Patent · US Expired

Transport device for reading of identification cards

US4170348A · kind A · utility

10Cited by

8References

23Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Nixdorf Computer AG · DE

Inventors

Helmut Hoeink · Borchen, DE
Waldemar Jaeger · Paderborn, DE
Peter Scholich · Schortens, DE
Rolf Roeschlein · Paderborn, DE
Helmut Podtschaske · Schortens, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 6, 1977
Grant date	Oct 9, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K13/063
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for the reading of identification cards and the like including a feed slot which directs the longitudinal edges of the card into spaced guide grooves which serve to straighten and properly align the card and into a conveyor which carries the card past a reading or checking device.

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