Microfilm card duplication
AssigneeWicks and Wilson Limited
InventorsAnthony J. Wicks, Eric T. Wilson
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Abstract
A microfilm card duplicating machine is arranged to feed master cards sequentially to a copying station. The master cards have images thereon for duplication by the machine. Copy cards are fed by the machine one by one to the copying station for producing a required number of copies. The copy cards and master cards are routed to a receiving station after copying while the master card is delayed such that it arrives at the receiving station only when its duplicate copy card(s) have been delivered thereto. The sequential delivery enables the formation of an interleaved stack of master and copy cards arranged with the copy card(s) being preceded in each case by the associated master card.
Claims18
A microfilm card duplicating machine comprising means for feeding copy cards sequentially to an image reproducing means for duplicating images carried by master cards fed thereto onto one or more copy cards per master, means for routing copy and master cards to a receiving station after copying and master card delaying means for enabling delivery of a master card to the receiving station only when its duplicate copy card(s) have been delivered thereto to form an interleaved stack of master and copy cards arranged with said one or more copy cards being preceded in each case by the associated master card.
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