TWI744675B - The structure of the card shuffling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a card-drawing structure of a card shuffling machine. The card-shuffling machine is provided with a central container, a left container, and a right container, with a card-drawing space above it; a translation plate is arranged in the card-drawing space, A driving mechanism is connected to the translation plate; the translation plate is assembled with a card dial device that can move playing cards in the card dial space. The card dial device includes: a fixed seat and a dial block; The block has a vertical displacement with a limited movable distance. The bottom surface of the block is provided with a beveled edge on the left and right sides. With the above-mentioned card shuffling machine, the ascending block and the beveled edge can achieve a poker bend that can avoid mishandling. The effect of fold and damage.

Description

The deck structure of the shuffle machine

The present invention relates to a card-drawing structure of a card shuffling machine, in particular to a card-drawing device that can be raised to avoid damage to playing cards that are incorrectly dialed.

Press, the conventional playing card shuffler, as shown in Figures 1 to 4, the shuffler 10 is provided with a central container 11, a left container 12, and a right container 13, the central container 11, left The receiving slot 12 and the right receiving slot 13 are provided with a card dialing space 14. The central receiving slot 11 is provided with a card guide wheel group 15 on both sides of the top end. The central receiving slot 11 is provided with a central lifting platform 17 that can be raised and lowered. A lifting platform 18 that can be raised and lowered is provided in each of the container 12 and the right container 13, and a translation plate 19 is provided to be displaceably arranged on the top of the central container 11, the left container 12 and the right container 13 to a predetermined height. The translation plate 19 includes a card plate 20 extending downward, and a driving mechanism 21 is connected to the translation plate 19, and can drive the translation plate 19 to move back and forth in the left and right direction of the card space 14 to make The card piece 20 is in the card space 14, and as the central lifting platform 17 gradually rises, the playing cards 1 located in the central container 11 can be moved to the left container 12 or the right container 13 ascending and descending On the platform 18; by simulating manual, automatic card cutting and shuffling functions are achieved; however, although the above-mentioned shuffle machine 10 and poker 1 can automatically cut and shuffle cards, they still have the following disadvantages:

1. When the card piece 20 moves the playing card 1 from the central container 11 to the left container 12 or the right container 13, the used playing card 1 may have corners or arches. The playing card 1 that will not be flicked may be flicked by the card piece 20 by raising the corner or the high point of the arch. One end of the gram card 1 is pressed against the edge of the card guide wheel set 15, while the other end is still forcibly shifted by the card plate 20, causing the playing card 1 to bend and deform and be damaged (as shown in Figure 2).

2. Or when the overlapping playing card 1 is moved by the dial 20, because of the relationship between the plane of the playing card 1 and the surface adsorption, the moved playing card 1 is attracted to drive the playing card 1 below to the left On the guide wheel 15 of the container 12 or the right container 13, and when the adsorption force is weakened halfway, the playing card 1 is dropped, so that it gets stuck between the dial 20 and the guide wheel 15 (As shown in Figure 3), as a result, the shuffler 10 will malfunction, and the fairness of the game will also be affected.

When the above situation occurs, it is necessary to manually remove the obstacles. Therefore, the failure rate of the shuffler 10 is high, which affects fairness, reduces the player's interest in the game, and causes unnecessary waste of playing cards 1. Therefore, there is a need for improvement. .

The main purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to provide a card shuffling machine's dialing structure. The main technology and purpose are: a vertically movable card dialing device is installed in the shuffling machine, which includes: a solid assembly on the shuffler. The fixed seat of the translation plate and a moving block combined with it, and the left and right sides of the bottom surface of the sliding block are respectively provided with a bevel edge; thereby, the lifting block and the bevel edge can avoid the playing card bend by mistake Folded and damaged.

