Card transport

Abstract

Abstract THE DISCLOSED EMBODIMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION IS A MECHANISM FOR TRANSPORTING AN APERTURE CARD FROM A CARD READER, WHICH READS THE PUNCHED ADDRESS ON THE CARD, TO AN OPTICAL SCANNING STATION, WHICH SCANS THE OPTICAL INFORMATION IN THE FILM AREA OF THE CARD. THE CARD READER READS THE INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF PUNCHED HOLES ON THE CARD BEGINNING WITH THE LEFT END AND PROGRESSING TOWARD THE RIGHT END OF THE CARD, WITH THE RESULT THAT THE CARD IS EJECTED FROM THE CARD READER WITH THE LEFT END LEADING. THE PRESENT INVENTION REVERSES THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE CARDS EJECTED FROM THE CARD READER SUCH THAT THE LOCATION OF THE APERTURE CAN BE PROPERLY REFERENCED FROM THE RIGHT END OF THE CARD IN THE OPTICAL SCANNER. THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL IS REVERSED BY MEANS OF A PIVOTED TRACK SECTION WHICH ACCEPTS CARDS AT ONE ANGULAR POSITION AND EJECTS CARDS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AT A SECOND ANGULAR POSITION. THE EJECTED CARD IS RECEIVED BY A SECOND TRACK SECTION WHICH CONVEYS THE CARD TO THE OPTICAL SCANNING STATION. EACH CARD IS PROPERLY POSITIONED IN THE OPTICAL SCANNING STATION BY MEANS OF A PAIR OF CARD EDGE GUIDES AND A CARD END STOP. ONE CARD EDGE GUIDE IS MOVABLE TO PERMIT A PAIR OF CARD EXTRACTORS AND A PAIR OF ROLLERS TO REMOVE THE CARD EDGEWISE FROM THE SCANNING STATION.

Inventors

• 👤 Gerald J Laughlin

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