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A card apparatus having a card hopper adapted to hold from one to at least 104 cards, a card carousel having slots for holding cards, an injector for sequentially loading cards from the hopper into the carousel, output ports, ejectors for delivering cards from the carousel to any one of the output p

A card apparatus having a card hopper adapted to hold from one to at least 104 cards, a card carousel having slots for holding cards, an injector for sequentially loading cards from the hopper into the carousel, output ports, ejectors for delivering cards from the carousel to any one of the output ports, and a control board and sensors, all housed in a housing. The apparatus is also capable of communicating with selectors which are adjustable for making card selections. The injector has three rollers driven by a motor via a worm gear. A spring loaded lever keeps cards in the hopper pressed against the first roller. The ejectors are pivotally mounted to the base of the housing beneath the carousel and comprise a roller driven by a motor via gears and a centripetal clutch. A control board keeps track of the identity of cards in each slot, card selections, and the carousel position. Cards may be ordinary playing cards or other cards with bar codes added for card identification by the apparatus.

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A card storage and distribution apparatus comprising, a storage carousel rotatably mounted on a central hub and having upright dividers extending radially from the hub on a carousel base forming card slots, a card hopper adjacent to the carousel adapted to hold a plurality of cards, an injector mean

A card storage and distribution apparatus comprising, a storage carousel rotatably mounted on a central hub and having upright dividers extending radially from the hub on a carousel base forming card slots, a card hopper adjacent to the carousel adapted to hold a plurality of cards, an injector means associated with the hopper for loading said cards from the hopper into the slots in said carousel, a plurality of output ports disposed around the carousel, each port adapted to receive some of said cards from said carousel, an ejector means selectively communicating with the slots in said carousel for delivering a specific card in said carousel to a selected one of said output ports, carousel rotation means for rotating said carousel so that a selected slot of said carousel communicates with the ejector means, means for controlling card movement to and from said carousel and a plurality of card selectors, each selector corresponding to an output port, each selector being adjustable to one of a plurallity of settings representing at least the identity of a particular card, in communication with said control means, said control means including means to read identification markings on said cards there being a correspondence between said settings of said selectors and the identity of said cards delivered to said output ports.