US3312473A - Card selecting and dealing machine - Google Patents

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CARD SELECTING AND DEALING MACHINE Filed March l6, 1964 '7 Sheets-Sheet '7 \oR mmm/ 7/, 4 NR mmE wwh 0mm fl R om 0Q INVENTORS N A M D E W F D R A L H W HERBERT EGERER United States Patent 3,312,473 CARD SELECTING AND DEALING MACHINE Willard I. Friedman and Herbert Egerer, both of 4102 Farnam St., Omaha, Nebr. 68131 Filed Mar. 16, 1964, Ser. No. 352,135

Claims. (Cl. 273149) This invention relates to card dealing machines, and more particularly, it is an object of this invention to provide a card dealing machine which is adapted to deal playing cards into a plurality of hands in which each hand has exactly those playing cards which it should have in accordance with a predetermined pattern.

In bridge tournaments, for example, it is desirable that the element of luck be removed from the game by making it possible for each player to have had the opportunity of playing exactly the same hand that another player has had at a diiferent time in the same tournament. Bridge players also delight in playing the same hands that have been played in tournaments by experts so that they can measure their own technique in comparison with the play of the experts.

Although for these reasons a card selecting and dealing machine has been desired, the dealing machines which have heretofore proposed have all been of types from which cards are only dealt at random.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a card dealing machine which is adapted to utilize common playing cards rather than cards of special shapes.

Yet another object is to provide a machine of sufiiciently few and simple parts, proportional to its functions, that it can be manufactured and merchandised at the least cost possible.

Yet another object resides in the provision of a machine as described having a minimum number of parts for assuring a maximum freedom from breakdowns.

Other and further objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, drawings and claims, the scope of the invention .not being limited to the drawings themselves as the drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating a way in which the principles of this invention can be applied.

Other embodiments of the invention utilizing the same or equivalent principles may be used and structural changes may be made as desired by those skilled in the art without departing from the present invention and the purview of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 shows a front view of the machine showing a forward slot to receive a programming card.

FIGURE 2 shows a rear view of the machine.

FIGURE 3 is a sectional View taken along the line 33 of FIGURE 2 with some parts shown in section, and others, for convenience of illustration being shown in full line. A card bin door is shown in dotted lines in open position and in full lines in closed position.

FIGURE 4 shows a side view of the card holding and delivery mechanism with certain parts broken away and other parts shown in section, the View being an enlargement of the corresponding section of FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 5 is a sectional view taken along the line '5-5 of FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 6 is a sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 7 is a sectional view of a program card reading assembly as seen along the line 77 of FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 8 is a sectional view taken along the line 88 of FIGURE 3 and shows a section through the playing card bin.

FIGURE 9 is a sectional view taken along theline 99 of FIGURE 8 and shows a cross section sideways through the playing card bin.

FIGURE 10 shows a cross section taken along theline 1010 of FIGURE 9, showing the playing card bin and the pivot pins about which it rotates.

FIGURE 11 is a perspective view showing the playing card bin after it has been removed from the playing card bin assembly.

FIGURE 12 is a top plan view of the programming card which controls operation of the machine.

FIGURE 13 shows a deck of playing cards arranged in accordance with a predetermined order and sequence preparatory to placement in the machine.

FIGURE 14 is an enlarged detail of a programming switch and associated parts including a portion of the programming card, the various parts being broken away and shown in section much as they are seen in FIGURE 7.

FIGURE 15 is a view similar to FIGURE 14 but in still further detail showing the actuator tip of the programming switch in a position of insertion into one of the programming card holes.

FIGURE 16 is a detail similar to FIGURE 15 but showing the actuator tip of the programming switch in a depressed position in which the switch is held in an off position.

FIGURE 17 shows a wiring diagram and several mechanisms controlled thereby are diagrammatically also shown.

The card selecting and dealing machine of this invention is generally indicated at 10 in FIGURES 1-3 and has a main frame or housing generally indicated at 20 having abase 22,sides 24, and acover 30, having a playingcard bin door 34 which can be opened by hinging at 36 into the dotted line position shown in FIGURE 3 for allowing access to a playing card bin assembly, best seen at 50 in FIGURE 3, for the removal of aplaying card bin 52, shown in FIGURE 11, from which the several hands of playing cards can be removed for use in a game as later described.

