Punched card reader

Claim 1

A PUNCHED CARD READER OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED FOR SELECTIVELY PROVIDING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIGH TRANSMITTED THROUGH CODED HOLES OF THE CARD COMPRISING A THIN, L-SHAPED BODY HAVING A THINNER SECTION AND A THICKER SECTION OF SUBSTANTIALLY TWICE THE THICKNESS OF THE THINNER SECTION, ONE FACE OF BOTH SECTIONS BEING CO-PLANAR, THE THINNER SECTION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE FOOT OF THE L AND THE THICKER SECTION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE LEG OF THE L, THE AREAS OF THE RESPECTIVE SECTIONS HAVING RESPECTIVE EXTENTS SUCH THAT WHEN ONE BODY OF A PAIR IS REVERSED FROM THE POSITION OF THE OTHER AND THE TWO ARE JUXTAPOSED AT THEIR NON-CO-PLANAR SURFACES, A NESTED RELATION IS OBTAINED, THE COMBINED THICKNESS OF THE PAIR BEING NO GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE THICKER SECTION, A PLURALITY OF LIGHTCONDUCTING ELEMENTS CARRIED BY THE THINNER SECTION HAVING ENTRANCE ENDS SPACED APART ALONG THE OUTER EDGE OF THE FOOT OF THE L TO CONFRONT AN ALIGNED ARRAY OF HOLES IN THE CARD AND EXIT ENDS SPACED APART ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE LEG OF THE L, A PLURALITY OF PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS, ONE INDIVIDUAL TO EACH ELEMENT CONFRONTING THE RESPECTIVE EXIT ENDS THEREOF, AND CIRCUIT MEANS TO CONNECT THE CELLS TO APPARATUS UTILIZING THE OUTPUT OF SAID CELLS.