CN1824356A - Playing cards automatic shuffling machine - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic card shuffling and dealing machine for playing cards is composed of a card storage unit consisting of the fixed card storage box and the second driver for delivering the cards out of the card storage box, a card dealing unit consisting of at least two card dealing boxes for receiving the cards from said card storage box and the third driver for delivering the cards out of said card dealing boxes, the first driver for driving the card dealing unit to revolve around the card storage unit, and a controller for controlling said three drivers.

Description

Automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card

Technical field

The present invention relates to automatic card shuffling, the card dealer of playing cards.

Background technology

Playing cards are recreation, apparatus for entertainment that a kind of people often use, and it is of a great variety, and the most common have playing card and card form mah-jong pieces etc., and various Card Games have different game rules.The craft that traditional Card Games adopts is shuffled and manual mode of dealing out the cards, want trump card (distributional) the not only spended time but also need skill of thoroughly washing evenly and accurately deal out the cards, make worn-out possibility but also exist, be difficult to guarantee the fairness of recreation, so people have invented automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card.Adopt of existing playing card machine imitated the mode of manually shuffling with mechanism more, wash the bridge queen with the order mode of dealing out the cards to around predeterminated position deal out the cards, have the deficiency of following several respects: riffling device complex structure, poor reliability, be difficult to guarantee playing cards and wash evenly, and spended time is longer; Can only deal out the cards in the mode that order is dealt out the cards, can't satisfy of the requirement of most of game rules the mode of dealing out the cards; The recreation card in one's hand is no change fixedly, easily the fairness of losing game.

Summary of the invention

Technical problem to be solved by this invention provides a kind of automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card, and this cards automatic shuffling machine can not only be washed playing cards evenly fully, and can deal out the cards by game rule easily, can satisfy the needs of variety classes Card Games.

The technical solution adopted for the present invention to solve the technical problems is: automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention, it is characterized in that it includes following apparatus: a. deposits board apparatus, comprise fixing being used to deposit the card storage box of playing cards, with playing cards by second drive unit of sending out in the card storage box; B. card dealer, comprise at least two be used to admit the box of dealing out the cards of playing cards that card storage box is sent out, with playing cards by the 3rd drive unit of sending out in the box of dealing out the cards; C. first drive unit drives described card dealer around depositing the rotation of board apparatus device; D. control device is used to control described first drive unit, second drive unit and the action of the 3rd drive unit.

The invention has the beneficial effects as follows, can be with the random fashion control that number combines at random with the position at random process of shuffling, and control in position mode at random again and deal out the cards, therefore can fully playing cards be washed evenly, thereby guarantee the fairness of Card Games; Can deal out the cards by game rule easily, can satisfy the needs of variety classes Card Games, help improving the recreational of Card Games; Compare with existing automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card, designs simplification is operated more easy, reliable.

Description of drawings

This specification comprises following nine width of cloth accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical view of depositing board, card dealer in the automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a stereogram of depositing board, card dealer in the automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the vertical view of card storage box in the automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the stereogram of card storage box in the automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the sectional elevation of card storage box in the automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is the vertical view of box of dealing out the cards in the automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is the stereogram of box of dealing out the cards in the automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention;

Fig. 9 is the sectional elevation of box of dealing out the cards in the automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention.

Parts among the figure, position and numbering:shell 10,base 11, vertical shaft 12,mahjong pieces outlet 13,storehouse lid 14,first drive unit 15,stepper motor 16,transmission mechanism 17, bearing 18,first substrate 20,card storage box 21,second drive unit 22,second substrate 30, thebox 31 of dealing out the cards, the3rd drive unit 32,control device 40, detection means 41, detection means 42,sensor 43,sensor 44, show andguidance panel 45,motor 50,transmission mechanism 51,front propeller shaft 52,inter-axle shaft 53,drive 54,drive 55,baffle plate 60, thepassage 61 of playing a card.

The specific embodiment

The present invention is further described below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.

In this manual, described " playing cards " are meant various card form boards, and as playing card, card form mah-jong pieces, river board or the like, it not only comprises the card form board of papery, also comprises the card form board made from plastics or other materials.

With reference to Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention includes following apparatus:

A. deposit board apparatus, comprise fixing being used to deposit thecard storage box 21 of playing cards, with playing cards bysecond drive unit 22 of sending out in thecard storage box 21;

B. card dealer, comprise at least two be used to admit thebox 31 of dealing out the cards ofcard storage box 21 playing cards of sending out, with playing cards by the3rd drive unit 32 of sending out in thebox 31 of dealing out the cards;

C.first drive unit 15 drives described card dealer around depositing the board apparatus rotation;

D. control device 40, are used to control describedfirst drive unit 15,second drive unit 22 and 32 actions of the 3rd drive unit.

