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Financial transaction terminal and card reader system adaptable thereto

  • US 4,782,217 A
  • Filed: 07/31/1986
  • Issued: 11/01/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A terminal for facilitating credit card and/or debit card transactions, comprisinga terminal housing of an elongated configuration with extended guide means at frontal and rear sides thereof,imprinter carriage means having rollers engaging with the guide means at an imprinter end of the housing and shiftable along the guide means to effect an imprinting operation,card reader means at a card reader end of the housing, said housing having card access means for admitting a card to the card reader means for reading of data therefrom,keyboard and display means carried by the housing, andpower supply means comprising a plug-in power supply unit having plug means for plug-in coupling with an alternating current outlet and having low potential power transmission cable means supplying output power from the power supply unit, including a length of power cable for extending into the housing at the card reader end thereof,said housing providing impact absorbing means at the card reader end thereof outwardly of the card reader means, the card reader end of the housing having a power cable aperture through which said length of power cable extends, and having power cable restraining means engaging said length of power cable such that the housing can be supported against falling by a holding force applied to the cable means exteriorly of the housing.

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