File search apparatus
US4472898A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1982 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K17/0009
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A file search apparatus which is provided with a base having a center pillar, a reel which comprises file accommodating rooms accommodating therein a plurality of files having codes and juxtaposed in a circle and is supported to the center pillar rotatably therearound, a selection device which is supported revolvably to the base to revolve along the outer periphery of the reel so as to read the codes on the files and search for a desired file, a driving device for driving the selection device, and a search display means displaying the searched file, so that the reel rotates to move the searched file to a predetermined position to be taken out therethrough without the trouble of looking for the searched file around the reel.
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