or mechanical components in the composite shuffler 100, such as a control panel, a display, a microcomputer host and other devices.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a circuit of an intelligent control device 110 according to an embodiment of the present creation. The smart control device 110 includes a control circuit 112, and the control circuit 112 has a processor 114, an input interface 117, an output interface 118 and a storage unit 120. In this embodiment, the smart control device 110 can be realized by a microcomputer host, and can be installed in the carrying frame 103. In other embodiments, the smart control device 110 can be arranged at any position in the casing 101 of the composite shuffler 100 or can be arranged outside the casing 101.

The processor 114 can generate a variety of different control signals, and transmit the control signals to various electronic devices of the composite shuffler 100 through the output circuit 118a of the output interface 118 to control and drive the electronic devices . For example, the processor 114 of the control circuit 112 can transmit the control signals to the card entry guide 102b of the card entry assembly 102 and the card slot rotation assembly 104 through the output line 118a of the output interface 118. The rotating device 104b, the card issuing drive device 106b and the conveying device 106c of the card issuing assembly 106, and the mobile device 108c on the card taking platform 108 are used to control and drive the operation of these devices. In other embodiments, the control circuit 112 can further control and drive a robotic arm for taking out cards. The manner in which the processor 114 controls various electronic devices of the composite shuffler 100 will be discussed below.

In this embodiment, the processor 114 can generate a first control signal, and transmit the first control signal to the card entry guide 102b of the card entry assembly 102 through the output line 118a of the output interface 118 , To control the card entry guiding device 102b to sequentially remove the plurality of cards from the card entry housing 102a into the plurality of card slots 104c of the main body 104a of the card slot rotating assembly 104.

Now referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the storage unit 120 is configured to store a random number generating program code. The processor 114 is electrically connected to the storage unit 120 and is configured to execute the random number generation program code to generate a plurality of random numbers. The processor 114 can generate at least one second control signal according to the plurality of random numbers, and transmit the at least one second control signal to the rotation device of the card slot rotation assembly 104 through the output line 118a of the output interface 118 104b, to control the rotating device 104b to rotate the main body 104a so that the plurality of card slots 104c of the main body 104a can respectively receive the plurality of cards sequentially removed from the card receiving housing 102a. In this embodiment, the rotating device 104b can intermittently rotate the main body 104a in a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction according to the second control signal corresponding to the plurality of random numbers, so that the card entry housing 102a can follow The plurality of cards removed sequentially can be randomly received by different card slots 104c and placed in the card slots 104c. For example: if the plurality of card slots are sequentially numbered from 1 to 104, and the rotating device 104b randomly rotates the main body 104a in a clockwise direction according to the second control signal corresponding to the plurality of random numbers, then The first rotation of the main body 104a can receive a first card by the 1st card slot 104c, the second rotation can receive a second card by the 3rd card slot 104c, and the third rotation can be the 7th card slot 104c. When receiving a third card, the fourth rotation can receive a fourth card by the 8th card slot 104c, and so on.

In another embodiment, the rotating device 104b can alternately rotate the main body 104a in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction according to the second control signal, so that the card-in housing 102a sequentially moves out of the main body 104a. A plurality of cards can be randomly received by different card slots 104c and placed in the card slots 104c. For example: the first rotation of the main body 104a can receive a first card from the 2nd card slot 104c, the second rotation can receive a second card from the 102th card slot 104c, and the third rotation can be the 1st card The slot 104c receives a third card, and its fourth rotation can receive a fourth card from the 104th card slot 104c, and so on.

In the above two embodiments, whether the rotating device 104b is intermittently rotating the main body 104a in a single direction (e.g., a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction), or alternately in a first direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) The main body 104a is rotated intermittently in a clockwise direction) and a second direction (eg, a counterclockwise direction) opposite to the first direction. The rotation distance of each rotation of the main body 104a should be as short as possible, so that the The plurality of card slots 104c can quickly and randomly receive the plurality of cards, thereby saving time for shuffling.

After all or part of the cards of the plurality of cards are received by the plurality of card slots 104c, the processor 114 can generate a third control signal, and the third control signal is generated through the output circuit 118a of the output interface 118. The control signal is transmitted to the card issuing drive device 106b of the card issuing assembly 106 to control the card issuing drive device 106b during the intermittent rotation of the main body 104a (such as rotating in the aforementioned single direction or alternately rotating in both directions). , Randomly move the plurality of cards from the plurality of card slots 104c to the card outlet housing 106a, so that the plurality of cards are stacked in the card outlet housing 106a one by one.

After the plurality of cards are all moved from the card-in housing 102a to the card-out housing 106a through the card slot rotation assembly 104, the processor 114 can generate a fourth control signal to control the rotation device 104b stops rotating. Then, the processor 114 generates a fifth control signal, and transmits the fifth control signal to the conveying device 106c of the card issuing assembly 106 through the output line 118a of the output interface 118 to control the conveying device 106c The plurality of stacked cards in the card discharging shell 106a are transported to the outside of the card discharging shell 106a (that is, the plurality of cards are pushed out from the card discharging opening 108a to the card discharging platform 108), and Complete a shuffle procedure.

Hereinafter, specific implementations of the card entering assembly 102, the card slot rotating assembly 104, the card issuing assembly 106, and the card taking platform 108 will be illustrated as examples.

FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic diagram of a part of the card entry assembly 102 shown in FIG. 2. 2 and 4, the card entering housing 102a of the card entering assembly 102 defines a card accommodating slot 20, and an outer surface of the card entering housing 102a (shown as transparent in FIG. 4) is provided A handle 22 for an operator to use the handle 22 to pull the card entry housing 102a out of an opening 101a on the composite shuffler 100, and put the plurality of cards into the card The card is placed in the slot 20. In addition, the card entering housing 102a defines an opening 24 on the other side relative to the handle 22, and the opening 24 faces and is aligned with at least one card slot 104c on the main body 104a of the card slot rotating assembly 104.

