Abstract:
A memory card connector includes a housing defining at least part of a card-receiving cavity of the connector and including a bottom wall and a side wall joined to the bottom wall. A slider is movably mounted on the housing and is engageable with the memory card for movement therewith. The slider is slidable along an inside of the side wall of the housing. The slider has a projection engageable in a recess in a side of the memory card. The projection causes the slider to be biased outwardly toward the side wall if the memory card is inserted into the cavity in an incorrect orientation. A slit is formed adjacent a juncture between the bottom wall and the side wall of the housing to allow the side wall to yield in the event that the slider is biased outwardly against the side wall in response to the incorrectly inserted memory card.
Abstract:
The aim of the invention is to prevent the plate contacts of chip cards from wearing as a result of vibrations that occur during the operation of a vehicle. To achieve this, the spring contacts of the read/write set of contacts in a holding device for chip cards are separated from the plate contacts of a chip card that has been inserted into the holding device, for a period, during which no trip or driver-related data is transmitted and said contacts are closed for only a relatively short time, i.e. during the reading of the chip card data into the relevant data recording device and during the writing of recorded data to the chip card. The holding device is configured in such a way that the relevant chip card remains inaccessible when the contacts are separated.
Abstract:
A reader assembly (20) for reading a data carrier (48) having at least one data track located at a prearranged data track position thereon. The reader assembly includes a transducer (30) having at least one data pickup element on a front face thereof. A guide element (23) defines a guide slot having two side wall members and a bottom wall member for guiding a data carrier (48) through the reader assembly (20). One side wall member has an access window (55) which permits communication between the transducer (30) and the data carrier (48). A frame element (32) carries the transducer (30) in a prearranged location thereon. The guide element (23) and the frame element (32) include a cooperative registration arrangement providing multiple registered positions for reading different data tracks. A pair of resilient hook arms (51, 52) on the guide element (23) cooperative with a pair of hook engaging surfaces (65A, 65B) on the frame element (32) to hold the two elements together.
Abstract:
Disclosed are power encoder means for imprinting MICR characters on checks, with optical check-sensing means disposed along a check-transport path, including optical skew-sensor means. Print drums are described wherein a special ''alignment character'' is placed, along with print-symbols, on the surface of the print drum, mixed-in with at least one of the character sets. Disclosed are impact printing arrangements with impact surface means, wherein impact-energy is graded and applied according to the die-surface area of a selected die-symbol. Disclosed are impact printing arrangements, with multi-column die-surface means and an associated plural print-hammer means, one for each column, wherein techniques are taught for monitoring hammer motion and coordinating simultaneous impact thereof on said surface means by detecting and analyzing hammer-activating inductor voltage. Disclosed are servo methods and apparatus whereby unit-record documents are transported past a process-station according to one, or several, ''velocity-profiles'', depending upon document type and/or condition. Disclosed are ''anti-wander'' web-transport arrangements wherein web-means are intermittently advanced, while being monitored for misalignment along the transport-path, and also being automatically urged back into proper alignment along this path.
Abstract:
Disclosed are power encoder means for imprinting MICR characters on checks, with optical check-sensing means disposed along a check-transport path, including optical skew-sensor means. Print drums are described wherein a special ''alignment character'' is placed, along with print-symbols, on the surface of the print drum, mixed-in with at least one of the character sets. Disclosed are impact printing arrangements with impact surface means, wherein impact-energy is graded and applied according to the die-surface area of a selected die-symbol. Disclosed are impact printing arrangements, with multi-column die-surface means and an associated plural print-hammer means, one for each column, wherein techniques are taught for monitoring hammer motion and coordinating simultaneous impact thereof on said surface means by detecting and analyzing hammer-activating inductor voltage. Disclosed are servo methods and apparatus whereby unit-record documents are transported past a process-station according to one, or several, ''velocity-profiles'', depending upon document type and/or condition. Disclosed are ''anti-wander'' web-transport arrangements wherein web-means are intermittently advanced, while being monitored for misalignment along the transport-path, and also being automatically urged back into proper alignment along this path.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a coin resistant gate (114) for a payment interface (102). The coin resistant gate comprises a body (502) moveably connected within the payment interface (102), a front surface (804) connected to the body (502), the front surface (804) operable to prevent objects from entering the payment interface (102), and, two or more protruding members (302) connected to the front surface (804), the two or more protruding members (302) for interacting with a payment card (402), wherein, upon an interaction between the two or more protruding members (302) and the payment card (402), the body (502) moves to allow the payment card (402) to pass the front surface (804) of the body (502) of the coin resistant gate (114).