Abstract: A shift selection indicator assembly for motor vehicles which includes a cable sheath with a cable core passing therethrough having one end coupled to a transmission shifter and another end coupled to a display mechanism. An adjustment assembly is positioned at one end or in-line of the cable sheath and includes a threaded shaft and an adjustment thumbwheel for changing the effective length of the cable sheath and therefore changing the indicated shift position. A detent is provided for maintaining a set adjusted position.

Abstract: A flexible drive mechanism for positioning bank passbooks and similar objects is disclosed for use in conjunction with identification and entry posting apparatus. The functioning of the drive mechanism is made flexible by the use of eight rollers, four of which are power driven to serve as drive rollers and four of which are idle rollers. The idle rollers are enabled to move relative to each other and to the drive rollers and are spring biased to firmly engage bank passbooks and similar flat objects and press them against the power drive rollers. The rollers are enabled to accommodate the differences in thickness between parts of the passbooks caused by either the presence of ridges, where sewn seams bind the pages of a book together, or by the presence of difference amounts of paper.

Abstract: A slidable carriage adapted to receive and carry an information bearing credit card along a linear path in traversing registry with respect to an informational read head. A spring and dashpot cooperate with the carriage during movement thereof for limiting the velocity of the carriage to assure proper credit card reading.

Abstract: A dampening system operative to effectively lower the transmission function of an external frequency coming in on a drive mechanism as to an associated magnetic read head so that the head's natural frequency is significantly below its response level.

Abstract: A low cost credit card reader is provided wherein the magnetic stripe on a stationarily positioned credit card is read by the spring powered transverse activation of a read head, and wherein the normal spring-related fluctuations in read head velocity are compensated for and offset by a rotatable member having a concentric circumference and a variably radiused spiraling circumference, the rotatable member being interposed between and cable interconnected with said spring and a translatable read head carrier, said spring and said rotatable member in association with an opposing airpot cooperating to provide the read head with a uniform controlled velocity of movement throughout each reading cycle.