EP0902399B1 - Storage arrangement for card-shaped data carriers - Google Patents

Abstract

The storage device has a vertically adjustable support (3) for carrying the card provided on a slide rest (4) which moves up and down within a magazine carrier (2) by an endless flexible lifting element (7). The latter is driven by a motor (6) and passes over two externally provided pulley blocks (8a,b).

Description

The invention relates to a storage device for card-shaped data carriers with at least one memory in which the card-shaped data carrier a vertically movable support base are arranged one on top of the other and from which the top data carrier by a separating roller laterally removable through an output slot and a drive roller for transfer can be fed to downstream processing and / or output.

Such storage devices for card-shaped data carriers are in different Embodiments, for example for issuing user authorization cards known for parking garages. In the older European Patent application 96 110 551.7 is a self-replenishing storage device described for card-shaped data carriers that consist of several memories exists and an automatic filling and / or emptying of all storage allows. A device of this type is also disclosed in DE 19 605 106.

The invention has for its object a storage device to provide as known known type with at least one memory, which is structurally simple and therefore inexpensive to manufacture and has a basic structure owns, which can be expanded in different expansion stages and one has high reliability, so that the storage device to different Requirements can be adjusted.

The solution to this problem by the invention is thereby characterized in that the support base is arranged on a carriage which vertically movable on a magazine carrier and by a motor an endless flexible traction element can be driven, which has two outside of the range of movement of the slide arranged on the magazine carrier Deflection rollers is guided and two freely rotatably mounted on the carriage Drive rollers of the same diameter in the same direction that drives are interconnected by a differential gear.

The endless flexible traction element guided over the deflection rollers, for example A timing belt, or chain, is driven by the engine in one of two possible directions of rotation driven and in turn drives with each Run on one of the two drive rollers, which are freely rotatable on the slide are. Since these drive rollers have the same diameter and the same If the direction of rotation were driven, there would be no movement of the slide. This is achieved only in that the two drive rollers by a Differential gears are interconnected. This differential gear causes the twist angle of the two drive rollers despite their being the same Diameter is different. Because the two strands of the flexible tension element is forced to move at the same speed this results in a relative movement of the slide to the flexible tension element and thus forced to the magazine carrier. The direction and size of this Relative movement is based on the direction of rotation of the motor and the difference in Angle of rotation of the drive rollers dependent, so that they by training of the respective differential gear can be determined.

According to a further feature of the invention, the differential gear by two through an endless flexible connecting element connected differential roles formed, each with a drive role non-rotatably arranged on a connecting shaft and with different Diameter are formed. Due to the different diameters the differential rollers and their connection by means of an endless flexible Traction element, in particular a toothed belt or a chain, is a different angle of rotation is imposed on the drive rollers causes the carriage supporting the drive rollers to perform a compensatory movement in the longitudinal direction of the circumferential flexible tension element, i.e. in Longitudinal direction of the magazine carrier on which the guide rollers for the flexible tension element are stored. This compensatory movement depends on Difference in the diameter of the differential rollers and results in a self-locking Drive for the supporting floor, which is the linear processing large Forces and a very precise movement of the tray over its entire length Movement range allows, as is the case for the controlled feeding of the individual card-shaped data carriers are required for the magazine output slot is.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, these are flexible Tension element and the flexible connecting element as a toothed belt and the Drive rollers and differential rollers are designed as toothed belt rollers. As a result, there is a slip between with little technical effort this drive parts excluded.

To a sufficiently large wrap angle of the flexible. pulling element regarding the drive rollers and thus a slip-free Ensuring power transmission is according to another characteristic of Invention of the flexible traction element on both sides of each drive roller laterally offset guide rollers.

Furthermore, the invention proposes the carriage by means of rollers to run in the longitudinal direction of the magazine carrier, so that a cover-free Movement of the carriage is achieved.

According to a further feature of the invention, the memory consists of the Magazine carrier and an interchangeable magazine that holds the card-shaped data carriers with a fixed magazine bottom and can be fixed on the magazine carrier by means of two support arms. This results in a structurally simple structure and a simple replacement of each Memory.

The invention also proposes using the magazine base to provide at least one passage opening for the supporting floor. This Training enables a filled magazine in which the card-shaped Data carriers lie on the magazine base, to be attached to the magazine carrier, the supporting floor is in its lowest position, the one below of the magazine base attached to the magazine carrier. By subsequent Raising the support floor passes through the passage opening in the magazine bottom and takes over the card-shaped data carriers that thus lifted off the magazine bottom and one after the other as required Output slot to be performed.

To remove the interchangeable magazine from the magazine carrier The magazine is to prevent during the operation of the storage device according to a further feature of the invention with in side recesses protruding wall parts. These wall parts prevent the magazine from being removed from the magazine carrier if the Tragboden in the area of the magazine, i.e. is in his work area.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the magazine is included a C-shaped cross-section, its opposing Each leg in one of two opposite recesses protrude from the supporting floor. This results in a particularly simple design of the magazine, which is only in the lowest end position of the tray is removable from the magazine carrier.

