Cards processor

A cards processor on terminal equipment for a toll road receiver or the like system comprising:

• a gateway on one end side of a cabinet forming part of said equipment and through which used cards are inserted and used and new cards are discharged;
• a standby portion on another end side of said cabinet for maintaining said cards in a standby condition temporarily;
• a hopper stacker on said one end side of said cabinet for storing said cards;
• transport means operatively mounted in said cabinet for moving said cards reciprocatingly in transport directions along a transport line connecting said standby portion with said gateway;
• reproducing and recording means disposed between said gateway and said standby portion on said transport line for reading and writing information on said cards;
• a change-over flapper mounted in said cabinet on said transport line between said gateway and said reproducing and recording means movable between a first position and a second position for guiding said cards transported from said standby portion toward said gateway when in said first position and toward said hopper stacker when in said second position;
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• feed-out means for feeding new cards stored in said hopper stacker individually onto said transport line at a position between said gateway and said reproducing and recording means.