Abstract: An apparatus for holding a plurality of shoes each of which contain a deck of playing cards. The apparatus includes a housing and a carousel rotatively mounted within the housing. The carousel has a plurality of shoe holding receptacles for holding the shoes. The shoe holding receptacles each include a shoe ejecting mechanism for ejecting the shoe contained in the receptacle after the carousel is rotated. Accordingly, a card dealer can deal the deck of cards contained in the ejected shoe without the need for shuffling the cards of the deck.

Abstract: A composite laminate sheet material consists of a metallic foil positioned on a congruent thick sheet of paper by means of an adhesive which can be heat cured. The composite laminate is directed via a series of rollers through a printer and a rotary die cutter where suitable geometrical sections are cut in the laminate. After the cutting operation, the sheet is directed to a series of rollers having their axes of rotation parallel to and beneath a main roller. One series of rollers directs the foil material to a first collection site, while another series of rollers directs the paper waste material to a second collection site. The rollers are so positioned that the foil material is directed to its site in a direction transverse to that of the waste material. The sections are automatically removed from the composite material unto a conveyor belt where they are directed to a heat tunnel to permanently affix the foil to the paper backing.