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of a partial cross-section of the card entering assembly 102 and a side view of the card slot rotating assembly 104 shown in FIG. 2. Now referring to Figure 2, Figure 4 and Figure 5A, the card entry guide device 102b of the card entry assembly 102 is set in the card accommodating slot 20 for placing in the card accommodating slot 20 The plurality of cards 50 of are pushed out one by one and guided to the plurality of card slots 104c on the main body 104a of the card slot rotating assembly 104. The card entry guiding device 102b has a rolling clamping member 30 and a pushing member 40. The rolling clamping member 30 has two rotating shafts 30a, 32a and two pairs of rollers 30b, 32b. The pair of rollers 30b are sleeved and fixed on the rotating shaft 30a, and the pair of rollers 32b are sleeved and fixed on the rotating shaft 32a. The pushing member 40 has a rotating shaft 40a and a pushing element 40b. The pushing element 40b is sleeved and fixed on the rotating shaft 40a. The card receiving housing 102a further has a lifting bearing seat 26, which has a bearing plane 26a for bearing a plurality of stacked and aligned cards 50. The lifting support 26 can be connected to a lifting device (not shown) provided outside the card receiving housing 102a through the opening 24 or other openings on the card receiving housing 102a, and can be moved up and down by the driving of the lifting device Move into the card accommodating slot 20. In this embodiment, the lifting device can drive the lifting bearing 26 to a preset position, so that the bearing plane 26a is substantially aligned with a gap between the roller 30b and the roller 32b, so that the plurality of sheets The first card at the bottom of the card 50 can be roughly aligned with the roller 30b and The gap between the rollers 32b. In one embodiment, the lifting device can be realized by a conventional ball screw slide. The pushing element 40b is located between the lifting bearing seat 26 and the rollers 30b and 32b, and is pressed against the first card at the bottom of the plurality of cards 50. The rolling clamping member 30 is adjacent to the main body 104 a of the card slot rotating assembly 104. Each rotation of the main body 104a will cause one of the plurality of card slots 104c to align with the rolling clamping member 30 to prepare to receive a card conveyed by the rolling clamping member 30.

Referring now to FIGS. 4 and 5A, when the rotating device 104b rotates the main body 104a to a first specific position, a corresponding first card slot 104c will be aligned with the rolling clamping member 30. At this time, the pushing element 40b is driven by the rotating shaft 40a to rotate in a clockwise direction, so that the first card at the bottom of the plurality of cards 50 is pushed by the pushing element 40b to rotate the assembly toward the card slot The main body 104a of 104 advances in a direction B and enters a gap between the roller 30b and the roller 32b. When the first card at the bottom of the plurality of cards 50 is pushed to the gap, the shaft 30a drives the roller 30b to rotate in a counterclockwise direction, and the shaft 32a drives the roller 32b to rotate in a clockwise direction, so that The first card is clamped by the rollers 30b and 32b, and is driven to be output to a first card slot 104c. When the first card enters the first card slot 104c, the pushing element 40b will press against the second card at the bottom of the plurality of cards 50. Subsequently, the rotating device 104b will rotate the main body 104a to a second specific position, so that a corresponding second card slot 104c will be aligned with the output end of the rolling clamping member 30. Similarly, through the same steps described above, the second card will finally be clamped by the rollers 30b and 32b, and driven to be output to the second card slot 104c, and so on, until all the plural cards The card 50 is sequentially driven and output to all the plurality of card slots 104c. In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 30a, the rotating shaft 32a, and the rotating shaft 40a can be different from each other. The motors or driving devices can be controlled by the control signals generated by the processor 114.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the lifting bearing 26 can be replaced by a fixed bearing, and the bearing plane on the fixed bearing for carrying cards also needs to be roughly aligned with the roller 30b and the roller 32b. A gap in between.

In the card entry housing 102a shown in Figure 5A, the pushing element 40b is pressed against the bottom of the plurality of cards 50 to sequentially push each card at the bottom of the plurality of cards 50 To the gap between the roller 30b and the roller 32b. Of course, the position of the pushing element 40b disclosed in this creation is not limited to this, and it can also be arranged above the plurality of cards 50 to press against the top of the plurality of cards 50. On a card, each card on the top of the plurality of cards 50 is sequentially pushed to the gap between the roller 30b and the roller 32b, as shown in FIG. 5B.

Referring to FIG. 5B, the pushing element 40b is driven by the rotating shaft 40a to rotate in a counterclockwise direction, so that the first card on the top of the plurality of cards 50 is pushed by the pushing element 40b to rotate toward the card slot The main body 104a of the assembly 104 advances in a direction B and enters the gap between the roller 30b and the roller 32b. The first card at the top of the plurality of cards 50 is then clamped by the rollers 30b and 32b, and driven to be output to a first card slot 104c. Similarly, when the first card enters the first card slot 104c, the pushing element 40b will press against the second card on the top of the plurality of cards 50, and follow the same steps as described above. The second card is directed to the gap between the roller 30b and the roller 32b, and is output to a second card slot 104c through the roller 30b and the roller 32b, and so on, until all the plural cards The card 50 is sequentially driven and output to all the plurality of card slots 104c.

