CN104736209A - Protector for card shooter, and table game system - Google Patents

Abstract

A board game system (1), which is composed of a card dealer (2) and a protector (3) for preventing improper actions on the card dealer (2). The card dealer (2) has: a main body (5), which has a card storage unit (4) for receiving cards; and a cover (6), which covers the card storage unit, and is provided in front of the main body (5) for receiving cards Part (4) takes out the inverted U-shaped opening (8) of playing cards one by one. The protector (3) is mounted so as to cover the front surface of the card shoe (2), and is configured to be detachable from the card shoe (2). Thereby, it is possible to avoid opening the cover for an illegal purpose to take out the cards or insert a fake card, and to prevent unauthorized taking out of the cards from the inverted U-shaped opening at the front of the card dealer.

Description

Card Dealer Protector and Board Game System

technical field

The present invention relates to a protector for a card shoe that has an inverted U-shaped opening on the front so that cards can be taken out one by one from a card storage portion, and more particularly to a device for preventing unauthorized use of cards from the card shoe. A card shoe protector for fraudulent actions such as taking out cards.

Background technique

In various games such as Texas hold'em, baccarat, bridge, or blackjack, the dealer sets one or more decks of playing cards in a card dealer, etc., and one by one from the card dealer, etc. Taken out and distributed to players.

In addition, such a card dealer is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example.

The shuffled playing cards used in various games such as Texas hold'em, baccarat, bridge, or blackjack consist of usually 8 decks, or 416 cards. The dealer sets the 416 playing cards in the card dealer one at a time, and takes them out one by one from the card dealer and distributes them to the players. The dealers are placed on the gaming table when the dealers are not in use without players. Therefore, there is a possibility of opening the cover of the card shoe and removing cards or inserting fake cards for fraudulent activities. In addition, there is also a problem that cards may be drawn illegally from the inverted U-shaped opening in front of the card shoe regardless of the game.

prior art literature

Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2007-236995.

Contents of the invention

The present invention was made against the background described above. The object of the present invention is to eliminate the situation that the cover of the card dealer is opened for illegal purposes and take out the cards or insert false cards, and to prevent illegally drawing out the cards from the inverted U-shaped opening at the front of the card dealer.

One aspect of the present invention is a protector for a card shoe for preventing fraudulent actions on the card shoe, the card shoe having: a main body having a card storage portion for storing a plurality of cards; Cover, it is arranged on the upper part of the card storage part and covers the card storage part; With the opening of inverted U shape, it is arranged in the front of the main body so that the cards can be taken out one by one from the card storage part, and the protector for the card dealer has: The upper guard part, which covers the front part of the cover to prevent the cover from being removed from the card dealer; the central part, which covers the inverted U-shaped opening so that the cards cannot be taken out from the card storage part; the engaging part, which is connected to the main body of the card dealer The front lower part is engaged; the locking member is capable of obtaining a locked position engaged with the end of the inverted U-shaped opening at the central part and a non-engaged position with respect to the end of the inverted U-shaped opening. The two positions of the locked position; the lock for moving the locking member to the two positions; The card holder cannot be removed from the card dealer in the locked position of the locking part, and can be removed from the card dealer in the unlocked position of the lock part.

Another aspect of the present invention is a board game system having a card dealer and a protector for preventing fraudulent actions on the card dealer. The card dealer has: a main body that accommodates a plurality of cards The card storage part; the cover, which is arranged on the upper part of the card storage part and covers the card storage part; and the inverted U-shaped opening, which is arranged in the front of the main body so that the cards can be taken out one by one from the card storage part, and the protector It has: an upper protective part, which covers the front part of the cover to prevent the cover from being removed from the card dealer; a central part, which covers the inverted U-shaped opening so that the cards cannot be taken out from the card storage part; an engaging part, which is connected to the card dealer The front lower part of the main body is engaged; the locking member is capable of taking a locking position in the central part that engages with the end of the inverted U-shaped opening and does not engage with the end of the inverted U-shaped opening. The two positions of the unlocked position; the lock that moves the locking member to the two positions; and the key corresponding to the lock, and the protector is detachably mounted on the card dealer so as to cover the front surface of the card dealer , and cannot be removed from the card dealer in the locked position of the locking part, and can be removed from the card dealer in the unlocked position of the locking part.

According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent fraudulent acts such as taking out cards from the card shoe for fraudulent purposes.

