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US 8,006,907 B2Granted
Card reader with locking device
Assigneeddm hopt + schuler GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsJuergen Hopt, Karl-Rudolf Hopt
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Abstract
In accordance with the invention, in a card reader comprising a pivot arm that engages behind an inserted card, a locking element that can be displaced in the insertion direction of the card and, in a locking position, blocks a pivoting motion of the pivot arm out of the engaging pivot position, a toothed wheel which is driven by a pinion and on which the locking element eccentrically engages, and at least one stop face that cooperates with the card reader for limiting the rotation of the toothed wheel, the at least one stop face is provided on the pinion.
Claims4
Card reader according comprising:
- a housing;
- a pivot arm that engages behind an inserted card;
- a locking element displaceable in an insertion direction of the card, and, in a locking position, blocks a pivoting motion of the pivot arm out of the engaging pivot position;
- a toothed wheel driven by a pinion and eccentrically engagable the locking element;
- and
- two stop faces provided on the pinion for limiting rotation of the toothed wheel, at least one stop face being provided on the pinion and each stop face limiting the rotation of the toothed wheel in one direction of rotation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.