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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1989
Tadashi Hirano, Sayama, JP;
Data Card Japan Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A card trunk system according to the present invention includes a card storage means for storing cards in a state where they are classified by type, a card retrieval means for retrieving and taking out cards from the card storage means in a number to be machined and in the order of machining, and a card discriminating means for determining whether or not the card retrieved by the card retrieval means is a correct card. In consequence, the cards to be machined can be automatically arranged. A card trunk system of the present invention includes an input means for inputting the types of cards, the number of cards required and the machining data in the order of machining, a card accommodation means for storing a plurality of types of cards in a predetermined number and for retrieving the types of cards which are input from the input means in a number which is input from the input means, and a card processing means for processing cards on the basis of the machining data corresponding to the types of cards which have been retrieved by the card accommodation means. In consequence, the arrangement and processing of the cards can be automated.