Apparatus for duplicating with master cards

Claim 1

IN A DUPLICATING MACHINE FOR DUPLICATING PRINTED MATERIAL FROM A MASTER CARD TO A WORK PIECE, MEANS FOR ADVANCING WORK PIECES ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH THROUGH THE MACHINE, A MASTER CARD SUPPORT INCLUIDNG CARD FEED MEANS OPERABLE TO FEED CARDS ONE AT A TIME INTO CONFRONTING RELATION WITH A ROK PIECE TRAVELING ALONG SAID PATH, SENSING MEANS MOUNTED ALONG SAID PATH AND ENGAGEABLE BY SAID WORK PIECE TO EFFECT ACTUATION OF SAID CARD FEED MEANS, PRESSURE-APPLYING MEANS ALONG SAID PATH OPERABLE TO ENGAGE THE CONFRONTING PAIRS OF CARDS AND WORK PIECES TO EFFECT TRANSFER OF PRINTED MATTER FROM SAID CARD ONTO SAID WORK PIECE, ACTUATING MEANS FOR SAID CARD FEED MEANS COMPRISING A ROTATABLE SHAFT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE CARD FEED MEANS, A ROTATABLE MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATING THE ROTATABLE MEMBER, A FRICTION ELEMENT MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT OPERABLE TO EFFECT ROTATION THEREOF AND IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER, RESTRAINING MEANS NORMALLY PREVENTING ROTATION OF SAID FRICTION ELEMENT AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID RESTRAINING MEANS TO SAID SENSING MEANS WHEREBY UPON ENGAGEMENT OF SAID SENSING MEANS BY A WORK PIECE SAID RESTRAINING MEANS DISENGAGES SAID FRICTION ELEMENT TO PERMIT ROTATAION THEREOF AND ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT TO ACTUATE SAID CARD FEED MEANS AND ADJUSTABLE TIME DELAY MEANS PROVIDING A SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE TIME LAG BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT OF SAID SENSING MEANS AND ACTUATION OF SAID CARD AND WORK PIECE OF EACH PAIR MAY BE RELATION OF THE CARD AND WORK PIECE OF EACH PAIR MAY BE VARIED SELECTIVELY TO EFFECT TRANSFER OF THE PRINTED MATTER ON THE CARD TO A SELECTED AREA OF THE WORK PIECE.