Chip card reader with an end position switch
AssigneeAmphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbH
InventorsManfred Reichardt, Robert Bleier
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Abstract
A chip card reader includes a frame, reading contact elements, and an end position switch which includes two switching contact elements arranged to either close or open upon reaching of the reading position by a chip card. The contact elements are identical in both the arrangement in which the elements open to indicate reaching of the reading position by the chip card and the arrangement in which the elements close to indicate reaching of the reading position by the chip card. The frames may also be identical in the opener arrangement and the closer arrangement.
Claims8
Chip card reader comprising
- a frame in which reading contact elements and an end position switch are provided, said end position switch comprising means including two switching contact elements which contact each other in a contact area for indicating upon opening the reaching of a reading position by a chip card,
- wherein one of said switching contact elements is a movable switching contact element and the other of said switching contact elements is a static switching contact element, wherein both said switching contact elements comprise locking means adapted to be locked in the frame for mounting the switching contact elements in the frame, and wherein both switching contact elements are biased into rest positions,
- wherein, in the contact area of said movable and said static switching contact elements, cusps are formed, and
- wherein said cusps are in the form of cylinders having cylinder axes which are substantially transverse to each other.
Chip card reader comprising
- a frame in which reading contact elements and an endposition switch are provided, said end position switch comprising means including two switching contact elements which contact each other in a contact area for indicating upon closing the reaching of a reading position by a chip card,
- wherein one of said switching contact elements is a movable switching contact element and the other of said switching contact elements is a static switching contact element, wherein both said switching contact elements comprise locking means adapted to be locked in the frame for mounting the switching contact elements in the frame, and wherein both switching contact elements are biased into rest positions.
- wherein, in the contact area of said movable and said static switching contact elements, cusps are formed, and
- wherein said cusps are in the form of cylinders having cylinder axes which are substantially transverse to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.