US3890644A — Head mounting assembly for reading and writing on…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 402 words

In a magnetic read/write station having a translatable and resiliently mounted transducing head for reading and writing data from and on a stationarily positioned magnetic stripe predeterminedly fixed to the cover of documentary material such as a bank passbook, said read/write station having also support means, passbook positioning means including an entryway, carriage means for translatably moving said transducing head relative to said support means and along the longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe, and depression means responsive to the translatable movement of the transducing head relative to the magnetic stripe to establish compressible contact therebetween, improved means for mounting said transducing head on said carriage means whereby said head in addition to being resiliently mounted is rotatable a predetermined distance relative to said carraige means about said longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe and the compressible contact of the head with the magnetic stripe is automatically adjustable to counteract the effects of linear and transverse topographical contours imparted to the surface of said stripe by variations in the thickness of said passbook, said improved mounting means comprising: a. a first body portion having means retainably and adjustably mounting said transducing head, b. a pair of parallel extending resilient connecting members having one of their respective extremities coupled to said first body portion, said connecting members extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe c. a second body portion having one side thereof coupled to the opposite extremities of said pair of resilient connecting members, said second body portion being provided with a cylindrical shaft extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe and fixed to the opposite side thereof from the side coupled to said pair of resilient connecting members, and d. a mounting member connected to said carriage means and having a first cylindrical aperture receiving said cylindrical shaft of said second body portion and having means rotatably retaining said cylindrical shaft within said aperture such that said second body portion, said pair of parallel resilient connecting members, said first body portion and said transducing head are rotatable a predetermined distance relative to said longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe as said transducing head is translatably moved by said carriage means while in said compressible contact with said magnetic stripe, said predetermined rotational motion serving to uniformly maintain said compressible contact even when said transducing head encounters topographical contours on the surface of said magnetic stripe.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 402 words

In a magnetic read/write station having a translatable and resiliently mounted transducing head for reading and writing data from and on a stationarily positioned magnetic stripe predeterminedly fixed to the cover of documentary material such as a bank passbook, said read/write station having also support means, passbook positioning means including an entryway, carriage means for translatably moving said transducing head relative to said support means and along the longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe, and depression means responsive to the translatable movement of the transducing head relative to the magnetic stripe to establish compressible contact therebetween, improved means for mounting said transducing head on said carriage means whereby said head in addition to being resiliently mounted is rotatable a predetermined distance relative to said carraige means about said longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe and the compressible contact of the head with the magnetic stripe is automatically adjustable to counteract the effects of linear and transverse topographical contours imparted to the surface of said stripe by variations in the thickness of said passbook, said improved mounting means comprising: a. a first body portion having means retainably and adjustably mounting said transducing head, b. a pair of parallel extending resilient connecting members having one of their respective extremities coupled to said first body portion, said connecting members extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe c. a second body portion having one side thereof coupled to the opposite extremities of said pair of resilient connecting members, said second body portion being provided with a cylindrical shaft extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe and fixed to the opposite side thereof from the side coupled to said pair of resilient connecting members, and d. a mounting member connected to said carriage means and having a first cylindrical aperture receiving said cylindrical shaft of said second body portion and having means rotatably retaining said cylindrical shaft within said aperture such that said second body portion, said pair of parallel resilient connecting members, said first body portion and said transducing head are rotatable a predetermined distance relative to said longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe as said transducing head is translatably moved by said carriage means while in said compressible contact with said magnetic stripe, said predetermined rotational motion serving to uniformly maintain said compressible contact even when said transducing head encounters topographical contours on the surface of said magnetic stripe.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 168 words

The improved mounting means for a transducing head defined in claim 1 wherein said mounting member comprises: a. an apertured tongue portion by means of which said mounting member is connected to said carriage means as by means of screws communicating with the apertures thereof and cooperating with threaded apertures formed in said carriage means, said tongue portion having a first surface connectably abutting against said carriage means and a second surface opposite said first surface against which the heads of said screws abuttably limit, and b. a third body portion extending outwardly of said second surface of said tongue portion, said third body portion having a first dimension paralleling said first and said second surfaces of said tongue portion and a second dimension defining the extension of said third body portion outwardly of said second surface of said tongue portion, said second dimension of said third body portion complementing the thickness of said apertured tongue portion to define a predetermined outwardly extending dimension of said mounting member.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 33 words

