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Information processing mechanism with combined printing and reading device

US4589143A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 22, 1983
Grant dateMay 13, 1986
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K15/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processing mechanism having a combined printing and reading head wherein the reading head is maintained as close as possible to the printing head by providing means for deflecting light entering the reading head so that the organization of the reading head may be arranged with a reading window thereof through which light enters the reading head arranged adjacent the printing head between a printing needle guide member and a magnet carrier of the printing head, the magnet carrier having a wider dimension than the printing needle guide member.

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