Referring now to FIGS. 3 and 5B, the card entering assembly 102 may also have a height detector 102c, which is disposed on the card housing 102a to detect the first top of the plurality of cards 50 Whether a relative height of a card (that is, the top card) in the card accommodating slot 20 is reduced. When the height detector 102c detects that the first card of the plurality of cards 50 is located in the card accommodating slot 20, a relative height decreases, the lifting bearing 26 will push upwards, so that The pushing element 40b can be pressed against the second card on the top of the plurality of cards 50. In one embodiment, the height detector 102c may be realized by a distance measuring infrared sensor, and the relative height may be a distance between the infrared sensor and the surface of the top card. Specifically, when the first card is not pushed to the main body 104a of the card slot rotation assembly 104, the infrared sensor can detect the gap between the infrared sensor and the surface of the first card. According to a first distance, a first distance signal is generated. Then, when the first card is pushed to the main body 104a of the card slot rotating assembly 104, the infrared sensor can detect a first card between the infrared sensor and the surface of the second card. Two distances, and a second distance signal is generated accordingly. The first distance signal and the second distance signal can be transmitted to a controller electrically connected to the infrared sensor, so that the controller can determine whether there is a difference in the distance indicated by the two distance signals. If the controller determines that there is a difference, it can determine that the relative height of the first card at the top of the plurality of cards 50 has been reduced, which means that the first card has been pushed to the card slot to rotate the total Into a card slot 104c of the main body 104a of 104. At this time, the controller can send a control signal to the control circuit of the lifting device connected to the lifting bearing 26 to control the lifting bearing 26 to push upward, so that the pushing element 40b is pressed against the plurality of cards 50 on the second card to prepare to push the second card to another card slot 104c of the main body 104a of the card slot rotating assembly 104, and so on. In other embodiments, the controller can be implemented by the processor 114, that is, the first distance signal and the second distance signal can pass through the output The input line 117a of the input interface 117 is transmitted to the processor 114, and the processor 114 determines whether there is a difference in the distance indicated by the two distance signals. If the processor 114 determines that there is a difference, the processor 114 generates a sixth control signal, and transmits the sixth control signal to the corresponding lift base 26 through the output line 118a of the output interface 118 The control circuit controls the lifting bearing 26 to push upwards, so that the pushing element 40b is pressed against the second card of the plurality of cards 50. In other embodiments, after the controller determines that there is a difference between the distances indicated by the two distance signals, a notification signal may be generated and sent to the processor 114. After the processor 114 receives the notification signal, it generates the sixth control signal according to the notification signal, and transmits the sixth control signal to the corresponding control circuit of the lifting bearing 26 to control the lifting bearing 26 to Push up.

In FIGS. 5A and 5B, the front faces of the plurality of cards 50 (the faces containing the numbers and suits of the cards) face down, and the composite shuffler 100 further includes an image capturing device 102d, the image The capturing device 102d has a lens set at a bottom position of the card entry housing 102a for capturing an image of each card (at least the number and suit of the card must be included). In this embodiment, when each card is pushed to each card slot 104c of the main body 104a of the card slot rotation assembly 104 by the pushing element 40b, the image capturing device 102d captures it through the lens The image of each card is transmitted to the processor 114. The processor 114 counts the number of cards of the plurality of cards according to the image of each card to determine whether the number of cards of the plurality of cards is correct. In another embodiment, the front faces of the plurality of cards 50 face up, and the image capturing device 102d can be arranged at a top position of the card receiving housing 102a to capture an image of each card (Including the number and suit of the card).

FIG. 5C is a partial enlarged view of an embodiment of the main body 104a of the card slot rotating assembly 104 shown in FIG. 2. In FIG. 5C, the main body 104a further has a plurality of card clamping members 105, and each card clamping member 105 is respectively disposed in each card slot 104c. Each card clamping member 105 has a V-shaped elastic sheet 105a and a circular roller 105b, and the circular roller 105b is disposed at the bottom of the V-shaped elastic sheet 105a. Referring now to FIGS. 5A, 5B and 5C, when a card 50 is driven by the rollers 30b, 32b and output to the card slot 104c of FIG. 5C, the end of the card 50 will be removed from the V-shaped elastic sheet 105a The gap between the left end and one of the wall surfaces 107 of the card slot 104c enters the card slot 104c, passes through the circular roller 105b, and finally passes through the right end of the V-shaped elastic sheet 105a, as shown in FIG. 5D. When the card 50 completely enters the card slot 104c, the two ends of the V-shaped elastic sheet 105a will be pressed by the card and pressed downward in a direction G, so that the round roller 105b will generate an upward direction. The force of the card 50 pushes the card 50 against the wall surface 107. With the aforementioned card clamping member 105, the card 50 can be firmly clamped in the card slot 104c without falling out of the card slot 104c. In addition, since the contact area between the circular roller 105b and the card 50 is quite small, the surface of the card 50 will not be damaged.

Fig. 5E is a partial enlarged view of another embodiment of the main body of the card slot rotating assembly shown in Fig. 2. In FIG. 5E, the main body 104a further has a plurality of card clamping members 205, and each card clamping member 205 is respectively disposed in each card slot 104c. Each card slot 104c is defined by two opposed first partitions 104w and a second partition 104x, and each card clamping member 205 has a first U-shaped elastic sheet 206 and a second U-shaped elastic sheet 207 , Which are respectively fixed on the first partition 104w and the second partition 104x. The first U-shaped elastic piece 206 has a fixed end 206a fixed on the inner surface of the first partition 104w, and has a U-shaped free end 206b extending from the fixed end 206a to the entrance of the card slot 104c. The second U-shaped elastic piece 207 has a fixed end 207a fixed on the inner surface of the second partition 104x, and has a U-shaped free end 207b extending from the fixed end 207a to the entrance of the card slot 104c. The U-shaped free end 206b of the first U-shaped elastic piece 206 and the U-shaped free end 207b of the second U-shaped elastic piece 207 are opposite to each other, and an opening 205a is formed at the entrance of the card slot 104c for A card entered into the card slot 104c is received. Now referring to Figures 5A, 5B and 5E, when a card 50 is driven by the rollers 30b, 32b and output to the card slot 104c of Figure 5E, the end of the card 50 will be from the U-shaped free end 206b and The opening 205a formed by the U-shaped free end 207b enters the card slot 104c, as shown in FIG. 5F. When the card 50 completely enters the card slot 104c, the card 50 will be clamped by the U-shaped free end 206b and the U-shaped free end 207b, and then fixed in the card slot 104c. With the aforementioned card clamping member 205, the card 50 can be firmly clamped in the card slot 104c without falling out of the card slot 104c. In addition, since the U-shaped free end 206b and the U-shaped free end 207b contact the card 50 in a relatively small area, the surface of the card 50 will not be damaged.

