Card-handling methods with simultaneous removal
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1. A method of handling cards using a card-handling device, comprising:
- supporting a set of playing cards on an input area of a card-handling device;
transferring each playing card of the set from the input area into respective compartments of a card storage device of the card-handling device utilizing a card input mechanism by distributing each playing card of the set among the compartments of the card storage device; and
simultaneously removing cards from at least two of the compartments to form a stack of cards utilizing a movable ejector.
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Abstract
Methods of handling cards using card-handling devices may involve transferring a set of playing cards into a card storage device of a card-handling device using a card input mechanism by distributing the set of playing cards among compartments of the card storage device. Cards may be simultaneously removed from at least two of the compartments to form a stack of cards using a movable ejector.
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1. A method of handling cards using a card-handling device, comprising:
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supporting a set of playing cards on an input area of a card-handling device; transferring each playing card of the set from the input area into respective compartments of a card storage device of the card-handling device utilizing a card input mechanism by distributing each playing card of the set among the compartments of the card storage device; and simultaneously removing cards from at least two of the compartments to form a stack of cards utilizing a movable ejector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of handling cards using a card-handling device, comprising:
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supporting a set of playing cards on an input area of a card-handling device; transferring each playing card of the set into respective compartments of a movable rack of a card-handling device utilizing a card input mechanism by selectively aligning the individual compartments of the movable rack with the card input mechanism and at least partially inserting one or more cards of the set of playing cards into respective compartments of the movable rack, the movable rack being movable in an at least substantially vertical direction; and simultaneously removing cards from at least two of the compartments to form a stack of cards by moving a movable ejector at least substantially horizontally from a first side of the movable rack to a second, opposite side of the movable rack to eject the cards from the at least two of the compartments. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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