According to the above-mentioned object of the present invention, there is provided a card shuffling machine structure, including: a card shuffling machine, which is provided with a central container, a left container and a right container that can accommodate playing cards, the center There is a card dialing space above the accommodating slot, the left accommodating slot and the right accommodating slot, and a card guide wheel set is respectively arranged on both sides of the top of the central accommodating slot; a translation plate is displaceably arranged in the card dialing space, and a driving mechanism is provided Connected to the translation plate; the translation plate assembly is provided with a card dial device capable of moving playing cards in the card dial space, the card dial device includes: a fixed seat fixed on the translation plate and a movable plate A movable combination of the dial block; wherein the fixed seat is set in an inverted "U" shape to form a front plate, a rear plate and an embedded groove between the front plate and the rear plate, and the top surface of the embedded groove is assembled An upper magnetic part, the top surface of the shift block is provided with a pair of upper magnetic parts and the magnetic poles repel the lower magnetic parts. The fixed seat restricts the vertical displacement of the shifting block to a limited movable distance, and the left and right sides of the bottom surface of the shifting block are respectively provided with a beveled edge.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing seat is provided with at least two coaxial and radially corresponding guide wheels, and the shift block is provided with at least two vertical track grooves corresponding to the positions of the guide wheels, so that the shift The block is arranged on the guide wheel of the fixed seat by the vertical track groove group.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the front plate and the rear plate are respectively provided with a screw hole, the sides of the front plate and the rear plate are respectively equipped with the guide wheel; For the combination grooves of the group, the front and rear sides of the shift block are respectively provided with a pair of long grooves corresponding to the screw holes and in a vertical direction, and two screws are inserted into the long groove through the screw holes.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the top surface of the fixing seat is provided with a hollow hole, the dial block is provided with two through holes, and two optical fiber sensors are passed through the side of the fixing seat and above the hollow hole respectively. The hole is fixed in the through hole; the driving mechanism is provided with a left sensor, a fixed point sensor and a right sensor. The rear end of the translation plate is provided with a left sensor end and a right sensor end with a relatively wide distance. And a left sensor and a right sensor with a relatively narrow distance; the driving mechanism can drive the dial device to move the dial to the left, so that the fixed-point sensor can sense the right sensing end, and the drive mechanism can drive the dial Move the card device to the right, so that the fixed-point sensor can sense the left sensing end, and make the card device correspond to the top of the guide wheel group, which is the first displacement stroke; and make each optical fiber The sensor can detect whether there are playing cards between the card guide wheel set and the dial, and set the card guide wheel set to be capable of forward and reverse rotation; and the driving mechanism continues to drive the translation plate to move to the right or Move left Playing cards, the left sensor can sense the left sensor, the right sensor can sense the right sensor, and the playing card can be moved to the left pocket or the right pocket. This is the second displacement journey.

As a result of the above, if the shifting piece incorrectly shifts the cocked corner or arched playing card, the bevel edge of the shifting piece can make the shifting piece rise from the edge of the playing card to draw the cards smoothly, avoiding the bending and deformation of the playing cards. Damage; and when the translation plate is in the first section of the displacement stroke, if the playing card driven by the misadsorption is blocked between the dial and the guide wheel set, the optical fiber sensors sense to make the The guide wheel group rotates in the reverse direction and returns to the central slot to eliminate obstacles and avoid the problem of game injustice.

