Method and apparatus breeder of cards or data supports coded

摘要

A card sorting apparatus wherein a card is fed one by one from a card hopper, information included on the card is read at a card sensing stage provided along a card feeding path and the card with a specified information is selected comprises: (a) a card reading station at the card feeding path of the card fed one by one from the card hopper which includes means for reading the information on the card fed therethrough, for comparing the read information with a specified information already stored in the station and for generating a signal accordingly; (b) a card path shifting mechanism included after the card reading station along the card feeding path for shifting its position from a first position to a second position, the first position corresponding to a first path of the card being shifted and the second position to a second path of the card, and the width between the two paths being less than that of the card when forwarded; (c) means for driving the card path shifting mechanism from its first position to the second position in response to the signal from the card reading station; (d) a card stacker which receives and stacks the card in the order it is received; and (e) a card feeder which feeds the card one by one into the card stacker holding the card as shifted in the first path or in the second path.