Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Hoffman Wasson & Gilter PC
  • Process for producing a metal-ceramic substrate
    Patent number: 6182358
    Abstract: A process is provided in which an initial substrate has a ceramic layer with metal layers on either side. At least one of the metal layers projects above one edge of the ceramic layer. The projecting sub-area is deformed so that the metal layer on the edge is disposed a distance from the surface of the ceramic layer, and along the edge in one border area with a stipulated width is separated from the ceramic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: Jurgen Schulz-Harder
  • Card handling apparatus
    Patent number: 5944310
    Abstract: Apparatus for shuffling or handling cards including a chamber in which a main stack of cards are supported, a loading station for holding a secondary stack of cards, and card separating mechanism for separating cards at a series of positions along the main stack to allow the introduction of cards from the secondary stack into the main stack at those positions. The separating means grips cards at the series of positions along the stack and lifts those cards to define spaces in the main stack for introduction of cards from the secondary stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Gaming Products PTY LTD
    Inventors: Rodney George Johnson, Mark William Piacun, Clarence Ernest Rudd