Manually operable card reader
CA 1095169 A · Owner: Ebco Industries, Ltd. · Inventors: Eppich, Helmut
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A manually operated card reader for reading punched data recorded on a standard sized tabulation card and for reading punched data on an appropriately sized identification badge or card is disclosed. Data is read from the standard sized tabulation card when the card is inserted in a first opening and conveyed through a curved passageway by manually pulling the card from a second opening. Data is read from the identification badge or card when the badge is inserted in the second opening and then withdrawn. In either case, the punched data is detected by an array of optical sources and optical sensors mounted along the opposite walls of the passageway near the second card opening. A pair of …
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- Granted February 3, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 3, 1998.
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