1‧‧‧Poker

10‧‧‧Card Shuffle Machine

11‧‧‧Central container

12‧‧‧Left Conveyor

13‧‧‧Right trough

14‧‧‧Dial space

15‧‧‧Guide Wheel Set

17‧‧‧Central Lifting Platform

18‧‧‧Lifting platform

19‧‧‧Translation Plate

20‧‧‧Pickles

21‧‧‧Drive mechanism

30‧‧‧Shuffler

31‧‧‧Central container

32‧‧‧Left Conveyor

33‧‧‧Right trough

34‧‧‧Dial space

35‧‧‧Guide Wheel Set

37‧‧‧Central Lifting Platform

38‧‧‧Lifting platform

39‧‧‧Translation Plate

40‧‧‧Drive mechanism

41‧‧‧Left Sensor

42‧‧‧Spot Sensor

43‧‧‧Right sensor

44‧‧‧crossbar

45‧‧‧Kidney convex part

46‧‧‧Left sensing end

47‧‧‧Right sensor

48‧‧‧Left sensor

49‧‧‧Right sensor

50‧‧‧Dial device

51‧‧‧Fixed seat

511‧‧‧Front Panel

512‧‧‧Back plate

513‧‧‧Inlay groove

514‧‧‧Upper magnetic parts

515‧‧‧Screw hole

516‧‧‧Guide wheel

517‧‧‧hollow hole

518‧‧‧Combination slot

52‧‧‧Dial block

521‧‧‧Long groove

522‧‧‧Vertical track groove

523‧‧‧Bevel Edge

524‧‧‧Lower magnetic parts

525‧‧‧ block through hole

53‧‧‧Screw

54‧‧‧Fiber Optic Sensor

Figure 1 is a three-dimensional view of the conventional art.

Figure 2 is a front sectional schematic diagram of the bending and deformation caused by the mishandling of a conventional playing card.

Figure 3 is a front cross-sectional schematic diagram of the conventional playing card stuck between the dial and the guide wheel.

Figure 4 is a front sectional view of the conventional card pressing arm losing its pressing elastic force.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the exploded translation plate, driving mechanism and card-drawing device of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a three-dimensional exploded view of the translation plate, driving mechanism and card dialing device of the present invention.

Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view of the card dialing device of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the guide wheel and vertical track groove combination of the card dial device of the present invention.

Figure 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the long groove and screw combination of the card dial device of the present invention.

Figure 10 is a front cross-sectional view of the present invention.

Figure 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the card-drawing device of the present invention being moved from right to left.

Figure 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the mishandled playing cards rising by the card-drawing device of the present invention.

Figure 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the card-drawing device of the present invention in the first section of the displacement stroke.

Figure 14 is a schematic top plan view of the translational plate of the present invention at the first section of the displacement stroke to the left.

Figure 15 is a schematic top plan view of the translational plate of the present invention at the second section of the displacement stroke to the left.

Figure 16 is a schematic top plan view of the translational plate of the present invention at the first section of the displacement stroke to the right.

Figure 17 is a schematic top plan view of the translational plate of the present invention in the second section of the displacement stroke to the right.

