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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JA;
Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Saitama, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235 / ; 271273 ;
Abstract
A card conveyor device comprises a card guide path the transport means being spaced by a distance less than the length of the card, along which a card for reading or writing information therein is guided in a predetermined direction, first and second transport means adapted to engage the card to thereby move the same along the card guide path, drive means for the card transport means, detector means for detecting the position of the card on the guide path, and control means effective to bring the card transport means into or out of engagement with the card as determined by a signal from the detector means.