Handling device for handling data carriers comprising a data carrier module and manufacturing facility with the same
AssigneeGiesecke+Devrient Epayments GmbH
InventorsStefan Himml, Michael Gunther, Michael Baldischweiler, Wilhelm Bumes
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a handling device for handling portable data carriers, in particular chip cards, having a data carrier module, and to a manufacturing facility for manufacturing, in particular personalizing, portable data carriers. A corresponding handling device is provided with a transport device which defines a transport plane along which the data carriers are to be transported in a transport direction.
Claims20
A handling device for handling portable data carriers each including a data carrier module having a plurality of contact surfaces, said handling device comprising:
- at least one handling member configured to contact the data carrier module;
- and
- a transport device
- that defines a transport plane along which the portable data carriers are to be transported in a transport direction;
- wherein the at least one handling member is at least one of arranged offset with respect to the transport direction and provided with a recess relative to the transport plane such that simultaneously contacting different contact surfaces of the plurality of contact surfaces of the data carrier module is avoided.
A manufacturing facility for manufacturing and personalizing portable data carriers, said manufacturing facility comprising:
- a handling device for handling portable data carriers each including a data carrier module having a plurality of contact surfaces;
- wherein the handling device comprises at least one handling member configured to contact the data carrier module, and
- a transport device
- that defines a transport plane along which the data carriers are to be transported in a transport direction;
- wherein the at least one handling member is at least one of arranged offset with respect to the transport direction and provided with a recess relative to the transport plane such that simultaneously contacting different contact surfaces of the plurality of contact surfaces of the data carrier module is avoided.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.