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US 9,126,756 B2Granted
Card mass storage device, card transport, and card storage device, as well as sorting method for cards
AssigneeBoewe Systec GmbH
InventorsBoris Flach, Helmut Koelle
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Abstract
In the case of a card mass storage device having a storage device and a card transfer, the storage device includes a main storage device and an interim storage device, which is disposed between the main storage device and the card transfer, to allow sorting processes that make implementing rapid access possible.
Claims13
A card mass storage device comprising:
- (a) a circulating card holder support;
- and
- (b) a plurality of card holders disposed on the card holder support;
- wherein at least first and second card holders of the plurality of card holders are disposed rigidly relative to one another on a first holding element and at least third and fourth card holders of the plurality of card holders are disposed rigidly relative to one another on a second holding element;
- and
- wherein the first and second holding elements are disposed on the card holder support so as to be movable relative to one another.
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A card mass storage device comprising:
- (a) a first main storage device comprising a first number of card spaces;
- (b) a card transfer for input and output of cards;
- and
- (c) a first interim storage device disposed between the first main storage device and the card transfer, said first interim storage device having a second number of card spaces, said second number being at least two and not more than the first number;
- wherein the second number of card spaces of the first interim storage device amounts to less than 10% of the first number of card spaces of the first main storage device.
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A card mass storage device comprising:
- (a) a first main storage device comprising a first number of card spaces;
- (b) a card transfer for input and output of cards;
- and
- (c) a first interim storage device disposed between the first main storage device and the card transfer, said first interim storage device having a second number of card spaces, said second number being at least two and not more than the first number;
- wherein the second number of card spaces of the first interim storage device amounts to less than 5% of the first number of card spaces of the first main storage device.
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A card mass storage device comprising:
- (a) a first main storage device comprising a first number of card spaces;
- (b) a card transfer for input and output of cards;
- and
- (c) a first interim storage device disposed between the first main storage device and the card transfer, said first interim storage device having a second number of card spaces, said second number being at least two and not more than the first number;
- wherein the second number of card spaces of the first interim storage device is less than 3% of the first number of card spaces of the first main storage device.
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A card mass storage device comprising:
- (a) a first main storage device comprising a first number of card spaces;
- (b) a card transfer for input and output of cards;
- (c) a first interim storage device disposed between the first main storage device and the card transfer, said first interim storage device having a second number of card spaces, said second number being at least two and not more than the first number;
- and
- (d) at least a second main storage device and a direct or indirect second card transfer between the first interim storage device and the first main storage device and between the first interim storage device and the second main storage device.
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A card mass storage device comprising:
- (a) a first main storage device comprising a first number of card spaces;
- (b) a card transfer for input and output of cards;
- (c) a first interim storage device disposed between the first main storage device and the card transfer, said first interim storage device having a second number of card spaces, said second number being at least two and not more than the first number;
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- (d) at least a second main storage device and a direct or indirect second card transfer between the first and second main storage devices.
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