Time recorder

A time recorder capable of accepting a time card having a personal code of each individual time card user, of printing predetermined time data, for example, the time of day of acceptance of said time card on a predetermined line of said time card, and of ejecting said time card after said time is printed thereon, said time recorder comprising:

• means defining a predetermined path of time card conveyance having an inlet opening into which said time card is at least partially manually inserted;
• reading means for reading said personal code when said time card is inserted into said predetermined path;
• storage means for electronically storing at least print line number data corresponding to said personal code read by said reading means;
• printing means for printing said predetermined time data upon said time card;
• motor means rotatable in a first direction for conveying said time card along said predetermined path after said time card is at least partially manually inserted into said inlet opening, and rotatable in a second direction opposite to said first direction for ejecting said time card from said time recorder after said predetermined time data is printed upon said time card;
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• position determining means for determining the position of said time card relative said printing means so that said predetermined time data is printed upon a predetermined print line number of said time card, said position determining means including movable means for contacting and being displaceable with the bottom edge of said time card as said time card is conveyed through a portion of said predetermined path by said motor means, position signal generating means for generating a position signal responsive to said movable means, and comparator means for comparing said position signal and said stored print line number data and for stopping said motor means when said position signal is equal to said stored print line number data.