Patent ID: 6719199
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: G01R,G06K

Abstract:
An automated card retrieval and reinsertion device for card reading device testing, comprising:a housing assembly comprising a front face proximate to the card reading device; a shaft coupled to a back face of the housing assembly; a set of roller assemblies coupled to side faces of the housing assembly proximate to the front face for gripping a test card; a microswitch coupled to the housing assembly, wherein the shaft moves the housing assembly away from the card reading device when the microswitch is in a first state, wherein the shaft moves the housing assembly toward the card reading device when the microswitch is in a second state, wherein the microswitch is placed into the first state by the test card when the test card is retrieved from the card reading device; and a stationary card bumper proximate to the back face of the housing assembly, wherein a position of the test card is shifted toward the card reading device when the test card abuts the stationary card bumper, wherein the shifting of the test card places the microswitch in the second state.