Transfer checking and validating machine

Claim 1

A TRANSPORTATION TRANSFER CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, BARRIER MEANS INCLUDING A ROTARY GATE SEPARATING AN OUTSIDE AREA FROM AN INSIDE AREA AND FOR PERMITTING SELECTIVE ENTRANCE FROM THE OUTSIDE TO THE INSIDE ONLY THROUGH SAID GATE, RELEASABLE LATCH MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID GATE AND NORMALLY OPERATIVE TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID GATE TO PERMIT A PERSON TO MOVE FROM THE OUTSIDE TO THE INSIRE, LATCH-RELEASING MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID LATCH MEANS AND ADAPTED WHEN ACTUATED TO RELEASE SAID LATCH MEANS TO PERMIT ROTARY MOVEMENT OF SAID GATE MEANS AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT MOVEMENT OF A SINGLE PERSON FROM THE OUTSIDE TO THE INSIDE, A TRANSFER READING MACHINE HAVING A TRANSFER RECEIVING PORTION WHICH DETERMINES WHEN A TRANSFER IS PROPERLY PRESENTED THERETO, A FIRST SENSING MEANS OPERATIVE AFTER A TRANSFER IS PROPERLY PRESENTED TO SAID TRANSFER RECEIVING PORTION TO DETERMINE IF THE TRANSFER IS PRESENTED TIMELY, A SECOND SENSING MEANS FOR DETERMINING IF THE TRANSFER HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO A TRANSFER READING MACHINE, AND RELAY MEANS FOR ACTUATING THE LATCH-RELEASING MEANS ONLY WHEN IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSFER IS BOTH TIMELY AND VALID.