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Credit card imprinter with comparison and checking means
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1968-09-09
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Granted: 1971-08-31
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Expires: 1988-09-09
Abstract
Abstract An improved and simplified matching identification unit is provided which is particularly suited for automatically checking the status of identification cards or badges, credit cards, or the like. The embodiment of the invention to be described is a combined credit card imprinter and fluidic computer. The computer includes a master code data storage member which is easily replaceable for updating purposes, and which shall be termed herein as the ''''executive.'''' The credit card, identification card, or its equivalent, has a code pattern formed thereon by embossments, apertures, or other means. The fluidic computer includes a comparator for matching the code on the card with the code on the executive, so that if the code pattern on the card matches a particular code combination previously set into the executive, for example, the card is rejected.
Inventors
- 👤 Davies Allport
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 15:11
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; F; F15; F15C; F15C1/00; F15C1/001; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/40; G06Q20/403; G06Q20/4033
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
Apparatus for use with a multiplicity of data cards each having data indicia thereon in the form of embossments which provide channels on the underside thereof, and for comparing said indicia on each such card with indicia in the form of perforations on an executive member, said apparatus including: a base having a top surface with apertures therein and constructed removably to receive and support said card, and to support said executive member; holding means mounted on said base and extending over the top surface thereof for holding the aforesaid card in a stationary position on said top surface with the embossments thereon providing intercoupling channels for the apertures in said base; means for introducing pressurized fluid through said apertures in said base and past said indicia on a data card supported on said base through the aforesaid intercoupling channels and through said indicia perforations on the executive member so as to provide a fluid output indicative of whether or not a comparison has been achieved, and means responsive to said fluid output to provide a predetermined control effect.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
179 words
Apparatus for use with a multiplicity of data cards each having data indicia thereon in the form of embossments which provide channels on the underside thereof, and for comparing said indicia on each such card with indicia in the form of perforations on an executive member, said apparatus including: a base having a top surface with apertures therein and constructed removably to receive and support said card, and to support said executive member; holding means mounted on said base and extending over the top surface thereof for holding the aforesaid card in a stationary position on said top surface with the embossments thereon providing intercoupling channels for the apertures in said base; means for introducing pressurized fluid through said apertures in said base and past said indicia on a data card supported on said base through the aforesaid intercoupling channels and through said indicia perforations on the executive member so as to provide a fluid output indicative of whether or not a comparison has been achieved, and means responsive to said fluid output to provide a predetermined control effect.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus defined in claim 1, and which includes imprinting means for making a record of at least some of the data represented by the indicia on the last-mentioned data card.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The apparatus defined in claim 2, and which includes locking means coupled to said imprinting means and responsive to said predetermined control effect for preventing operation of said imprinting means when no match is achieved between the indicia on a data card and the indicia of said executive.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
The apparatus defined in claim 2, in which said imprinting means is movable with respect to said base, and which includes fluid pressure generating means coupled to said imprinting means to generate the aforesaid pressurized fluid upon movement of said imprinting means with respect to said base.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus defined in claim 4, in which said fluid pressure generating means comprises an air cylinder and plunger combination.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus defined in claim 4, in which said imprinting means is movable along said base in a reciprocal linear manner with respect to said base.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus defined in claim 1, in which said executive memBer is removable from said apparatus and replaceable by a different executive member having different indicia thereon.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus defined in claim 1, and which includes a flexible diaphragm mounted adjacent said base for selectively closing the apertures therein.
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