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US 4,900,908 AGranted
Card accessing apparatus having a head disposed under a card feeding stage
AssigneeOmron Tateisi Electronics Co.
InventorKeiichi Tsutsui
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Abstract
A card accessing apparatus is provided which includes a stage unit for supporting a data storage card with a data storage area of the card facing downwardly, a housing including a bottom plate, for housing the stage unit, and a stage feeding unit supported on the bottom plate for reciprocating the stage unit. A read/write head is disposed under the stage unit, to read and write data on the data storage area of the card. A head feeding unit is supported on the bottom plate to drive the head unit to a position under the stage unit to access the data storage area of the card.
Claims11
A card accessing apparatus, comprising:
- stage means for supporting a data storage card with a data storage area of said card facing downwardly;
- housing means including a bottom plate, for housing said stage means;
- stage feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for reciprocating said stage means;
- head means disposed under said stage means, for reading and writing data on said data storage area of said card;
- head feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for driving said head means to a position under said stage means to access said data storage area of said card;
- a first wall member supporting said stage feeding means, said first well member being connected to said bottom plate of said housing means;
- a second wall member supporting said head feeding means, said second wall member being connected to said bottom plate of said housing means.
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A card accessing apparatus, comprising:
- stage means for supporting a data storage card with a data storage area of said card facing downwardly;
- housing means including a bottom plate, for housing said stage means;
- stage feeding means supported on said bottom plate, and including a first motor for reciprocating said stage means;
- head means disposed under stage means, for reading and writing data on said at storage area of said card;
- head feeding means supported on said bottom plate, and including a second motor for driving said head means to a position under said stage to access said data storage area of said card.
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A card accessing apparatus, comprising:
- stage means for supporting a data storage card with a data storage area of said card facing downwardly;
- housing means including a bottom plate, for housing said stage means;
- stage feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for reciprocating said stage means;
- head means disposed under said stage means, for reading and writing data on said data storage area of said card;
- head feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for driving said head means to a position under said stage means to access said data storage area of said card;
- a pair of generally U-shaped wall members for supporting said stage feeding means, said pair of generally U-shaped wall members being connected to said bottom plate of said housing means.
3 more elements
A card accessing apparatus, comprising:
- stage means for supporting a data storage card with a data storage area of said card facing downwardly;
- housing means including a bottom plate, for housing said stage means;
- stage feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for reciprocating said stage means;
- head means disposed under said stage means, for reading and writing data on said data storage area of said card;
- head feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for driving said head means to a position under said stage means to access said data storage area of said card;
- a pair of generally U-shaped wall members for supporting said stage feeding means and said head feeding means, said pair of generally U-shaped wall members being connected to said bottom plate and a ceiling portion of said housing means.
3 more elements
A card accessing apparatus, comprising:
- stage means for supporting a data storage card with a data storage area of said card facing downwardly;
- housing means including a bottom plate, for housing said stage means;
- stage feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for reciprocating said stage means;
- head means disposed under said stage means, for reading and writing data on said data storage area of said card;
- head feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for driving said head means to a position under said stage means to access said data storage area of said card;
- a box-shaped wall member for supporting said stage feeding means and said head feeding means, said box-shaped wall member being connected to said bottom plate of said housing means.
3 more elements
A card accessing apparatus, comprising:
- stage means for supporting a data storage card with a data storage area of said card facing downwardly;
- housing means including a bottom plate, for housing said stage means;
- stage feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for reciprocating said stage means;
- head means disposed under said stage means, for reading and writing data on said data storage area of said card;
- head feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for driving said head means to a position under said stage means to access said data storage area of said card;
- and
- a box-shaped wall member for supporting said stage feeding means and said head feeding means, said box-shaped wall member being connected to said bottom plate and a ceiling portion of said housing means.
4 more elements
A card accessing apparatus, comprising:
- stage means for supporting a data storage card with a data storage area of said card facing downwardly;
- housing means including a bottom plate, for housing said stage means;
- stage feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for reciprocating said stage means;
- head means disposed under stage means, for reading and writing data on said data storage area of said card;
- head feeding means supported on said bottom plate, for driving said head means to a position under said stage means to access said data storage area of said card;
- a first wall member supporting said stage feeding means said first wall member being connected to said bottom plate and a ceiling portion of said housing means;
- and,
- a second wall member supporting said head feeding means said second wall member being connected to said ceiling portion and said bottom plate of said housing means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.