Card reader apparatus with replaceable card guide
US5180905A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K13/06
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A point of sale terminal having a reader assembly for reading a data carrier having data stored on at least one data track thereon. The terminal includes a housing defining a guide slot location for the data carrier and a transducer for detecting data stored on the data track. A removable guide element is mounted to the housing at the data carrier slot location. This guide element has a read head bracket which is snap mounted thereto. A registration arrangement permits mounting of the read head bracket in two registered positions for determining which of multiple data tracks will be read by the transducer.
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