Apparatus for reading coded indicia in the form of perforations

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR READING PATTERNS OF PERFORATIONS DISPOSED AT CLOSELY ADJACENT STATIONS IN A ROW ON A RECORD, THE COMBINATION COMPRISNG, A BASE HAVING A LOADING AREA, A SENSING AREA AND AN EJECTING AREA; MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID RECORD MOUNTED ON SAID BASE AND TRANSLATABLE BETWEEN EACH OF SAID AREAS, A SENSING HEAD MOUNTED ON SAID BASE IN PROXIMITY TO SAID SENSING AREA FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE, CLOSELY SPACED, PARALLEL SENSING PROBES CARRIED BY SAID HEAD FOR RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO, MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE FOR URGING SAID RECORD SUPPORTING MEANS TOWARD SAID LOADING AREA WITH LIMITED OVERTRAVEL MOVEMENT OF SAID RECORD SUPPORTING MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID LOADING AREA SO AS TO MOMENTARILY POSITION SAID RECORD SUPPORTING MENAS IN SAID EJECTING AREA, AND MEANS HAVING AN ARM POSITIONED TO UNDERLIE SAID RECORD IN SAID LOADING AREA PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID APPARATUS FOR STRIPING SAID RECORD FROM SAID SUPPORTING MEANS WHEN SAID LAST NAMED MEANS IS IN SAID EJECTING AREA AND AS AN INCIDENT TO SAID LIMITED OVERTRAVEL MOVEMENT.