The improved mounting means fOr a transducing head defined in claim 2 wherein said predetermined outwardly extending dimension of said mounting member is greater than the corresponding dimension of said second body portion.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 58 words

The improved mounting means for a transducing head defined in claim 2 wherein said first cylindrical aperture of said mounting member extends through said first dimension of said third body portion and wherein said mounting member is additionally provided with a second cylindrical aperture extending through said predetermined outwardly extending dimension thereof and intersecting said first cylindrical aperture.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 99 words

The improved mounting means for a transducing head defined in claim 4 wherein said cylindrical shaft of said second body portion is provided with a third cylindrical aperture transversely disposed thereof and a circumferential groove disposed adjacent the outermost extremity thereof remote from said second body portion, said groove being provided with a retaining clip disposed therewithin and in cooperating relationship with the surface of said second dimension of said third body portion adjacent said tongue portion such as to rotatably retain said second body portion and said transducing head relative to said mounting member and said carriage means.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 111 words

The improved mounting means for a transducing head defined in claim 5 wherein said second cylindrical aperture of said mounting member is of predetermined greater diameter than said third cylindrical aperture of said cylindrical shaft, and wherein said third cylindrical aperture is provided with a snugly fitted pin extending through said second cylindrical aperture such that said second body portion and said resiliently mounted transducing head are permitted a predetermined angular rotational displacement relative to said mounting member and said carriage means to thereby uniformly maintain said compressible contact of said transducing head with said magnetic stripe even when said transducing head encounters topographical contours on the surface of said stripe.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 152 words

The improved mounting means for a transducing head defined in claim 2 wherein the adjustable coupling between said transducing head and said first body portion of said mounting means is accommodated by means of: a. a metallic spring strap connected to corresponding side surfaces of said transducing head and said first body portion, said side surfaces being adjacent said support means, b. an apertured first projection connected to the side surface of said transducing head opposite the surface thereof to which said spring strap is connected, c. an apertured second projection connected to the side surface of said first body portion opposite the surface thereof to which said spring strap is connected, and d. a screw communicating with the aperture of said first projection and adjustably cooperating with threads formed in the aperture of said second projection to thereby permit angular adjustment of said transducing head relative to said first body portion.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 78 words

The improved mounting means for a transducing head defined in claim 1 wherein said pair of parallel extending resilient connecting members coupled to said first body portion and to said second body portion are flexure members responsive to said depression means of said read/write station to thereby establish said compressible contact of said transducing head with said magnetic stripe of said passbook as said carriage means and said transducing head are translatably activated relative to said support means.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 356 words

An improved head mounting assembly for resiliently and rotatably mounting a translatably movable transducing head in a read/write station, whereby said head may be held in uniform compressible contact with a stationarily positioned magnetic stripe predeterminedly fixed to a passbook or the like during the translation of the head along the longitudinal axis of the stripe, and whereby a said unfiorm compressible contact may be maintained irrespective of toPographical contours that may be imparted to the surface of the stripe by reason of variations in the thickness of the passbook, said head mounting assembly comprising, in combination: a. carriage means providing for translatable movement relative to said read/write station and to a passbook stationarily positioned thereby, and parallel to the longitude axis of said magnetic stripe b. a mounting member connected to said carriage means for translatable movement therewith, said mounting member having a first cylindrical aperture, c. a first body portion coupled to said mounting member having means for providing rotational movement of said first body portion about an axis parallel to said longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe, said means including a cylindrical shaft cooperably disposed in said first cylindrical aperture of said mounting member, d. a pair of parallel flexure members connected to said first body portion on the side thereof opposite the side adjacent said mounting member and extending parallel to said longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe, e. a second body portion having means retainably and adjustably mounting said transducing head and connected to said pair of flexure members at the extremities thereof opposite the extremities connected to said first body portion, the cooperation of said cylindrical shaft and said first cylindrical aperture permitting a predetermined rotational movement of said first body portion, said second body portion and said transducing head relative to said mounting member and about an axis parallel to said longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe, and f. depression means associated with said read/write station and responsive to the translatable movement of said carriage means to depressibly lower said transducing head into compressible contacting relationship with said magnetic stripe as yieldably enabled by said pair of flexure members.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 356 words

