Patent · US Expired

Chart sequencing device

US4467542A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 15, 1979
Grant dateAug 28, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 15, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F15/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for sequentially exhibiting the individual charts in a stack of charts, each of the charts having a plurality of spaced notches along the lower edge thereof, the notches on consecutive charts being misaligned, comprising a display area having a lower shelf on which the stack of charts rest, the shelf being sloped forwardly and downwardly to direct the charts to and off the front edge thereof, a sliding comb assembly positioned adjacent the shelf, the comb assembly including a plurality of spaced teeth, the spacing between the teeth being the same as the spacing between the chart notches, the teeth extending upwardly and inwardly adjacent and along the front edge of the shelf to block movement of the charts off of the shelf except when the notches on a chart are aligned with the teeth, the comb assembly being slideable laterally relative to the shelf to align the teeth thereof with consecutive charts to deliver consecutive charts from the display area, and a spent chart magazine positioned to catch the charts delivered from the display area.

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