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Document dispenser with reading aperture formed in document guide

US5877481A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 1996
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 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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