Magnetically encoded card read/write/capture apparatus
US4141044A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 1976 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K13/07
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for capturing a card and/or reading and/or writing data bits on a record stripe of the card, including a carriage for supporting a card inserted into the apparatus via a slot, the carriage being bidirectionally selectively driven past a transducer on elongated guide means by a motorized rotatable screw threadably engaging the carriage. A card clamp assembly is associated with the carriage for clamping an inserted card thereto when the carriage is located in other than its home position, whereat positive transfer of a card between the insertion slot and carriage occurs, which home position is proximate the card insertion slot. Stationarily mounted cams cooperating with cam followers of the card clamp assembly deactivate the clamp when the carriage is in its home position to facilitate transfer of an inserted card to and from the carriage. A motor-driven pick-up roll assembly located between the card insertion slot and the carriage home position facilitates mounted positive transfer of a card between the slot and carriage. A card abutment selectively interposable in the path of a card carried by the translating carriage strips and the card from the carriage for deposit in a…
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