Portable hand device for machine processing of data carried on a data carrier
AssigneeSkidata Computerhandelsgesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsWolfram Kocznar, Kurt Wallerstorfer
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Abstract
An autonomous device that can be carried in one hand is used for checking and at least partially obliterating machine-readable data carriers. The device contains all components necessary to read and modify data and is provided with a card conveyor and a line-by-line printing device for processing data carriers having the form of card tokens.
Claims44
A portable manual device for machine reading, altering and making visible data on value cards which have a magnetic strip on one side and a printable area comprising several print lines on the other side, the manual device comprising:
- a case having a front side and a top side, a slide-in-slot arranged on the front side and a guide path for the card, the guide path having an end point,
- an input keyboard and a display for data display on the top side,
- a computer,
- a memory,
- a power source,
- a read/write device arranged at a first side of the guide path and being able to read data already present on the magnetic strip, the data already present corresponding to already printed lines an determining a following free print line,
- a thermal printhead arranged at the opposite, second side of the guide path and movable from a resting into a printing position, and
- a transport device having a reversible first transport means at both sides of the guide path for moving the inserted card forwardly to the end point of the guide path and backwardly to a position allowing to print the determined free print line, and a second transport means for moving the thermal printhead between the resting and the printing position.
A portable manual device for machine reading, altering and making visible data on value cards which have a magnetic strip on one side and a printable area comprising several print lines on the other side, the manual device comprising:
- a case having a front side and a top side, a slide-in-slot arranged on the front side and a guide path for the card, the guide path having an end point,
- an input keyboard and a display for data display on the top side,
- a computer,
- a memory,
- a power source,
- a read/write device arranged at a first side of the guide path and being able to read data already present on the magnetic strip, the data already present corresponding to already printed lines and determining a following free print line,
- an ink-jet printhead arranged at the opposite, second side of the guide path and movable perpendicularly thereto between parallel line-printing positions, and
- a transport device having a reversible first transport means at both sides of the guide path for moving the inserted card forwardly to the end point of the guide path and backwardly to a position allowing to print the determined free print line, and a second transport means for moving the ink-jet printhead between the line-printing positions.
A portable manual device for machine reading, altering and making visible data on value cards which have a magnetic strip on one side and a printable area comprising several print lines on the other side the manual device comprising:
- a case having a front side and a top side, a slide-in-slot arranged on the front side and a guide path for the card, the guide path having an end point,
- an input keyboard and a display for data display on the top side, the input keyboard having a transparent key foil, a contact plate and a light foil, and a slide-in-slot for a changeable key type sheet being provided between the key foil and the contact plate,
- a computer,
- a memory,
- a power source,
- a read/write device arranged at a first side of the guide path and being able to read data already present on the magnetic strip, the data already present corresponding to already printed lines and determining a following free print line,
- a printhead arranged at the opposite, second side of the guide path and movable into at least one printing position, and
- a transport device having a reversible first transport means at both sides of the guide path for moving the inserted card forwardly to the end point of the guide path and backwardly to a position allowing to print the determined free print line, and a second transport means for moving the printhead into at least one printing position.
A portable manual device for machine reading, altering and making visible data on value cards which have a magnetic strip on one side and a printable area comprising several print lines on the other side, the manual device comprising:
- a case having a front side and a top side, a slide-in-slot arranged on the front side and a guide path for the card, the guide path having an end point,
- an input keyboard and a display for data display on the top side, the input keyboard having a liquid crystal display, a touch screen arranged thereon, a light foil, and a key assignment being programmable and displayable on the liquid crystal display,
- a computer,
- a memory,
- a power source,
- a read/write device arranged at a first side of the guide path and being able to read data already present on the magnetic strip, the data already present corresponding to already printed lines and determining a following free print line,
- a printhead arranged at the opposite, second side of the guide path and movable into at least one printing position, and
- a transport device having a reversible first transport means at both sides of the guide path for moving the inserted card forwardly to the end point of the guide path and backwardly to a position allowing to print the determined free print line, and a second transport means for moving the printhead into at least one printing position.
A portable manual device for machine reading, altering and making visible data on value cards which have a magnetic strip on one side and a printable area comprising several print lines on the other side, the manual device comprising:
- a case having a front side and a top side, a slide-in-slot arranged on the front side and a guide path for the card, the guide path having an end point,
- an input keyboard and a display for data display on the top side,
- a computer,
- a memory,
- a power source,
- a read/write device arranged at a first side of the guide path and being able to read data already present on the magnetic strip, the data already resent corresponding to already printed lines and determining a following free print line,
- a printhead arranged at the opposite, second side of the guide path and movable into at least one printing position, and
- a transport device having a reversible first transport means at both sides of the guide path for moving the inserted card forwardly to the end point of the guide path and backwardly to a position allowing to print the determined free print line, and a second transport means for moving the printhead into at least one printing position, and
- a communication means for dialogue with an external data-processing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.