As explained below, there are other aspects in the present invention. Therefore, the disclosure of the present invention is to provide some aspects of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention described and claimed here.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a board game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the card dealer of the table game system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a perspective view of the card shoe in a state where a protector is attached to the card shoe of the table game system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a front view of the card shoe in which the protector is partially cut away in a state where the protector is attached to the card shoe according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a front view of the card shoe in which the protector is attached to the card shoe according to the embodiment of the present invention in a cutaway state.

6 is a side view of the card shoe according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the protector is partially cut away in a state where the protector is attached to the card shoe.

Fig. 7 is a rear view of a state where a protector is attached to the rear of the card shoe according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 (a) is the back view of the unlocked state of the card dealer of the table game system according to the embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 8 (b) is the locked state of the card dealer of the table game system according to the embodiment of the present invention Rear view.

Fig. 9(a) is a side view of the unlocked state of the card shoe according to the embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 9(b) is a side view of the locked state of the card shoe according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a side view of a state where a protector is attached to the rear of the card shoe according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The detailed description of the present invention is described below. However, the following detailed description and drawings do not limit the present invention.

A protector for a card dealer and a board game system using the protector, which are embodiments of the present invention, will be described with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a board game system. The board game system 1 is composed of a card dealer 2 and a protector 3 for preventing fraudulent actions on the card dealer 2 . The card dealer 2 has: a main body 5 having a card storage section 4 for storing a plurality of cards; and a cover 6 arranged above the card storage section 4 and covering the card storage section. An inverted U-shaped opening 8 for taking out cards 7 (not shown in FIG. 1 ) from the card storage portion 4 one by one is provided on the front of the main body 5 . In the pre-shuffled state, usually 6 to 8 decks of cards (416 cards in the case of 8 decks) are inserted into the card dealer 2 (see arrow 1 in FIG. 1 ). Next, after inserting the claw 9 at the rear of the cover 6 into the edge 10 at the rear of the main body 5 (see arrow 2 in FIG. 1 ), the front of the cover 6 is placed on the main body 5 to complete the installation of the cover 6 . FIG. 2 shows a state where the cover 6 is attached.

In order to prevent opening the cover 6 of the card dealer 2 and taking out the cards 7 put into the card storage part 4 illegally, or taking out the cards 7 from the opening 8, the protector 3 covers the front surface of the card dealer 2. Install it in the same way (refer to arrow 4 in Figure 1). The protector 3 can be disassembled relative to the card dealer 2 . FIG. 3 shows a state where the protector 3 is attached to the card dealer 2 . The protector 3 basically consists of an upper guard 11 covering the front of the cover 6 to prevent the cover 6 from being removed from the card dealer 2, and covers the inverted U-shaped opening 8 so that the playing cards 7 cannot be taken out from the playing card receiving portion 4 through the opening 8. The central part 12 of the card dealer 2 and the engaging part 14 engaged with the front lower part 13 of the main body 5 of the card dealer 2 are constituted.

The central part of the protector 3 is provided with a locking member 16, and the locking member 16 engages with the end 15 of the inverted U-shaped opening 8 so that the protector 3 cannot be removed from the state installed on the card dealer 2. way to lock. 4 and FIG. 5 show two parts of the protector 3, the locked position (R) where the lock member 16 is locked and the unlocked position (U) where the lock member 16 is unlocked, in a cutaway manner. The status of the location. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , the locking member 16 enters into the inner side of the end portion 15 of the inverted U-shaped opening 8 at the locking position (R) to become a locked state (in FIG. 5 the locking member 16 is positioned at the locking position ( The state of R) is indicated by a dotted line). The locking member 16 is supported by the lock 17 so that two positions of the locked position (R) and the unlocked unlocked position (U) can be obtained, and the lock 17 supports the lock so that the locking member 16 can move to two positions. Part 16. And it has a key 18 corresponding to the lock 17, and when the locking member 16 is in the locking position (R), the key 18 is disengaged from the lock 17. When the key 18 is inserted into the lock 17 and the lock 17 is rotated in the direction of the arrow, the lock member 16 can be rotated from the locked state to the unlocked position (U). In the unlocked position (U), the lock member 16 is not engaged with the end 15 of the inverted U-shaped opening 8 (shown in FIG. 6 ). In this state, the protector 3 itself can be detached from the card shoe 2 .

In the relationship between the lock 17 and the key 18, the key 18 can be removed only in the locked state (R) in which the locking member 16 is engaged with the end 15 of the inverted U-shaped opening 8, and in order to display the locking The state of the position (R) is provided with an indicator 19 on the protector 3 . The indicator 19 shows the locked state of the locking member 16, and displays in red so that it can be recognized by a camera located on the ceiling of the entertainment place or the like when it is used in an entertainment place or the like. The red display is displayed so that the display sheet 20 provided on the locking member 16 is colored red, and the red display sheet 20 can be seen from the through hole provided in the protector 3 .

