CARD-DEALING MACHINE
A card-dealing machine includes a housing, a card-delivering mechanism and a card-dealing mechanism. The housing has a card compartment, a card access port, a card-delivering port, and a card-dealing port. The card-delivering mechanism is configured to deliver the playing cards in the card compartment to the card-delivering port. The card-dealing mechanism is configured to deal the playing cards located at the card-delivering port from the card-dealing port. The card-delivering mechanism includes a first card-delivering roller assembly, a second card-delivering roller assembly, a first motor and a first transmission assembly. The first motor drives the first card-delivering roller assembly and the second card-delivering roller assembly to rotate through the first transmission assembly so as to deliver the playing cards located in the card compartment to the card-delivering port.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of poker machines, and more particularly to a card-dealing machine.
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSUREWith the improvement of living standards, people's daily life has gradually become richer, and poker has become one of their favorite entertainment pastime. However, after playing a round of cards, players need to sort, shuffle and deal the cards themselves. In order to save time, automatic card-dealing machines have been developed to deal cards.
Regarding most of the card-dealing machines currently on the market, when there are only a few playing cards in the card compartment, it is difficult to deal the playing cards out of the card compartment because the playing cards are light. A small number of card-dealing machines are equipped with a card-pressing rod, so that the problem that it is difficult to deal playing cards when there are only a few playing cards in the card compartment can be resolved. However, when the playing cards are put into the card compartment and dealt out, the card-pressing rod needs to be lifted and then the playing cards are put in, which is not convenient enough to use.
SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSUREThe purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a card-dealing machine, which has the advantage that when there are only a small number of playing cards in the card compartment, the playing cards can be dealt out without the need for a card-pressing rod, so that it is convenient for the user to pick up and place the cards.
In order to achieve the above objects, the technical solution adopted by the present disclosure is as follows. A card-dealing machine includes a housing having a card compartment for accommodating playing cards, a card access port located on a top side and/or a rear side of the card compartment, a card-delivering port located on a front side of a bottom of the card compartment, and a card-dealing port located on a front side of the housing and corresponding to the card-delivering port; a card-delivering mechanism provided at the bottom of the card compartment and configured to deliver the playing cards in the card compartment to the card-delivering port; and a card-dealing mechanism provided at the bottom of the card compartment and located between the card-delivering mechanism and the card-delivering port, and configured to deal the playing cards located at the card-delivering port from the card-dealing port. The card-delivering mechanism includes a first card-delivering roller assembly located at the bottom of the card compartment and adjacent to the card-delivering port; a second card-delivering roller assembly located at the bottom of the card compartment, arranged parallel to the first card-delivering roller assembly, and away from the card-delivering port; and a first motor and a first transmission assembly, wherein the first motor drives the first card-delivering roller assembly and the second card-delivering roller assembly to rotate through the first transmission assembly, so as to deliver the playing cards located in the card compartment to the card-delivering port.
By virtue of the above technical solution, the beneficial effects of the present disclosure are as follows.
In the present disclosure, by disposing the first card-delivering roller assembly corresponding to a front end of the playing cards and the second card-delivering roller assembly corresponding to a rear end of the playing cards at the bottom of the card compartment, when the card-dealing machine is operating, a cooperation of the first card-delivering roller assembly and the second card-delivering roller assembly results in increased friction between the card-delivering roller assembly and the playing cards, so that the playing cards can be dealt out of the card-dealing port without the need for a card-pressing lever, making it more convenient for users to pick up and place cards. Since it is not blocked by the card-pressing rod, more playing cards can be placed in the card compartment.
In order to explain the embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without exerting any creative effort.
The present disclosure will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
This specific embodiment is only an explanation of the present disclosure, and is not a limitation of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art can make modifications to this embodiment without creative contribution as needed after reading this description, and as long as they are within the scope of the claims of the present disclosure, they are protected by the patent law.