An improved head mounting assembly for resiliently and rotatably mounting a translatably movable transducing head in a read/write station, whereby said head may be held in uniform compressible contact with a stationarily positioned magnetic stripe predeterminedly fixed to a passbook or the like during the translation of the head along the longitudinal axis of the stripe, and whereby a said unfiorm compressible contact may be maintained irrespective of toPographical contours that may be imparted to the surface of the stripe by reason of variations in the thickness of the passbook, said head mounting assembly comprising, in combination: a. carriage means providing for translatable movement relative to said read/write station and to a passbook stationarily positioned thereby, and parallel to the longitude axis of said magnetic stripe b. a mounting member connected to said carriage means for translatable movement therewith, said mounting member having a first cylindrical aperture, c. a first body portion coupled to said mounting member having means for providing rotational movement of said first body portion about an axis parallel to said longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe, said means including a cylindrical shaft cooperably disposed in said first cylindrical aperture of said mounting member, d. a pair of parallel flexure members connected to said first body portion on the side thereof opposite the side adjacent said mounting member and extending parallel to said longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe, e. a second body portion having means retainably and adjustably mounting said transducing head and connected to said pair of flexure members at the extremities thereof opposite the extremities connected to said first body portion, the cooperation of said cylindrical shaft and said first cylindrical aperture permitting a predetermined rotational movement of said first body portion, said second body portion and said transducing head relative to said mounting member and about an axis parallel to said longitudinal axis of said magnetic stripe, and f. depression means associated with said read/write station and responsive to the translatable movement of said carriage means to depressibly lower said transducing head into compressible contacting relationship with said magnetic stripe as yieldably enabled by said pair of flexure members.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 165 words

The improved head mounting assembly defined in claim 9 wherein said mounting member comprises: a. an apertured tongue portion by means of which said mounting member is connected to said carriage means as by means of screws communicating with the apertures thereof and cooperating with threaded apertures formed in said carriage means, said tongue portion having a first surface connectably abutting against said carriage means and a second surface opposite said first surface against which the heads of said screws abuttably limit, and b. a third body portion extending outwardly of said second surface of said tongue portion, said third body portion having a first dimension paralleling said first and said second surfaces of said tongue portion and a second dimension defining the extension of said third body portion outwardly of said second surface of said tongue portion, said second dimension of said third body portion complementing the thickness of said apertured tongue portion to define a predetermined outwardly extending dimension of said mounting member.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 96 words

The improved head mounting assembly defined in claim 10 wherein said cylindrical shaft of said first body portion is provided with a second cylindrical aperture transversely disposed thereof and a circumferential groove disposed adjacent the outermost extremity thereof remote from said first body portion, said groove being provided with a retaining clip disposed therewithin and in cooperating relationship with the surface of said second dimension of said third body portion adjacent said tongue portion such as to rotatably retain said first body portion and said transducing head relative to said mounting member and said carriage means.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 30 words

The improved head mounting assembly defined in claim 11 wherein said predetermined outwardly extending dimension of said mounting member is greater than the corresponding dimension of said first body portion.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 55 words

The improved head mounting assembly defined in claim 11 wherein said first cylindrical aperture of said mounting member extends through Said first dimension of said third body portion and wherein said mounting member is additionally provided with a third cylindrical aperture extending through said predetermined outwardly extending dimension thereof and intersecting said first cylindrical aperture.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 65 words

The improved head mounting assembly defined in claim 13 wherein said retaining clip disposed within said cicumferential groove of said cylindrical shaft of said first body portion cooperates with the surface of said second dimension of said third body portion adjacent said tongue portion to thereby rotatably retain said first body portion and said transducing head relative to said mounting member and said carriage means.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 107 words

The improved head mounting assembly defined in claim 14 wherein said third cylindrical aperture of said mounting member is of predetermined greater diameter than said second cylindrical aperture of said cylindrical shaft, and wherein said second cylindrical aperture is provided with a snugly fitted pin extending through said third cylindrical aperture such that said first body portion and said transducing head are permitted a predetermined angular rotational displacement relative to said mounting member and said carriage means to thereby uniformly maintain said compressible contact of said transducing head with said magnetic stripe even when said transducing head encounters topographical contours on the surface of said magnetic stripe.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 146 words

