Card processing apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION STORAGE CARDS HAVING IDENTIFYING DATA TO TRANSFER PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES FROM A MEDIUM TO THE CARDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IDENTIFYING DATA, SAID APPARATUS INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, AN EXPOSURE STATION FOR PHOTOGRAPHICALLY TRANSFERRING DOCUMENT IMAGES FROM THE MEDIUM TO DIFFERENT ONES OF THE INFORMATION STORAGE CARDS, A FIRST RELATIVELY LOW SPEED ROTATABLE TRANSPORT DRUM CONSTRUCTED TO CARRY THE CARDS PAST THE EXPOSURE STATION, MEANS DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE DRUM FOR PROVIDING AN INTERMITTENT MOVEMENT OF THE CARDS TO ARREST THE CARDS FOR A PARTICULAR INTERVAL AT THE EXPOSURE STATION, A FEED STATION DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE DRUM FOR HOLDING THE INFORMATION STORAGE CARDS IN A STACKED CONDITION, MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND CONTINUOUSLY DRIVEN RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED ROTATABLE TRANSPORT DRUM POSITIONED RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST DRUM FOR RECEIVING CARDS IN SUCCESSION FROM THE FEED STATION, MEANS OPERATIVE UPON THE CARDS ON THE FIRST DRUM FOR TRANSFERRING CARDS FROM THE SECOND DRUM TO THE FIRST DRUM, SAID FIRST DRUM HAVING A PLURALITY OF AXIAL RIBS SPACED ABOUT THE PERIPHERY THEREOF FOR INDIVIDUALLY RECEIVING EACH CARD TRANSFERRED FROM THE SECOND DRUM AND TO HOLD SUCH CARD AGAINST THE ROTATION OF THE SECOND DRUM UNTIL THE TRANSFER OF THE CARD TO THE FIRST DRUM IS COMPLETED, MEANS AT THE EXPOSURE STATION FOR EXPOSING RESPECTIVE ONES OF THE DOCUMENT IMAGES FROM THE FIRST-NAMED MEDIUM ON RESPECTIVE ONES OF THE CARDS WHEN THE SAME ARE ARRESTED AT THE EXPOSURE STATION, A STACK STATION DISPOSED RELATIVE TO THE SECOND DRUM FOR HOLDING THE PROCESSED INFORMATION CARDS IN A STACKED CONDITION, AND MEANS OPERATIVE UPON THE CARDS ON THE SECOND DRUM FOR OBTAINING A SEQUENTIAL TRANSFER OF CARDS FROM THE SECOND DRUM TO THE STACK STATION UPON THE EXPOSURE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES ON THE CARDS.