Verifone Gmbh

Harold Chen

Noah L Anglin

James S Arakaki

Stanley J Hludzinski

David Crawford

A reader assembly for reading a data carrier having at least one data track located at a prearranged data track position thereon. The reader assembly includes a transducer means having at least one data pickup element on a front face thereof. A guide means defines a guide slot having first and second side wall members and a bottom wall member adapted to guide a data carrier through the reader assembly, the first side wall member having an access window formed therein for permitting communication between the transducer means and the data carrier. A frame means carries the transducer means in a prearranged location thereon. The guide means and the frame means include a cooperative registration means, including a set of first position registration elements formed on the first side wall member and a set of second position registration elements formed on the frame means and cooperatively engaging the first position registration elements for establishing an accurately registered mounting relationship between the frame means and the guide means and thereby defining an accurate position location for the transducer means relative to the access window such that the data pickup element is accurately aligned with the data track. A pair of resilient hook arms are carried on the first side wall member and cooperating with a pair of hook engaging surfaces on the frame means to mount the frame means to the guide means.

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Memory cartridge for a point of transaction terminal

A point of sale terminal having a reader assembly for reading a data carrier having data stored on at least one data track thereon. The terminal includes a housing defining a guide slot location for the data carrier and a transducer for detecting data stored on the data track. A removable guide element is mounted to the housing at the data carrier slot location. This guide element has a read head bracket which is snap mounted thereto. A registration arrangement permits mounting of the read head bracket in two registered positions for determining which of multiple data tracks will be read by the transducer.

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Harold Chen