Passive magnetic transfer of discrete magnetic information

Claim 3

The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising the steps of placing a magnetizable journal tape having a high coercivity magnetizable portion having a third coercivity lower than said first coercivity in close proximity to said identification card and said record card, and simultaneously transferring the magnetic data portion to said magnetizable journal tape and said record card.

Claim 4

The method as set forth in claim 2 further comprising providing variable information data in magnetic coded form and transferring said magnetic data to said magnetic journal tape in sequence with the simultaneous transfer of magnetic data from said identification card to said record and said journal tape.

Claim 5

A magnetic transfer device for transferring magnetic data from a source record having high coercivity discrete magnetic bits thereon to a copy record having a high coercivity magnetic stripe thereon comprising means for supporting said source record and said copy record with said magnetic data and said magnetic stripe in close proximity to each Other, the coercivity of said bits being higher than the coercivity of said stripe, a magnetic head having two permanent magnet and pole piece piece means, defining a first gap adjacent one of the magnets and a second gap adjacent the other magnet, the first of said magnet and pole piece means for saturating said magnetic bits and said magnetic stripe, the second of said magnet and pole piece means for amplifying in said stripe the bias field induced therein by said magnetic bits, and means for movably supporting said magnetic head for moving said gaps in sequence in close proximity to said source record and copy record along said magnetic stripe, said first gap being arranged to lead said second gap during the transfer movement of said magnetic head.

Claim 6

A magnetic transfer device for transferring magnetic data from a source record having high coercivity discrete magnetic bits thereon to a copy record having a high coercivity magnetic stripe thereon comprising means for supporting said source record and said copy record with said magnetic data and said magnetic stripe in close proximity to each Other, the coercivity of said bits being higher than the coercivity of said stripe, a magnetic head having two permanent magnet and pole piece piece means, defining a first gap adjacent one of the magnets and a second gap adjacent the other magnet, the first of said magnet and pole piece means for saturating said magnetic bits and said magnetic stripe, the second of said magnet and pole piece means for amplifying in said stripe the bias field induced therein by said magnetic bits, and means for movably supporting said magnetic head for moving said gaps in sequence in close proximity to said source record and copy record along said magnetic stripe, said first gap being arranged to lead said second gap during the transfer movement of said magnetic head.

Claim 7

A passive magnetic transfer device as set forth in claim 4 further comprising magnetic journal tape means, means for feeding said magnetic tape in juxtaposed relation to said magnetic data on said source record and said magnetic stripe on said copy record.

Claim 8

A data capture device for recording human and machine readable transaction data, comprising: data card means for storing customer identification information in the form of embossed data and discrete bits of high coercivity magnetic material, journal tape means including a first surface of high coercivity magnetic material for receiving and storing a magnetic image of said bits, record card means including a second surface portion of high coercivity material and a data area for storing magnetic and imprinted images of said discrete bits and embossed data, respectively, the coercivity of said first and second surfaces being less than the coercivity of said bits, holding means for holding said data card means, settable means, journal tape means, and record card means with said discrete bits in close proximity to said first and second surfaces and said embossed data aligned with said data area, magnetic transfer head means including two magnet and gap means for establishing two D.C. magnetic force fields, the first field having a magnetic force sufficient to saturate said bits and surfaces for magnetically conditioning said surfaces and establishing a remanent force in said bits for biasing said surfaces, the second field having a non-saturating magnetic force for amplifying the bias field differences in said surfaces, settable means for recording variable transaction information in the form of embossed data and discrete bits of high coercivity magnetic material, imprinter means for imprinting an image of said embossed data on said data area of said record card means, means for simultaneously translating said magnetic transfer head means with said first field preceding said second field and said imprinter means to transfer said customer identification and variable transaction information from said data card means and said settable means to said record card means and journal tape means, magnetic transducer means for providing an output signal representative of the bit images in the surface of said journal tape, and means for decoding and transmitting said output signal to a remote computer.

