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Coded playing cards and apparatus for dealing a set of cards

  • US 5,067,713 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1990
  • Issued: 11/26/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for manually dealing coded playing cards to each of plural locations so that a preselected set of cards will be dealt to each specific location, without contacting the sides of the cards, the apparatus comprising, a housing having a platform with a surface over which a plurality of coded cards are passed face down and read, one card at a time;

  • reading means for electro-optically reading each said one card as it is moved past the reading means without using a guide means to orient the card;

    means for storing the number of predetermined "hands" or sets which are to be dealt as chosen;

    code-processing means for processing the code read from each card in a predetermined manner to execute a program which identifies each location to which each card is to be dealt; and

    ,indicating means to indicate the location to which said each card read, is to be dealt.

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