The present invention relates to a poker game device, particularly to a dealing shoe structure of poker games.
Poker is a family of gambling card games suitable for various types of players. Poker has been the mainstream of the table games and very popularized in casinos. Shuffle is undertaken before a poker game to fully disperse the cards and provide unpredictable cards lest cheating occur.
The cards are dealt out to the players after shuffle. In order to increase confidence and avoid cheating, the shuffled cards are normally placed in a dealing shoe. A US patent No. 2007/0216092 A1 disclosed a “Card Shoe for Holding Playing Cards”, which can receive several decks of playing cards and uses a gravity-driven card pusher device to move the cards to a card discharge hole, whereby the dealer can take cards from the card discharge hole and deal the cards to the players.
The conventional dealing shoe has a disadvantage: while placing several decks of playing cards into the dealing shoe, the dealer must use one hand to take several decks of playing cards and use the other hand to move the card pusher device to the topmost region to empty the space for the several decks of playing cards. Only skilled and experienced dealers can well execute such an operation. If the dealer should drop the playing cards imprudently, the dealer must shuffle the playing cards once again, which not only waste the time of players but also affect the confidence of the players to the card dealing and the card dealer. Therefore, the conventional technology still has room to improve.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a dealing shoe structure, which can hold the card pusher device.
The present invention, which is used to receive poker cards and deal out the poker cards, may be realized by various embodiments. In one embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention comprises a card shoe, a card pusher device and a fixing lever. The card shoe includes a casing, a card-receiving space arranged inside the casing for receiving the poker cards, an installation space arranged below the card-receiving space, and a card-support inclined board separating the installation space from the card-receiving space. The casing includes a side hole. The card-support inclined board includes a control hole interconnecting with the installation space and the card-receiving space. The card pusher device is arranged in the card-receiving space and on the card-support inclined board for pushing the poker cards. The fixing lever is arranged inside the installation space and includes a pivotal point pivotally connected with the card shoe; a protrudent pillar extending through the control hole into the card-receiving space to control the card pusher device; a control rod passing through the side hole and operated by the user to make the protrudent pillar sink below the card-support inclined board; and a position-restoring element keeping the protrudent pillar protruding into the card-receiving space.
In another embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention comprises a card shoe, a card pusher device, and a magnetic fixing lever. The card shoe includes a casing, a card-receiving space arranged inside the casing for receiving the poker cards, an installation space arranged below the card-receiving space, and a card-support inclined board separating the installation space from the card-receiving space. The casing includes a side hole. The card pusher device is arranged in the card-receiving space and on the card-support inclined board for pushing the poker cards. The card pusher device includes a first magnet arranged near the card-support inclined board. The magnetic fixing lever is disposed inside the installation space and includes a second magnet arranged corresponding the first magnet. The magnetic fixing lever involves a first position and a second position. At the first position, the first magnet attracts the second magnet of the magnetic fixing lever, whereby the card pusher device is fixed. At the second position, the second magnet of the magnetic fixing lever is separated from the first magnet, whereby the fixing is unlocked and the card pusher device is released. The magnetic fixing lever includes a control rod passing through the side hole and a position-restoring element. The user operates the control rod to move the magnetic fixing lever from the first position to the second position. The position-restoring element restores the magnetic fixing lever to the first position.
In yet another embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention comprises a card shoe, a card pusher device, a leading element, and a fixing lever. The card shoe includes a casing, a card-receiving space arranged inside the casing for receiving the poker cards, an installation space arranged below the card-receiving space, and a card-support inclined board separating the installation space from the card-receiving space. The casing includes a side hole. The card-support inclined board includes a control hole interconnecting with the installation space and the card-receiving space. The card pusher device is arranged in the card-receiving space and on the card-support inclined board for pushing the poker cards. The leading element is fixed to the casing and includes at least two leading slots. The fixing lever is disposed in the installation space and slidably installed in the two leading slots. The fixing lever includes a protrudent pillar extending through the control hole into the card-receiving space to control the card pusher device; a control rod passing through the side hole and operated by the user to make the protrudent pillar sink below the card-support inclined board; and a position-restoring element keeping the protrudent pillar protruding into the card-receiving space.
In a further embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention comprises a card shoe, a card pusher device and a fixing lever. The card shoe includes a casing, a card-receiving space arranged inside the casing for receiving the poker cards, and a card-support inclined board. The casing includes a side hole. The card pusher device is arranged in the card-receiving space on the card-support inclined board for pushing the poker cards. The card pusher device includes a first hook. The fixing lever is arranged inside the card-receiving space and includes a second hook able to hook the first hook, a control rod passing through the side hole and operated by the user to make the second hook separated from the first hook, and a position-restoring element restoring the second hook to the original position to hook the first hook.
