Device for decollating cards from a stack of cards

A device for removing a lowermost card of a stack of cards, the device comprising:

• a shaft holding the stack of cards, the lowermost card of the stack held in said shaft occupying a plane;
• a first push-off member mounted on a first side of said shaft, said first push-off member including a rotatably driven body of revolution with a flat support surface at a peripheral location of said rotatably driven body, said flat support surface engaging a first edge of the lowermost card in said shaft and generating in a first push off process a short lateral movement of the lowermost card in said plane of the lowermost card in said shaft, in a direction opposite to an actual push-off direction;
• a second push-off member mounted on a second side of said shaft, said second push-off member including a rocker which evades a second edge of the lowermost card during said first push-off process, said second push-off member being moved during a second push-off process against said second card edge in said actual push-off direction, said first push-off member and said second push-off member being arranged in said plane of said lowermost card in said shaft, said lowermost card being released by said first push-off member for free-fall during said second push-off process;
• a strip-shape support for supporting said second edge of the lowermost card, said strip-shape support being disposed adjacent to said second push-off member, a gap being formed adjacent to said strip-shape support defining a width adapted to a thickness of the card, said gap being provided in said plane of the lowermost card in said shaft;
• a clamping member for holding said second card edge when said lowermost card is pushed in said actual push-off direction.