6 is an exploded schematic diagram of the card slot rotating assembly 104 and the card discharging driving device 106b of the card discharging assembly 106 shown in FIG. 2. Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 6, the card slot rotating assembly 104 further has a bearing seat 104 d, a bearing bracket 104 e and a shaft 60. The supporting bracket 104e is composed of a pair of supporting members separated by a distance, and is arranged on the supporting base 104d. The distance between the pair of supporting members is slightly larger than the width of the main body 104a. The shaft 60 is arranged between the pair of bearing members. The main body 104a has a shaft hole 70, and the shaft hole 70 is sleeved on the shaft 60 on the supporting bracket 104e, so that the main body 104a can be configured to rotate between the pair of supporting members. A ring gear structure 72 is provided on the periphery of both sides of the main body 104a. In this embodiment, the rotating device 104b has a pair of gears 74 that respectively mesh with the ring gear structures 72 on both sides of the main body 104a to drive the main body 104a to rotate. In other embodiments, the rotating device 104b can be set in other positions to drive the shaft 60 to rotate the main body 104a, and the pair of gears 74 can be used as driven gears to stabilize the rotating operation of the main body 104a.

Now referring to FIGS. 2 and 6, the card issuing driving device 106 b of the card issuing assembly 106 has a pair of sliding rail members 80, a pair of push rods 82 and a pair of output guide rods 84. The pair of sliding rail members 80 are respectively located on both sides of the main body 104a, and are arranged on the pair of bearing members of the bearing bracket 104e. A pair of elongated channels 80a are defined on the pair of sliding rail members 80. The pair of push rods 82 respectively pass through the pair of elongated passages 80a, and can be driven by a driving assembly (not shown) to move along between a first position D1 and a second position D2 of the pair of elongated passages 80a. A path D reciprocally moves between the card slots 104c to move the cards placed in each card slot 104c toward the card-out shell 106a so that the card can move from the card slot 104c to the card slot 104c. The card housing 106a. The pair of output guide rods 84 define a gap for guiding the cards pushed out of the card slot 104c of the main body 104a to the card outlet housing 106a.

7 is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of the card slot rotating assembly 104 and the card discharging assembly 106 shown in FIG. 2. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the card slot rotating assembly 104 and the card issuing driving device 106b of the card issuing assembly 106 shown in FIG. 2. As shown in Figure 8, each card slot 104c is defined by two partitions separated by a specific interval. The width W on both sides of the partition is smaller than the width of the card 50, so that when each card is placed in each When there is a corresponding card slot 104c, both sides of each card will be exposed outside the partition. Please refer to FIG. 6, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, each rotation of the main body 104a will cause one of the plurality of card slots 104c to align with the elongated channel 80a of the pair of slide rail members 80 (that is, the plurality of card slots One of 104c is located between the pair of sliding rail members 80, as shown in FIG. 7), and the positions on both sides of the ends of the cards located in the card slot 104c are aligned with the pair of push rods 82. As described in the above embodiment, the processor can generate a third control signal to control the card issuing driving device 106b. In this embodiment, the driving assembly (not shown) of the card-distributing driving device 106b can drive the pair of push rods 82 to abut the two ends of a card 50 and move toward the outlet along the pair of narrow passages 80a. One direction E of the card housing 106a pushes the card 50 to push the card 50 out of the card slot 104c so that the card 50 can pass through the output The gap of the guide rod 84 enters into the card outlet housing 106a. Then, the main body 104a rotates again to align the other card slot 104c with the elongated channel 80a of the pair of slide rail members 80, so that the driving assembly of the card ejecting driving device 106b can drive the pair of push rods 82 again to The next card 50 is moved into the card-distributing housing 106a, and so on.

FIG. 9 is an exploded schematic diagram of a part of the card discharging assembly 106 shown in FIG. 2. Now referring to FIGS. 7 and 9, the card issuing housing 106 a of the card issuing assembly 106 has a channel housing 90 and a card accommodating housing 92. The card accommodating shell 92 can be assembled by a plurality of independent shells 92a, 92b, 92c, 92d through a plurality of connecting elements (such as bolts, screws). An opening 90a is defined on the side of the lower half of the channel housing 90 corresponding to an opening 101b of the composite shuffler 100 (as shown in FIG. 2). The outer side of the shell plate 92a has a handle (similar to the handle 22 of the card entry housing 102a in FIG. 2) for allowing an operator to use the handle to remove the card housing 92 from the channel housing The opening 90 a of the body 90 and the opening 101 b of the composite shuffler 100 are pulled out, and the plurality of cards are accessed from the card accommodating housing 92. In addition, the card accommodating shell 92 defines an opening 94 on the other side relative to its handle, and the opening 94 faces and is aligned with the pair of output guide rods 84 of the card output driving device 106b for receiving Each card guided by the output guide rod 84. The card accommodating shell 92 defines a card accommodating groove 91, and the length and width of the bottom of the card accommodating groove 91 are substantially slightly larger than the length and width of the card, so that the amount received from the opening 94 After all the cards enter the card accommodating slot 91, they are automatically stacked and aligned in the card accommodating housing 92, as shown in FIG. 7. In addition, the channel housing 90 defines a channel 96 that communicates with the card accommodating slot 91, and the length and width of the cross-section of the channel 96 are also slightly larger than the length and width of the card. .

In this embodiment, the composite shuffler 100 further includes another supporting frame 203. The supporting frame 203 is arranged under the card issuing housing 106a and is formed by connecting a plurality of connecting rods 203a for supporting the card issuing housing 106a.

