Patent · US Expired

Selective release MICR mechanism

US6155483A · kind A · utility

6Cited by

9References

6Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Axiohm Transaction Solutions, Inc. · US

Inventors

Edward Simeon Chupka · Bardstown, US
Jeffrey Koeple · Ithaca, US
Alan H. Walker · Barton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 6, 1997
Grant date	Dec 5, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 6, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07G5/00
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A point of sale (POS) receipt printer that includes a selective release mechanism that converts the printer into a check account verifying machine. The conversion mechanism magnetizes and selectively reads the account and bank information from existing magnetic characters on a check presented face-up to the receipt printer. The mechanism includes a magnet to magnetize the characters and a read head to read and analyze the signal waveform from each character. The check is pressed up against the read head and the magnetic characters are read only after the printing carriage of the receipt printer has moved to a dead zone within the printer housing.

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