Patent ID: 6216869
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B42F

Abstract:
A flash card management apparatus comprising:a plurality of flash card postliminary compartments,said postliminary compartments each having a flash card retention capacity for a plurality of flash cards, said flash card retention capacity being the maximum number of flash cards which can be held within said postliminary compartment;said postliminary compartments each being open or convertible to being open for the intake of flash cards in excess of their flash card retention capacity at an intake zone;said postliminary compartments each having a flash card outlet zone including means for the ejection of flash cards which exceed said flash card retention capacity;said postliminary compartments each having a flash card retention zone in between and open to said intake zone and said outlet zone; andsaid intake zone including means for urging flash cards from said intake zone into said retention zone and from said retention zone into said outlet zone, whereby the intake of flash cards at said intake zone drives flash cards into said outlet zone, the number of flash cards in the retention zone remaining substantially the same.