Card reader assembly with manual transducer

Details Card reader assembly with manual transducer Card reader assembly with manual transducer

1975-05-16

1976-08-24

Canney, Vincent P.

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Input-output calculator to indicator, printer, etc.

360107, G11B 552, H04Q 302

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039768589

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus constructed to receive a card such as a credit card having one or more magnetic strips containing coded data. The card is inserted in the machine and a manually operated latch mechanism carries a read head along a rail to an abutment. A latching element is automatically released and a motive system carries the read head at constant speed across the face of the card. The readout head transmits the information to a connector which may be connected to any suitable data processing system. When the card is inserted in the apparatus it energizes a contact switch which provides an activating signal to the processing system, through the connector. The readout head is mounted in a gimbaled frame attached to a carrier so that it can ride with constant pressure against the magnetic strip on the card, while at the same time adjusting itself to undulations or other slight deformations in the card or the magnetic strip. The apparatus is constructed without any magnetic materials within magnetic range of the readout head to prevent the danger of spurious signals being injected into the decoding circuit.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3665163 (1972-05-01), Mast et al.
patent: 3753255 (1973-08-01), Di Veto
patent: 3822376 (1974-07-01), Kok et al.
patent: 3866827 (1975-02-01), Obata et al.

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