The present embodiment relates to a card-dealing machine, as shown in
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In the present embodiment, the rear side (a side away from the card-delivering port 12) and a top of the card compartment 11 are open structures by which an open card compartment 11 is defined, thereby making the process of placing and taking cards simpler and more efficient. Because the rear side of the card compartment 11 is an open structure, a length of the playing cards placed in the card compartment 11 can exceed a length of the card compartment 11, and it can be adapted to use more types of playing cards. Certainly, in other embodiments, the card compartment 11 may also have an open structure only on the top or the rear side.
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The card-delivering mechanism 2 is provided at the bottom of the card compartment 11 and is configured to deliver the playing cards in the card compartment 11 to the card-delivering port 12. As shown in
The card-delivering roller assembly is arranged on the bottom surface of the card compartment 11 and includes a card-delivering shaft arranged parallel to the card-delivering port 12, a frame fixed in the housing 1, and a card-delivering roller that rubs a bottom surface of the playing cards to realize the card-delivering function. The card-delivering roller is fixed on the card-delivering shaft, and the card-delivering shaft is assembled to the frame fixed in the housing 1 through the bearings at both ends, so that the card-delivering roller can follow the card-delivering shaft and rotate relative to the frame to complete the card-delivering. In the present embodiment, a number of card-delivering rollers is two, which are respectively arranged on a left side and a right side of the playing cards. In other embodiments, the number of card-delivering rollers may be one or three.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, two groups of card-delivering roller assemblies are provided. One group is: a first card-delivering roller assembly 21 located at the bottom of the card compartment 11 and adjacent to the card-delivering port 12, and the other group is: a second card-delivering roller assembly 22 located at the bottom of the card compartment 11, and arranged parallel to the first card-delivering roller assembly 21 and away from the card-delivering port 12.
Correspondingly, the first card-delivering roller assembly 21 includes a first card-delivering shaft 211, a first frame body 212 provided in the housing 1 for the first card-delivering shaft 211 to be disposed, and a first card-delivering roller 213 fixed on the first card-delivering shaft 211. The second card-delivering roller assembly 22 includes a second card-delivering shaft 221, a second frame body 222 provided in the housing 1 for the second card-delivering shaft 221 to be disposed, and a second card-delivering roller 223 fixed on the second card-delivering shaft 223. In other embodiments, a number of card-delivering roller assemblies may also be one group, three groups, etc.
In a preferred embodiment, a protrusion is provided on a peripheral side of the first card-delivering roller 213 and/or a peripheral side of the second card-delivering roller 223 so as to vibrate the playing cards in the card compartment 11 when the playing cards are delivered. Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in
In the present embodiment, a protruding height of the protrusion relative to the card-delivering roller is set to 0.5 mm. The protruding height of the protrusion cannot be set too low so that amplitude of the bump lifting the playing cards is too small and the vibration effect cannot be achieved. The protruding height of the protrusion cannot be set too high, which may cause the protrusion to push up the playing cards too much, causing the playing cards to be thrown away from the card compartment 11 during the vibration process. Certainly, in other embodiments, the protruding height of the protrusion relative to the card-delivering roller can also be set to a height of 0.3 mm, 0.4 mm, 0.6 mm, 0.7 mm, 0.8 mm, etc.
In the present embodiment, the protrusion is configured as inverted V-shaped protrusion 26. The inverted V-shaped protrusion 26 is parallel to the card-delivering shaft, so that when the card-delivering roller is rolling, the inverted V-shaped protrusion 26 may not hold up the playing cards for a long time, and the playing cards float up and down to generate vibration. A length of the inverted V-shaped protrusion 26 is the same as a length of the card-delivering roller, so that a contact area between the inverted V-shaped protrusion 26 and the playing cards is larger, and it is less likely to deform the playing cards and affect the smoothness of the card-delivering and a user's experience. Certainly, in other embodiments, the protrusion can also be arranged in other structural shapes.
