Abstract Relates to magnetic transducing apparatus for reading from and writing upon magnetic stripes secured to the outer surfaces of bank passbooks and the like and includes a traveling magnetic transducing head arranged to engage each magnetic stripe and read from or record data thereon as it is moved therealong. The magnetic stripe serves to store data and is oriented with respect to the path of travel of the transducing head so as to biasedly extend at an acute angle thereto. The transducing head has a lateral extent greater than the width of the magnetic stripe and such that it will overlie the full width of the magnetic stripe throughout its engagement therewith, thus spreading the wear to which the head is subjected as the result of such engagement. The data bearing area of the stripe is preferably spaced from and between the side edges and opposite ends of a patch adhering to the outer surface of a documentary member, such as a bank passbook. The biased relationship of the stripe to the read head will provide a broader engageable surface area to the transducing tip of the head, thereby spreading the wearing area and reducing the amount of material of the tip of the head which is worn away by repetitious engagements with magnetic stripes.
Inventors
👤 Veto H Di
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-25 05:53
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K7/00; G06K7/01; G06K7/015
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
An apparatus having a magnetic transducing head member and further having an abuttable edge for serving as a positioning guide, a documentary member having an edge engageable with said abuttable edge and being positioned thereby in overlapping relation to the head member, an uninterrupted stripe of magnetizable material bonded to said documentary member and adapted to bear magnetically stored information means for causing movement of the head member, and the documentary member relative to one another and such that the path of travel of the movable member is generally coincident with the magnetic stripe, means for pressing the head member into engagement with said magnetic stripe and while such relative movement of the members occurs, and the dimensional relation of the transducing head member and the magnetic stripe being such that the head member has a lateral extent greater than the width of the magnetic stripe and that said magnetic stripe is inclined to said path of travel so as to spread the wear to which the head member is subjected as a result of such engagement beyond the width of the magnetic stripe.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
184 words
An apparatus having a magnetic transducing head member and further having an abuttable edge for serving as a positioning guide, a documentary member having an edge engageable with said abuttable edge and being positioned thereby in overlapping relation to the head member, an uninterrupted stripe of magnetizable material bonded to said documentary member and adapted to bear magnetically stored information means for causing movement of the head member, and the documentary member relative to one another and such that the path of travel of the movable member is generally coincident with the magnetic stripe, means for pressing the head member into engagement with said magnetic stripe and while such relative movement of the members occurs, and the dimensional relation of the transducing head member and the magnetic stripe being such that the head member has a lateral extent greater than the width of the magnetic stripe and that said magnetic stripe is inclined to said path of travel so as to spread the wear to which the head member is subjected as a result of such engagement beyond the width of the magnetic stripe.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the means providing said relative movement holds the documentary member stationary while moving the transducing head member along said path of travel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the lateral extent of the transducing end of the head member is such that throughout that part of said path of travel when the head member is pressed into engagement with the inclined magnetic stripe its transducing end bears against the full width of the magnetic stripe.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
70 words
A magnetic stripe as defined in claim 3 wherein the information bearing area of the magnetic stripe is less than the length thereof and wherein the information stored on the magnetic stripe is in the form of a plurality of incremental bits elongated in one dimension and having such dimension extending perpendicular to the path of travel of the head member and inclined to the longitudinal axis of the stripe.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the magnetic stripe is carried on the exposed face of a substrate having its opposite face bonded to the documentary member.