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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
Richard Soltys, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Richard Soltys, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A device for reading, transporting, and storing playing cards that have been collected after a card game at a gaming table. The system includes an input compartment to receive the collected playing cards, a reader, a conveyor system to transport the playing cards past the reader one at a time, an output compartment to store the collected playing cards after reading, and an elevator mechanism to raise the output compartment to the table surface. In addition, the system may include a modular erasing and printing device to erase portions of the playing cards and then print over the erased portions and/or print onto blank playing cards.