Printing and digital coding machine

Claim 1

A SALES FORM IMPRINTING AND ENCODING MACHINE COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING A FORWARD HORIZONTAL SURFACE AND A SLOTTED OPENING IN SAID HOUSING ABOVE SAID HORIZONTAL SURFACE, A TRAY SUPPORTED ON SAID FORWARD HOUSING SURFACE, SAID TRAY CARRYING A SALES INVOICE FORM AND A CODED CREDIT CARD IN SUPERPOSED RELATION, GUIDE MEANS ON SAID FORWARD SURFACE IN WHICH SAID TRAY IS MOVABLE TO AN OPERATING POSITION WITHIN SAID HOUSING, AN EMBOSSING ROLLER MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID SLOTTED OPENING AND POSITIONED TO CONTACT SAID CODED CREDIT CARD, A FIRST GROUP OF DIE BARS HAVING VERTICALLY OPPOSED PUNCHES AND DIES, SAID DIE BARS LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED AND LATERALLY ALIGNED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, PUNCHES IN SAID FIRST GROUP ADAPTED TO BE BIASED INTO THE CODED INDICIA OF SAID CREDIT CARD AS SAID TRAY MOVES INTO SAID HOUSING WHEREBY THE AFFECTED DIE BARS MOVE LONGITUDINALLY IN COOPERATION WITH SAID TRAY, TAB MEMBERS POSITIONED ABOVE THE SAID HOUSING, SAID TAB MEMBERS CONNECTED TO A SECOND GROUP OF DIE BARS HAVING PUNCHES AND DIES LATERALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST DIE BAR GROUP, EACH OF THE PUNCHES AND DIES OF SAID SECOND GROUP MOVABLE TO AN OPERATING POSITION IN RESPONSE TO THE MANUAL MOVEMENT OF SAID TAB MEMBERS, A CAMMING PLATE POSITIONED ABOVE SAID PUNCHES, AND LEVER MEANS ACTING IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAID CAMMING PLATE TO DEPRESS SAID PUNCHES INTO SAID DIES WHEREBY SAID SALES INVOICE FORM CARRIED BY SAID TRAY IS ENCODED.