Credit card imprinter with disabling means
AssigneeNational Business Systems, Inc.
InventorDavid E. Gravelle
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Abstract
A credit card imprinter is disclosed herein in which printing of the sheet is inhibited or prevented if the credit card is inadvertently incorrectly positioned on its support. The imprinter has a manually-operated printing carriage movable along a support member on which a sheet can be arranged to overlie an embossed credit card. In one embodiment a combined detent and trip mechanism is provided to prevent movement of the printing carriage over the support member and to raise a printing roller in the carriage away from the support member. The mechanism is disabled by the correct insertion of the credit card. In another embodiment, a resilient means is provided for preventing the sheet from being positioned on the support unless the credit card has been properly positioned thereon.
Claims7
An imprinter for forming print impressions of an embossed card on a sheet, comprising:
- (a) support means for removably supporting said card and said sheet as a printing carriage is slidably moved over said support means;
- (b) a printing carriage mounted for sliding movement over said support means, said printing carriage including roller means adapted to urge said card and said sheet into contact with one another to effect printing on said sheet;
- (c) prevention means for normally preventing complete insertion of said sheet onto said support means;
- (d) guide means for said card and said sheet positioned for engagement by said card and operable to act, in combination with said card, to disable said prevention means and allow complete insertion of said sheet onto said support means in overlapping relationship with said card.
An imprinter for forming print impressions of an embossed card on a sheet, comprising:
- (a) support means for removably supporting said embossed card and said sheet;
- (b) card positioning means for positioning said embossed card on said support means;
- (c) sheet positioning means for positioning said sheet on said support means in overlapping relationship with said embossed card;
- (d) a printing carriage mounted for sliding movement over said support means, said printing carriage including roller means adapted to urge said card and said sheet into contact with one another to effect printing on said sheet as said printing carriage is slidably moved over said support means;
- (e) prevention means for normally preventing the positioning of said sheet on said support means, said prevention means being disabled by the engagement of said embossed card with said card positioning means to allow said sheet to be positioned on said support means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.