Claim 9

A data capture device for recording human and machine readable transaction data, comprising: data card means for storing customer identification information in the form of embossed data and discrete bits of high coercivity magnetic material, journal tape means including a first surface of high coercivity magnetic material for receiving and storing a magnetic image of said bits, record card means including a second surface portion of high coercivity material and a data area for storing magnetic and imprinted images of said discrete bits and embossed data, respectively, the coercivity of said first and second surfaces being less than the coercivity of said bits, holding means for holding said data card means, settable means, journal tape means, and record card means with said discrete bits in close proximity to said first and second surfaces and said embossed data aligned with said data area, magnetic transfer head means including two magnet and gap means for establishing two D.C. magnetic force fields, the first field having a magnetic force sufficient to saturate said bits and surfaces for magnetically conditioning said surfaces and establishing a remanent force in said bits for biasing said surfaces, the second field having a non-saturating magnetic force for amplifying the bias field differences in said surfaces, settable means for recording variable transaction information in the form of embossed data and discrete bits of high coercivity magnetic material, imprinter means for imprinting an image of said embossed data on said data area of said record card means, means for simultaneously translating said magnetic transfer head means with said first field preceding said second field and said imprinter means to transfer said customer identification and variable transaction information from said data card means and said settable means to said record card means and journal tape means, magnetic transducer means for providing an output signal representative of the bit images in the surface of said journal tape, and means for decoding and transmitting said output signal to a remote computer.

Claim 10

A data capture device for recording human and machine readable transaction data, comprising: data card means for storing customer identification information in the form of embossed data and discrete bits of high coercivity magnetic material, settable means for recording variable transaction information in the form of embossed data and discrete bits of high coercivity magnetic material, record card means including a surface portion of high coercivity material having a coercivity less than that of said discrete bits and a data area for storing magnetic and imprinted images of said discrete bits and embossed data, holding means for holding said data card means, settable means, and record card means with said discrete bits in close proximity to said surface, and said embossed data said data area, magnetic transfer head means including two magnetic and gap means for establishing two dc magnetic force fields, the first field having a magnetic force sufficient to saturate said bits and surface for magnetically conditioning said surface and establishing a remnant force in said bits for biasing said surface, the second field having a non-saturating magnetic force for amplifying the bias field differences in said surface, imprinter means for imprinting an image of said embossed data on said data area of said record card means, means for simultaneously translating said magnetic transfer head means with said first field preceding said second field and said imprinter means to record said customer identification and variable transaction information on said record card.

Claim 11

A data capture device for recording human and machine readable transaction data, comprising: data card means for storing customer identification information in the form of embossed data and discrete bits of high coercivity magnetic material, settable means for recording variable transaction information in the form of embossed data and discrete bits of high coercivity magnetic material, record card means including a surface portion of high coercivity material having a coercivity less than that of said discrete bits and a data area for storing magnetic and imprinted images of said discrete bits and embossed data, holding means for holding said data card means, settable means, and record card means with said discrete bits in close proximity to said surface, and said embossed data said data area, magnetic transfer head means including two magnetic and gap means for establishing two dc magnetic force fields, the first field having a magnetic force sufficient to saturate said bits and surface for magnetically conditioning said surface and establishing a remnant force in said bits for biasing said surface, the second field having a non-saturating magnetic force for amplifying the bias field differences in said surface, imprinter means for imprinting an image of said embossed data on said data area of said record card means, means for simultaneously translating said magnetic transfer head means with said first field preceding said second field and said imprinter means to record said customer identification and variable transaction information on said record card.

Claim 12

A data capture device for recording machine readable transaction data comprising: data card means for storing customer identification in the form of discrete bits of high coercivity magnetic material, journal tape means including a surface of high coercivity magnetic material for receiving and storing a magnetic image of said bits, the coercivity of said surface being less than the coercivity of said bits, holding means for holding said data card means and said journal tape means with said discrete bits in close proximity to said surface, magnetic transfer head means including two magnetic and gap means for establishing two dc magnetic force fields, means for translating said magnetic transfer head means with said first field preceding said second field, the first field saturating said bits and surface for magnetically conditioning said surface and establishing a remnant force in said bits for biasing said surface, the second field having a non-saturating magnetic force for amplifying the bias field in said surface, magnetic transducer means for providing an output signal representative of the bit images in the surface of said journal tape, and means for decoding and transmitting said output signal to a remote computer.

Claim 13

A data capture device for recording machine readable transaction data comprising: data card means for storing customer identification in the form of discrete bits of high coercivity magnetic material, journal tape means including a surface of high coercivity magnetic material for receiving and storing a magnetic image of said bits, the coercivity of said surface being less than the coercivity of said bits, holding means for holding said data card means and said journal tape means with said discrete bits in close proximity to said surface, magnetic transfer head means including two magnetic and gap means for establishing two dc magnetic force fields, means for translating said magnetic transfer head means with said first field preceding said second field, the first field saturating said bits and surface for magnetically conditioning said surface and establishing a remnant force in said bits for biasing said surface, the second field having a non-saturating magnetic force for amplifying the bias field in said surface, magnetic transducer means for providing an output signal representative of the bit images in the surface of said journal tape, and means for decoding and transmitting said output signal to a remote computer.