As best seen in FIGURE 11, the playing card bin hasside walls 60, atop wall 64, and a bottom wall 66. The side, top, and bottom walls preferably describe a box-like configuration which has an open end which is wall-less and which is identified by an opening 70.

Thebin 52 further has a rear wall or closedend wall 74, which latter is best seen in FIGURE 9, which is relatively thick. This also being visible in FIGURE 8 in which certain vertical slots through theend wall 74 can be seen at the slots being vertical and being disposed one on each side of thebin 52 for the purpose of receiving inwardly protruding cylindrical portions 86 of a pair ofstandards 90 which latter are disposed one on each side of thebin 52 whereby theend wall 74 and consequently theentire bin 52 is adapted to swing upwardly as indicated in dotted lines at 52 in FIGURE 3, the upward swinging being continuable until the bin is in a vertical position, if desired; or optionally, the entire bin can be removed from the standards 9% and will then be as shown in FIGURE 11.

Referring to FIGURE 11, it will be seen that thebin 52 preferably has three shelves therein for defining, with thetop 64 and the bottom 66, four playing card hand compartments 116, with each of theshelves 110 parallel to the bottom 66 and the bottom 66 normally tilted somewhat upwardly from the horizontal at theopen end 70 when thebin 52 is in the card-receiving position shown in FIGURE 3.

As best seen in FIGURE 11, a deep recess extends completely through thecard bin 52 from top to bottom, entering inwardly from theopen end 70 thereof, therecess 120 extending through thetop 64, the bottom 66, and also each of theshelves 110, in order to facilitate the removal of the cards from the bin.

Adjacent the entrance opening 70, as best seen in FIG- URE 11, the bin is provided on the upper side of each of itsshelves 110 and also 011 the upper side of its bottom 66 with upwardly protruding stops 1349 for assisting gravity in maintaining cards in the compartments 116.

As best seen in FIGURE 8, thestandards 90 are attached at their lower sides to a base portion 146 of the playing card bin assembly 59 which latter supports the bottom 66 of the bin on its upper side, as best seen in FIGURE 3, with the lower side of thebase 140 attached to abase carrier 148 having a downwardly extendingtab 150 to which a spring 156 is attached, the spring 156 extending downwardly to afurther tab 152 attached to thebottom wall 22 of the main frame 29.

The standards 95 each have openings 16% extending horizontally thereinto, as best seen in FIGURE 8, into whichstub axles 170 are received, the latter extending outwardly throughaxle openings 174 in theside walls 24 of the main frame, whereby theentire bin assembly 50. is adapted to swing about theaxles 170 and this swinging motion is controlled by a solenoid 20%] which can be called the card bin solenoid 20G, which latter is best seen in FIGURE 3, and is mounted on the upper side of thebase 22 and which has aclapper 202 pivotally connected by arod assembly 204 to an ear 2% on thebase carrier 148 of thecard bin assembly 50.

Abolt 208 connected to themain housing 22 has a rearward end disposed in a position for engaging the forward side of the base portion 14] below and forwardly of theaxles 170 preventing undue upward swinging of the rearward end of the card bin to define an upwardmost or top position of the said rearward end as shown in dotted lines in FIGURE 3.

Referring now to FIGURE 3, a card motion assembly is there shown at 3% which has as one of its parts the card binass'embly 5% and which has as another of its parts a card-holding and delivery mechanism 31%), which latter is shown in detail in FIGURE 4.

The card-holding anddelivery mechanism 310 has as its main part acard holder 320.

Thecard holder 320 has in it acavity 322 rectangular in top view for receiving a deck ofcards 324 arranged in a stack, thedeck 324 being forced downwardly by a verticallyslidable weight 328 received in an upper part of thecavity 322.

A forward wall member orgauge plate 330 forms a forward wall of thecavity 322, as seen in FIGURE 6, and has the lower edge of its dependingcenter portion 323 disposed above the planar bottom wall 332 of the cavity 322 a distance which is greater than the transverse thickness of one of the cards of thedeck 324, but less than the combined transverse thickness of two cards.