In the present embodiment, four inverted V-shaped protrusions 26 are provided, which are evenly arranged on a circumference of the card-delivering roller, so that the playing cards in the card compartment 11 vibrate rhythmically and with sufficiently large amplitude to enhance the vibration effect and the neighboring playing cards may not stick together. Certainly, in other embodiments, a number of the inverted V-shaped protrusions 26 can also be set to one, two, three, five, six, etc.
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The card-dealing mechanism 3 includes a card-dealing roller assembly 31, a card-pressing assembly 32, the motor 24 that provides power for the card-dealing roller assembly 31, and a second transmission assembly 33 that transmits the power of the motor 24 to the card-dealing roller assembly 31.
The card-dealing roller assembly 31 is provided on a lower side of the card-dealing port 13 and includes a card-dealing shaft 311 arranged parallel to the card-dealing port 13 and located in the housing 1 and on the lower side of the card-dealing port 13, and a card-dealing roller 312 rubbing the bottom surface of the playing cards to realize a card-dealing function. The card-dealing roller 312 is fixed on the card-dealing shaft 311, and the card-dealing shaft 311 is assembled to the second transmission assembly 33 through bearings at both ends, so that the card-dealing roller 312 can follow the card-dealing shaft 311 and rotate relative to the housing 1 to complete the card-dealing.
The card-pressing assembly 32 is arranged above the card-dealing roller assembly 31 and includes a card-pressing shaft 321 that is installed in the housing 1 and can float up and down, a card-pressing spring 322 provided in the spring cavity 15 of the housing 1, and a card-pressing wheel 323 sleeved on the card-pressing shaft 321. One end of the card-pressing spring 322 is abutted against a top of the spring cavity 15 and another end of the card-pressing spring 322 is abutted against the card-pressing shaft 321, and the card-pressing wheel 323 sleeved on the card-pressing shaft 321 is pressed toward the card-dealing roller 312, so that the card-pressing wheel 323 and the card-pressing shaft 321 have a relative rotation therebetween, and the friction between the playing cards and the dealing roller 312 is increased while the resistance of dealing the cards is not increased. The up and down floating card-pressing shaft 321 can offset uncertainty of the thickness and surface state of the playing cards so as to achieve smooth and uniform card playing.
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In other embodiments, the card-delivering mechanism 2 and the card-dealing mechanism 3 can each use one motor.
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In the present embodiment, the adjustment device 43 includes an adjustment cavity 16 formed by a depression of the housing 1, an adjustment spring 431 disposed in the adjustment cavity 16, in which one end of the adjustment spring 431 is abutted against a bottom of the adjustment cavity 16 and another end of the adjustment spring 431 is abutted against the lower card-distributing block 41 for lifting the lower card-distributing block 41, a screw adjustment hole 161 arranged vertically in the adjustment cavity 16, and an adjustment screw 432 of which one end is connected to the lower card-distributing block 41 and another end is inserted into the screw adjustment hole 161. By adjusting a depth of the adjustment screw 432 inserted into the screw adjustment hole 161, the height of the lower card-distributing block 41 lifted by the adjustment spring 431 is adjusted, thereby realizing a height adjustment of the card-delivering port 12. Certainly, in other embodiments, the adjustment device 43 may also have other structures to adjust the height of the lower card-distributing block 41.
In a preferred embodiment, two adjustment springs 431 are provided and symmetrically arranged on a side of the adjustment cavity 16 adjacent to the card-dealing port 13. In addition, a bump 162 is provided on a side of the adjustment cavity 16 away from the card-dealing port 13, and configured to support the lower card-distributing block 41. This arrangement can keep the lower card-distributing block 41 balanced when in use.
In the present embodiment, a width of the lower card-distributing block 41 is ⅙ of a width of the playing cards. In other embodiments, the width of the lower card-distributing block 41 can also be ⅛, 1/7, ⅕, ¼, ⅓, ½ of the width of the playing cards.
