Identification card mechanism

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR HEAT SEALING THE IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A BASE, AN AREA IN SAID BASE DEFINING A TRAY FOR RECEIVING AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, MEANS ON SAID TRAY FOR ALIGNING TWO ADJACENT EDGES OF AN IDENTIFICATION CARD PLACED THEREON, A SUPPORTING MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE BASE, A DIE BLOCK MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORTING MEMBER ABOVE AND ADJACENT ONE END OF THE TRAY, MEANS FOR HEATING SAID DIE BLOCK, POWER MEANS FOR DRIVING THE DIE BLOCK IN CYCLES OF RECIPROCATION TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE TRAY, SWITCH MEANS FOR ACTIVATING SAID POWER MEANS, AND MEANS FOR READILY MOVING SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER FOR EXPEDITIOUS ACCESS TO SAID DIE BLOCK, WEHREIN SAID TRAY IS MOUNTED FOR RECIPROCATING MOTION RELATIVE TO THE BASE AND ADAPTED TO BE MANUALLY URGED FROM A CARD INSERTING POSITION INTO A HEAT SEAL OPERATING POSITION, A BED ON SAID TRAY FOR RECEIVING AN IDENTIFICATION CARD TO BE HEAT SEALED, SAID DIE BLOCK HAVING A RAISED CONFIGURATION THEREON AND PROVIDED TO BE MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER ABOVE AND ADJACENT ONE END OF THE BED WHEN THE TRAY IS IN A HEAT SEAL OPERATING POSITION, SAID SWITCH MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE TRAY WHEN URGED INTO ITS HEAT SEALED OPERATING POSITION, MEANS FOR LOCKING THE TRAY WHEN URGED INTO TS HEAT SEALING POSTION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE RETURN CYCLE OF THE DIE BLOCK FOR RELEASING SAID TRAY FROM THE LOCKING MEANS, AND MEANS FOR URGING SAID TRAY TO ITS INITIAL CARD INSERTING POSITION WHEN RELEASED FROM ITS LOCKED POSITION.