In order to enable your reviewer to have a better understanding of this creation, here is a preferred embodiment combined with the drawings. The details are as follows: Please refer to Figures 5 to 17, including: a shuffler 30, which is provided with a central container Slot 31, a left container 32 and a right container 33, the central container 31, the left container 32 and the right container 33 above has a dial space 34, the central container 31 is provided on both sides of the top For the guide wheel group 35 for forward and reverse rotation, the central container 31 is provided with a central lifting platform 37, the left container 32 and the right container 33 are each provided with a lifting platform 38; a translation plate 39 is movably arranged on the The top of the central receiving slot 31, the left receiving slot 32 and the right receiving slot 33 has a predetermined height, and a driving mechanism 40 is connected to the translation plate 39, and the translation plate 39 can be driven to move back and forth in the left and right direction of the dial space 34; The driving mechanism 40 is provided with a left sensor 41, a fixed point sensor 42 and a right sensor 43. The rear end of the translation plate 39 is provided with a cross bar 44 with a wide width on both sides and a rear convex portion with a narrow width on both sides. 45. One end of the crossbar 44 is provided with a left sensing end 46 and the other end is provided with a right sensing end 47, and the rear protrusion 45 is provided with a left sensing element 48 on one side and a right sensing element 49 on the other side; the translation The plate 39 includes a card-moving device 50 extending downward, so that the card-moving device 50 moves the playing cards 1 in the card-drawing space 34, and the card-moving device 50 includes: a fixed set on the translation plate 39 The fixed seat 51 and a shift block 52 movably combined with it; the fixed seat 51 is set in an inverted "U" shape to form a front plate 511 and a rear plate 512 and an interposed between the front plate 511 and the rear plate 512 The embedding groove 513, an upper magnetic member 514 is assembled on the top surface of the embedding groove 513, And the front plate 511 and the rear plate 512 are respectively provided with a screw hole 515, the front plate 511 and the rear plate 512 are respectively provided with a guide wheel 516 on both sides; in addition, the top surface of the fixing seat 51 is provided with a hollow hole 517 and a Combination groove 518, the translation plate 39 is assembled and fixed to the combination groove 518 of the fixing base 51; A pair of vertical track grooves 522 corresponding to the guide wheels 516 are respectively provided on the sides, and a beveled edge 523 is respectively provided on the left and right sides of the bottom surface of the shift block 52; The lower magnetic part 524 is provided with two through-block through holes 525; the shift block 52 is embedded in the insertion groove 513 of the fixing base 51, so that the guide wheel 516 is slid in the vertical track groove 522, and two screws 53 are used. Push into the long groove 521 through the screw hole 515, and then use the two fiber optic sensors 54 to be fixed in the through hole 525 through the hollow hole 517 by the side of the fixing seat 51 or from above, and make The upper magnetic member 514 and the lower magnetic member 524 repel each other, so that the fixing seat 51 repels the shift block 52 downward, and the shift block 52 can move up and down within the range of the long groove 521; the driving mechanism 40 The translation plate 39 can be driven to drive the card dial device 50 to move back and forth in the left and right directions, and the fixed-point sensor 42 can respectively sense the left sensing end 46 and the right sensing end 47, so that the translation plate 39 can have a first displacement And make each optical fiber sensor 54 detect whether there is a playing card 1 between each of the guide wheel group 35 and the dial 52; the left sensor 41 can sense the left sensor 48 and the right sensor 43 The right sensor 49 can be sensed, and the translation plate 39 can have a second displacement stroke, so that the dial block 52 in the dial space 34 can transfer the playing card 1 located in the central slot 31 to the The left holding slot 32 or the right holding slot 33; thereby, the card dialing device 50 moves the playing card 1 from the central holding slot 31 to the left holding slot 32 or the right holding slot 33, if the dial 52 is wrong When the upturned or arched playing card 1 is moved, the beveled edge 523 of the dial 52 can make the dial 52 rise from the edge of the playing card 1 to smoothly draw the cards, avoiding the bending and deformation of the playing card 1 and damage; and When the translation plate 39 is in the first section of the displacement stroke, if the playing card 1 driven by being sucked by mistake is stuck in the shift block 52 and the guide wheel set 35 At the same time, the optical fiber sensors 54 sense the card guide wheel 35 to rotate in the reverse direction, so that the playing card 1 returns to the central slot 31 to eliminate obstacles and avoid the problem of game injustice.