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In a preferred embodiment, a card-dealing sensor 8 for detecting card-dealing in a vertical direction is provided on an upper side and/or a lower side of the card-dealing port 13. Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in
In the present embodiment, the card-dealing sensor 8 is configured as a photoelectric sensor, as shown in
In a preferred embodiment, the card-dealing machine further includes a card-pressing accessory 9. As shown in
When the card-pressing accessory 9 is not needed, the connecting rope 92 can be disassembled together with the card-pressing member main body 91. In the present embodiment, the connecting rope 92 and the housing 1 are magnetically assembled.
The card-pressing member main body 91 presses the playing cards in the card compartment 11 toward the bottom of the card compartment 11 by its own gravity, so as to make the card-dealing smoother. Especially, when there are fewer playing cards in the card compartment 11, the card-pressing member main body 91 increases the friction between the playing cards and the card-delivering mechanism 2, thereby avoiding the occurrence of unsmooth card-dealing, card jams, etc., so that the user experience can be enhanced. In the present embodiment, the card-pressing member main body 91 is configured in a circular shape. In other embodiments, the card-pressing member main body 91 may also be configured in other shapes.
In the present embodiment, a first magnetic assembly 93 is provided on the one end of the connecting rope 92 connected to the housing 1, and a second magnetic assembly is provided on the housing 1. Through magnetic attraction between the first magnetic assembly 93 and the second magnetic assembly, the detachable connection between the connecting rope 92 and the housing 1 can be achieved.
In a preferred embodiment, anti-slip silica gel is provided at a bottom of the card-pressing member main body 91 to increase the friction between the bottom of the card-pressing member main body 91 and the playing cards, and to prevent the card-pressing member main body 91 from shaking in the card compartment 11 and hitting a side wall of the card compartment 11 during the rotation of the card dealing process, so as to cause abnormal noise or even damage the card-dealing machine. Certainly, in other embodiments, other anti-slip structures may also be provided at the bottom of the card-pressing member main body 91 to prevent the card-pressing member main body 91 from shaking in the card compartment 11.
The above is only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present disclosure without limiting it. Other modifications or equivalent substitutions made by those of ordinary skill in the art to the technical solution of the present disclosure shall be covered by the claims of the present disclosure as long as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present disclosure.
Claims
1. A card-dealing machine, comprising:
- a housing having a card compartment for accommodating playing cards, a card access port located on a top side and/or a rear side of the card compartment, a card-delivering port located on a front side of a bottom of the card compartment, and a card-dealing port located on a front side of the housing and corresponding to the card-delivering port;
- a card-delivering mechanism provided at the bottom of the card compartment and configured to deliver the playing cards in the card compartment to the card-delivering port; and
- a card-dealing mechanism provided at the bottom of the card compartment and located between the card-delivering mechanism and the card-delivering port, and configured to deal the playing cards located at the card-delivering port from the card-dealing port;
- wherein the card-delivering mechanism includes:
- a first card-delivering roller assembly located at the bottom of the card compartment and adjacent to the card-delivering port;
- a second card-delivering roller assembly located at the bottom of the card compartment, arranged parallel to the first card-delivering roller assembly, and away from the card-delivering port; and
- a first motor and a first transmission assembly, wherein the first motor drives the first card-delivering roller assembly and the second card-delivering roller assembly to rotate through the first transmission assembly, so as to deliver the playing cards located in the card compartment to the card-delivering port.
2. The card-dealing machine according to claim 1, wherein the first card-delivering roller assembly includes a first card-delivering shaft, a first frame body provided in the housing for the first card-delivering shaft to be disposed, and a first card-delivering roller fixed on the first card-delivering shaft; and
- wherein the second card-delivering roller assembly includes a second card-delivering shaft, a second frame body provided in the housing for the second card-delivering shaft to be disposed, and a second card-delivering roller fixed on the second card-delivering shaft.
3. The card-dealing machine according to claim 2, wherein a protrusion is provided on a peripheral side of the first card-delivering roller and/or the second card-delivering roller so as to vibrate the playing cards in the card compartment when the playing cards are delivered.
