Patent ID: 6981698

Claim:
An automatic dispensing machine of packaged cards comprising: a movable table to support a plurality of stacked cards; a stationary device to pull an uppermost card from the plurality stacked cards; a transporting device to transport the uppermost pulled card from the suctioning device; and a position-control device communicatively coupled to the suctioning device and the transporting device, the position-control device operates the movement of the table and controls a distance between the plurality of stacked cards and the suctioning device, wherein the position-control device firstly increases the distance between the plurality of stacked cards and the suctioning device after the uppermost card has been pulled by the suctioning device, and then secondly decreases the distance until a predetermined distance is reached that prohibits a subsequent card in the plurality of stacked cards from being pulled by the suctioning device when the transporting device transports the uppermost pulled card.