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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1978
Filed:
May. 05, 1975
Kenzo Araya, Tokyo, JA;
Takashi Hashimoto, Tokyo, JA;
Tanaka Seiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
A card selecting and address printing apparatus to select a card having specified information from among a group of cards bearing thereon coded information and a master printing address and to transfer-print the specified information from the card onto another sheet, having a card hopper for the group of cards including the card to be selected, a card feeder to feed the cards therefrom one at a time, an optical card reading and signal generating means for comparing the coded information on the card being fed with stored information and generating a signal, a card pass selecting mechanism for selecting one of two card paths according to the signal generated, a workpiece hopper and feeder for feeding paper one at a time from the workpiece hopper to a waiting station, holding it there and feeding it to a printing station in response to the signal generated, a printing means for transfering the master printing address on the selected card fed through the card pass selecting mechanism onto the paper fed from the workpiece feeder, a card stacker, and a card feeding roller for catching all of the cards fed through the apparatus and stacking them in the same order as they were held in the card hopper.