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Card reader apparatus with replacable card guide

  • US 5,164,576 A
  • Filed: 11/23/1990
  • Issued: 11/17/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A point of sale terminal with a built-in data card reader, said terminal comprisinga housing having wall portions defining a card entry section and a card exit section of a card guide and further defining a central card guide gap extending between said entry section and said exit section;

  • a card reader subassembly mounted to said housing and comprising a central card guide section having a read head window formed in one side wall thereof, a read head for reading data on a data card, and a read head bracket for mounting said read head to said central card guide section with said read head extending through said read head window,said entry section and said exit section of said card guide having inwardly facing edge wall portions located adjacent said central card guide gap and shaped to form one of a mounting tongue or groove arrangement and cooperating with an associated mounting tongue or groove arrangement formed on outwardly facing edge wall portions of said central card guide section to provide a slidable tongue and groove mounting relationship for said central card guide section to be inserted in said central card guide gap so that said central card guide section and said card entry section and card exit section together form a complete card guide.

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