Patent ID: 6029888
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: G06K,G07F

Abstract:
A card reading apparatus for receiving first and second information carrying cards, the card reading apparatus comprising:means defining a single card entry slot for receiving the first and second cards in succession;movably mounted first and second card guides for receiving the first and second cards and for holding the cards in first and second card reading positions;control means for moving the first guide into alignment with the card entry slot such that the first card can be fed into the first card reading position, and for moving the second guide into alignment with the card entry slot such that the second card can be fed into the second card reading position;first and second read/write means cooperatively associated with the first and second cards when the cards are in their reading positions; anddata processing means connected to the first and second read/write means such that information can be transferred between the first and second cards.