Card reader apparatus with replacable card guide

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PATENT NO 5266789
SERIAL NO

07977546

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A point of sale terminal having a reader assembly for reading a data card having data stored on at least one data track thereon. The terminal includes a housing defining a guide slot location for the data carrier and a transducer for detecting data stored on the data track. A removable guide element is mounted to the housing at the data carrier slot location. This guide element has at least a bottom wall portion defining a bottom guide surface of a guide slot for the data card and one major side wall portion defining one side guide surface of a guide slot. An access window is formed in the major side wall portion. A mounting arrangement mounts the transducer at a prearranged location within the access window for accurate detection of data stored on the data track as the data card is manually swiped through the guide slot.

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HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANYPALO ALTO CA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Anglin, Noah L San Jose, CA 24 902
Hludzinski, Stanley J Auburn, CA 7 476

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