Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Banking systems
Patent
1997-06-25
1999-11-16
Hajec, Donald
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Banking systems
235380, 235441, 235475, 235492, G06F 1760
Patent
active
059841796
ABSTRACT:
A card alignment mechanism for an integrated circuit contact (ICC) card (30) has first and second arms (12,14) biased towards each other about the same pivot point (16) by a spring (24). One arm (12) carries a card read head (18), the other arm (14) carries a card stop lip (20). A solenoid (28) rotates the arms about the pivot point (16); the card stop lip (20) on the second arm (14) contacts the card (30), and the first arm (12) continues to rotate until the spring (24) is fully compressed, when the card read head (18) is correctly positioned with respect to the card. When the mechanism is incorporated in an automated teller machine (ATM), the arms (12,14) can be retracted to their rest position, and the card (30) moved past the mechanism to a card capture bin (45) without restriction.
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Chan Michael
Fureman Jared J.
Hajec Donald
NCR Corporation
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