Registers – Coded record sensors – Guides
Patent
1991-03-22
1993-03-02
LaRoche, Eugene R.
Registers
Coded record sensors
Guides
235449, 235482, 360 2, G06K 1300, G06K 1306
Patent
active
051911981
ABSTRACT:
A card reader for reading data recorded on a magnetic stripe on a card includes a guide for guiding the card along a path past a transducer head. A gimbal arrangement mounts the head on the end of a mounting shaft which is journaled in the end of an arm for free rotation about an axis parallel to the stripe as it moves along the path. The arm swivels about a transverse axis perpendicular to the stripe and is biased to bring the head into the guide path through a head opening. The head has a leading bevelled surface so that a card inserted in the path will lift the head which will then ride firmly on the stripe. By virtue of the free rotation of the head about an axis parallel to the stripe, the device adjusts for any lack of parallelism between the head and the magnetic stripe.
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LaRoche Eugene R.
Nguyen Tan
Roston Ellsworth R.
Schwartz Charles H.
Transaction Technology Inc.
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