Under the control ofcontrol device 40, describedly deposit the playing cards that board apparatus will deposit in thecard storage box 21 and be sent in the described card dealer in thebox 31 of respectively dealing out the cards at random of position, and in position mode at random playing cards are issued to the memorial tablet of appointment again by thebox 31 of respectively dealing out the cards by game rule in number mode at random.Therefore, compare with existing automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention has following characteristics: can fully playing cards be washed evenly, thereby guarantee the fairness of Card Games; Can deal out the cards by game rule easily, thereby satisfy the needs of variety classes Card Games, and help improving the recreational of Card Games; Designs simplification is operated more easy, reliable.

Control device 40 mainly comprises with the central microprocessor being the control core circuit, the random fashion control card storage box that employing combines with the position at random at random by number go out number of cards and the change in location of the box of respectively dealing out the cards, the board that to respectively deal out the cards in the box in position mode at random is sent to predeterminated position again, sends out a number of cards and can preset according to full front of a Chinese gown game rule.That is to say that even the whole folded playing cards that pile up by particular order, through washing, deal out the cards process, the board that is dealt into each predeterminated position also is random.In order to satisfy of the different requirements of different game rules to the mode of dealing out the cards, cards dealing procedures such as central microprocessor can be provided with automatically and deal out the cards simultaneously, automatic sequence is dealt out the cards, deal out the cards simultaneously automatically and manually want board to combine, automatic sequence is dealt out the cards and manually want that board combines are to satisfy the requirement of dealing out the cards of all canasters.In order to satisfy the individual demand of people's door, the self-defined game rule function of increase can be set also to recreation.

Fig. 4, Fig. 5 show described a kind of concrete configuration form of depositing board apparatus.With reference to this two figure, the described board apparatus of depositing is made offirst substrate 20,card storage box 21,second drive unit 22 etc., andcard storage box 21 is fixedly set on first substrate 20.Fig. 7, Fig. 8 show a kind of concrete configuration form of described card dealer.With reference to this two figure, described card dealer is bysecond substrate 30, at least two formations such asbox 31, the3rd drive unit 32 of dealing out the cards, the quantity ofbox 31 of dealing out the cards can preferably be defined as 4, thebox 31 of respectively dealing out the cards is uniform aroundcard storage box 21 onsecond substrate 30, and thebox 31 of respectively dealing out the cards all disposes a cover the3rd drive unit 32 etc.With reference to Fig. 1, describedfirst drive unit 15 comprises thestepper motor 16 that drives 30 rotations of second substrate bytransmission mechanism 17.

Fig. 1 shows a kind of concrete configuration form of depositing between board apparatus, card dealer, first drive unit 15.With reference to Fig. 1, describedfirst substrate 20 is fixed on the vertical shaft 12, and these vertical shaft 12 lower ends are fixed on thebase 11; Describedsecond substrate 30 is sleeved on thebase 11 by bearing 18, is rotation with vertical shaft 12 axis.Describedstepper motor 16 is fixedly set onfirst substrate 20, and describedtransmission mechanism 17 can preferably adopt gear drive, and its driven gear is installed onsecond substrate 30, and is meshed with driving gear on being fixed onstepper motor 16 power output shafts.

With reference to Fig. 5, Fig. 6 and Fig. 8, Fig. 9, describedsecond drive unit 22, the3rd drive unit 32 include following parts:motor 50; Be arranged oncard storage box 21, the power transmission shaft vertical ofbox 31 bottoms of dealing out the cards with the playing cards direction of transfer, power transmission shaft is provided with drive or the transmission rod that acts on the playing cards; The transmission of power thatmotor 50 is produced is to thetransmission mechanism 51 of described power transmission shaft.Describedtransmission mechanism 51 can adopt mechanical field various transmission mechanisms commonly used, and comparatively preferred mode is to adopt gear drive or synchronous belt drive mechanism.In the present invention,card storage box 21, thebox 31 of dealing out the cards can adopt essentially identical structure and playing cards load mode, produce to realize intensification, help reducing the production cost of complete machine as far as possible.

The quantity of described power transmission shaft can be one, with reference to Fig. 6 and Fig. 9, described power transmission shaft comprise be positioned atcard storage box 21,front propeller shaft 52 that thebox 31 of dealing out the cards is played a card the port bottom, this its axis offront propeller shaft 52 upper edges is arranged at intervals with at least two drives 54.Thedrive 54 that rotates makes playing cards generation rectilinear motion by the frictional force of itself and playing cards.Generally speaking,drive 54 should adopt rubber tire.Further, for improving 54 pairs of playing cards frictional force of drive, can on the external peripheral surface ofdrive 54, offer annular ditch groove or decorative pattern groove.A power transmission shaft is set farthest simplifies the overall structure of thebox 31 of dealing out the cards, reduce production costs.

