Magnetic stripe card reader
AssigneeVeriFone, Inc.
InventorsIgal Yosef Yanko, Erik Neil Larson, Pao-Ling Chen
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Abstract
A magnetic stripe card reader including a magnetic stripe reader head support base having an aperture communicating with a card swipe slot, a magnetic stripe reader head, a magnetic stripe reader head bracket supporting the magnetic stripe reader head at least partially in the aperture and a pair of coil springs associated with the magnetic strip reader head bracket and the magnetic stripe reader head support base and arranged such that resilient axial retraction of the magnetic stripe reader head in the aperture is permitted with respect to the card swipe slot.
Claims7
A magnetic stripe card reader comprising:
- a magnetic stripe reader head support base having an aperture communicating with a card swipe slot;
- a magnetic stripe reader head;
- a magnetic stripe reader head bracket supporting said magnetic stripe reader head at least partially in said aperture;
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- a pair of coil springs associated with said magnetic stripe reader head bracket and said magnetic stripe reader head support base and arranged such that resilient axial retraction of said magnetic stripe reader head in said aperture is permitted with respect to said card swipe slot,
- said magnetic stripe reader head bracket being formed with a pair of mutually spaced mounting apertures;
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- a pair of elongate fasteners extend respectively through said pair of coil springs and through said pair of mutually spaced mounting apertures into fixed engagement with said magnetic stripe reader head support base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.