The improved head mounting assembly defined in claim 10 wherein the adjustable coupling between said transducing head and said second body portion is accommodated by means of: a. a metallic spring strap connected to corresponding side surfaces of said transducing head and said second body portion, said side surfaces being contiguously adjacent said carriage means, b. an apertured first projection connected to the side surface of said transducing head opposite the surface thereof to which said spring strap is connected, c. an apertured second projection connected to the side surface of said second body portion opposite the surface thereof to which said spring strap is connected, and d. a screw communicating with the aperture of said first projection and adjustably cooperating with threads formed in the aperture of said second projection to thereby permit angular adjustment of said transducing head relative to said second body portion.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 75 words

The improved head mounting assembly defined in claim 9 wherein said pair of parallel flexure members connected to said first body portion and to said second body portion are yieldably responsive to said depression means of said read/write station to thereby enable the establishment of said compressible contact of said transducing head with said magnetic stripe of said passbook as said carriage means and said transducing head are translatably activated relative to said read/write station.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 249 words

A magnetic transducing head assembly comprising, in combination: a first body containing a transducing head for performing magnetic transductions on a magnetizable surface as said first body is translatably moved along the longitudinal axis thereof; a second body spaced from the first body; a pair of similarly shaped members bridging the distance between the first and second bodies in spaced parallel relation to one another and having their respective opposite ends secured in said bodies to form a parallelogram linkage system in which the first body containing the transducing head forms one side thereof and the second body forms the opposite side thereof, said bridging members permitting deflectable movement of the first body relative to the second body without altering the parallel relation existing therebetween; a third body positioned on the side of the second body opposite to the first body; and means forming a journal mount between the second and third bodies and providing limited rotation of said parallelogram linkage system about an axis extending substantially Parallel to the plane of the linkage system and to the longitudinal axis of said magnetic surface, said journal mount means comprising a pin having one end fixedly secured to one of either of said second or third bodies and the other end disposed in a cylindrical aperture formed in the other of said second or third bodies and means rotatably retaining said pin within said aperture, said journal mount permitting rotation of said parallelogram linkage system relative to said third body.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 249 words

A magnetic transducing head assembly comprising, in combination: a first body containing a transducing head for performing magnetic transductions on a magnetizable surface as said first body is translatably moved along the longitudinal axis thereof; a second body spaced from the first body; a pair of similarly shaped members bridging the distance between the first and second bodies in spaced parallel relation to one another and having their respective opposite ends secured in said bodies to form a parallelogram linkage system in which the first body containing the transducing head forms one side thereof and the second body forms the opposite side thereof, said bridging members permitting deflectable movement of the first body relative to the second body without altering the parallel relation existing therebetween; a third body positioned on the side of the second body opposite to the first body; and means forming a journal mount between the second and third bodies and providing limited rotation of said parallelogram linkage system about an axis extending substantially Parallel to the plane of the linkage system and to the longitudinal axis of said magnetic surface, said journal mount means comprising a pin having one end fixedly secured to one of either of said second or third bodies and the other end disposed in a cylindrical aperture formed in the other of said second or third bodies and means rotatably retaining said pin within said aperture, said journal mount permitting rotation of said parallelogram linkage system relative to said third body.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 18 words

The magnetic transducing head assembly defined in claim 18 wherein said similarly shaped bridging members are blade-like flexures.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 242 words

A magnetic transducing head assembly comprising, in combination: a first body containing a transducing head for performing magnetic transductions on a magnetizable surface as said first body is translatably moved along the longitudinal axis thereof; a second body spaced from the first body; a pair of similarly shaped flexure members bridging the distance between the first and second bodies in spaced parallel relation to one another and having their respective opposite ends secured in said bodies to form a parallelogram linkage system in which the first body is deflectably movable relative to the second body without altering its parallel relationship thereto; a third body positioned on the side of the second body opposite to the first body; and means journaling the second body to the third body for rotation about an axis extending longitudinally of the pair of flexure members and the longitudinal axis of said magnetizable surface, said journaling means including a pin having one end fixedly secured to one of either the second body or the third body and having the other end disposed in a cylindrical aperture formed in the other of said bodies, and means rotatably retaining said pin within said aperture whereby a rocking motion is permitted said parallelogram linkage system relative to said longitudinal axis of said magnetizable surface to enable the transducing head to follow closely any surface irregularities therein against which it is yieldly pressed by the deflectable movement of the parallelogram linkage system.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 242 words

