US 8,939,375 B2Granted

Magnetic stripe reader apparatus

AssigneeAskey Computer Corp.

InventorChao-Ching Huang

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Abstract

A magnetic stripe reader apparatus comprises a first casing, a second casing, a magnetic stripe reader unit, and at least a connecting element. The first casing has an opening, a first positioning portion, and an adjustable fixing portion. The second casing has a second positioning portion disposed corresponding to the first positioning portion, and a through hole disposed corresponding to the adjustable fixing portion. The magnetic stripe reader unit is disposed between the first and second casings, and has a magnetic stripe reader head and a fixing element disposed on a side of the magnetic stripe reader head. In assembly, the connecting element passes through the through hole and connects to the adjustable fixing portion to fix the first and second casings. The second positioning portion and the first positioning portions hold the fixing element, and the magnetic stripe reader head is exposed from the opening.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A magnetic stripe reader apparatus, comprising:

a first casing comprising an opening, at least a first positioning portion and at least an adjustable fixing portion;
a second casing comprising at least a second positioning portion disposed corresponding to the first positioning portion, and at least a through hole disposed corresponding to the adjustable fixing portion;
a magnetic stripe reader unit disposed between the first casing and the second casing, and comprising a magnetic stripe reader head and at least a fixing element disposed on at least a side of the magnetic stripe reader head;
at least a connecting element passing through the through hole and connecting to the adjustable fixing portion to fix the first casing and the second casing, wherein the second positioning portion and the first positioning portion fix the fixing element, and the magnetic stripe reader head is exposed from the opening;
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a third casing connecting with the first casing and having a sheet element, wherein a sliding recess is formed between the sheet element and the first casing, and connects to the magnetic stripe reader head.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/739,700Filed 11 Jan 2013
Priority: TW 101135384 A26 Sep 2012
Published: US 2014/0084065 A127 Mar 2014
Granted: 27 Jan 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G06K 7/082
By means detecting the change of an electrostatic or magnetic field, e.g. by detecting change of capacitance between electrodes: using inductive…
G06K 7/084
Inductive: sensing magnetic material by relative movement detecting flux changes without altering its magnetised state
G06K
Graphical data reading