The gauge plate 334) has the rearward corner 334 of itslower edge 336 preferably in the form of a right angle, but most important of all, at an angle such that thelower edge 336 does not slant downwardly toward the plane of the bottom 332 from its inner side forwardly excessively whereby only the bottom-most card of thedeck 324 tends to slide under the corner 334 at times when asliding feeder dog 338 pushes forwardly on the lowermost one of the cards of thedeck 324 as the feeder dog 33% moves forwardly in the direction of thearrow 34!? with the lowermost card of thedeck 324 received in anotch 342 in the top and forward side of the feeder dog. Thenotch 342 is of rectangular shape having a depth exactly the depth or at least not more than the depth of one of the cards of thedeck 324,

The forward wall orgauge plate 330 is spaced above the bottom wall 332 for defining the rear entrance of an exit slot 329 which latter has a lower surface 331 in the same plane with the cavity bottom wall 332.

The feeder dog 333 is pulled forwardly by a cable 346 attached to its forward side, the cable 346 extending at least partially around apulley 348 to which the forward end of the cable 346 is anchored at 356.

Thepulley 348 is mounted on an axle 350 S t y connected to thesides 24 of the main frame 20, theaxle 359 being fixed to thepulley 348 for rotation therewith and also being fixed to asmaller pulley 352, whereby rotation of thepulley 352 will cause rotation of thelarger pulley 348. Asecond cable 354 extends around thepulley 352 and is anchored thereto, thesecond pulley 354 being attached to theclapper assembly 354 of a card delivery solenoid for a first electrical motor means 358 which latter is attached to abracket 359 which is in turn fixed to a bottom 36E) of the card-receivingcavity 322.

Thefeeder dog 338 is constantly urged in a rearward direction, as indicated by anarrow 362, by'means of aspring stem 364 attached to thefeeder dog 338 and extending slidably through arearward portion 365 of thecard holder 320 at anopening 364 therethrough.

A spring diagrammatically illustrated at 366 surrounds thestem 364 and presses at its forward side on therearward wall 365, the rearward end of the spring engaging acap 368, which latter is firmly fixed to the rearward end of thestem 364 so that thespring 366 tends at all times to urge the feeder dog 333 rearwardly so that thefeeder dog 338 has a tendency to retract under the influence of thespring 366 from a forward position, shown in dotted lines in FIGURE 4 at 370, to a rearward position, shown in full lines in FIGURE 4, in which latter positionit is caused to be positioned with itsnotch 342 in a position receiving the lowermost one of the cards of thedeck 324.

At times when thesolenoid 358 has actuated thefeeder dog 338 into the forward dottedline position 370, the lowermost card of thedeck 324 will have been caused to slide forwardly through acard passage 374 which extends under thegauge plate 330 and also under other forward portions of thecard holder 320, such other portions being indicated at 376.

As best seen inFIGURE l, acard chute 330 is mounted on the forward side of the card holder 32% withtabs 382 on the rearward end of the chute overlapping the sides of the card holder 32% and being secured to thecard holder 320 bypins 384 for mounting thechute 380 in a manner permitting it at its forward end to rotate about a horizontal axis through theends 384, which latter are in alignment. Thechute 330 has a receiving end defined by its rearward end, which latter is in a position for receiving cards from thepassageway 374 and the forward end of thechute 380 extends into a position for delivery of cards into thecard bin 52.

On the underside of thechute 380 as seen in FIGURE 3, arod 386 is pivotally connected to atab 338, which latter is fixed to the underside of the forward end of thechute 330. Therod 386 is connected by asuitable member 3% to the clapper assembly 392 of a card chute solenoid 409, which latter-can also be called a third motor means 400.

The card chute solenoid or third motor means 490 is attached to a mounting 410, which latter is fixed to thebase 22 for anchoring the solenoid 409. Therod 386 has acoil spring 430 around it as indicated diagrammatically in FIGURE 3, the upper end of the spring bearing against a shoulder 432, which latter is fixed to therod 386. The lower end of thespring 430 bears against anend portion 446 of amember 448, which latter is attached to theside wall 24 of the main frame housing with therod 386 extending slidably through theportion 446 and being permanently connected to the clapper 392 through the member 390, as above described.

