Card package production system with a multireader card track and method
AssigneeDynetics Engineering Corporation
InventorsROBERT J. BRETL, JAMES G. BRETL
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Abstract
A card package production system (30) for producing card packages each with at least one card (48) bearing card information at a plurality of different card information locations on the card (48) with a card multireader (54) having an elongate card track (52) with a succession of reading stations located along the track (52) with readers for respectively reading the card information at the different locations on the card (48) with means for simultaneously sliding a plurality of the cards (48) along the track (52) in seriatim relationship through the succession of reading stations of the multireader 54 for simultaneous reading of the card information at the different locations on the cards (48) by the multireader (54).
Claims54
In a card package production system for producing card packages each with at least one card bearing card information at a plurality of different card information locations on the card, the improvement being a card multireader, comprising:
- an elongate card track;
- a succession of reading stations located along the track with readers for respectively reading the card information at the different locations on the card;
- and
- means for simultaneously sliding a plurality of the cards along the track in seriatum relationship through the succession of reading stations for simultaneous reading of the information at the different locations on the cards by the readers.
The card package production system of 4 in which said carriage assembly includes
- means for mounting the carriage assembly for reciprocal movement along the track, and in which
- said mounting means includes means for pivotally mounting the pusher members to the carriage assembly.
The card package production system of 1 in which said readers that read card information at different locations on the card are different types of readers which read different types of information.
The card package production system of 13 in which said different types of readers include at least two types of readers selected from the group of (a) magnetic stripe reader (b) embossed character reader (c) computer chip reader (d) bar code reader.
The card package production system of 14 in which said different types of readers include at least three of the types of readers of the group.
The card package production system of 14 in which said different types of readers includes all four of the types of readers of the group.
The card package production system of 14 in which one of said successive reading stations includes two of said different types of readers of the group.
In a card package production system for producing card packages each with at least one card bearing card information at a plurality of different card information locations on the card, the improvement being a method of reading the card information, comprising the steps of:
- simultaneously sliding a plurality of cards along the track in seriatim relationship through a succession of reading stations;
- and
- simultaneously reading the card information at the different locations on the card with different readers at the succession of reading stations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.