Card processing apparatus

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA ON A PLURALITY OF INFORMATION STORAGE CARDS, AND WHICH INCLUDES FIRST TRANSPORT MEANS FOR THE CARDS AND SECOND TRANSPORT MEANS FOR THE CARDS, A GATE TRANSFER MECHANISM POSITIONED ADJACENT THE FIRST TRANSPORT MEANS AND THE SECOND TRANSPORT MEANS TO OBTAIN A TRANSFER OF CARDS BETWEEN THE TRANSPORT MEANS, SAID MECHANISM INCLUDING: A HOUSING HAVING AT LEAST ONE NOZZLE IN THE HOUSING, THE HOUSING AND NOZZLE BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND TRANSPORT MEANS ON ONE SIDE OF THE POSITION OF TRANSFER AND BEING DISPOSED RELATIVE TO CARDS ON THE FIRST TRANSPORT MEANS TO DIRECT A STREAM OF FLUID AGAINST THE CARDS ON THE FIRST TRANSPORT MEANS FOR OBTAINING A TRANSFER OF CARDS TO THE SECOND TRANSPORT MEANS, MEANS INCLUDING A VALVE AND INCLUDING CONTROL MEANS FOR THE VALVE AND DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CONTROLLED INTRODUCTION OF FLUID TO THE HOUSING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTROL PROVIDED OVER THE OPERATION OF THE VALVE BY THE CONTROL MEANS, TRANSDUCING MEANS DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE TRANSPORTED CARDS FOR PROCESSING PARTICULAR INFORMATION ON THE CARDS FOR A CONTROLLED OPERATION OF THE CONTROL MEANS, MEANS DISPOSED IN FACING RELATIONSHIP TO THE HOUSING AND DISPOSED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE POSITION OF CARD TRANSFER RELATIVE TO THE HOUSING AND BEING PROVIDED WITH A CONFIGURATION TO GUIDE THE TRANSFER OF THE TRAILING ENDS OF THE CARDS FROM THE FIRST TRANSPORT MEANS TO THE SECOND TRANSPORT MEANS, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE HOUSING FOR FACILITATING A FLOW OF FLUID WITHOUT TURBULENCE THROUGH THE NOZZLE AND AGAINST THE CARDS.