Thus it will be seen that when thechute solenoid 400 is energized, its clapper 392 will move downwardly pulling therod 386 through themember 448 against the resistance of thespring 430 for causing the chute 484) to move into the full line position shown in FIGURE 3.

Whenever thechute solenoid 400 is not energized, thespring 430 will tend to press against theportion 446 and the shoulder 432 for causing thechute 380 to be urged into the dotted line position shown in FIGURE 3.

Referring now to FIGURE 1, it will be seen that one of theside walls 24 has ahorizontal slot 500 through it and, as best seen in FIGURE 3, on the inner side of the slotted side wall, which latter has been removed in the formation of FIGURE 3, we there find a programcard reading assembly 510 having forward and rearward frame members 512 and 514- disposed approximately in vertical planes extending transversely of theside frame members 24. Between the forward andrearward frame members 512 and 514 is a program card receiving means or assembly generally indicated at 518 and having first and secondcard positioning members 520 and 522 which latter can also be called top and bottomcard positioning members 520 and 522.

As best seen in FIGURE 7, the lowercard positioning member 522 is mounted on anupper support 528 having alower support 530 below it. The lowercard positioning member 522 is attached to theupper support 528 bybolts 532 which also extend through thelower support 530, themember 528 being attached to the forward and rearwardreader frame members 512 and 514 by suitable means such asscrews 535 partially seen in FIGURE 7.

That end of the second or lower card positioning means 522 which faces theslot 500, shown in FIGURE 1, can be seen at 540 in FIGURE 7 to be bent downwardly for guiding aprogram card 550 between themembers 520 and 522.

The upper or first programcard positioning member 520 is slid'ably mounted onvertical bolts 560 which extend therethrough with the lower ends of thebolts 560 threadedly received in themember 518 whereby the uppercard positioning member 520 is adapted to move upwardly and downwardly away and toward the lowercard positioning member 522.

The first and second, or upper and lowercard positioning members 520 and 522 have, respectively, first and second opposed parallelcard engaging surfaces 570 and 572 which are horizontally disposed and which are spaced during operation for engaging the opposite sides of theprogram card 550, as best seen in FIGURE 7.

The upper or firstcard positioning member 520 can be moved from an upward position downwardly by the operator in the following manner: alever 580, best seen in FIGURES 3 and 7, is attached to ashaft 582 which is rotatably disposed through the forward and rearwardreader frame members 512 and 514 and on the shaft 582 a pair of spacedcam members 584 are provided which have outer surfaces eccentrically disposed with respect to theshaft 582, whereby when thelever 580 is placed in the position shown in FIGURE 7, thecam members 584 will press against the upper side of the uppercard positioning member 520 holding it in the position shown in FIGURE 7 in which the uppercard positioning member 520 engages the upwardly extendingside portions 586 of themember 528, theside portions 586 extending along the sides of thepositioning member 520. The two up wardly extendingside portions 586 have straight parallel vertical inner edges or card edge guide surfaces 587 which are spaced for slidably receiving theprogram card 550 snugly therethrough to guide the card through the card reading assembly.

The card guide surfaces 587 are of a height to space the lowermost position of theupper positioning member 520 above thelower positioning member 522 for snugly and slidably receiving the program card therebetween in acard recess 594 having an outline identified in FIGURE 3 by the outline of thecard 550.

As best seen in FIGURE 3, it will be seen that alarge recess 590 is disposed in the top of themember 528 and is of a depth equal to the combined thickness of the lowercard positioning member 522 and the thickness of theprogram card 550, whereby at times when the uppercard positioning member 520 is disposed against themember 528, theprogram card 550 disposed therebetween will be snugly and slidably received in thecard recess 594 which forms an upper part of thelarge recess 590.

Themembers 520 and 528 are provided with spring receiving recesses 594' for receiving springs 600 whereby when thelever 580 is put in the position permitting the uppercard positioning member 520 to move upwardly, then the spring 600 will urge themember 520 upwardly.