The composition and function of the present invention are described in detail as follows: Please refer to the sections 5 to 17. The present invention is electrically connected to a control device (not shown in the figure), and the control device can be a circuit board or a computer, but not As a limit; the left sensor 41, the fixed-point sensor 42, and the right sensor 43 of the driving device 40 can be proximity switches, and the left sensor terminal 46, the right sensor terminal 47, the left sensor 48 and the right sensor 49 It can be made of metal materials, so that the left sensor 41, the fixed-point sensor 42 and the right sensor 43 sense and send signals to the control device, but it is not limited to this. The upper magnetic member 514 and the lower magnetic member 524 of the card dial device 50 can be magnets, and the two are mutually exclusive with the same pole, that is, the polarity of the arrangement from top to bottom can be: NS, SN or SN, NS, reaching The fixing base 51 has the effect of pushing down and away from the shift block 52. The fixing base 51 of the card dial device 50 is fixed to the translation plate 39, and the dial block 52 can move up and down on the guide wheel 516 of the fixing base 51 by the vertical track groove 522. As a result, the dial block 52 When the two sides of the dial block 52 are under force, it can ensure that the two sides of the dial block 52 are perpendicular to the dial, and also make it move with the translation plate 39 without shaking; and the long groove 521 of the dial block 52 is provided for the edge When the screw 53 slides, the upper and lower limit positions are provided, and the effect of preventing left and right shaking is also provided. When the cards are to be shuffled, all the playing cards 1 are placed in the central lifting platform 37 of the central container 31. The central lifting platform 37 gradually rises to send the playing cards 1 into the dialing space 34, and the driving mechanism 40 drives the The translation board 39 slides left and right. For example, if it is first dialed into the left accommodating slot 32, the translation board 39 is driven to move the playing card 1 located in the dial space 34 from right to left, and the dial device 50 The dial block 52 maintains the mutual repulsion of the upper and lower magnetic members 514, 524 to move the right side of the playing card 1 (as shown in Figure 11). 1 Push in the direction of the left pocket 32. During the card displacement, if there is a playing card that is warped or arched due to long-term use. The playing card 1 is the high point of a certain part of the edge of one end. The high point is usually misdialed by the bevel edge 523 of the dial block 52, and may cause the other end of the playing card 1 to have a wrong angle (downward angle). ) While being guided The card wheel 35 is blocked, but the dial block 52 does not stop at this time. When the dial block 52 continues to move, it will support the playing card 1 between the bevel edge 523 of the dial block 52 and the guide wheel set 35. A greater blocking force is generated for the shift block 52. The beveled edge 523 of the shift block 52 causes the edge of the playing card 1 to slide downward along the slope of the beveled edge 523. At the same time, the shift block 52 A reaction force is generated to rise against the repulsive magnetic force of the upper magnetic member 514 and the lower magnetic member 524 (as shown in Fig. 12), so that the playing card 1 is separated from the edge of the dial 52 from the beveled edge 523. And fall back to the central slot 31 to achieve the effect of not bending the playing card 1 and avoiding damage; after passing the playing card 1 by mistake, the bottom end of the dial 52 is no longer obstructed. At this time, the magnetic attraction The repulsive magnetic force of the member 514 and the lower magnetic member 524 causes the dial block 52 to drop to its original height; then the translation plate 39 continues to move the dial to the left, so that the playing card 1 passes through the guide wheel group 35, when the When the right sensing end 47 of the translation plate 39 is displaced above the fixed-point sensor 42 (as shown in Fig. 14), the fixed-point sensor 42 can sense and send a signal to the control device, and the driving mechanism 40 is suspended to drive the translation The board 39, which is the first displacement stroke of the left-moving dial; at this time, the optical fiber sensor 54 of the dial device 50 corresponds to the position of the guide wheel group 35 (as shown in Figure 13), and the control device At the same time, the optical fiber sensors 54 are made to detect whether there is a playing card 1 between the card guide wheel 35 and the card dial device 50. This situation is usually caused by improper adsorption between the playing cards 1. The optical fiber sensor of the present invention The device 54 is a short-distance sensor, which only senses the playing cards 1 existing between the guide wheel 35 and the dial device 50. If the presence of a playing card 1 is detected, the control device will make the guide The card wheel set 35 rotates in reverse to the central slot 31 for a set time, so that the incorrectly shifted playing card 1 returns to the central slot 31; then, the dial 52 continues to move the playing card 1, when the translation board When the left sensor 48 of 39 moves close to the top of the left sensor 41 (as shown in Fig. 15), the left sensor 41 can sense and send a signal to the control device, so that the driving mechanism 40 stops driving the translation plate 39 , This is the second displacement stroke of moving the card to the left. At this time, the playing card 1 has been correctly moved to the lifting platform 38 of the left accommodating slot 32, and the card to the left is completed; of course, if it is in the first , During the two displacement strokes, if the optical fiber sensor 54 of the card dial device 50 does not detect the incorrectly dialed playing card 1, there is no need to make the card guide wheel Group 35 is necessary for reverse rotation. Conversely, the central lifting platform 37 rises again to send the playing cards 1 into the dialing space 34, and the translation plate 39 is driven to move the playing cards 1 located in the dialing space 34 from left to right. When the left sensing end 46 moves to the top of the fixed-point sensor 42 (as shown in Figure 16), the driving mechanism 40 is suspended to drive the translation plate 39, which is the first displacement stroke of moving the card to the right; When the time, the optical fiber sensor 54 of the card dial device 50 senses and detects whether there is a playing card 1 between the card guide wheel 35 and the card dial device 50; then, the dial block 52 continues to dial the playing card 1, when When the right sensor 49 of the translation plate 39 moves close to the top of the right sensor 43 (as shown in Fig. 17), the driving mechanism 40 stops driving the translation plate 39, which is the second displacement of the right shifting card The journey is completed, and the card dialing to the right is completed; the cycle repeats until there is no playing card 1 in the central lifting platform 37, that is, the card dialing operation is completed.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only preferred embodiments for fully explaining the present invention, and are not used to limit the features of the present invention. Any re-creation using the technical means and creation principles related to the present invention still belongs to the present invention. Creative category of equivalent structure.