Furthermore, the protector 3 also has countermeasures for preventing fraudulent acts by dismantling the card shoe 2 . In order to prevent the front panel 21 of the card dealer 2 forming the opening 8 from being removed from the main body 5 (removal of screws 22 and the like), the protector 3 also has side covers 23 on both sides. The protector 3 itself is detachably attached to the rear end of the card shoe 2 when it is detached from the front surface of the card shoe 2 (this state is shown in FIG. 7 ).

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention that can be considered at this stage has been described above, it can be understood that various modifications can be made to the embodiment, and the appended claims include all modifications within the true spirit and scope of the present invention.

Industrial Applicability

As described above, the protector for a card shoe of the present invention has the effect of preventing fraudulent acts such as taking out cards from the card shoe for an illegal purpose, and can be applied to a board game system or the like.

Explanation of reference signs

1 Board game system

2 dealers

3 Protectors

4 Card storage

5 subject

6 cover

7 playing cards

8 Inverted U-shaped opening

16 locking parts

17 locks

18 keys

Claims (10)

1. A protector for a card dealer, which is used to prevent fraudulent actions on the card dealer, the card dealer has: a main body, which has a card storage portion for accommodating a plurality of cards; a cover, which is arranged on the the upper part of the card storage part and covers the card storage part; and an inverted U-shaped opening, which is arranged in front of the main body so that the cards can be taken out one by one from the card storage part, and the card dealer is protected with The device is characterized by having: an upper guard covering the front of the cover to prevent removal of the cover from the card shoe; a central portion covering the inverted U-shaped opening so that cards cannot be removed from said card receiving portion; an engaging part, which engages with the front lower part of the main body of the card dealer; A lock member capable of taking a locked position engaged with the end of the inverted U-shaped opening and an unlocked position not engaged with the end of the inverted U-shaped opening at the central portion These 2 positions; a lock that moves the locking member to the 2 positions; and a key corresponding to said lock, The card shoe protector is detachably attached to the card shoe so as to cover the front surface of the card shoe, and cannot be removed from the card shoe at the locked position of the locking member. Detachable, detachable from the card shoe in the unlocked position of the locking member. 2. The protector for a card shoe according to claim 1, wherein the lock is detachable only at a locked position where the locking member engages with the end of the inverted U-shaped opening. The structure of the key. 3. The protector for a card shoe according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an indicator showing a locked state of the locking member is provided on the central portion. 4. The protector for a card shoe according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising side covers on both sides for preventing the opening of the card shoe from being removed from the main body. The front panel of the card dealer. 5. The protector for a card shoe according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the protector can be It is disassembled relative to the rear end of the card dealer. 6. A board game system having a card dealer and a protector for preventing fraudulent actions on the card dealer, wherein the card dealer has: a main body having a card storage portion for storing a plurality of cards a cover disposed on the upper portion of the playing card storage portion and covering the playing card storage portion; and an inverted U-shaped opening disposed in front of the main body so as to be taken out one by one from the playing card storage portion Playing cards, the board game system is characterized in that the protector has: an upper guard covering the front of the cover to prevent removal of the cover from the card shoe; a central portion covering the inverted U-shaped opening so that cards cannot be removed from said card receiving portion; an engaging part, which engages with the front lower part of the main body of the card dealer; A lock member capable of taking a locked position engaged with the end of the inverted U-shaped opening and an unlocked position not engaged with the end of the inverted U-shaped opening at the central portion These 2 positions; a lock that moves the locking member to the 2 positions; and a key corresponding to said lock, The protector is detachably attached to the card shoe so as to cover the front surface of the card shoe, and cannot be detached from the card shoe when the lock member is locked, The unlocked position of the locking member is detachable from the card shoe. 7. The board game system according to claim 6, wherein the lock can be removed only at the locking position where the locking member engages with the end of the inverted U-shaped opening. The structure of the key. 8. The board game system according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that an indicator showing the locking state of the locking member is provided on the central part. 9. The board game system according to any one of claims 6 to 8, further comprising side covers on both sides for preventing the opening of the card dealer from being removed from the main body. The front panel of the card dealer described above. 10. The board game system according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the protector can be moved relative to the The rear end of the card dealer is disassembled.