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US4613747A
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Ticket reading device
Assignee: Almex Control Systems Ltd
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Filing: 1984-07-20
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Granted: 1986-09-23
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Expires: 2004-07-20
Abstract
Abstract A ticket verification and reading device has a single reading and writing head (20). If a card to be read is inserted incorrectly into the entry (11), rollers (23) and (13) rotate so as to return the ticket, inverting it as it passes round roller (13). The correctly oriented ticket is then returned to the roller (13) from when it passes the reading and writing head (20) to be read. Accordingly the device will accept incorrectly inserted cards, automatically re-orientating them so that even though the device has only one reading head (20) the cards can be read and, if necessary, verified.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul R. McCarthy
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 22:13
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K7/00; G06K7/08; G06K7/082; G06K7/083; G06K7/084; G06K13/00; G06K13/02; G06K13/06; G06K13/067; G06K13/07
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
165 words
A ticket or card verification and reading device whereby the ticket or card has data only on one side thereof, the device comprising: a single reading head; a reversible input roller; means for driving said input roller a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction which is opposite said first rotational direction; said input roller moving the ticket or card from an input region of the device to a region further into the device when said driving means drives said input roller in said first rotational direction; said driving means drives said input roller in said second rotational direction when the ticket or card is inserted into the device such that the side opposite the data side faces said single reading head; and said input roller rotating in said second rotational direction moves the ticket or card from said further region to said input region and around said input roller and returning it to said further region thereby turning the ticket or card over.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
165 words
A ticket or card verification and reading device whereby the ticket or card has data only on one side thereof, the device comprising: a single reading head; a reversible input roller; means for driving said input roller a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction which is opposite said first rotational direction; said input roller moving the ticket or card from an input region of the device to a region further into the device when said driving means drives said input roller in said first rotational direction; said driving means drives said input roller in said second rotational direction when the ticket or card is inserted into the device such that the side opposite the data side faces said single reading head; and said input roller rotating in said second rotational direction moves the ticket or card from said further region to said input region and around said input roller and returning it to said further region thereby turning the ticket or card over.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reading head incorporates a magnetic writer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of sensors which sense the width and length of the ticket or card.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a reversible belt conveyor, a reversible roller, and a means for driving said reversible belt conveyor and said reversible roller.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
60 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reading head is in said input region and, if the ticket or card is in said further region with the data side facing said reading head, said drive means and said input roller rotate to return the ticket or card towards the input region to be read by the reading head.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
184 words
A method of reading a ticket or card inserted into a ticket or card verification and reading device having a single reading head whereby the ticket or card has data only on one side thereof, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether the ticket or card is inserted with the data side facing the single reading head; driving a reversible input roller in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction which is opposite said first rotational direction; moving the ticket or card from an input region of the device to a region further into the device when said input roller is driven in said first rotational direction; driving said input roller in said second rotational direction when the ticket or card is inserted into the device such that the side opposite the data side faces the single reading head, whereby rotating said input roller in said second rotational direction moves the ticket or card from said further region to said input region and around said input roller thereby turning the ticket or card over and returning it to said further region.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
184 words
A method of reading a ticket or card inserted into a ticket or card verification and reading device having a single reading head whereby the ticket or card has data only on one side thereof, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether the ticket or card is inserted with the data side facing the single reading head; driving a reversible input roller in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction which is opposite said first rotational direction; moving the ticket or card from an input region of the device to a region further into the device when said input roller is driven in said first rotational direction; driving said input roller in said second rotational direction when the ticket or card is inserted into the device such that the side opposite the data side faces the single reading head, whereby rotating said input roller in said second rotational direction moves the ticket or card from said further region to said input region and around said input roller thereby turning the ticket or card over and returning it to said further region.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method as claimed in claim 6, wherein with the data side of the ticket or card facing the reading head and the ticket or card in said further region, returning it to said input region for it to be read by the reading head.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein after the ticket or card has been returned to the input region and read by the single reading head, it is magnetically written and redriven past the reading head.
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