Referring now to FIGS. 7 and 9, the conveying device 106 c has a sliding rail device 160 and a conveying carrier 161. The slide rail device 160 has an elevating and conveying slide table 160 a, which can slide up and down along one of the slide rails 160 b of the slide rail device 160. In an embodiment of the present invention, the slide rail device 160 can be realized by a conventional ball screw slide table. The conveying carrier 161 has a connecting portion 161a and a supporting portion 161b. The connecting portion 161a can be connected to the lifting and conveying sliding table 160a by connecting elements (such as bolts and screws). The supporting portion 161b extends into the card accommodating groove 91 from the opening 94 for supporting the card 50. When all the cards of the plurality of cards 50 enter the card accommodating slot 91 from the card slot rotating assembly 104, the processor 114 will generate the fifth control signal and send it to the slide rail device 160 , To control the lifting and conveying sliding table 160a to lift upwards, thereby driving the conveying carrier 161 to convey the plurality of cards 50 along the passage 96 and upward in a direction F to the card extraction opening 108a. In this embodiment, there are two elongated openings 90b on both sides of the channel housing 90, so that the air flow generated when the plurality of cards 50 are transported upward along the channel 96 can pass through the elongated openings 90b. The opening 90b is discharged.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, when the front face of the plurality of cards 50 (the face containing the number and suit of the card) faces downward when in the card housing 102a, the main body of the card slot rotating assembly 104 After 104a is rotated, the front faces of the plurality of cards 50 will face up when in the card-distributing housing 106a. Therefore, before the plurality of cards 50 are transported to the card taking opening 108a, they must be turned 180 degrees before being transported from the card taking opening 108a to the card taking platform 108. In view of this, the compound shuffler according to the present creation may further include an automatic card clamping rotating assembly for the plural cards in the card-out shell 106a The card 50 is turned over 180 degrees, and then the plurality of cards 50 after the turning are transported to the card taking opening 108a, which will be described as follows.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a composite shuffler 200 according to another embodiment of the present creation. The composite shuffler 200 is substantially the same as the composite shuffler 100, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and therefore will not be described in detail. The operating principles of the assemblies 102, 104, and 106 of the composite shuffler 200 have been explained in the above-mentioned embodiments, so they will not be described in detail. The main difference between the composite shuffler 200 and the composite shuffler 100 in the foregoing embodiment is that the composite shuffler 200 additionally includes an automatic card clamping rotating assembly 109 and a card removal platform 208. The automatic card clamping rotating assembly 109 is arranged above the card entering assembly 102, the card slot rotating assembly 104 and the card issuing assembly 106, and is located below a card taking platform 208, and the automatic card clamping rotates The assembly 109 is shown as a cross-sectional view in FIG. 10.

Figure 11a is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the automatic card clamping rotating assembly shown in Figure 10. Now referring to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11a at the same time, the automatic card clamping rotation assembly 109 has a card clamping body 109a and a rotation driving device 109b. The card holder body 109a is connected to the rotation driving device 109b, and can be rotated by 180 degrees by the rotation driving device 109b. The card holder body 109a defines a cavity 109c, and the cavity 109c communicates with the card outlet housing 106a. The conveying carrier 161 (as shown in FIG. 7) of the conveying device 106c is further configured to convey the plurality of cards 50 in the card ejecting housing 106a into the cavity 109c. The card clamping body 109a has a first pair of card clamping sliding rods 111a and a second pair of card clamping sliding rods 111b, and two opposite sides 19a, 19b of the card clamping body 109a are respectively provided with a first pair of sliding Grooves 113a, 115a (as shown in Fig. 11a) and a second pair of sliding grooves 113b, 115b (as shown in Fig. 11b). One end of the first pair of card clamping sliding rods 111a is pivotally connected to both sides of a first driving slider 111c, and the other end of the first pair of card clamping sliding rods 111a penetrates the first pair of sliding grooves 113a, respectively , 115a, after extending into the cavity 109c, is slidably coupled to the second pair of sliding grooves 113b, 115b. The first driving slider 111c can be connected to a first lifting device 119 (as shown in FIG. 11c), so that the first driving slider 111c is driven by the first lifting device 119, so that the first pair of clamping The card slide bar 111a can move along the upper half of the first pair of slide grooves 113a, 115a. In addition, please refer to FIG. 11b. One end of the second pair of card clamping slide bars 111b is pivotally connected to both sides of a second driving slider 111d, and the other end of the second pair of card clamping slide bars 111b respectively penetrates through After the second pair of sliding grooves 113b, 115b extend into the cavity 109c, they are slidably coupled to the first pair of sliding grooves 113a, 115a, respectively. The second driving slider 111d can be connected to a second lifting device 121 (as shown in FIG. 11c), so that the second driving slider 111d is driven by the second lifting device 121, so that the second pair of clamping The card slider 111b can move along the lower half of the second pair of sliding grooves 113b, 115b. In this embodiment, the sliding groove 113a and the sliding groove 113b correspond to each other and have the same shape, and the sliding groove 115a and the sliding groove 115b correspond to each other and have the same shape.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11c, the first lifting device 119 includes two gears 119a and a rolling belt 119b. The rolling belt 119b meshes with the two gears 119a, and drives one of the gears 119a to move via a driving motor (not shown). The first driving slider 111c is fixed on the outer section of the rolling belt 119b away from the side 19a to move up and down by the movement of the rolling belt 119b, thereby driving the first pair of card clamping slide bars 111a. Similarly, the second lifting device 121 includes two gears 121a and a rolling belt 121b. The rolling belt 121b meshes with the two gears 121a, and drives one of the gears 121a to move via a driving motor (not shown). The second driving slider 111d is fixed on the outer section of the rolling belt 121b away from the side 19b to move up and down by the movement of the rolling belt 121b, thereby driving the second pair of card clamping slide bars 111b.

