Entry gate construction for credit card actuated automatic remote banking equipment

摘要

The construction of a gate for entering a coded embossed personalized conventional magnetic stripe credit card into remote automatic banking equipment for verification of the card, identification of the card holder, authorization of the use of the card and actuation of the banking equipment for the desired banking transaction. The entry gate construction verifies the width and thickness of a genuine card and requires card orientation with the proper card surface up and the proper card end initially entered so that a subsequent card reading operation may properly be carried out to verify the validity of the card, its presentation by a properly identified person, and authorization of its use for the desired banking service; all with respect to use of known credit card structures satisfying specification requirements for many uses and which cards have embossed indicia and magnetic stripe means thereon. The entry gate has a slot through which the card is entered. The slot has a special shape in cross section which with related card blocking means insures that only a valid or genuine card may be entered through the slot and moved to an adjacent card reader with the card properly oriented for processing in the card reader.