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Adaptable mark/hole sensing arrangement for card reader apparatus

  • US 4,088,265 A
  • Filed: 05/26/1976
  • Issued: 05/09/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a card reader adapted to operate in a plurality of reading modes for reading information encoded on cards transported therethrough, a reading assembly comprising:

  • a. read means for generating first data signals in optical form representative of data encoded on cards, and having a plurality of modes of operation;

    b. transducer means for converting said first data signals to an electrical form, said transducer means having a plurality of modes of operation corresponding to said modes of operation of said read means, said transducer means having a common output circuit with a single output; and

    c. mode selection means operable on both said read means and said transducer means to provide for at least three different modes of reading.

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