Concealable card module for a cash register keyboard
AssigneePreh KeyTech GmbH
InventorHochgesang Gerhard
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Abstract
The invention relates to a keyboard (1) for data input, particularly a POS keyboard (1), with a key field (2) and at least one card reading device (6), for the reading of data from a card (13) provided with data, whereby the device (6) has a shaft (12), into which the card (13) can be inserted and in which the card (13) can be held, whereby the card reading device (6) is integrated pivotably into a surface (8) of the housing (9) of the keyboard (1).
Claims13
A keyboard for data input, particularly a POS keyboard, with a key field and at least one card reading device, for the reading of data on a card provided with data, whereby the device has a shaft, into which the card can be inserted and in which the card can be held, whereby the card reading device is integrated pivotably into a surface of the keyboard, characterized in that the card reading device in the inwardly pivoted state closes flush with the surface of the keyboard, whereby the card reading device can be fixed in the keyboard in the flush position, so that the card reading device can be held in the flush position and the card reading device forms a part of the surface of the keyboard housing, wherein the key field is oriented for use by a user positioned at a given edge of the keyboard, and the card reading device is disposed between the key field and the given edge of the keyboard.
A keyboard for data input, comprising:
- a key field oriented for use by a user positioned at a given edge of the keyboard;
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- at least one card reading device integrated pivotably into a surface of the keyboard between the key field and the given edge of the keyboard such that, in an inwardly pivoted state, the card reading device closes flush with the surface of the keyboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.