EP0398515A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Passbook transport mechanism for a passbook printer

Assignee: NCR International Inc

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Filing: 1990-04-24

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Granted: —

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Expires: 2010-04-24

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Abstract

Abstract A passbook transporting or conveying mechanism has front gripping rollers (24,26) for gripping the passbook (12) in unprinted areas thereof and for moving the passbook to a printing station. The front gripping rollers (24,26) are caused to be moved along guide rods (36,38,40,42) in a rearward direction by driving wires (44, 48) or cables connected to roller supports (32,34). The passbook (12) is received by rear gripping rollers (64,66) which are caused to be moved along guide rods (74,76) in a further rearward direction by driving wires (88,92) or cables connected to roller supports (72,78) to a predetermined position for reading a magnetic stripe on the back cover of the passbook (12). The magnetic stripe (62) is read out and the passbook (12) is moved forward by.the rear gripping rollers (66,68) to position the passbook (12) at the printing station for the printing operations on the desired print line or lines. After the printing operations, the passbook is again moved rearward by the rear gripping rollers (66,68) to record the printed information in the magnetic stripe (62). The passbook (12) is then moved in a forward direction to the front gripping rollers (24,26) for exit from the printer.

Inventors

👤 Yasushi Nakamura
👤 Junnosuke Takeda

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction EP

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 20:30

CPC Classifications

B; B41; B41J; B41J13/00; B41J13/02; B41J13/03; B41J11/00; B41J11/36; B41J11/42; B41J11/46; B41J3/00; B41J3/28; B41J3/283

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6

Claim 1

Independent Claim 69 words

A passbook printer, including gripping means (24,26) adapted to grip said passbook (12), wherein said gripping means (24,26) are movable along a feed path to convey a gripped passbook (12) towards and away from a printing station, characterized in that said gripping means include a pair of opposed rollers (24,26) supported for movement along said feed path and rotatable to further feed said passbook (12) along said feed path.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 69 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 39 words

A passbook printer according to claim 1, characterized in that one (24) of said pair of opposed rollers (24,26) is movable towards the other (26) of said pair of opposed rollers (24,26), whereby said passbook (12) is gripped therebetween.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 32 words

A passbook printer according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized by drive wire means (44,48) adapted to move said pair of opposed rollers (24,26) towards and away from said printing station.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 76 words

A passbook printer according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by a further pair of opposed rollers (66,68) located on the other side of said printing station, opposite to said pair of opposed rollers (24,26) said further pair of opposed rollers (66,68) being adapted to grip said passbook (12) and being supported for movement along said feed path towards and away from said printing station, to correspondingly move said passbook (12) when gripped therebetween.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 50 words

A passbook printer according to claim 4, characterized by freely rotatable roller means (68,70) fixed in position in said feed path and located between said pair of opposed rollers (24,26) and said further pair of opposed rollers (66,68) for guiding said passbook (12) between the pairs of opposed rollers (24,26;66,68).

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