A magnetic transducing head assembly comprising, in combination: a first body containing a transducing head for performing magnetic transductions on a magnetizable surface as said first body is translatably moved along the longitudinal axis thereof; a second body spaced from the first body; a pair of similarly shaped flexure members bridging the distance between the first and second bodies in spaced parallel relation to one another and having their respective opposite ends secured in said bodies to form a parallelogram linkage system in which the first body is deflectably movable relative to the second body without altering its parallel relationship thereto; a third body positioned on the side of the second body opposite to the first body; and means journaling the second body to the third body for rotation about an axis extending longitudinally of the pair of flexure members and the longitudinal axis of said magnetizable surface, said journaling means including a pin having one end fixedly secured to one of either the second body or the third body and having the other end disposed in a cylindrical aperture formed in the other of said bodies, and means rotatably retaining said pin within said aperture whereby a rocking motion is permitted said parallelogram linkage system relative to said longitudinal axis of said magnetizable surface to enable the transducing head to follow closely any surface irregularities therein against which it is yieldly pressed by the deflectable movement of the parallelogram linkage system.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 76 words

In combination with the magnetic transducing head assembly defined in claim 20, the provision of means for bodily moving the transducing head assembly along a prescribed path of travel corresponding to the longitudinal axis of said magnetizable surface, and means responsive to such bodily movement for deflecting the parallelogram linkage system in the direction of said magnetizable surface such that said transducing head contained in said first body is pressed into engagement with said magnetizable surface.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 81 words

The mechanism as defined in claim 21 characterized in that said means for deflecting the parallelogram linkage system includes a stationary cam disposed alongside said prescribed path of travel of said transducing head assembly and a cam following member coupled to said transducing head assembly and effective for depressibly activating said first body of the assembly such that said transducing head is pressed into engagement with said magnetizable surface when said assembly is bodily moved along said prescribed path of travel.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 240 words

A magnetic transducing head assembly comprising, in combination: a first body containing a transducing head for performing magnetic transductions on a magnetizable surface as said first body is translatably moved along the longitudinal axis thereof; a second body spaced from the first body; at least one flexure member bridging the distance between the first and second bodies and having its opposite end secured to said bodies to form a flexible connection therebetween which enables the first body to be deflected relative to the second body toward and into engagement with said magnetizable surface; means for deflecting the first body such that said transducing head is moved into engagement with said magnetizable surface; a third body Positioned on the side of the second body opposite to the first body; and means journaling the second body to the third body for rotation about an axis extending in a direction longitudinally of the flexure member and of the longitudinal axis of said magnetizable surface, said journaling means including a pin having one end secured to one of either the second body or the third body and having the other end disposed in a cylindrical aperture formed in the other of said bodies, and means rotatably retaining said pin within said aperture. whereby a rocking motion is permitted the second body relative to the longitudinal axis of said magnetizable surface to thereby enable the transducing head to closely follow any traverse surface irregularities therein.

Claim 28

Dependent Claim 240 words

A magnetic transducing head assembly comprising, in combination: a first body containing a transducing head for performing magnetic transductions on a magnetizable surface as said first body is translatably moved along the longitudinal axis thereof; a second body spaced from the first body; at least one flexure member bridging the distance between the first and second bodies and having its opposite end secured to said bodies to form a flexible connection therebetween which enables the first body to be deflected relative to the second body toward and into engagement with said magnetizable surface; means for deflecting the first body such that said transducing head is moved into engagement with said magnetizable surface; a third body Positioned on the side of the second body opposite to the first body; and means journaling the second body to the third body for rotation about an axis extending in a direction longitudinally of the flexure member and of the longitudinal axis of said magnetizable surface, said journaling means including a pin having one end secured to one of either the second body or the third body and having the other end disposed in a cylindrical aperture formed in the other of said bodies, and means rotatably retaining said pin within said aperture. whereby a rocking motion is permitted the second body relative to the longitudinal axis of said magnetizable surface to thereby enable the transducing head to closely follow any traverse surface irregularities therein.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1978-06-16	1978-12-16	1979-06-17	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1982-06-16	1982-12-16	1983-06-17	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1986-06-16	1986-12-16	1987-06-17	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Head mounting assembly for reading and writing on bank passbooks and the like

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