The present invention is characterized in using the protrudent pillar, the second hook or the magnetic fixing lever to block, hook or attract the card pusher device to stay on the upper region of the card-receiving space. Thereby, the dealer can easily place the poker cards into the card-receiving space. After the poker cards are placed inside the card-receiving space, the dealer releases the protrudent pillar, the second hook or the magnetic fixing lever and pushes the card pusher device to deal out the poker cards. Therefore, the present invention can increase convenience and satisfy requirement in usage.
Below, embodiments are described in detail in cooperation with the attached drawings to make easily understood the objectives, characteristics and efficacies of the present invention.
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The fixing lever 30 is arranged inside the installation space 13 and includes a pivotal point 31 pivotally connected with the card shoe 10; a protrudent pillar 32 extending through the control hole 16 into the card-receiving space 12 to control the card pusher device 20; a control rod 33 passing through the side hole 15 and operated by the user to make the protrudent pillar 32 sink below the card-support inclined board 14; and a position-restoring element 34 keeping the protrudent pillar 32 protruding into the card-receiving space 12.
In one embodiment, the position-restoring element 34 is arranged in one side of the pivotal point 31, and the protrudent pillar 32 and the control rod 33 are arranged in the other side of the pivotal point 31. In one embodiment, the position-restoring element 34 is an elastic element 341, and the elastic element 341 presses against the card-support inclined board 14. The fixing lever 30 includes a recess 342 for receiving the elastic element 341. In one embodiment, the card-support inclined board 14 hangs a vertical plate 141, and the pivotal point 31 is pivotally connected with the vertical plate 141.
In one embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention further comprises a guiding element 17 arranged inside the card-receiving space 12. The guiding element 17 includes two guiding strips 171 respectively arranged on the left side and the right side of the card-receiving space 12 to form a gradually-shrinking opening 18 for guiding the poker cards into the card-receiving space 12. In one embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention further comprises a top cover 19 pivotally connected with the casing 11 for covering the card-receiving space 12 and sheltering the poker cards inside the card-receiving space 12.
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The magnetic fixing lever 30A includes a pivotal point 31 pivotally connected with the card shoe 10. The position-restoring element 34 and the second magnet 32A are arranged in one side of the pivotal point 31. The control rod 33A is arranged in the other side of the pivotal point 31 and operated by the user to separate the second magnet 32A from the card-support inclined board 14. The position-restoring element 34 is an elastic element 341A, and the elastic element 341A pushes the second magnet 32A to approach the card-support inclined board 14. The card-support inclined board 14 hangs a vertical plate 141, and the pivotal point 31 is pivotally connected with the vertical plate 141.
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In some embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention further comprises a guiding element 17 arranged inside the card-receiving space 12. The guiding element 17 includes two guiding strips 171 respectively arranged on the left side and the right side of the card-receiving space 12 to form a gradually-shrinking opening 18 for guiding the poker cards into the card-receiving space 12. In some embodiments, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention further comprises a top cover 19 pivotally connected with the casing 11 for covering the card-receiving space 12 and sheltering the poker cards inside the card-receiving space 12.
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One end of the position-restoring element 34 is secured to the casing 11, and the other end of the position-restoring element 34 is secured to the fixing lever 30. In the fourteenth embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention further comprises a guiding element 17 arranged inside the card-receiving space 12. The guiding element 17 includes two guiding strips 171 respectively arranged on the left side and the right side of the card-receiving space 12 to form a gradually-shrinking opening 18 for guiding the poker cards into the card-receiving space 12. In the fourteenth embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention further comprises a top cover 19 pivotally connected with the casing 11 for covering the card-receiving space 12 and sheltering the poker cards inside the card-receiving space 12.
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One end of the position-restoring element 34 presses again the casing 11, and the other end of the position-restoring element 34 presses against the second hook 32B. In the fifteenth embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention further comprises a guiding element 17 arranged inside the card-receiving space 12. The guiding element 17 includes two guiding strips 171 respectively arranged on the left side and the right side of the card-receiving space 12 to form a gradually-shrinking opening 18 for guiding the poker cards into the card-receiving space 12. In the fifteenth embodiment, the dealing shoe structure of the present invention further comprises a top cover 19 pivotally connected with the casing 11 for covering the card-receiving space 12 and sheltering the poker cards inside the card-receiving space 12.
In summary, the present invention is characterized in using the protrudent pillar, the second hook or the magnetic fixing lever to block, hook or attract the card pusher device to stay on the upper region of the card-receiving space. Thereby, the dealer can easily place the poker cards into the card-receiving space. After the poker cards are placed inside the card-receiving space, the dealer releases the protrudent pillar, the second hook or the magnetic fixing lever and pushes the card pusher device to deal out the poker cards. Therefore, the present invention can increase convenience and satisfy requirement in usage.
The present invention has been demonstrated in detail with the embodiments. However, these embodiments are only to exemplify the present invention but not to limit the scope of the present invention. Any equivalent modification or variation according to the spirit of the present invention is to be also included within the scope of the present invention.
Number | Name | Date | Kind |
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20070216092 | Fleckenstein | Sep 2007 | A1 |
20130228971 | Flynn | Sep 2013 | A1 |