Payment card reading system having a protective flap
AssigneeBanks and Acquirers International Holding
InventorsRichard Allirot, Pierre Morel
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Abstract
A transaction card reading system, which includes: a transaction card reader having a slot for inserting a transaction card; and a protective flap movable between two positions: a closed position wherein the flap closes the insertion slot, and an open position wherein the flap is disposed at least partly outside the insertion slot. The protective flap includes a closure element integrally mounted on a one-piece support element, the closure element being shaped and dimensioned to close the insertion slot in the closed position. The one-piece support element includes at least one elastically deformable portion so as to allow switching from the closed position to the open position and vice versa.
Claims10
A transaction card reading system comprising:
- a transaction card reader comprising a slot for inserting a transaction card;
- and
- a protective flap movable between a closed position wherein the flap closes said insertion slot, and an open position wherein the flap is disposed at least partly outside said insertion slot;
- wherein the protective flap comprises a closure element integrally mounted on a one-piece support element, said closure element being shaped and dimensioned to close said insertion slot in said closed position, said one-piece support element comprising at least one elastically deformable portion so as to allow switching from the closed position to the open position and vice versa, said closure element and said one-piece support element being made of metal,
- said one-piece support element comprising first and second lifting pads on which a transaction card exerts a pressing force, when said transaction card is introduced into said insertion slot, causing the deformation of said at least one elastically deformable portion, the first and second lifting pads being spaced apart by a distance equal to or slightly less than a width of said insertion slot so as to implement a function of detecting a transaction card of a standard size.
A transaction card reading system comprising:
- a transaction card reader comprising a slot for inserting a transaction card;
- and
- a protective flap movable between a closed position wherein the flap closes said insertion slot, and an open position wherein the flap is disposed at least partly outside said insertion slot;
- wherein the protective flap comprises a closure element integrally mounted on a one-piece support element, said closure element being shaped and dimensioned to close said insertion slot in said closed position, said one-piece support element comprising at least one elastically deformable portion so as to allow switching from the closed position to the open position and vice versa, said closure element and said one-piece support element being made of metal,
- wherein at least one of the closure element or the one-piece support element comprises a protective element which limits friction of said protective flap on a chip disposed on a transaction card, when inserting said transaction card into said insertion slot or when withdrawing said transaction card from said insertion slot, wherein said protection element is in the shape of a chamfered zone and/or a recessed zone within said at least one of the closure element or the one-piece support element.
A transaction card reading system comprising:
- a transaction card reader comprising a slot for inserting a transaction card;
- and
- a protective flap movable between a closed position wherein the flap closes said insertion slot, and an open position wherein the flap is disposed at least partly outside said insertion slot;
- wherein the protective flap comprises a closure element integrally mounted on a one-piece support element, said closure element being shaped and dimensioned to close said insertion slot in said closed position, said one-piece support element comprising at least one elastically deformable portion so as to allow switching from the closed position to the open position and vice versa, said closure element and said one-piece support element being made of metal,
- wherein the one-piece support element comprises at least one solder tab soldered to said transaction card reader, said at least one solder tab being soldered to a ground plane of said transaction card reader.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.