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Optical punched card reader

CA 1101547 A · Owner: Sealectro Corporation · Inventors: Baio, Alfred R.; Genovese, David L.

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A punched card reader includes a base member for slidably receiving a punched data card having a plurality of columns and rows. Along one edge of the base member is a row of apertures corresponding in number and spacing to the rows on the data card. The base member further includes a centrally located strobe aperture. A strobe generator is slidably mounted on one face of the base member. The strobe generator includes a central column of slots disposed perpendicular to the row of apertures on the base member and disposed so as to pass over the strobe aperture as the inserted data card displaces the strobe generator away from the row of apertures on the base member. The slots correspond in …

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  • Granted May 19, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 19, 1998.
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FiledNovember 17, 1977
GrantedMay 19, 1981
Term endedMay 19, 1998
Patent numberCA 1101547 A
Classification (IPC)G06K7/01 +2 more

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1978198119841987199019931996Application filedNov 17, 1977Patent grantedMay 19, 1981Term endedMay 19, 1998

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