Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Credit or identification card systems
Patent
1993-07-30
1994-12-06
Shepperd, John
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Credit or identification card systems
235441, 235492, G06K 706
Patent
active
053713460
ABSTRACT:
An automatic vending machine for articles such as newspapers has a housing with a card slot for the insertion of a subscriber card into a card reader in the housing to read information from the card. The card reader is connected to a programmable computer which controls an article delivery apparatus to deliver a newspaper from a delivery slot in the housing. The subscriber card has an electrically conductive encodable contact array formed thereon for providing the information necessary to actuate the article delivery apparatus. The array includes a plurality of contact pads and a contact bridge formed of copper foil, for example. At least one of the contact pads is connected to the contact bridge and the card reader has a plurality of reeds for contacting the contact pads to read the encoded information into the computer.
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Inventio AG
Shepperd John
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