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ink-jet printers, thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form, Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms, e.g. The track data buffers 426-430 perform the function of outputting the individual bits to be recorded to the magnetic head 136 in serial form from the parallel storage format therein. The counter is implemented within the hardware of the recording station controller described below with reference to Fig. Wire 139 also has another bent end section which has a bevelled end, not illustrated, which contacts the top edge of the card to force it inward and downward when the head assembly 122 is positioned to the left to the point where the cam follower 142 is not engaging the top section 148 of the cam 140. The data card Model 1500 and 15000 embossing systems uses the aforementioned verification system. 2. AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE, Free format text:

The one or more embossing wheels require complementary sets of parts for the activation of both the male punch and anvil for indent printing which complicates the structure and increases the cost to perform indent embossing. 1A of a credit card 10 and the fifth unit 40 being used for printing indent characters of line 24 described above in conjunction with Fig. The control of the electric motor 166 is similar to the control of the electric motor 96 of the card pickup mechanism 60 described above. LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES, Free format text: 1b or embossing another line like lines 14-18, a card transport unit 42 for conveying the recorded blanks from a ready station through the in line embossers to a topping station 44 which applies topping to the embossed characters produced by embossing units 38 and a stacking station 46 which collects properly processed and erroneously processed cards in two separate sections of a tray 62. Playback is for the purpose of verification of the accuracy of recording process by comparison of the characters actually recorded in the tracks with those which were desired to be recorded. The photodetector 184 is identical to the photodetectors described above.

Fig. The card transport unit 42 has a belt 48 having a plurality of evenly spaced card locating pins 50, which project orthogonal to the direction of motion of the cards past the embossing units 38, and indent printing unit 40 having a center to center spacing equal to the center to center spacing of the embossing units and indent printing unit and which function to establish the horizontal reference position of each card in the card transport unit during embossing. Communications between the master controller 460 and the magnetic recording station controller 464, which is illustrated in detail in Figs. A more detailed explanation of the movement of the card from the first vertical plane defined by wall 106 into the second vertical plane defined by wall 108 in which the recess 104 lies is described below in conjunction with Fig. Only one of the bifurcations of the card stripper 110 strikes the stop 112. The preferred form of the recording station controller 464 for the magnetic recording station is illustrated in Figs. The purpose of the track data buffers 426-430 is to provide a reference storage for each of the characters which were desired to be recorded on each of the tracks. Figs. 6-9 illustrate the detailed assembly of the pickup mechanism 60 of the present invention. The drive cams 260 for the embossing units 36 have a pair of diametrically spaced lobes 262 which simultaneously engage followers 264. As illustrated in Fig. 3-5 and the verification that the correct characters were in fact recorded on the magnetic recording medium 22 of an individual card. The processing of data records to be embossed is analogous to that utilized in the Assignee's Model 1803 embosser with the difference being the number of lines being embossed. Fig. A flag is set by the master controller when an error condition is detected. Efiling Income Tax Returns(ITR) is made easy with ClearTax platform. The first function is to serially store the playback bit stream bit-by-bit beginning with all zeros at the right-hand edge of the card to provide a storage for comparing, as each bit is played back, the bits stored therein with the LRC for that track to identify the last bit of the character immediately preceding the LRC. Certain credit cards, such as AMERICAN EXPRESS, have the account number characters indented on the back surface by the joint action of a male punch which penetrates the back surface without appreciably deforming the front surface and an anvil which impacts the front surface to provide support. ink-jet printers, thermal printers characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for embossing, e.g. Fig. 21 and 22 as element 410) which stores blocks of data records. The length of the forward and reverse strokes of the head assembly 122 is precisely controlled by measurement of the distances in units of distance of the DC motor and shaft encoder 126. The drive cam 266 for the indent embossing unit 40 has a single lobe 268 which drives a follower 270 which powers the punch indent printing element in a manner described below. The diagram has been simplified to omit the cam drive for the third and fourth embossing units which are identical to the illustrated second embossing unit. The Data Card Model 15000 uses this type of design. metal plates, plastic cards with automatic plate transport systems, e.g. 24. The crank 170 is rotatably connected to the first end 172 of arm 174. 5 illustrates the layout of the third track of the recording medium on a credit card. Fig. The present invention is an improved embossing and recording system which embosses a plurality of lines of alphanumeric characters located at least on the front surface of a credit card and magnetically records one or more tracks of digitally encoded characters on a magnetic stripe located on the back surface of the credit card. metal plates, plastic cards, Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms, e.g. 23. The inertia of the card in sliding down surface 400 prevents handup of its embossing with the embossing of an adjacent embossed card. The movement of the belt 48 by the electric motor shaft encoder 52 is controlled in the same manner as the Assignee's Model 1803 embosser. The manufacturing operation of the belt in the Model 1803 does not permit the accurate location of the card gripping unit to a center to center spacing of adjacent pins that is necessary to meet embossed and magnetically recorded track locations for credit cards. Each of the extensions 185 is joined together by a horizontal connecting piece 191. 7 illustrates a top view of the pickup, recording and ready stations of the present invention. 8c illustrates a partial rear elevational view of the recording and ready stations. Fig. Communications from the magnetic tape drive 448 are received by the tape controller unit 450. Once the rear edge of a card leaves the nip of the final roller pair 358, the card tips over apex 402 into the appropriate section of the tray. 13 is an expanded view of Fig. Figs. The transport mechanism provides both horizontal and vertical datum positions for each card being embossed by multiple in line embossing units without numerous roller bearings, moving parts and cams which characterized the transport mechanism of the Model 1803. The guideway 194 is attached between a front plate 206 and a rear plate 208 and spans the channel 54. The controller for the indent printer activates the ribbon mechanism 327 to advance fresh ribbon 325 for each new character to be indent printed. A jackscrew (not illustrated) is provided for setting the desired height. As described above in conjunction with Fig.