30‧‧‧Shuffler

31‧‧‧Central container

32‧‧‧Left Conveyor

33‧‧‧Right trough

34‧‧‧Dial space

35‧‧‧Guide Wheel Set

38‧‧‧Lifting platform

39‧‧‧Translation Plate

40‧‧‧Drive mechanism

41‧‧‧Left Sensor

42‧‧‧Spot Sensor

43‧‧‧Right sensor

44‧‧‧crossbar

45‧‧‧Kidney convex part

46‧‧‧Left sensing end

47‧‧‧Right sensor

48‧‧‧Left sensor

49‧‧‧Right sensor

50‧‧‧Dial device

54‧‧‧Fiber Optic Sensor

Claims (3)

A card shuffling machine structure includes: a card shuffling machine, which is provided with a central container, a left container and a right container that can accommodate playing cards, the central container, the left container and the right container There is a card dialing space above the container, and a card guide wheel set is respectively provided on both sides of the top of the central container; The board assembly is equipped with a card-moving device that can move playing cards in the card-moving space. The card-moving device includes: a fixed seat fixed to the translation plate and a moving block combined with it; wherein the fixed seat is provided An inverted "U" shape is formed to form a front plate, a back plate, and an embedded groove between the front plate and the back plate. The upper surface of the groove is provided with an upper magnetic member, and the top surface of the shift block is provided with an upper magnetic element. There is a pair of upper magnetic parts and the magnetic poles repel the lower magnetic parts. The shift block is embedded in the groove of the fixed seat, so that the fixed seat repels the shift block downward, and the fixed seat restricts the shift block to be limited The movement distance is vertical displacement, and the left and right sides of the bottom surface of the shift block are respectively provided with a bevel edge; wherein the top surface of the fixing seat is provided with a hollow hole, the shift block is provided with two through holes, and two optical fiber sensors are respectively passed through The side of the fixed seat and the upper side of the fixed seat are assembled in the through hole through the hollow hole; the driving mechanism is provided with a left sensor, a fixed point sensor and a right sensor, and the rear end of the translation plate is provided with a relative distance A wide left sensing end and a right sensing end, and a left sensing part and a right sensing part with a relatively narrow distance; the driving mechanism can drive the card dial device to move the card to the left, so that the fixed-point sensor can sense Should the right sensing end, the drive mechanism can drive the dial device to move the dial to the right, so that the fixed-point sensor can sense the left sensing end, and make the dial device correspond to the top of the guide wheel group, this is Is the first displacement stroke; and each of the optical fiber sensors can detect whether there are playing cards between the guide wheel set and the dial block, and the guide wheel set can be set to be forward and reverse; and the drive The mechanism continues to drive the translation board to move to the right or to the left to dial the card, the left sensor can sense the left sensor, the right sensor can sense the right sensor, and the playing card can be moved to the left The container or the right container, this is the second displacement stroke. According to claim 1, the card shuffling machine's dial structure, wherein the fixing seat is provided with at least two coaxial and radially corresponding guide wheels, and the dial block is provided with at least two vertical guide wheels corresponding to the positions of the guide wheels. The track groove makes the shift block set on the guide wheel of the fixed seat by the vertical track groove group. For the card shuffling machine described in claim 2, wherein the front plate and the rear plate are respectively provided with a screw hole, the sides of the front plate and the rear plate are respectively equipped with the guide wheel; the top surface of the fixing seat is provided with a screw hole There is a combined groove for the embedding of the translation plate, the front and rear sides of the shifting block are respectively provided with a pair of screw holes and a vertical groove, and two screws are inserted into the long groove through the screw holes.

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