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IN FLASH CARD APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING TWO ADJACENT, SERIALLY DISPOSED SECTIONS AND INCLUDING A VETICALLY DISPOSED FACE PLATE MENS, CARD-CHANNEL MEANS ON SAID FACE PLATE MEANS AND EXTENDING ALONG THE PLANE THEREOF BETWEEN SAID SECTIONS, ONE OF SAID SECTIONS COMPRISING CARD MAGAZINE MEANS NORMAL TO SAID CARD-CHANNEL MEANS AND COMMUNICATING THEREWITH, THE OTHER OF SAID HOUSING SECTIONS INCLUDING A CARD-VIEWING PORTION COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CARD-CHANNEL FOR EXPOSING INDICIA ON A CARD AND THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING SWITCH MEANS ON SAID HOUSING BELOW SAID CARD-VIEWING PORTION INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE SWITCH ELEMENT PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED IN SAID HOUSING BENEATH SAID CARD CHANNEL MEANS ON A PIVOTAL AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID CARD-CHANNEL, SAID SWITHC ELEMENT HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPE AND INCLUDING A CONTACT PORTION BEHIND THE FACE PLATE, WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND SPACED FROM AND EXTENDIBLE TOWARD SAID CARD CHANNEL MEANS AND MOVABLE THERETHROUGH, SAID SWITCH ELEMENT INCLUDING AN OPERATING PORTION EXTENDING OUT OF SAID HOUSING IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID VIEWING PORTION, AND MEANS NORMALLY BIASING THE SWITCH ELEMENT CONTACT PORTION AWAY FROM SAID CHANNEL MEANS.