When the plurality of cards 50 are transported into the cavity 109c, the first pair of card clamping slide bars 111a and the second pair of card clamping slide bars 111b located in the cavity 109c will respectively face the plurality of cards The top and bottom of the card 50 move, and finally press the top and bottom of the plurality of cards 50 respectively, thereby clamping the plurality of cards 50 in the cavity 109c, so that the conveying carrier of the conveying device 106c 161 can leave the cavity 109c. Then, the rotation driving device 109b can rotate the card holder body 109a by 180 degrees to achieve the purpose of turning the plurality of cards 50 over. When the plurality of cards 50 are turned 180 degrees, their front faces face down. At this time, the conveying carrier 161 can return to the cavity 109c and convey the plurality of cards 50 to the outside of the cavity 109c, that is, the plurality of cards 50 can be removed from a card platform 208. The card taking opening 208a is pushed onto the card taking platform 208. The card taking platform 208 also has a shuffling opening 208 b for receiving the plurality of cards 50. In other embodiments, the plurality of cards 50 may also be transported to the outside of the cavity 109c by other supporting members (rather than the supporting member 161). In addition, the automatic card clamping rotating assembly 109 may have a sliding rail 109d, and the sliding rail 109d is disposed between the card taking opening 108a and the card shuffling opening 108b. The card holder body 109a is slidably connected to the slide rail 109d, so that the card holder body 109a can slide along the slide rail 109d to the shuffle opening 108b, and release the plurality of cards 50 to the shuffle In the opening 108b, the shuffling can be restarted.

In another embodiment, when the back of the plurality of cards 50 (without the numbers and suits of the cards) face upwards when in the card housing 102a, the card slot rotation assembly 104 After the main body 104a of the card is rotated, the front face of the plurality of cards 50 (the face containing the number and suit of the card) will face down when in the card-distributing housing 106a. Therefore, the plurality of cards 50 can be directly pushed by the conveying carrier 161 (as shown in FIG. 7) of the conveying device 106c and reach the card taking platform 108 through the card taking opening 108a.

FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the card discharging assembly 106 and the card taking platform 108 shown in FIG. 2. As described above, the card taking platform 108 has the card taking opening 108a, the shuffling opening 108b, the moving device 108c, and the sliding rail 108d. Referring now to FIG. 7 and FIG. 12, the moving device 108c is located on the card removal opening 108a, and has a card accommodating cavity 108e, which is opposite to the channel 96 of the card discharging housing. When all the cards of the plurality of cards 50 enter the card accommodating slot 91 from the card slot rotation assembly 104, the transport carrier 161 will transport the plurality of cards 50 along the channel 96 to the card accommodating slot 91 The card removal opening 108a is opened to allow the plurality of cards 50 to enter the card accommodating cavity 108e, as shown in FIG. 12. When the plurality of cards 50 enter the card accommodating cavity 108e of the mobile device 108c, the upper surface of the supporting portion 161b and the upper surface of the card taking platform 108 will be on the same plane. Then, the moving device 108c can move the plurality of cards 50 from the card extraction opening 108a to the card extraction position P on the card extraction platform 108 along the slide rail 108d, so that the plurality of cards 50 can be A card game is played by a robot arm or a player taking a card. After the card game is over, the moving device 108c can further move the remaining cards 50 along the slide rail 108d from the card taking position P to the shuffle opening 108b, so that the plurality of cards 50 can be Enter into the card entry housing 102a from the shuffling opening 108b to restart shuffling. In other embodiments, when the plurality of cards 50 enter the card accommodating cavity 108e of the mobile device 108c, the mobile device 108c does not need to perform any movement, so that the plurality of cards 50 can be directly used A robot arm or a player takes a card to play a card game. After the card game is over, the moving device 108c further moves the remaining cards 50 to the shuffling opening 108b along the sliding rail 108d to restart the shuffling.

FIG. 13 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a composite shuffler 300 according to another embodiment of the present creation. Compared with the composite shuffler 100, the composite shuffler 300 can be used to shuffle two sets of cards (that is, a first and a second set of cards), where each set of cards Each contains multiple cards Card. The compound shuffler 300 includes two card entry assemblies 302 (i.e., a first and a second card entry assembly 302), and two card slot rotating assemblies 304 (i.e., a first and a second card slot Rotating assembly 304), two card issuing assemblies 306 (ie, a first and a second card issuing assembly 306), a card taking platform 308, and a smart control device 310. In this embodiment, the first and second card entry assemblies 302 are arranged side by side, the first and second card slot rotating assemblies 304 are arranged side by side, and the first and second card outlet assemblies 306 are arranged side by side. The two card entry assemblies 302 can be realized by the two aforementioned card entry assemblies 102, the two card slot rotating assemblies 304 can be implemented by the two aforementioned card slot rotating assemblies 104, and the two card outlet assemblies 306 can be realized by the two above-mentioned card discharging assemblies 106. The operating principles of the assemblies 302, 304, and 306 are the same as the operating principles of the assemblies 102, 104, and 106 in the above-mentioned embodiment, so they will not be repeated here. In this embodiment, the card taking platform 308 is arranged on the assemblies 302, 304, and 306, and has two card taking openings 308a for receiving the shuffled two sets of cards, and two The shuffling opening 308b is used to recover the two sets of cards after the card game is over to start the next shuffling. The control operations of the smart control device 310 and the smart control device 110 are substantially the same, and therefore will not be repeated here. In this embodiment, the smart control device 310 can further control the first and second card entry assemblies 302 to operate synchronously, to control the first and second card slot rotating assemblies 304 to operate synchronously, and to control the first and second card slot rotation assemblies 304 to operate synchronously. The second card assembly 306 operates synchronously, so that the two sets of cards can be shuffled at the same time, and the shuffling can be completed at the same time.

In other embodiments, the compound shuffler 300 may include two card entry assemblies 302 (ie, a first and a second card entry assembly 302) and two card outlet assemblies 306 (ie, a first card entry assembly 302). And a second card assembly 306), and only includes a card slot rotating assembly 304. In this embodiment, the bottom 307 of the card slot rotating assembly 304 (as shown in FIG. 13) may be provided with a sliding assembly (not shown), which is configured to slide the card slot rotating assembly 304 to a first The incoming card assembly 302 and a first out card assembly 306 Or slide between a second entry assembly 302 and a second entry assembly 306 to achieve the purpose of sharing the card slot rotation assembly 304. The above-mentioned sliding assembly can be arranged on the bottom 307 of the card slot rotating assembly 304, and is realized by any conventional sliding rail mechanism, which will not be repeated here.

