Playing card dispenser
AssigneeVingt-Et-Un Corporation
InventorThomas P. Kadlic
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Abstract
A playing card dispenser comprising: (a) at least two compartments each appropriately sized to accommodate a stack of playing cards; (b) an exterior opening leading from each compartment and from which playing cards can be withdrawn one at a time; (c) a cover selectively placeable about any compartment from which playing cards are not to be withdrawn to block such withdrawal; and (d), as in a preferred embodiment, a roller mounted within a housing and disposed in each compartment behind each said stack, said roller gravitationally rollable on the floor of said compartment to maintain the stack of playing cards tightly stacked.
Claims15
In a game of chance utilizing playing cards having pre-determined point values wherein the objective of a player of the game is to be dealt cards which will come closer to a predetermined number of points than the number of points a dealer of the cards obtains, but without exceeding the pre-determined number of points, and wherein the player bets something of value that the objective will be accomplished, the improvement comprising the method of:
- (a) utilizing at least two separate stacks of cards from which the dealer can draw;
- (b) betting prior to selecting from which stack the cards will be drawn;
- (c) selecting, by chance, one of the stacks from which the cards will be drawn;
- (d) drawing the cards from the selected stack;
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- (e) dealing the cards drawn from the selected stack to the player.
A playing card dispenser comprising:
- (a) at least two compartments each appropriately sized to accomodate a stack of the cards, each compartment having a floor and front, back, and side walls but being open at the top, the floor being angled downwardly toward the front wall;
- (b) an opening in the front wall of each compartment from which the cards can be withdrawn one at a time;
- (c) a cover shaped to overlie the front wall and top of all compartments except one from which the cards are to be withdrawn;
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- (d) a roller assembly within each compartment, the assembly comprising a roller mounted within a housing moveable within each stack, the roller being rollable on the floor, the housing having a front face angled downwardly toward the front and a rear face angled downwardly toward the rear, whereby cards can be stacked against both faces of the housing.
A playing card dispenser comprising:
- (a) at least two compartments each appropriately sized to accomodate a stack of the cards;
- (b) an exterior opening leading from each compartment from which the cards can be withdrawn one at a time;
- (c) a cover selectively placeable about any compartment from which the cards are not to be withdrawn to block such withdrawal;
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- (d) means to maintain each stack of cards tightly stacked within each respective compartment, wherein each compartment has a floor angled downwardly toward the opening leading from each compartment and wherein the means to maintain each stack of playing cards stacked comprises a roller mounted within a housing disposed in each compartment behind each of the stacks, the roller gravitationally rollable on the floor of the compartment, the housing having a forward wall adjacent a stack of playing cards to be withdrawn and angled rearwardly from about 50 degrees to about 70 degrees and a rearward wall adjacent a stack of discarded playing cards previously withdrawn and angled forwardly from about 50 degrees to about 70 degrees.
A playing card dispenser comprising:
- (a) two compartments each appropriately sized to accommodate a stack of the cards, the compartments being parallel and adjacent each other;
- (b) an exterior opening leading from each compartment from which the cards can be withdrawn one at a time, each opening being a slot and finger-grasp opening disposed at one end of each compartment;
- (c) a cover selectively placeable about any compartment from which the cards are not to be withdrawn to block such withdrawal;
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- (d) means to maintain each stack of playing cards tightly stacked within each respective compartment, wherein each compartment has a floor angled downwardly toward the opening leading from each compartment and where the means to maintain each stack of playing cards stacked consists of a single roller mounted within a housing disposed in each compartment behind each of the stacks, the roller being gravitationally rollable on the floor of the compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.