As best seen in FIGURE 7, a pair of opposed rotatingrollers 620 are mounted on theend members 512 and 514 rotatably whereby therollers 620 are horizontally disposed and are spaced apart a desirable distance for snugly receiving theprogram card 550 therebetween whereby rotation of therollers 620 in the directions of thearrows 630 and 632 will tend to pull theprogram card 550 through the reading assembly in the direction of thearrow 640, as seen in FIGURE 7.

Suitable means for driving therollers 620 are provided, and as best seen in FIGURE 17, this is done with amotor 660 having ashaft 662 connected to one of therollers 620.

Referring now to FIGURE 17, in the wiring diagram shown there, the cardbin control solenoid 200, the cardchute control solenoid 400, and thecard removal solenoid 358, are all seen to have one of their terminals grounded, as indicated by the numeral 690; and each have their other terminals connected bywires 694, 696 and 698 to respective ones of threeswitches 700, 702, and 704. The other terminals of the switches are respectively connected bywires 710, 712, and 714 to amanual switch 720 throughwires 722 and 724.

Themanual switch 720 has its other terminal connected bywire 728 to a source ofpower 730, which latter has its other terminal connected by awire 732 to a ground.

Thewire 722 extends to themotor 660 which has its other terminal grounded through a wire 740.

1 As best seen in FIGURE 17, the threeswitches 700, 702, and 704 are disposed in parallelism along side each other with theirhousings 750 mounted beneath a forward end 752 of the second or lowercard positioning member 522, each switch housing having an upwardly extending depressible normally protrudingnib 770, best seen in FIGURE 14, which is adapted to engage in various ones of a row ofholes 780 in theprogram card 550.

Theswitches 700, 702, and 704 are each of a type having on their interiors means for urging theirnibs 770 into the protruding position shown in FIGURE 14, this not being shown in detail as such switches are conventional and not a part of this invention.

In their outer positions, thenibs 770 protrude beyond the adjacent or lowercard positioning surface 782 for entering into one of theholes 780 in thecard 550. Thenibs 770 are each retractable to a depressed position flush with thesurface 782 when an imperforate portion of thecard 550 is depressed there against during passage of the card. Referring to FIGURE 12, it will be seen'that there are three rows of holes in the card, therow 780, arow 790, in the center, and arow 800 on the other side of therow 790. The rows are parallel and the holes therein are spaced apart various distances for serving their special purposes. Therow 800 are the holes for actuating theswitch 704 for the control of thecard feeding solenoid 358. There are fifty-two holes in therow 800 because there are fifty-two cards in a deck.

Therow 730 are the holes for actuating thecard chute solenoid 400 and operate theswitch 702.

The center row ofholes 790 actuate theswitch 700 for controlling thecard bin solenoid 200. Theswitch 720 can be in the same form as theswitches 700, 702, and 704 if desired, in which case, theswitch 720 would have itsnib 770 opposite an area of the program card which has no holes at all, whereby theswitch 720 is closed whenever the program card is in place to start thedrive motor 660 and to allow the current to go to the threesolenoid switches 700, 702, and 704.

FIGURE 13 shows a deck ofplaying cards 800. The

cards in the deck are sorted in the following rotation: spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. Each suit, in turn, is sorted in sequence: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, etc., down to 2.

With the cards in this sequence as they are put into the machine, the program cards can accurately control the delivery.

In operation, the cards are put in place in thecard holder 320 and theweight 328 is put in above them. Next, the program cards is inserted at a time when the lever 58% is in a position for holding thecard positioning member 520 in an open position. The lever 51% is then swung into the position shown in FIGURE 7 for confining the card in position for actuating theswitches 700, 702, and 704.

With theswitch 720 closed because its nib is opposite a continually closed part of the program card, themotor 660 actuating the rollers 62G, pulls the card into the machine and as each card is delivered from the card holding anddelivery mechanism 310 by operation of itssolenoid 358, thechute 380 will direct it toward thecard bin 52. Since thebin 52 can be in two positions, an upper and a lower position, and since the chute can also be in an 7 upper and a lower position, four different relative positions of the forward end of the chute with respect to the card bin are possible. These four positions are exactly spaced to coincide with the four different compartments of the card bin. After the program card is run through the machine, all cards will be in the card bin with one hand in each bin compartment.