The layout of the three tracks is described below in conjunction with Fig. Our experts suggest the best funds and you Binding of the embossed characters is minimized between a card being discharged from the topping station transport unit and the last card received by the stacking station because the characters are not aligned at the time of discharge with gravity supplying sufficient energy to have them properly stacked. The stacker for the Model 1803, which collects the completed embossed cards, has a surface for receiving the embossed cards in the same horizontal plane as the transport path of the embossed cards through a topping station. A system in accordance with claim 3 wherein the card transporting means is further characterized by: A system in accordance with claim 5 wherein the means for engaging opposed edges of the individual cards is characterized by: A system in accordance with claim 6 wherein each of the vertically movable card edge guiding means is further characterized by a pair of pivotable elements (210) which are biased against the other edge of a card disposed at the associated card embossing means to force the one opposed edge into contact with the fixed card edge guiding means. The spacing between the card engaging projections is adjustable to permit spacing between successive card engaging projections to be adjusted to the uniform spacing desired between embossing units. The stop 112 is adjustable in location to permit the activation point of the stripper 110 to be varied. The stop 510 engages a bolt 512 which is threadably received within the extension 508. for making matrices for stereotypes, Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms, e.g. The height of the indent printing unit 40 is adjusted by the vertical point of attachment to the vertical support posts 290 which may be by any conventional attachment mechanism. Preferably, the pickup station lies in a first vertical plane and the recording station lies in a second vertical plane and a mechanism is provided for forcing the card from the first plane into the second plane when the card supply mechanism feeds the card to the recording station. This system uses a single fixed magnetic head which records the digital data on the recording medium on the first pass of the card past the head and verifies the accuracy of the recording with a second pass of the card past the head in the same direction as recording with the played back data being compared with the stored source of the data which was desired to be recorded. The initial gap setting is changed for cards of different thickness. These lines typically identify the expiration date of the card and the customer's name. 6-9 illustrate the detailed construction of the card elevating mechanism 160 which functions to lift the card 10 from the recording station 34 to the ready station 161 which was discussed above with reference to Fig. The drive shaft 250 is journaled in an extension 304 of the yoke 288. Fig. A single movable element is used to activate the chosen male punch element which is selected by movement of a single wheel to a circumferential position of the movable element. 820,705 with the differences residing in the drive unit 352 for transporting the cards through the topping station and the timing of the activation of the drive unit of the topper with respect to the card transport unit 42. 3. 2 illustrates a breakdown of the information content of the tracks 1, 2 and 3 of digitally encoded characters which may be present on a credit card. The pinch rollers 354", 356" and 358" force a card against the associated capstans 354', 356' and 358' to drive it through the topper 44. The belt position control section 452 controls the operation of the drive motor 54 in the manner described above. In the credit card industry it is essential that the digitally encoded tracks of characters must be recorded with total accuracy without dropouts being present. After verification is complete, the card is elevated from the recording station 34 by a card elevating mechanism 160 to the ready station 161 of the transport unit 42 located in a third vertical plane. The pair of spring members 162 force the card from the second vertical plane of the recording station 34 to the third vertical plane 159 of the ready station 161 out of engagement with the vertical lifting member 178 when the vertical lifting member has approached its highest point. A unique code marks the end of the record to be embossed.

