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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7100180 | CD business card with container and/or adapter A CD Card for packaging card like information and digital information in the basic dimensions (length and width) of a business, credit or collectors card. The CD Card is made up of one, two, or three major components. The first component is a small compact disc with... | 08/29/2006 |
| 5491679 | Information recording and/or reproducing apparatus with shutter member and shuttle linked for movement together An apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information on and/or from a record medium such as an optical card includes a card insertion opening, a shutter member arranged rotatably for selectively closing the card insertion opening, a shuttle for suppo... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5337304 | Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus There is disclosed an optical information recording/reproducing apparatus for recording/reproducing information on/from an optical card having a plurality of tracks. The apparatus comprises a frame having a convey path for the optical card, an optical hea... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5310998 | Method and system for placing a bus on hold during the insertion/extraction of an IC card into/from a computer In a computer system capable of connecting an IC (Integrated Circuit) card, when the IC card is extracted from an IC card holder, a door is opened. A detection signal is output from a detecting circuit to a bus controller by detecting opening of the door.... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5307338 | Apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information An information recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a head section to record and/or reproduce information onto/from an information recording medium having a shape other than a circular shape, holding device for holding the information recordin... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5264686 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus for an information recording card An information recording/reproducing apparatus comprises a housing having a card conveying path, a guiding mechanism for guiding one surface and one side edge of an information recording card having bisected data areas along the conveying path to permit t... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5189661 | Card carrier A card carrier in use with an optical data record/reproduction system for reading data from and writing data to a card, including a press contact slide member (26, 27) which prevents a table for carrying the card from being tilted and deviated from a pred... | 02/23/1993 |
| 4907098 | Information recording-reproducing apparatus An information recording-reproducing apparatus includes a holding bed for holding a card-like or sheet-like information recording medium, a head for recording information on the information recording medium or reproducing the information recorded on the i... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4800551 | Method and apparatus for feeding card There is disclosed an improved method of and apparatus for transporting an optical recording card along a predetermined path to a rotational reference axis whereat the card is rotated about so that concentric and/or spiral data tracks can be read by the o... | 01/24/1989 |
