Film chip ejector and transport means

Claim 1

A DATA HANDLING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING A PRESELECTED MEDIUM OF A PLURALITY OF PLANAR DATA BEARING MEDIA EACH HAVING A FIRST EDGE AND A SECOND OPPOSED EDGE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: SUPPORT BASE MEANS DEFINING A VIEWING PLANE AND A PROJECTION AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO SAID VIEWING PLANE; INDEXING CARRIER STORAGE MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND CARRY A MAGAZINE FOR STORING SAID MEDIA IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATION PARALLEL TO SAID VIEWING PLANE, SAID MAGAZINE HAVING OPENINGS, AT TWO OPPOSED SIDES THEREOF TO EXPOSE SAID FIRST EDGE AND SAID SECOND EDGE OF SAID MEDIA, SAID CARRIER MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MAGAZINE SO THAT THE PLANE OF SAID PRESELECTED MEDIUM IS SUBSTANTIALLY IN SAID VIEWING PLANE AND THE FIRST EDGE OF SAID PRESELECTED MEDIUM IS JUXTAPOSED WITH SAID PROJECTION AXIS; TRANSPORT MEANS INCLUDING AN ELONGATED, FLEXIBLE WEB HAVING A LEADING EDGE, MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID FLEXIBLE WEB ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH HAVING A REARWARD PORTION ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO SAID VIEWING PLANE AND A FORWARD PORTION SUBSTANTIALLY IN SAID VIEWING PLANE AND SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID REARWARD PORTION; MEANS COUPLED TO SAID LEADING EDGE FOR RELEASABLY ENGAGING THE SECOND EDGE OF SAID PRESELECTED MEDIUM; RECIPROCAL DRIVE MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FLEXIBLE WEB WITH SAID ENGAGING MEANS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SECOND EDGE OF SAID PRESELECTED MEDIUM ALONG SAID PREDETERMINED PATH TO URGE SAID PRESELECTED MEDIUM FROM SAID MAGAZINE TO A PRESELECTED POSITION IN SAID VIEWING PLANE TO CAUSE SAID PRESELECTED MEDIUM TO INTERSECT SAID PROJECTION AXIS AND FOR THEREAFTER DRIVING ALONG A PORTION OF SAID PREDETERMINED PATH MEDIUM ALONG A PORTION OF SAID PREDETERMINED PATH TO RETURN SAID PRESELECTED MEDIUM TO SAID MAGAZINE.