Each track data buffer 426-430 has the capacity to store the maximum number of multibit characters described above in conjunction with Fig. The mounting structure of the punch member is described as follows. ClearTax serves 1.5+ Million happy customers, 20000+ CAs & tax experts & 10000+ businesses across

At least half of the longitudinal dimension of a card should be past the apex 402 when the trailing edge of the card leaves the nip of the roller pair 358 to insure that the card tips over center. upto 1.5% extra returns, Reviewed by Vineeth | Updated on Jul 18, 2022. The vertical surface 193 of the horizontal connecting piece holds the card within the second vertical plane by preventing the card from tipping toward the rear of the system. The four main parts of the indent embossing unit 40 are the stationary anvil assembly 280, the movable punch wheel assembly 282, DC motor and shaft encoder 284 for driving the punch wheel assembly to its correct position for indent printing and the power drive 286 for punch wheel assembly. A disk 98, in conjunction with photodetector 100, provides a signal to the master controller to indicate when a complete cycle of the pickup mechanism 60 has been completed which consists of the reciprocation of the reciprocating mechanism 70 as illustrated in Fig. CAs, tax experts & business to manage returns & invoices in an easy manner. ClearTax offers taxation & financial solutions to individuals, businesses, organizations & chartered accountants The requisite inertia of the gear wheel 252 is much smaller than that for gear wheels 246 for the reason that the forces during indent printing are much smaller. 10 and 14-17 illustrate the preferred embodiment of the indent printing unit 40 of the present invention. The card edge detector 500 has a movable member 502 pivoted at one end about pivot point 403 and carrying a photodetector 504 of the same type as photodetector 100 discussed above. 22. The portion of the data record to be embossed is broken down into separate lines to be embossed with each line being marked by an end of line code. Once the check character is recognized, the following characters are compared sequentially as they are played back with stored characters which were the source of the characters to be recorded. The process for verification of the recording accuracy of one or more tracks is dependent on the ability to recognize the playback of a digitally encoded check character from the played bit streams during movement of the head assembly in a direction opposite to the direction of movement during recording. The timing of the first embossing unit 38 is identical to the timing of a first embossing unit utilized in the Assignee's Model 1803 embosser and the timing of a second through fourth embossing units 38 is identical to the timing of the second embossing unit utilized in the Assignee's Model 1803 embosser. 22, is produced by the integrated circuit 466 associated with the lower playback windings. The processing of information during recording is controlled by a pair of pulse generators, described below with reference to Fig. A system in accordance with claim 2 characterized by the card supply means feeding individual cards from a hopper (62) for holding one or more cards to be embossed at the pickup station to the recording station, the recording station being spaced from the pickup station. 3-5. Fig. The system may further include a detector for detecting when the magnetic head assembly moves past a reference position on a card located at the recording station during motion in the forward direction, a pulse generator for generating clock pulses for use by the recording mechanism which are used to provide the required bit densities; a counter responsive to the means for detecting when the head moves past a reference position and to the pulse generator for counting a predetermined number of pulses after the reference position on the card has been detected to identify the point where the first bit of the digitally encoded information of each of the tracks is to be recorded; and the recording mechanism being responsive to the counter to initiate the recording of the digitally encoded information upon the count reaching the predetermined count. First, second and third track data buffers 426-430, within the recording station controller 464, respectively store the entirety of the encoded characters of each of the associated tracks which are to be recorded for each card being processed. A2, Designated state(s): The master controller, upon sensing the rotation of the notch back into the field of view of the light beam of photodetector 184, commands the motor 166 to stop which completes the elevation of the card to the ready station 161 and the return of the vertical lifting member 178 back to the position as illustrated in Fig. If an error condition is detected, the master controller may either attempt one or more additional times to record the same information or to pass the card through the printing unit 40 and embossing units 38 to the rear section 394 of tray 390.

21. Each track data buffer 426-430 has a pointer which identifies the current character being processed.The pointer for each track is augmented by one when the number of bits comprising a character has been recorded and decremented by one when the number of bits comprising a character has been played back. Approximately 0.254 cm (0.010 inches) clearance may be provided between the bottom surface 227 of the vertically pivotable guideway transport unit 42 is pivotably mounted to permit the vertically pivoted guideways to be pivoted clockwise as illustrated in Fig. 22 illustrates the processing of the portion of a data record which is to be recorded on the magnetic recording medium. 2. 8b, the head 514 of bolt 512 contacts the stop 510 to limit the travel of the photodetector 504. Input communications are received from the operator console 442 and control panel 444 by a command processor and status reporting unit 446. A single line on a card is embossed or indent printed with characters of a single pitch. The block 68 is guided by guide bar 71. In one embodiment of the invention, the desired center to center spacing of embossing units 38 and indent printing unit 40 and the card locating pins 50 is 4 inches with the spacing between pins having a tolerance of .0127 cm ( .005 inches). Fig. The master controller 440, which includes a programmed microprocessor having a control program similar to that utilized in the Assignee's Model 1803 embosser, performs the functions of managing input communications by the tape controller section 450 and a command processor and status reporting section 446. The drive unit 352 for the topping station 44 is described with reference to Figs.