Sheet feeding devices

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR FEEDING STATISTICAL RECORDS HAVING DATA CODED THEREON, MEANS FOR FEEDING INDIVIDUAL RECORDS ALONG A DEFINED PATH, MEANS ADJACENT SAID PATH FOR SENSING THE DATA CODED ON EACH RECORD AS IT IS FED ALONG SAID PATH, PATH SELECTING MEANS AT THE END OF THE DEFINED PATH INCLUDING AN OSCILLATABLE MEMBER HAVING ITS AXIS OF OACILLATION IN SAID PATH, SAID MEMBER HAVING TWO OPPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SURFACES EACH FORMING AN ACUTE ABGLE WITH AND PASSING THROUGH THE AXIS OF OSCILLATION OF THE MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID MEMBER BETWEEN TWO POSITIONS FOR PRESENTING ONE OR THE OTHER OF SAID SURFACES IN THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE RECORD, SAID OSCILLATING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONTROLLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DATA SENSING BY SAID SENSING MEANS.