Document dispenser with reading aperture formed in document guide
US5877481A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K13/16
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A document dispenser comprises a document guide defining a guide portion of an advancing document path and a document identification code reading aperture formed in the document guide wherein a single detector in communication with the dispenser controller is positioned proximate the document identification code reading aperture and is operative to read a specific document identification code through the document identification code reading aperture. Correlated data, indicative of a specific document identification code and corresponding document data input during dispensing of a document carrying the specific document identification code, is generated subsequent the reading of the identification code. A plurality of alternative document identification code reading apertures are formed in the document guide.
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