Playing card dealing devices

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR DEALING PLAYING CARDS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A MAGAZINE HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND ADAPTED FOR RECEIVING A DECK OF CARDS TO BE DEALT, A CARD EJECTING MEMBER MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT ACROSS THE TOP OF SAID MAGAZINE, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID MEMBER AND OPERABLE, DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBER IN CARD EJECTING DIRECTION, TO FRICTIONALLY GRIP THE TOPMOST CARD OF SAID DECK, TO SLIDE SAID CARD IN THE PLANE THEREOF ACROSS THE NEXT UNDERLYING CARD TO AUTOMATICALLY RELEASE SAID CARD, SPRING MEANS BIASING SAID CARD EJECTING MEMBER IN CARD EJECTING DIRECTION, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARD EJECTING MEMBER TO THE INITIAL CARD EJECTING POSITION WHILE TENSIONING SAID SPRING, AND MEANS OPERATIVE DURING EACH CARD EJECTING CYCLE FOR RESTRAINING SAID CARD EJECTING MEMBER AGAINST THE INFLUENCE OF SAID SPRING BIAS AND THEN SUDDENLY RELEASING THE SAME, THE LAST-MENTIONED MEANS PERMITTING UNRESTRICTED SNAP ACTION OF THE MEMBER IN CARD EJECTING DIRECTION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SAID SPRING MEANS UPON SAID RELEASE, WHEREBY IN EACH SUCH CYCLE OF OPERATION THE TOPMOST CARD OF SAID MAGAZINE IS EJECTED THEREFROM AT A HIGH SPEED.