Abstract: The device consists of a hollow tubular body which has, at one side at its upper portion, four parallel slots intended to each receive a pack of thirteen cards in one of the colours of a deck of cards. A vertical screen disposed at the rear of the slots prevents the packets of cards being seen by the other players. The other portion of the body houses a wound tape on which a list of the player's successive hands is printed. This list comes out through a slot towards the bottom of the body and then enters inside the latter through a slot and comes out through a slot. The player reads on the portion of the tape coming out through the slot 9 the disposition of the hand to be played and quickly forms this hand by means of the packs of cards housed inside the slots. The device enables a player at a table to quickly form a predetermined bridge hand.

Abstract: The device comprises a box receiving the deck of cards to be dealt, upon which a cover presses. Rollers, driven in rotation by a motor reduction unit ensures partial exit of the lower card of the stack to a slot in the device whereas optical reading means read a value code marked on the card. When the value of the card read comes close to the information contained in the memory relative to the deal being made, a visual display device indicates to which player the card pushed out of the deck and partially protruding should be dealt.

Abstract: The device comprises a container for receiving the pack of cards to be distributed, of which the movable bottom is formed by a carriage. This carriage comprises rollers which, when the carriage is moved, drive the lower card of the pack which is isolated by a flange. The pattern of the transported card is read and this information controls the movement of the carriage which releases the card into a determined distribution box. To this end the carriage goes beyond the chosen distribution box while pushing non return springs, then comes back in such a manner that the non return springs immobilize the card above the chosen distribution box into which this card falls by gravity when the carriage has gone away.