Card selection apparatus

Claim 1

APPAATUS FOR EJECTING A PRESELECTED CARD FROM A PACK OF CARDS TO A POSITION IN WHICH THE PRESELECTED CARD IS PHYSICALLY DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE CARDS IN THE PACK, COMPRISING, MEANS FOR RESTRAINING ALL OF SAID CARDS EXCEPT SAID PRESELECTED CARD AGAINST MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE REMAINDER OF THE PACK, MEANS INCLUDING A NOZZLE FOR DIRECTING A STREAM OF GASEOUS FLUID AGAINST THE EDGES OF THE CARDS IN THE PACK WHEREBY SAID GASEOUS FLUID PENETRATES SAID PACK AND CAUSES THE PRESELECTED CARD TO MOVE RELATIVE TO SAID PACK WHILE THE OTHER CARDS OF SAID PACK ARE RETAINED IN THEIR RELATIVE POSITIONS AND, RELATIVELY STATIC AIR POCKET CREATING MEANS BRIDGING THE OUTLET OF SAID NOZZLE OPERABLE TO INTERRUPT THE LAMINAR FLOW OF GASEOUS FLUID FROM SAID NOZZLE AND RETARD THE RATE OF FLUTTER OF A CARD SUSPENDED IN THE GASEOUS STREAM.