4. The card-dealing machine according to claim 2, wherein the card-dealing mechanism includes a card-dealing roller assembly located in the housing and on a lower side of the card-dealing port, a card-pressing assembly located above the card-dealing roller assembly, a second motor, and a second transmission assembly configured to transmit power of the second motor to the card-dealing roller assembly.
5. The card-dealing machine according to claim 4, wherein the card-pressing assembly includes a card-pressing shaft installed on the housing, a card-pressing spring installed in the housing and configured to press the card-pressing shaft toward the card-dealing roller assembly, and a card-pressing wheel sleeved on the card-pressing shaft; wherein the housing is provided with a spring cavity for installing the card-pressing spring, one end of the card-pressing spring is abutted against a top of the spring cavity, and another end of the card-pressing spring is abutted against the card-pressing shaft.
6. The card-dealing machine according to claim 4, wherein the card-dealing roller assembly includes a card-dealing shaft located in the housing and on a lower side of the card-dealing port, and a card-dealing roller fixedly sleeved on the card-dealing shaft.
7. The card-dealing machine according to claim 4, wherein the first motor and the second motor are a same motor, an output end of the motor is connected to the first transmission assembly or the second transmission assembly, the first transmission assembly is connected to the second transmission assembly through a third transmission assembly.
8. The card-dealing machine according to claim 1, wherein a top and a side of the card compartment away from the card-delivering port are open structures by which an open card compartment is defined.
9. The card-dealing machine according to claim 8, wherein a bottom surface of the card compartment is inclined from an open side to the card-delivering port side.
10. The card-dealing machine according to claim 1, wherein the housing is provided with a height adjustment mechanism for adjusting a height of the card-delivering port so as to limit a number of the playing cards entering the card-delivering port at a time.
11. The card-dealing machine according to claim 10, wherein the height adjustment mechanism includes a lower card-distributing block located at a middle of a lower side of the card-delivering port, an adjustment device for adjusting a height of the lower card-distributing block, and an upper card-distributing block located on an upper side of the card-delivering port and corresponding to the lower card-distributing block.
12. The card-dealing machine according to claim 11, wherein the adjustment device includes an adjustment cavity, an adjustment spring disposed in the adjustment cavity, wherein one end of the adjustment spring is abutted against a bottom of the adjustment cavity and another end of the adjustment spring is abutted against the lower card-distributing block, at least one adjustment spring configured for lifting the lower card-distributing block, a screw adjustment hole arranged vertically in the adjustment cavity, and an adjustment screw of which one end is connected to the lower card-distributing block and another end is inserted into the screw adjustment hole, wherein a height of the lower card-distributing block is adjusted by adjusting a depth of the adjustment screw inserted into the screw adjustment hole to achieve height adjustment of the card-delivering port.
13. The card-dealing machine according to claim 12, wherein two adjustment springs are provided, the two adjustment springs are symmetrically arranged on a side of the adjustment cavity adjacent to the card-dealing port, and the adjustment device further includes a bump arranged on a side of the adjustment cavity away from the card-dealing port for supporting the lower card-distributing block, so as to keep the lower card-distributing block balanced.
14. The card-dealing machine according to claim 1, wherein a rotating base is provided on an outer lower side of the housing, a rotating structure is provided between the rotating base and the housing, and the housing rotates relative to the rotating base to deal cards in multiple directions.
15. The card-dealing machine according to claim 1, wherein a card-dealing sensor for detecting card-dealing in a vertical direction is provided on an upper side and/or a lower side of the card-dealing port.
16. The card-dealing machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a card-pressing accessory, wherein the card-pressing accessory includes a card-pressing member main body and a connecting rope, wherein one end of the connecting rope is detachably connected to the housing, and another end of the connecting rope is connected to the card-pressing member main body; wherein, when in use, the card-pressing member main body is placed on the playing cards located in the card compartment.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 1, 2024
Publication Date: Sep 12, 2024
Inventor: YAOWEN LIANG (SHENZHEN CITY)
Application Number: 18/430,613