Apparatus for use with a credit card

Claim 1

VENDING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH AN IDENTIFICATION CARD HAVING AN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER THAN COMPRISES: (A) A CARD READER FOR RECEIVING AN IDENTIFICATION CARD AND READING THE NUMBER ON SAID CARD; (B) A MEMORY FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS WITH WHICH THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SAID CARD IS TO BE COMPARED, SAID MEMORY COMPRISING A FILM MOUNTED ON A LIGHT TRANSMITTING CYLINDRICAL DRUM AND HAVING TWO PARALLEL SPIRAL INFORMATION CHANNELS DEFINED THEREON, ONE CHANNEL HAVING SHAPED AREAS DENOTING THE PRESENCE OF TIMING PULSES, THE OTHER CHANNEL HAVING SHADED AREAS WHICH INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A BINARY 1 AND CLEAR AREAS INDICATING THE PRESENCE OF A BINARY 0, THE ARRANGEMENT OF SUCH SHADED AND CLEAR AREAS ON SAID OTHER CHANNEL REPRESENTING THE STORED IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS IN BINARY CODE; (C) READOUT MEANS FOR READING SAID MEMORY, SAID READOUT MEANS COMPRISING: (1) TWO LAMPS MOUNTED TO DIRECT LIGHT THROUGH THE DRUM ON WHICH SAID FILM IS MOUNTED AND A PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT MOUNTED IN OPPOSED RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OF SAID LAMPS; (2) A LEAD SCREW FOR SUPPORTING SAID DRUM; (3) MEANS FOR ADJUSTABLY MOUNTING SAID LAMPS AND PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT FOR THE LIGHT BEAM FROM ONE LAMP TO PASS THROUGH SAID ONE CHANNEL TO IMPINGE ON ONE PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT AND THE LIGHT BEAM FROM THE OTHER LAMP TO PASS THROUGH SAID OTHER CHANNEL TO IMPINGE ON THE OTHER PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT; (4) A MOTOR; AND (5) GEAR MEANS COUPLING SAID MOTOR TO SAID DRUM TO DRIVE SAID DRUM ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID LEAD SCREW AND CAUSE SAID LIGTH BEAMS TO TRAVERSE SAID CHANNELS; (6) SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENTS BEING EFFECTIVE TO PRODUCE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS RESPONSIVE TO THE INTERRUPTION OF SAID LIGHT BEAMS BY SHADED AREAS OF SAID FILM;