Magnetic card reader
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Sankyo Seiki Seisakusho
InventorsHiromasa Kobayashi, Tamio Miura
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Abstract
A sensor observes a timing track along a magnetic stripe on a magnetic card and detects change in the sliding speed of the magnetic card relative to the magnetic head as a timing signal, by which reading or writing of a data signal by the magnetic head is controlled. A corner of the timing track is removable to delay the timing signal and thereby control a read-only mode. The magnetic head is mounted centrally on a leafspring to follow bends in the card.
Claims14
Magnetic card information transferring apparatus comprising data transferring means further comprising a magnetic head mounted on a leaf spring adjacent the magnetic card track and wherein the leaf spring is mounted to the apparatus at opposite ends of the leaf spring wherein one end is slotted and the leaf spring engages the magnetic head at two points on a central axis of the magnetic head.
A magnetic head mounting apparatus comprising an elongated leaf spring, resin means on a center of the spring for mounting a magnetic head, first and second openings at opposite ends of the spring for receiving anchored pins, and wherein at least one of the openings is an elongated slot.
The method of transferring information between a magnetic card and a transferring apparatus comprising inserting a card into an upward opening open-ended slot in a transferring apparatus with a top of the card exposed, moving a magnetic card through the slot along a base relative to the transferring apparatus, transferring magnetic information between the card and the apparatus, detecting relative movement and speed by detecting changes in a timing track adjacent a magnetic stripe on the card and controlling transferring of magnetic information in accordance with the detected speed of the card.
A magnetic head-holding mechanism comprising an elongated leaf spring means centrally on which a magnetic head is mounted,
- first and second openings formed at opposite ends of the spring means for receiving anchored pins to hold the spring means swayingly and movably in upper and lower directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.