Biomerieux Vitek, Inc.

U.S. Philips Corporation

Gregg Flender

Thomas Burchard

Ron Robinson

David Porat

Arthur Rousmaniere

Clifford W Karl

Kent Smith

A changer for information carriers, has a magazine section with a magazine for storing information carriers above one another, and a scanning section extending parallel to the magazine section and having means for inscribing and/or reading information carriers. The magazine has holders disposed above one another both for storing information carriers above one another and for storing storage boxes for information carriers above one another. The holders have a first holder part (13a), disposed adjacent the scanning section, for supporting an information carrier (15), and a second holder part (13b), disposed adjacent the first holder part, for storing a storage box (17) for an information carrier.

Changer for information carriers, holder suitable for use in said

A disposal system for stacking card-like objects neatly in a magazine. The cards enter the disposal system via a card entrance slot. A push plate located adjacent the slot pushes the cards past a pair of resilient snap elements in the sides of the magazine. A pressure plate is located behind the snap elements and biases the cards that have been pushed over the snap elements forward towards the rear of the snap elements. The cards are maintained in a stacked condition between the snap elements and the pressure plate. When a card is inserted into the card slot, the push plate is operated to an extended position, in which it pushes the card past the snap elements against the cards stacked between the snap elements and the pressure plate. The push plate then retracts, so as to enable another card to enter into the card slot. The user of the machine removes the magazine from the machine when the need arises or when the magazine is fully loaded with cards.

Stacking disposal system for test sample cards or other similarly shaped

Automatic sample testing machine

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Quincy, MA, United States of America

Gregg Flender