In another embodiment, the first and second card discharging assemblies 306 of the compound shuffler 300 of FIG. 13 can be replaced by a rotary counter-aligning assembly 320 (as shown in FIG. 14a) to shuffle the The two sets of cards behind the cards are stacked into the same stack and taken out through the same card extraction opening. Please refer to Figure 13, Figure 14a and Figure 14b, the rotation alignment assembly 320 has a first card out shell 306a for receiving the first card slot rotating assembly 304 of the first main body 304a output A set of cards 51a. The rotation alignment assembly 320 has a second card discharging housing 306b for receiving the second set of cards 51b output by the second main body 304b of the second card slot rotation assembly 304. The rotation alignment assembly 320 further has a first rotating arm 330, a second rotating arm 332 and a conveying carrier 334. The first rotating arm 330 is connected to the back plate of the first card issuing housing 306a, and the second rotating arm 332 is connected to the back plate of the second card issuing housing 306b. When the first set of cards 51a all enter the first card outlet housing 306a, and the second set of cards 51b all enter the second card outlet housing 306b, the first rotation arm 330 and the second rotation The arms 332 rotate each counterclockwise (or clockwise) by 90 degrees, so that the first card outlet housing 306a and the second card outlet housing 306b are aligned along a straight line, as shown in FIG. 14b. When the two card housings 306a and 306b are aligned, the transport carrier 334 will press against the bottom of the first set of cards 51a from the opening below the first card outlet housing 306a and push upward along the straight line. The top of the first set of cards 51a reaches the supporting sheet 306c at the bottom of the second card outlet housing 306b. In this embodiment, the two supporting sheets 306c are designed to be movable. When the top of the first set of cards 51a reaches the supporting sheet 306c at the bottom of the second card outlet housing 306b, the two supporting sheets 306c will move to both sides, so that the first set of cards 51a can overlap the The bottom of the second set of cards 51b. Then, the two overlapping cards 51a, 51b will continue to be lost The carrying member 334 is pushed up to a card-removing opening to achieve the purpose of overlapping the two sets of cards 51a, 51b.

Although this creation has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit this creation. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of this creation. Therefore, The scope of protection of this creation shall be subject to those defined by the attached patent scope.

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Claims (19)