According to a further feature of the invention, the magazine is on it Sloping underside and correspondingly sloping downwards Support arms attached, which are attached to the magazine carrier. Through this oblique formation of the magazine on its underside can this despite the in the recesses of the supporting leg protruding from Magazine carriers can be removed when the tray is in this oblique area of the magazine because the opposing Legs end in front of this slanted area of the magazine.

With the invention it is further proposed that the magazine by means of a Magazine carrier arranged tab set with a in a bolt opening engaging locking bolt is provided.

Around the card-shaped data carriers in the magazine from above to be removed individually from the side delivery slot is on the top of the uppermost card-shaped data carrier formed as an output roller of a selection engine, the Motor housing around a parallel, but eccentric to the motor axis Swivel axis is pivotally mounted on the magazine carrier. With This proposal according to the invention results in a particularly simple separating device, which can be specifically controlled.

The motor housing of the selection motor is according to the invention via its as Separating output pulley and above the top one card-shaped data carrier can be pivoted into its operative position through the supporting base, so that then always a card-shaped data carrier from the side Output slot of the magazine can be output if the respective top card-shaped data carrier in its output position in front of the Output slot is transferred through the tray.

If the operative position of the separation role according to another feature the invention is monitored by a switch that by the pivoting movement the motor housing is actuated, is a targeted output of the top card-shaped data carrier possible as soon as this brought into its dispensing position by moving the support base has been.

To also remove the magazine from the side of the output slot issued data medium for the purpose of forwarding to a reworked processing and / or to simplify it for output to a user the transport roller according to a further feature of the invention laterally above the output slot of the magazine and arranged by a Transport motor drivable, the one via an intermediate gear Retaining roller arranged below the transport roller in the same direction of rotation how the feed roller drives, being between this retention roller and the transport roller is formed a gap which is larger than the thickness and is less than twice the thickness of the card-shaped data carrier.

This inventive design of the separation device downstream Transport device ensures on the one hand that only the top card-shaped data carrier is pulled out of the magazine as a especially entrained by friction between the data carriers additional data carriers through the in the opposite transport direction Transport roller driven retention roller is returned to the magazine.

On the other hand, this basic design of the transport device enables that according to a further feature of the invention that of transport and retention role a puller roller pair is subordinated to an existing roller pair, the one from the idler gear in the same direction as the transport roller driven roller and a freely rotatable, against the driven There is a counter roller pressed by spring force. The the Card-shaped to be fed or issued for further processing Data carrier is thus captured by two pairs of roles, which is a very high functional reliability results.

If, according to a further feature of the invention, the transport roller in two directions of rotation can be driven and with one arranged above Pressure roller cooperates, the gap formed by these rollers card-shaped data carrier from a neighboring memory for distribution are supplied, the gap formed by these rollers Guide plate for card-shaped coming from a neighboring store Disk is assigned.

To be able to arrange adjacent storage tanks close to each other, use the invention further proposed each adjacent memory to each other in height by the distance between that through the Transport roller and the retaining roller and the gap formed by the Transport roller and the pressure roller formed gap. hereby there is an essentially straight course for the transport of the disk coming in the rear storage.

This means that data carriers arriving at different heights, namely those from the immediately adjacent store and the one further away the incoming storage media safely through the Transport roller and the gap formed above the pressure roller are supplied according to a further feature of the invention A guide plate is arranged above the guide plate, the card-shaped one Data carrier of the neighboring storage through the transport roller and Pressure roller feeds formed gap.

Finally, the invention proposes the selection engine, the To arrange the transport motor and all associated rollers on a support housing, that above the interchangeable magazine and in front of the associated one Magazine carrier is arranged on the magazine carrier. This gives a particularly simple construction for the storage device according to the invention.

Fig. 1

eine Seitenansicht eines Speichers,

Fig. 2

einen senkrechten Längsschnitt durch den Speicher gemäß der Abbildung Fig.1,

Fig. 3

eine rückwärtige Ansicht des Speichers gemäß der Fig. 1 und 2,

Fig. 4

eine vergrößerte Darstellung des Schlittens gemäß der Schnittlinie IV - IV in Fig. 2,

Fig. 5

einen Querschnitt durch den Schlitten gemäß der Schnittlinie V - V in Fig. 4,

Fig. 6

einen weiteren Querschnitt durch den Schlitten gemäß der Schnittlinie VI - VI in Fig. 4,

Fig. 7

eine vergrößerte Darstellung des Schlittens gemäß der Schnittlinie VII - VII in Fig. 2,

Fig. 8

eine Seitenansicht des in der unteren Endstellung befindlichen Schlittens und des unteren Endes des Magazins,

Fig. 9

einen waagerechten Schnitt durch das Magazin gemäß der Schnittlinie IX - IX in Fig. 8 und eine Draufsicht auf den Trag- und Magazinboden,

Fig. 10

eine schematische Frontansicht des oberen Endes eines Magazins sowie der Vereinzelungs- und Transportvorrichtung und

Fig. 11

eine der Fig. 10 entsprechende Frontansicht zweier nebeneinanderliegender Speicher.

