Inspection of playing cards

Claim 1

A card inspection device comprising: a first loading area adapted to receive one or more decks of playing cards; a drive roller located adjacent the loading area and positioned to impinge on a card if a card were present in the loading area; the loading area having an exit through which cards are urged, one at a time, by a feed roller; a transport path extending from the loading area exit to a card accumulation area; the transport path further defined by two pairs of transport rollers, one roller of each pair above the transport path and one roller of each pair below the transport path; a camera located between the two pairs of transport rollers; a processor for governing the operation of a digital camera and rollers; a printer for producing a record of the device's operation based on an output of the processor; an accumulation area that also serves as a second loading area; the second loading area having a second feed roller; the second feed roller adapted to impinge on a card and insert it into the transport path; and the transport rollers being bidirectional so that a card may be loaded into either the first loading area or the second loading area.