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This invention concerns a cashcard system for purchasing laundry services wherein the user is issued with a cashcard and a personal identification number. Each of the laundry facilities is provided with a terminal having means for verifying the user, means for verifying the card, means for updating

This invention concerns a cashcard system for purchasing laundry services wherein the user is issued with a cashcard and a personal identification number. Each of the laundry facilities is provided with a terminal having means for verifying the user, means for verifying the card, means for updating the card with an amount requested by the user, means for saving the card identification and the amount revalued to the card and means for storing and forwarding at a later time the amounts revalued to the cards for credit verification by a central computer remote to the terminal. In addition, the terminal in verifying the card compares the card to a previously rejected cards before updating the card with a new amount requested.

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[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] An electronic cashcard terminal generally located at a service facility, said terminal for prepaying for a utility service for use with a card having a unique identity and capable

[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] An electronic cashcard terminal generally located at a service facility, said terminal for prepaying for a utility service for use with a card having a unique identity and capable of permitting recording and erasure of information thereon, said terminal comprising:(a) an input device for receiving and reading said card;(b) a verifier for verifying a card user;(c) memory for storing said card identification and a transaction amount;(d) a second verifier for verifying said card by comparing rejected card identifications with said currently read card identification and rejecting said card upon said card being previously rejected;(e) a recorder for updating said card with said transaction amount upon said card being accepted, and said transaction amount being less than a predetermined amount; and(f) a transmitter for transmitting said contents of said memory to said central computer at predetermined time periods, whereat said previously performed transaction may be verified by said central computer each against said user's credit information and providing an updated list of rejected cards in response to a failure to verify thereby limiting the credit extended by said terminal to a predetermined amount for each card.