Data receiving storing and imprinting apparatus

Claim 1

Data receiving, storing and imprinting apparatus adapted to receive and store data carried by a card having thereon first embossed data indicia and second machine readable data indicia, said first and second indicia corresponding to a customer''s account number, and to imprint a sales ticket placed against said card, comprising: housing means including a top; station means on said top for holding said card and sales ticket; manually operable marking means at or near said station means for providing third machine readable data indicia corresponding to the value of a purchase and for marking said sales ticket to indicate the value of a purchase; manually movable imprinting and data reading means on said top and mounted to move along a predetermined path past said station means and past said marking means so that, when the card and ticket are properly positioned at the station means, the second indicia on the card and the third indicia provided by the marking means are scanned and the sales ticket is marked with data corresponding to the customer''s account number and value of a purchase, said reading means including means which responds to the second and third indicia and generates signals corresponding thereto; and recording means within the housing and coupled to the data receiving means for receiving and storing said signals on removable means within said recording means.