Card handling apparatus
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1. A card handling apparatus including:
- housing means;
means for supporting a main stack of cards in said housing means;
means for engaging cards in said main stack at a series of positions along said main stack and for moving said engaged cards longitudinally of said main stack to separate said cards at respective ones of said positions into first and second sub-stacks;
means for introducing further cards into said main stack at said respective positions between said first and second sub-stacks; and
means adjacent one end of said main stack for removing cards from said main stack for dispensing thereof.
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Abstract
Apparatus for shuffling or handling cards including a chamber in which a main stack of cards are supported, a loading station for holding a secondary stack of cards, and card separating mechanism for separating cards at a series of positions along the main stack to allow the introduction of cards from the secondary stack into the main stack at those positions. The separating mechanism grips cards at the series of positions along the stack and lifts those cards to define spaces in the main stack for introduction of cards from the secondary stack.
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23 Claims
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1. A card handling apparatus including:
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housing means; means for supporting a main stack of cards in said housing means; means for engaging cards in said main stack at a series of positions along said main stack and for moving said engaged cards longitudinally of said main stack to separate said cards at respective ones of said positions into first and second sub-stacks; means for introducing further cards into said main stack at said respective positions between said first and second sub-stacks; and means adjacent one end of said main stack for removing cards from said main stack for dispensing thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Card shuffling apparatus, said apparatus including:
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a housing; means for supporting a main stack of cards in a substantially upright attitude in said housing; means in said housing for supporting a secondary stack of cards comprising one or more cards for introduction into said main stack of cards; means adjacent said main stack for lifting at least some of said cards from a remainder of said cards in said main stack at a series of positions along said main stack to form first and second sub-stacks; and means for introducing respective cards from said secondary stack into said main stack at respective ones of said positions between said first and second sub-stacks. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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