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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1981
Toshiaki Tanaka, Suzaka, JP;
Masao Fukai, Suzaka, JP;
Tatsuro Onuma, Suzaka, JP;
Ryohei Kinoshita, Suzaka, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An item input device for a data processing system wherein plurality of flexible page sheets with input information provided thereon overlap the circumference of a rotating shaft in the device main unit and the fixed ends of the sheets are separated by a constant space. The desired page sheets are selected through rotation of the rotating shaft in the winding direction and the reverse direction of the page sheets, thereby guiding the page sheets to the display location. The page sheets overlap each other such that the page sheet unit has the page sheet ends bound thereto separated by a constant space thus the page sheet unit is formed separately from the rotating shaft. The page sheet unit is taken up to the rotating shaft in the page selection ready condition by rotation in the winding direction, and the page sheet unit taken up is released from the rotating shaft by rotation in the reverse direction. Moreover, a clamping member for holding the winding condition of the page sheets is provided. The winding of page sheets is carried out when the rotating shaft rotates in the winding (take-up) direction and the clamping member comes into contact with the page sheets. Page selection of the page sheets is carried out when the clamping member causes the rotating shaft to rotate in the reverse direction via the page sheets.