An automatic machine for distributing playing cards or the like includes a rotatable table on which a deck of cards is supported. The rotatable table includes a reciprocating card ejection mechanism which operates during and in response to rotation of the table and which ejects cards at a plurality of...http://www.google.de/patents/US4033590?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4033590 - Apparatus for distributing playing cards automatically
