Memory device for a machine for handling eggs

Claim 1

A DATA STORAGE MECHANISM COMPRISING A FIRST MEMORY DEVICE HAVING AN ENDLESS BELT, MEANS OPERABLE TO DRIVE SAID BELT ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, ROWS OF PINS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO A ROTARY AXIS OF SAID BELT, SAID PINS BEING PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED FROM SAID BELT IN CONSECUTIVE SECTORS OF THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE THEREOF FOR INDIVIDUAL ADJUSTMENT FROM AN INEFFECTIVE POSITION TO AN EFFECTIVE POSITION AND CORRESPONDING PINS OF CONSECUTIVE ROWS OF PINS BEING ALIGNED IN A DIRECTION LONGITUDINALLY OF THE BELT PERIPHERY TO FORM LONGITUDINAL EXTENDING PIN FILES, A FIRST SUPPORTING STRUCTURE DISPOSED AT A PREDETERMINED STATION ALONG SAID PATH AND ARRANGED ADJACENT SAID BELT ALONG AND EXTERIORLY OF THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF SAID BELT, SOLENOIDS HELD BY SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OPPOSITE SAID PIN FILES AND OPERATIVE UPON ENERGIZATION TO SHIFT SELECTED PINS OF SAID PIN FILES FROM THE INEFFECTIVE TO THE EFFECTIVE POSITION FOR STORING INFORMATION, A SECOND SUPPORTING STRUCTURE DISPOSED AT A SUBSEQUENT STATION ALONG SAID PATH AND ARRANGED ADJACENT SAID BELT ALONG AND EXTERIORLY OF THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF SAID BELT, SWITCHES HELD BY SAID SECOND SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OPPOSITE SAID PIN FILES IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THEY ARE ACTUATED BY PINS IN THE EFFECTIVE POSITION, A SECOND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A ROTOR, A CIRCULAR ROW OF PINS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED FROM SAID ROTOR FOR INDIVIDUAL ADJUSTMENT FROM AN INEFFECTIVE TO AN EFFECTIVE POSITION, A PLURALITY OF GENEVA GEARS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN AN ARC AROUND SAID ROTOR IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE RECESSES IN THE PERIPHERIES OF SAID GENEVA GEARS ARE DRIVINGLY ENGAGED BY THE PINS OF SAID ROTOR THAT ARE IN THE EFFECTIVE POSITION, NORMALLY OPEN SWITCHES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID GENEVA GEARS, MEANS ON SAID GENEVA GEARS ADAPTED TO CLOSE SAID NORMALLY OPEN SWITCHES, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ACTUATED SWITCHES OF SAID SECOND SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID PINS OF SAID ROTOR FROM THE INEFFECTIVE TO THE EFFECTIVE POSITION FOR TRANSFERRING INFORMATION FROM SAID FIRST MEMORY DEVICE TO SAID SECOND MEMORY DEVICE TO STORE THE INFORMATION IN SAID SECOND MEMORY DEVICE.