Shuffling machine

Abstract

A shuffling machine includes a base, a card-shuffling compartment, a card-moving mechanism, a card-allocating mechanism, and a card-pushing mechanism. The base is covered with a casing. One side of the card-shuffling compartment has a card-discharging port and a card inlet, and another side has a box opening. A card box is accommodated in the box opening. The card box has a card space therein. The card-moving mechanism includes a lift platform. A guide roller unit is provided on the lift platform. The lift platform is located in the card-shuffling compartment and passes through the card space. The card-allocating mechanism includes a card-allocating box. The card-allocating box has a plurality of grid layers. The card-pushing mechanism includes a push block that is moved horizontally. The card-allocating box is moved up and down for the push block to correspond to one of the grid layers.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A shuffling machine, comprising a base, a card-shuffling compartment, a card-moving mechanism, a card-allocating mechanism, and a card-pushing mechanism; the base being covered with a casing; a card-discharging port and a card inlet being disposed on a first side of the card-shuffling compartment, a second side of the card-shuffling compartment, adjacent to the card-discharging port, having a box opening, the card-shuffling compartment and the box opening being exposed to the casing, the box opening being configured for accommodating a card box; a third side of the card-shuffling compartment, opposite to the box opening, having a vertical cutout groove; the card box having a card space therein, the card space communicating with the card-shuffling compartment; the card-moving mechanism being mounted on the base, the card-moving mechanism including a lift platform driven to move up and down by an external power source, a guide roller unit driven by the external power source being provided on the lift platform, the lift platform passing through the cutout groove and being located in the card-shuffling compartment, the lift platform further passing through the card space; the card-allocating mechanism being mounted on the base, the card-allocating mechanism including a card-allocating box driven to move up and down by the external power source, the card-allocating box having a plurality of vertically arranged grid layers, the card-allocating box being located adjacent to the card-discharging port and the card inlet; the card-pushing mechanism including a card-pushing slide rail, a card-pushing slider, an upright rack and a push block disposed on the upright rack, the card-pushing slide rail being horizontally mounted on the base, the card-pushing slider being slidably connected to the card-pushing slide rail, the upright rack being coupled to the card-pushing slider, the upright rack and the push block being arranged on one side of the card-allocating box, facing away from the card inlet, the push block corresponding in position to the card inlet, the card-allocating box being moved up and down for the push block to correspond to one of the grid layers, the card-pushing slider being driven by the external power source to slide horizontally toward the card inlet. 
     
     
         2 . The shuffling machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the card-moving mechanism includes a card-moving slide rail and a card-moving slider, the card-moving slide rail is vertically connected to the base, the card-moving slider is slidably connected to the card-moving slide rail, the lift platform passes through the cutout groove of the card-shuffling compartment and is connected to the card-moving slider, and the card-moving slider is driven to move up and down by the external power source. 
     
     
         3 . The shuffling machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the card-allocating mechanism includes a card-allocating slide rail and a card-allocating slider, the card-allocating slide rail is vertically connected to the base, the card-allocating slider is slidably connected to the card-allocating slide rail, the card-allocating box is connected to the card-allocating slider, and the card-allocating slider is driven to move up and down by the external power source. 
     
     
         4 . The shuffling machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the card-pushing mechanism further includes a drive belt, a motor having a driving wheel, and a driven wheel, the drive belt is wound around the driving wheel and the driven wheel, and the card-pushing slider is connected to the drive belt. 
     
     
         5 . The shuffling machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a card-discharging module is disposed on the first side of the card-shuffling compartment, the card-discharging module includes an upper roller driven to rotate by the external power source and a lower roller against the upper roller, the first side of the card-shuffling compartment further has a through hole, the upper roller and the lower roller are pivotally connected in a cover, the cover covers the through hole, the cover has the card-discharging port, and the card-discharging port corresponds in position to the through hole. 
     
     
         6 . The shuffling machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the second side of the card-shuffling compartment further has a slot, a press lever unit is pivotally connected to an outside of the card-shuffling compartment and is able to pass through the slot, and the press lever unit is pivoted to pass through the slot and press against the guide roller unit on the lift platform. 
     
     
         7 . The shuffling machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a photoelectric sensor is provided below the guide roller unit. 
     
     
         8 . The shuffling machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the card box further has a top opening and a bottom opening, and one side of the card box has a rear opening facing the cutout groove. 
     
     
         9 . The shuffling machine as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the push block  45  is connected to the upright rack to form an “L” shape.