Card printing apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMasayoshi Nagashima, Shin-ichi Kawahara
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Abstract
An apparatus for issuing plane tickets by communicating with a host apparatus using data from a keyboard or a bar code reader includes a hopper for storing plane tickets having a magnetic stripe extending along the longer sides thereof. A convey mechanism picks up the plane tickets one by one from the hopper and conveys the ticket on a convey path while aligning the shorter sides of the card with the convey direction.
Claims15
An apparatus for magnetically recording data on a card having a magnetic stripe extending along a long side thereof, comprising:
- convey means for conveying the card along a convey path in a convey direction such that shorter sides of the card are aligned with the convey direction;
- magnetic recording means, for magnetically recording means having a magnetic head which is provided at a predetermined position position on the convey path and is movable in a direction perpendicular to the convey path;
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- locking/unlocking means for interrupting the operation of said convey means when the card reaches the predetermined position at which said magnetic head is provided, and for moving said magnetic head in a direction perpendicular to the convey path so that the magnetic head magnetically records data on the magnetic stripe of the card.
A plane ticket issuing apparatus comprising:
- means for inputting input data;
- means for communicating with a host apparatus on a basis of said input data and receiving from said host predetermined host data required for issuing a plane ticket;
- means for holding a plurality of plane tickets, each having a magnetic stripe extending in a longitudinal direction thereof;
- convey means for picking up the plane tickets one by one from said holding means and conveying them along a convey path in a convey direction such that shorter sides of each plane ticket are aligned with the convey direction;
- locking/unlocking means for stopping, at a predetermined position, the conveying of the plane ticket conveyed by said convey means;
- magnetic recording means, having a magnetic head movable in a direction perpendicular to the convey direction, for magnetically recording the predetermined data on the magnetic stripe of the plane ticket stopped by said locking/unlocking means;
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- printing means for printing at least information corresponding to said predetermined data on the plane ticket after said host data is magnetically recorded on the magnetic stripe.
An apparatus for magnetically recording data on having a magnetic stripe extending along a longer side hereof, comprising:
- card holding means for holding a plurality of cards;
- magnetic recording means having a magnetic head moving in a direction along the magnetic stripe of the card;
- first convey means, having one end connected to said card holding means via a card pick-up means, for conveying the card picked up by said card pick-up means to said magnetic recording means such that shorter sides of the card are aligned with a convey direction of the card;
- second convey means, having one end connected to a card insert port, for conveying the card inserted through said card insert port to said magnetic recording means such that the shorter sides of the card are aligned with the convey direction of the card;
- third convey means, having one end connected to said magnetic recording means, for discharging, through an outlet port, a card on which data has been recorded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.