Patent ID: 8684155

Claim:
A document handler for table games comprising: a casing arranged adjacent to a gaming table, a deposit chamber formed on an external side of the casing for receiving documents, an escrow chamber formed on the external side of the casing for temporarily receiving documents considered genuine sent from the deposit chamber so that the documents sent into the escrow chamber are visible and observable to players who are seated around the gaming table, the documents in the escrow chamber being removable from outside of the casing, an escrow carrier for continuously transporting the documents in the deposit chamber to the escrow chamber, a drive device for driving the escrow carrier, a stacker for stowing the documents sent from the escrow chamber, a stack carrier for transporting the documents from the escrow chamber to the stacker for storage of the documents in the stacker, a non-contact sensor for detecting the documents in the escrow chamber to produce a detection signal, and a stack switch attached to the casing for producing a trigger signal to drive the stack carrier, wherein the non-contact sensor and stack switch are electrically connected to the drive device, and the stack carrier is triggered by operation of the stack switch when the non-contact sensor produces the detection signal.