A composite shuffling machine for shuffling a plurality of cards, including: A card entering assembly, which has a card entering housing and a card entering guide device, the card entering housing is configured to accommodate the plurality of cards, and the card entering guide device is configured to the plurality of cards The cards are sequentially removed from the incoming card shell; A card slot rotating assembly, which has a main body and a rotating device, the main body defines a plurality of card slots, and the rotating device is connected to the main body to rotate the main body so that the plurality of card slots on the main body are respectively Receive the plurality of cards sequentially removed from the card shell; A card discharging assembly, which has a card discharging housing, a card driving device and a conveying device, the card discharging driving device is configured to move the plurality of cards from the plurality of card slots to the card discharging device respectively In the housing, and the conveying device is configured to convey the plurality of cards in the card output housing to the outside of the card output housing; and A card taking platform is provided with a card taking opening, the card taking opening is communicated with the card ejecting shell, and is used for receiving the plurality of cards conveyed by the conveying device. For example, the compound shuffler of claim 1 further includes a control circuit, which has a processor and a storage unit, the storage unit is configured to store a random number generation code, and the processor is electrically connected to the storage unit, And configured to execute the random number generating program code to generate a plurality of random numbers, wherein the rotating device alternately moves in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction according to the plurality of random numbers intermittently Rotate the main body. For example, the compound shuffler of claim 2, wherein when the plurality of cards are all moved from the card-in housing to the card-out housing through the card slot rotation assembly, the processor generates a control signal, To control the rotating device to stop rotating. Such as the compound shuffler of claim 1, wherein the card entering guide device has a rolling clamping member and a pushing member, the rolling clamping member has two rotating shafts, and the pushing member is configured to press against the plurality of cards On a first card of the card, and push the first card to a gap between the two reels, so that the first card is driven by the rotation of the two reels to be output to the plural In one of the first card slots of each card slot. For example, the compound shuffler of claim 4, wherein the pushing member is configured to press against the first card at the bottom of the plurality of cards. For example, the compound shuffler of claim 4, wherein the pushing member is configured to press against the first card on the top surface of the plurality of cards, and the card-in shell has a lifting bearing seat for Carry the plurality of cards, and when the first card enters the first card slot, the lifting bearing seat will push the plurality of cards upward, so that the pushing member will press against the plurality of cards On the second card of the card. For example, the compound shuffler of claim 6, wherein the card entering assembly further has a height detector, which is arranged on the card housing to detect whether a relative height of the first card is Lowering; and when the height detector detects that the relative height of the first card has decreased, the lifting bearing seat will be pushed upwards, so that the pushing member is pressed against the second card. For example, the compound shuffler of claim 2 further includes an image capturing device. A lens of the image capturing device is arranged in the card receiving housing for capturing each card of the plurality of cards The image of the card, wherein the processor is further configured to count the number of the plurality of cards according to the image of each card. For example, the compound shuffling machine of claim 1, wherein the card slot rotating assembly is arranged between the card entering assembly and the card issuing assembly, and the card taking platform is set on the card entering assembly and the card slot Rotate the assembly and the top of the card-distributing assembly. For example, the compound shuffler of claim 1, wherein the main body further has a plurality of card clamping members, and each card clamping member is respectively arranged in each card slot, and has a first U-shaped elastic sheet and a second U And the first U-shaped elastic sheet has a first U-shaped free end, the second U-shaped elastic sheet has a second U-shaped free end, the first U-shaped free end and the second U-shaped free end The free ends face each other and are used to clamp one of the plurality of cards. For example, the compound shuffler of claim 1, wherein the main body further has a plurality of card clamping members, and each card clamping member is respectively arranged in each card slot, and has a V-shaped elastic sheet and a circular roller, The round roller is arranged at the bottom of the V-shaped elastic sheet to push one of the plurality of cards against a wall surface of the corresponding card slot. For example, the composite card shuffling machine of claim 1, wherein the card slot rotating assembly further has a bearing bracket and a shaft, the bearing bracket is composed of a pair of bearing members, and the shaft is arranged on the pair of bearing members And the main body has a shaft hole, which is sleeved on the shaft, so that the main body is configured to rotate between the pair of supporting members. For example, the compound shuffling machine of claim 12, wherein the card discharging driving device has a pair of slide rail members and a pair of push rods, the pair of slide rail members are respectively located on both sides of the main body, and are arranged on the pair of bearing members , And define a pair of channels; the pair of push rods respectively pass through the pair of channels; when one of the plurality of card slots is aligned with the pair of channels, the pair of push rods are configured to push along the pair of channels to be aligned with the channel A card in the card slot to push the card out of the card slot. For example, the composite shuffler of claim 1, wherein the conveying device has a sliding rail device and a conveying carrier, the sliding rail device has an elevating and conveying sliding table, and the conveying carrier is connected with the elevating and conveying sliding table, Used to carry the plurality of cards; when the plurality of cards are moved to the card-out shell, the lifting and conveying sliding table is lifted up, thereby driving the conveying carrier to convey the plurality of cards to The card opening is on. For example, the compound shuffling machine of claim 1, further comprising a moving device, wherein the card taking platform further has a shuffling opening, the shuffling opening is connected with the card entering housing, and the moving device is further configured to At least one card of the plurality of cards moves from the card extraction opening to the shuffling opening, so that the at least one card enters the card entering housing from the shuffling opening. For example, the compound shuffler of claim 1 further includes an automatic card clamping rotating assembly. The automatic card clamping rotating assembly has a card clamping body and a rotation driving device, wherein the card clamping body defines a cavity, which Is connected to the card-distributing housing, and the conveying device is further configured to convey the plurality of cards in the card-distributing housing into the cavity, and when the plurality of cards are conveyed into the cavity After that, the rotation driving device is configured to rotate the card holder body by 180 degrees. For example, the compound shuffler of claim 16, wherein the card clamping body has at least one card clamping element, and when the plurality of cards are conveyed into the cavity, the at least one card clamping element clamps the plurality of cards Card. A composite shuffling machine for shuffling a first set of cards and a second set of cards, which includes: A first card entry assembly having a first card entry housing and a first card entry guide device, the first card entry housing is configured to accommodate the first set of cards, and the first card entry housing The card guiding device is configured to sequentially remove the first group of cards from the first card housing; A first card slot rotating assembly, which has a first main body and a first rotating device, the first main body defines a plurality of card slots, and the first rotating device is connected to the first main body for rotating the The first main body, so that a plurality of card slots on the first main body respectively receive the first group of cards sequentially removed from the first card-in housing; A first card discharging assembly, which has a first card discharging housing and a first card discharging driving device, the first card discharging driving device is configured to separate the first group of cards from the plurality of card slots Move to the first card shell; A second card entering assembly, which is arranged side by side with the first card entering assembly, and has a second card entering housing and a second card entering guide device, the second card entering housing is configured to accommodate The second set of cards, and the second card entry guide device is configured to sequentially remove the second set of cards from the second card entry housing; A second card slot rotating assembly, which is arranged side by side with the first card slot rotating assembly, and has a second main body and a second rotating device, the second main body defines a plurality of card slots, and the first card slot rotating assembly A second rotating device is connected to the second main body for rotating the second main body so that a plurality of card slots on the second main body respectively receive the second set of cards sequentially removed from the second card receiving housing; A second card discharging assembly, which is arranged side by side with the first card discharging assembly, and has a second card discharging housing and a second card discharging driving device, the second card discharging driving device is configured to The two sets of cards are respectively moved from the plurality of card slots to the second card-out shell; and A rotary alignment assembly with a first rotary arm, a second rotary arm and a conveying bearing member, wherein when the first group of cards enter the first card-out shell, and the second group of cards enter After the second card issuing housing, the first rotating arm and the second rotating arm will each rotate a predetermined angle so that the first card issuing housing and the second card issuing housing are aligned along a straight line; and when the After the first card outlet shell is aligned with the second card outlet shell, the transport carrier is pushed upward along the straight line from the bottom of the first card outlet shell and the second card outlet shell, so that the first The group of cards overlaps the second group of cards and is pushed to a card opening. A composite shuffling machine for shuffling a first set of cards and a second set of cards, which includes: A first card entry assembly having a first card entry housing and a first card entry guide device, the first card entry housing is configured to accommodate the first set of cards, and the first card entry housing The card guiding device is configured to sequentially remove the first group of cards from the first card housing; A second card entering assembly, which is arranged side by side with the first card entering assembly, and has a second card entering housing and a second card entering guide device, the second card entering housing is configured to accommodate The second set of cards, and the second card entry guide device is configured to sequentially remove the second set of cards from the second card entry housing; A card slot rotating assembly, which has a main body and a rotating device, the main body defines a plurality of card slots, and the rotating device is connected to the main body to rotate the main body so that the plurality of card slots on the main body are respectively Receiving the first group of cards sequentially removed from the first card receiving shell, or receiving the second group of cards sequentially removed from the second card receiving shell; A first card discharging assembly, which has a first card discharging housing and a first card discharging driving device, the first card discharging driving device is configured to separate the first group of cards from the plurality of card slots Move to the first card shell; A second card discharging assembly, which is arranged side by side with the first card discharging assembly, and has a second card discharging housing and a second card discharging driving device, the second card discharging driving device is configured to The two sets of cards are respectively moved from the plurality of card slots to the second card-out shell; and A sliding assembly, which is arranged at the bottom of the card slot rotating assembly, is used to slide the card slot rotating assembly between the first card entry assembly and the first card output assembly, or the card slot The rotating assembly slides between the second entry assembly and the second entry assembly.

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