Magnetic card reader and transport

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING AND SELECTIVELY POSITIONING RECORD CARDS HAVING A MAGNETIZABLE SURFACE THEREON ADJACENT A MAGNETIC TRANSDUCING MEANS COMPRISING A RECORD CARD TRANSPORT BED ALONG WHICH SAID RECORD CARDS ARE MOVED, SAID RECORD CARD TRANSPORT BED BEING FLAT AND RIGID; FIRST ROTATING DRIVE MEANS POSITIONED FOR SELECTIVELY MOVING SAID RECORD CARDS IN A FIRST DIRECTION; SECOND ROTATING DRIVE MEANS POSITIONED FOR SELECTIVELY MOVING SAID RECORD CARDS IN A SECOND DIRECTION; MAGNETIC TRANSDUCING MEANS HAVING AN AIR GAP POSITIONED ADJACENT TO AND ABOVE SAID BED AND SPACED APART THEREFROM BY SUBSTANTIALLY THE THICKNESS OF SAID RECORD CARDS; PRESSURE MEANS POSITIONED IN AN OPENING IN SAID BED, SAID OPENING BEING ADJACENT THE AIR GAP OF SAID MAGNETIC TRANSDUCING MEANS, SAID PRESSURE MEANS CAUSING INTIMATE CONTACT BETWEEN THE MAGNETIZABLE SURFACE OF SAID RECORD CARDS AND SAID MAGNETIC TRANSDUCING MEANS AND PREVENTING UNWANTED SPACING BETWEEN SAID MAGNETIZABLE SURFACE OF SAID RECORD CARDS AND SAID MAGNETIC TRANSDUCING MEANS; SAID FIRST ROTATING DRIVE MEANS, SAID SECOND ROTATING DRIVE MEANS AND SAID PRESSURE MEANS BEING SPACED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BED TO DESCRIBE A PLANE PARALLEL WITH SAID BED AND SAID MAGNETIC TRANSDUCING MEANS, SAID PLANE BEING SEPARATED FROM SAID MAGNETIC TRANSDUCING MEANS AT SAID AIR GAP BY SUBSTANTIALLY THE THICKNESS OF SAID RECORD CARDS; FIRST SELECTIVELY OPERABLE CONTROL MEANS FOR BRINGING SAID RECORD CARDS INTO INTIMATE CONTACT WITH SAID FIRST ROTATING DRIVE MEANS TO MOVE SAID RECORD CARDS IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION; SECOND SELECTIVELY OPERABLE CONTROL MEANS FOR BRINGING SAID RECORD CARDS INTO INTIMATE CONTACT WITH SAID SECOND ROTATING DRIVE MEANS TO MOVE SAID RECORD CARDS IN SAID SECOND DIRECTION; AND CONTROL MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND SELECTIVELY OPERABLE CONTROL MEANS TO SELECTIVELY OPERATE THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIRED POSITION OF SAID MAGNETIC RECORD CARD WITH RESPECT TO SAID MAGNETIC TRANSDUCING MEANS.