Card selecting apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A PREDETERMINED CODED CARD FROM A PLURALITY OF CODED CARDS COMPRISING, A CARD CARRYING DRUM FOR STORING A CLASS OF CODED CARDS IN EACH OF A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS LOCATED AROUND THEPERIPHERY OF SAID DRUM, A PLURALITY OF CARDS ARRANGED IN RANDOM ORDER IN EACH OF SAID COMPRATMENTS, CARD SELECTION MEANS INCLUDING AN AIR EJECTION NOZZLE FOR SEQUENTIALLY SCANNING ALL OF THE RANDOMLY ARRANGED CARDS IN A SELECTED CLASS AND FOR LOCATING A PREDETERMINED CARD WITHIN SAID SELECTED CLASS AND MOVING SAID CARD TO PHYSICALLY DISCRETE POSITION RELATIVE TO THE REMAINDER OF THE CARDS WITHIN SAID CLASS, MOTOR MEANS FOR EFFECTING RELATIVE INDEXING MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID COMPARTMENTS AND SAID CARD SELECTION MEANS TO LOCATE A SELECTED COMPARTMENT ADJACNET SAID CARD SELECTION MEANS, CONTROL MEANSD OPERABLE TO AUTOMATICALLY ACTUATE SAID CARD SELECTION MEANS IN RESPONSE TO LOCATION OF A SELECTED COMPARTMENT ADJACENT SAID CARD SELECTION MEANS, AND CARD TRANSPORT MEANS INCLUDING MOTOR DRIVEN ROLLERS OPERABLE AUTOMATICALLY IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID PRESELECTED CARD TO A PHYSICALLY DISCRETE POSITION TO REMOVE SAID CARD FROM SAID FILE.