Patent ID: 8544847

Claim:
A card shoe apparatus comprising: a storage unit which stores a card; a guide path including a conveyance end edge, a card guide surface and a card discharge edge, the guide path configured to guide the card drawn out from the storage unit to the card discharging edge while keeping one surface of the card in contact the guide path; an opening formed in the guide surface proximate the conveyance end edge; an inspection light applicator which applies inspection light to the drawn card via the opening; a photo acceptance portion disposed across from the opening and which receives the inspection light reflected from the drawn card; a card information identification unit which identifies card information based on the inspection light received by the photo acceptance portion; and a filter which is provided between the opening and the photo acceptance portion to block the disturbance light, wherein the inspection light applicator is disposed proximate the photo acceptance portion and includes a cover member having a slit extending along a length thereof, the slit configured to direct inspection light toward the drawn card via the opening and to prevent the inspection light from being directed directly from the inspection light applicator and toward the photo acceptance portion.