The quantity of described power transmission shaft also can be more than two or two, with reference to Fig. 6 and Fig. 9, described power transmission shaft also comprise be positioned atcard storage box 21,inter-axle shaft 53 that thebox 31 of dealing out the cards is played a card the direction rear portion, this its axis ofinter-axle shaft 53 upper edges is arranged at intervals with at least two drives 25.Described drive 25 can adopt rubber tire, also can adopt sector gear or have the radially eccentric wheel of evagination moving tooth structure, and wherein a kind of mode in back can be used as preferred embodiment.

With reference to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, describedcontrol device 40 includes and is used to detectcard storage box 21 playing cards and sendsstatus detection device 41, and this detection means 41 is fixedly set onfirst substrate 20 and is positioned at the play a card outside of port of card storage box 21.This detection means 41 detects by the playing cards quantity that sends out in thecard storage box 21, and after detecting the playing cards that send out specified quantity,control device 40 sends instruction and stops 22 actions of second drive unit.This detection means 41 also is used to detect the motion state by the playing cards that send out in thecard storage box 21, if failing to enter fully, a certain playing cards that sent deal out the cards in thebox 31, then send instruction and drive second drive unit, 22 counteragents, these playing cards are recovered tocard storage box 21 bycontrol device 40.

With reference to Fig. 1, describedcontrol device 40 includes and is used to detect thesensor 43,44 ofbox 31 orientation andcontrol step motor 16 actions of respectively dealing out the cards; The quantity ofsensor 43,44 equates with the quantity of thebox 31 of dealing out the cards, and is separately fixed onsecond substrate 30, the base 11.Before washing, dealing out the cards, the central microprocessor bycontrol device 40 calls random number of random function generation earlier, and through after thecomputing stepper motor 16 being sent the control instruction (umber of pulse) of how many angles of rotation,stepper motor 16 drives 30 rotations of second substrate then.Simultaneously, central microprocessor beginssensor 43,44 is sampled, and assigns the stall instruction if signal is connected then to steppermotor 16, and thebox 31 of respectively dealing out the cards is rotated on the appointedpositions.Sensor 43,44 can preferably adopt Hall element.

With reference to Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, describedcontrol device 40 includes and is used for detecting thebox 31 playing cards transmissionstatus detection device 42 of dealing out the cards, the quantity of detection means 42 equates with the quantity of thebox 31 of dealing out the cards, and each detection means 42 is fixedly set onsecond substrate 30 and is positioned at the play a card outside of port of thecorresponding box 31 of dealing out the cards.This detection means 42 detects by the playing cards quantity that sends out in thebox 31 of dealing out the cards, and after detecting the playing cards that send out specified quantity,control device 40 sends instruction and stops 32 actions of the 3rd drive unit.This detection means 41 also is used to detect the motion state by the playing cards that send out in thecard storage box 21, if a certain playing cards that sent fail fully to send, then send instruction and drive the3rd drive unit 32 counteragents, these playing cards are recovered in thebox 31 of dealing out the cards by control device 40.Described detection means 41,42 can preferably adopt infrared sensor.

For the accuracy and the reliability that improvecard storage box 21, thebox 31 of dealing out the cards transmits playing cards, with reference to Fig. 6 and Fig. 9, the port position of playing a card of describedcard storage box 21, thebox 31 of dealing out the cards is provided withbaffle plate 60, offer thepassage 61 of playing a card that passes through for individual playing cards on thisbaffle plate 60, to guarantee to transfer out a piece of paper board at every turn.Further be, the inner port of the describedpassage 61 of playing a card forms the passage that cross section is wedge shape tobaffle plate 60 inwall chamferings, lozenges can be whole folded board an oblique component is provided, and to overcome inter-adhesive between two paper playing cards, makescard storage box 21, thebox 31 of dealing out the cards once only sends out a piece of paper board.

Fig. 1 shows a kind of typical general layout form of automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card of the present invention, promptly depositing board apparatus, card dealer,first drive unit 15,control device 40 is housed inside in theshell 10, thisshell 10 is along circumferentially offering at least twomahjong pieces outlets 13, andmahjong pieces outlet 13 is relative with the port of playing a card of thebox 31 of dealing out the cards.The quantity ofmahjong pieces outlet 11 can preferably be set to 8, can satisfy the needs of existing almost all kinds Card Games.Describedshell 10 andcard storage box 21 relative positions are provided withopenable storehouse lid 14, also are provided with the demonstration and theguidance panel 45 ofcontrol device 40 on the describedshell 10.