Then the operator can remove the bin and will find picking the hands out of the bin made simple by therecesses 120 seen in FIGURE 11, and distributing them to the South, West, North and East.

After distributing the hands, the card bin is then replaced.

The process of placing the cards in thecard holder 320 is facilitated by downwardly extendingrecesses 10% which are disposed in the right and left side wall MM; and 1904 of thecard holder 320, as best seen in FIG- URES l and 4, the recesses 14300 being directly opposite each other. As best seen in FIGURE 5, atrackway recess 1010 is provided extending forwardly and rearwardly in the bottom of the card holder 329 and as the bottom of the card holder has two parts, the lower part 112 and an upper part 114, which latter define the wall of the track recess 101% and as the inner portion of the track recess is larger with forwardly and rearwardly extending inner edges 112% of theupper bottom portion 1114 extending inwardly over side edges of the lower part of therecess 1010, a trackway. is defined which is adapted to slidably confine thefeeder dog 338, which latter, as best seen in FIGURE 5, has a cross sectional shape complementary to the recess 1610 for close slidable fit therein.

Within the meaning of the appended claims, it will be I seen that the solenoids 2% or 400 can be either one called a second motor means.

As thus described, this invention is believed to fulfill the objectives above set forth for providing a card dealing machine which also accurately selects the cards to be V dealt sorting them into predetermined hands.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a card selecting and dealing machine con structed in accordance with our invention is particularly well adapted for use, by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that our invention can be changed and modified without departing from the principles and spirit thereof, and for this reason, we do not wish to be understood-as limiting ourselves to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out our invention in practice, except as claimed.

We claim:

1. A card selecting and dealing machine comprising: a

frame, a card motion assembly comprising: a card holding and delivery mechanism comprising a card holder and a first electrical motor means and card removal means operably correlated with said first motor means and said card holder for dealing a card from said card holder upon operation of said first motor means, and said card motion assembly further comprising a card bin assembly having a card bin having a plurality of compartments, said card holding and delivery mechanism and said bin assembly being movably mounted with respect to each other on said frame; and a card motion assembly positioning means operatively correlated with said card motion assembly and comprising a second electrical motor means which latter when operated will cause said card deiivery mechanism and said bin assembly to be disposed in a plurality of positions with respect to each other at different times for delivery of a card into a different one of said compartments at each of said times, a program card reading assembly connectable to a power source and having program card receiving means for receiving an indicia-bearing program card, and said reading assembly having circuit completing means connected to said power source and correlated with said receiving means and adapted for completing circuits from said source to said first motor means respectively when indicia on said card are positioned opposite said circuit completing means respectively, drive means operatively associated with said reading assembly for causing relative movement of said card and said card reading assembly to dispose various parts of said indicia opposite said circuit completing means, and further circuit completing means connected to said power source and correlated with said program card receiving means and adapted for completing circuits from said source to said second motor means when indicia on said card are positioned opposite said further circuit completing means respectively, said further circuit completing means being cooperative with the indicia on said card for causing said second motor means to be operated in timed relationship to said first motor means' 2. The combination of claim 1 in which said card holding and delivery mechanism further comprises a card chute positioned for receiving delivery of cards from said card holder, said chute having a delivery end adjacent said bin and said delivery end being movable into a plurality of positions with respect to said bin for delivery of cards to various compartments of said bin, a third motor means forming a part of said second motor means and connected to said chute and adapted when operated to move said delivery end of said chute into said plurality of positions.

3. The combination of ciaim 1 in further combination with: said card holding and deliverymechanisrn comprising a card holder having a card deck receiving cavity in its upper defining cavity side walls, rearward wall, and forward wall, and a substantially planar cavity bottom wall, said cavity forward wall having 'a card exit slot at its lower end, and said cavity forward wall having a lower edge lowermost portion disposed above said cavity planar bottom wall a distance which is greater than the transverse thickness of one card of a deck of playing cards and lesser than the combined transverse thickness of two cards, said cavity bottom wall having an elongated trackrecess therethrough extending toward said forward wall, a feeder dog longitudinally slidably disposed in said trackrecess, said feeder dog having a forward upper recess of a depth not greater than the lowermost card of said deck, means connected to said first motor means and to said feeder dog for pulling said feeder dog forward from a rearward card reception position for receiving a lowermost card of a deck disposed in said cavity to a forward position for sliding said lowermost card out from under said deck and through said card exit slot, means operably correlated with said feeder dog for automatically retract ing said feeder dog from its forward position rearwardly to a rearward position in which it can receive a further J card from the bottom of said deck, said dog track-recess and said dog having complemental interfitting surfaces vfor preventing said dog from escaping from said recess when sliding between said rearward and forward posi tions.

