Abstract: A pass card having a card body with a cavity therein, a module with a semiconductor chip implanted permanently in the cavity of the card body, and a micro-encapsulated adhesive for fixing a nonconductive plastic substrate of the module in the card body.

Abstract: An electronic bar encoded gasoline scanner device comprised of a bar code imprinted within a top portion of a gasoline tank fill pipe. A laser scanner is secured to a gasoline dispensing nozzle. The laser scanner has wiring extending outwardly therefrom. The wiring serves to couple with an existing computer network. The laser scanner reads information on the bar code and relays a message to the existing computer network.

Abstract: An apparatus for reading optical code on a moving web of photographic film includes a first frame (84); a pair of parallel tracks (132, 134) supported by the fast frame; a pair of carriage members (138, 140) mounted for movement along the tracks; a pair of oppositely facing edge guides (148, 156, 158) each supported by one of the carriage members, each edge guide including a serpentine contact surface (160) with a central portion (162) for engaging an edge surface of a moving web; and a mechanism (106-120) for moving the carriage members back and forth along the tracks; and a pair of flexures (122, 124) for resiliently engaging the mechanism for moving with the carriage members, to resiliently load the edges of the web.