It is pointed out that top described principles more of the present invention that just explain through diagrams, because the those of ordinary skill in constructed field is easy to carry out on this basis some modifications and change.Therefore, this specification be not be the present invention to be confined to shown in and in described concrete structure and the scope of application, so every the corresponding modify and equivalent that might be utilized, the claim that all belongs to the present invention and applied for.

Claims (16)

1, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card is characterized in that it includes following apparatus:

A. deposit board apparatus, comprise fixing being used to deposit the card storage box of playing cards (21), with playing cards by second drive unit (22) of sending out in the card storage box (21);

B. card dealer, comprise at least two be used to admit the box of dealing out the cards (31) of card storage box (21) playing cards of sending out, with playing cards by the 3rd drive unit (32) of sending out in the box of dealing out the cards (31);

C. first drive unit (15) drives described card dealer around depositing the board apparatus rotation;

D. control device (40) is used to control described first drive unit (15), second drive unit (22) and the 3rd drive unit (32) action.

2, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: the described board apparatus of depositing also includes fixing first substrate (20), and card storage box (21) fixedly installs thereon; Described card dealer also includes second substrate (30) that rotates with respect to first substrate (20) under first drive unit (15) drives, the box (31) of respectively dealing out the cards is fixed on second substrate (30).

3, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: described first substrate (20) is fixedly installed on the vertical shaft (12), and this vertical shaft (12) lower end is fixed on the base (11); Described second substrate (30) is sleeved on the base (11) by bearing (18), is rotation with vertical shaft (12) axis.

4, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that: the described box (31) of respectively dealing out the cards is gone up uniform around card storage box (21) at second substrate (30).

5, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that: described control device (40) includes and is used to detect card storage box (21) playing cards and sends status detection device (41), and this detection means (41) is fixedly set in first substrate (20) and goes up and be positioned at the play a card outside of port of card storage box (21).

6, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that: described control device (40) includes and is used for detecting box (31) the playing cards transmission status detection device (42) of dealing out the cards, the quantity of detection means (42) equates with the quantity of the box of dealing out the cards (31), and each detection means (42) is fixedly set in second substrate (30) and goes up and be positioned at the play a card outside of port of the corresponding box of dealing out the cards (31).

7, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: described first drive unit (15) comprises the stepper motor (16) that drives second substrate (30) rotation by transmission mechanism (17).

8, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that: described stepper motor (16) is fixedly set on first substrate (20), what described transmission mechanism (17) adopted is gear drive, its driven gear is installed on second substrate (30), and is meshed with driving gear on being fixed on stepper motor (16) power output shaft.

9, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: described control device (40) includes and is used for detecting the sensor (43,44) of box (31) orientation and control step motor (16) action of respectively dealing out the cards; The quantity of sensor (43,44) equates with the quantity of the box of dealing out the cards (31), and is separately fixed on second substrate (30), the base (11).

10, as claim 1,2 described automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card, it is characterized in that: described second drive unit (22), the 3rd drive unit (32) include: motor (50); Be arranged on the power transmission shaft vertical with the playing cards direction of transfer of card storage box (21), the box of dealing out the cards (31) bottom, power transmission shaft is provided with drive or the transmission rod that acts on the playing cards; The transmission of power that motor (50) is produced is to the transmission mechanism (51) of described power transmission shaft.

11, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that: described power transmission shaft comprises and is positioned at the play a card front propeller shaft (52) of port below of card storage box (21), the box of dealing out the cards (31) that its axis of this front propeller shaft (52) upper edge is arranged at intervals with at least two drives (54).

12, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that: described power transmission shaft also comprises and is positioned at the play a card inter-axle shaft (53) at direction rear portion of card storage box (21), the box of dealing out the cards (31), its axis of this inter-axle shaft (53) upper edge is arranged at intervals with at least two drives (55), drive (55)

For sector gear or have the radially eccentric wheel of evagination moving tooth structure.

13, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that: what described transmission mechanism (51) adopted is gear drive or synchronous belt drive mechanism.

14, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that: the port position of playing a card of described card storage box (21), the box of dealing out the cards (31) is provided with baffle plate (60), offer the passage of playing a card (61) that passes through for individual playing cards on this baffle plate (60), the inner port of this passage of playing a card (61) forms the passage that cross section is wedge shape to baffle plate (60) inwall chamfering.

15, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the described board apparatus, card dealer, first drive unit (15), control device (40) deposited is housed inside in the shell (10), this shell (10) is along circumferentially offering at least two mahjong pieces outlets (13), and mahjong pieces outlet (13) is relative with the port of playing a card of the box of dealing out the cards (31).

16, automatically cleaning and dealing machine for playing card as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that: the position that described shell (10) is relative with card storage box (21) is provided with openable Cang Gai (14); Also be provided with the demonstration and the guidance panel (45) of control device (40) on the described shell (10).

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