4. The machine of claim 1 wherein said program card indicia comprises rows of holes therein and in which said program card receiving means comprises first and second card positioning members having respectively first and second opposed parallel card engaging surfaces spaced for engaging opposite sides of a program card, and wherein said circuit completing means and said further circuit completing means include a plurality of switches each having a depressible normally protruding nib engageable in a hole in a program card, each switch having means to urge its said nib into a position protruding beyond an adjacent one of said surfaces for entering a hole in said card, said nibs each being retractable to a depressed position flush with said adjacent surface when an imperforate portion of a card is pressed thereagainst, said card receiving means further having at least one straight guide surface for guiding a card having a straight side edge whereby rows of holes through said card and in parallelism with said straight side edge will pass over nibs of respective switches.

5. The combination of claim 4 in further combination with a program card having rows of holes therein, each said row being in alignment with a different one of said switch nibs when said card is disposed with a proper edge against said guide surface, the thickness of said card and the holes in said card each being of a size for the reception of a respective switch nib in a respective hole suificiently to actuate said switch, the imperforate portions of said card disposed between said holes causing sufiicient depression of said switch to actuate said switch in an opposite direction.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,885,276 11/1932 McKay 273-149 2,016,030 10/1935 Woodrufl et a1. 273149 2,023,210 12/1935 Potter. 2,051,615 8/1936 Miles 273149 3,034,711 5/1962 Cohen 235--61.11 3,042,299 7/1962 Sherman 23561.11 3,147,978 9/1964 Sjostrand 273149 FOREIGN PATENTS 404,677 10/ 1909 France.

y RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner. D ANTON o. OECHSLE, Examiner.

Claims (1)

1. A CARD SELECTING AND DEALING MACHINE COMPRISING: A FRAME, A CARD MOTION ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A CARD HOLDING AND DELIVERY MECHANISM COMPRISING A CARD HOLDER AND A FIRST ELECTRICAL MOTOR MEANS AND CARD REMOVAL MEANS OPERABLY CORRELATED WITH SAID FIRST MOTOR MEANS AND SAID CARD HOLDER FOR DEALING A CARD FROM SAID CARD HOLDER UPON OPERATION OF SAID FIRST MOTOR MEANS, AND SAID CARD MOTION ASSEMBLY FURTHER COMPRISING A CARD BIN ASSEMBLY HAVING A CARD BIN HAVING A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS, SAID CARD HOLDING AND DELIVERY MECHANISM AND SAID BIN ASSEMBLY BEING MOVABLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER ON SAID FRAME; AND A CARD MOTION ASSEMBLY POSITIONING MEANS OPERATIVELY CORRELATED WITH SAID CARD MOTION ASSEMBLY AND COMPRISING A SECOND ELECTRICAL MOTOR MEANS WHICH LATTER WHEN OPERATED WILL CAUSE SAID CARD DELIVERY MECHANISM AND SAID BIN ASSEMBLY TO BE DISPOSED IN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AT DIFFERENT TIMES FOR DELIVERY OF A CARD INTO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS AT EACH OF SAID TIMES, A PROGRAM CARD READING ASSEMBLY CONNECTABLE TO A POWER SOURCE AND HAVING PROGRAM CARD RECEIVING MEANS FOR RECEIVING AN INDICIA-BEARING PROGRAM CARD, AND SAID READING ASSEMBLY HAVING CIRCUIT COMPLETING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID POWER SOURCE AND CORRELATED WITH SAID RECEIVING MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR COMPLETING CIRCUITS FROM SAID SOURCE TO SAID FIRST MOTOR MEANS RESPECTIVELY WHEN INDICIA ON SAID CARD ARE POSI-

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