Method for handling of cards in a dealer shoe, and a dealer shoe

A dealer shoe for providing access to and removal of cards, comprising:

• a base, that holds one or more decks of cards while in use, comprising a resting place;
• a card roller, movably connected to the base and situated within the base, wherein the card roller normally supplies a force against the cards in the base;
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• wherein the card roller rests in the resting place during replacement of the one or more decks of cards so that the card roller does not interfere with the replacement of the one or more decks of cards.

A dealer shoe for providing access to and removal of cards, comprising:

• a base, comprising:
• a card channel, with a ramp, two opposing walls, and two glide tracks, wherein the one or more decks of cards are placed while in use;
• a card door, with a finger access and a card slot, whereby a dealer removes one card at a time by placing a finger onto a card, through the finger access, and by sliding that card through the card slot and out of the dealer shoe;
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• a resting place, with a rear wall, two opposing walls, two glide tracks, and a resting surface;
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• a card roller, movably connected to the base and situated within the card channel while in use and the resting place while at rest, for applying a force upon the one or more decks of cards in the base, whereby the cards can be removed from the dealer shoe using the card door one card at a time, comprising:
• a top, which faces up and out of the base, whereby the dealer can move the card roller by gripping the top;
• a bottom, which is opposite of the top, and which faces the ramp or resting surface of the base;
• two sides, which face the two opposing walls of the base;
• a rear, which faces the rear wall of the base, and which rests against the rear wall when the card roller is in the resting place;
• a front, which is opposite of the rear, that pushes flush against the cards in the base and which is sloped so that it is approximately parallel to the card door when it is in the card channel so that it properly positions the cards to be removed one at a time through the card door;
• a wheel, which extends out of the bottom of the card roller, that reduces the friction on the card roller, is in contact with the ramp or the resting surface of the base and that rotates when the card roller is moved;
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• two track guides, with one guide on each of the two sides, that movably connect the card roller to the base by being positioned within the glide tracks and that help provide for the easy and smooth movement of the card roller;
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• whereby the card roller can be placed in the resting place when at rest or not in use and the cards in the card channel may be removed, shuffled and re-inserted or replaced with other cards without interference from the card roller.

A method for providing access to and removal of cards in a dealer shoe, comprising the steps of:

• placing a first set of cards in a dealer shoe, wherein the dealer shoe includes a base and a card roller connected to the base;
• removing a subset of the first set of cards from the dealer shoe, whereby the cards remaining in the dealer shoe after the removing step are a remaining set of cards;
• moving the card roller to a resting place in the base;
• replacing the remaining set of cards in the dealer shoe, the replacing step comprising the steps of:
• removing the remaining set of cards from the dealer shoe;
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• inserting a second set of cards into the dealer shoe;
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• whereby the card roller in the resting place does not interfere with the replacing step.

A dealer shoe that provides access to and removal of cards, comprising:

• a base, that holds a set of cards while in use, comprising a resting place;
• a card roller, movably connected to the base and situated within the base, wherein the card roller normally supplies a force against the set of cards in the base;
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• wherein the card roller rests in the resting place during replacement of the set of cards so that the card roller does not interfere with the replacement of the set of cards.