An exemplary embodiment of the storage device according to the invention is shown in the drawing, namely:

Fig. 1

a side view of a memory,

Fig. 2

a vertical longitudinal section through the memory according to Figure Fig.1,

Fig. 3

2 shows a rear view of the memory according to FIGS. 1 and 2,

Fig. 4

3 shows an enlarged illustration of the slide according to the section line IV-IV in FIG. 2,

Fig. 5

3 shows a cross section through the carriage along the section line V - V in FIG. 4,

Fig. 6

4 shows a further cross section through the carriage according to the section line VI - VI in FIG. 4,

Fig. 7

3 shows an enlarged illustration of the slide according to the section line VII-VII in FIG. 2,

Fig. 8

a side view of the carriage in the lower end position and the lower end of the magazine,

Fig. 9

8 shows a horizontal section through the magazine according to section line IX - IX in FIG. 8 and a top view of the support and magazine bottom,

Fig. 10

is a schematic front view of the upper end of a magazine and the separating and transport device and

Fig. 11

one of the Fig. 10 corresponding front view of two adjacent storage.

The storage device shown in Figures 1 to 3 only includes a memory, which in turn consists of an interchangeable magazine 1 and a magazine carrier 2 and the associated facilities for storage and the transport of the card-shaped data carriers stored in the magazine 1 D and for the separation and removal of the individual Disk D exists. In magazine 1 there are data carriers of the same thickness stored, for example EC cards, chip cards, transponder cards and Magnetic cards. Are card-shaped data carriers D of different types and Thickness must be saved for each card type and card thickness Magazine 1 can be arranged. The structure and mode of operation of these existing storage from magazine 1 and magazine carrier 2 is identical, so that based on that shown in Figures 1 to 3 Embodiment only such a memory is described.

In the embodiment shown in the drawing, the magazine 1 shows a C-shaped cross section, as can be seen from FIGS. 8 and 9. On close the front 1a forming the web of this C-shaped cross section itself forming a right angle from the parallel to each other extending legs of the C-shaped cross section formed side walls 1b of magazine 1, which at the end turned at a right angle are and form opposing legs 1c. To form an upper Finally, the side walls 1b according to FIG. 10 form cover strips 1d bent. In the area of the cover strip to the right in FIG. 10 1d, the magazine 1 is provided with an output slot 1e.

The lower end of the magazine 1 is chamfered. In the area of this beveled Part of a magazine bottom 1f is arranged in the magazine 1, which at Exemplary embodiment by two strip-shaped supports on the side walls 1b is formed, which has a through opening for the Form tray 3. On this fixedly arranged in the magazine 1 Magazine bottom 1f, the card-shaped data carriers D lie on when a filled magazine 1 is attached to the magazine carrier 2.

To hold the magazine 1 is the magazine carrier 2, which is in the embodiment is formed with a U-shaped cross section, in its lower Provide area with two inclined support arms 2a, one have an angular cross-section, the vertical leg of the lateral Management of the magazine 1 and its horizontal leg to support the Magazine 1 serves. A filled magazine 1 is from bottom to top of the Magazine carrier 2 attached, guided between the support arms 2a and then locked by a tab 2b arranged on the magazine carrier 2, with a locking bolt engaging in a locking opening of the magazine 1 2c is provided.

To the card-shaped stored in the removable magazine 1 Data carrier D individually from the output slot 1 of each magazine 1 to be subtracted, a vertically movable support base 3 is on the magazine support 2 movably guided, an embodiment of which is best shown in the figures 8 and 9 can be seen. This support floor 3 is on a slide 4 arranged, which consists of two mutually parallel slide walls 4a and 4b. While the front carriage wall 4a integrally with the Support base 3 is formed by an angle plate, it is in the rear slide wall 4b around a separate sheet metal part, which according to FIG by means of two bolts 4c with the front slide wall 4a connected is.

The support base 3 shown in a top view in FIG. 9 is forked with two bottom halves 3a running at a distance from one another. each Bottom half 3a is provided with a lateral recess 3b, in each a leg 1c of the magazine 1 protrudes, as can be seen in FIG. This ensures that the magazine 1 is not from Magazine carrier 2 can be removed as long as the base 3 in his work area.

In front of the front slide wall 4a of the slide 4 there are a total of four Rollers 5 arranged freely rotatable, the pairs in guide grooves 2d of the Intervene magazine carrier 2, so that the carriage 4 along the height Magazine carrier 2 can be moved.

The carriage 4 is driven by a at the lower end of the Magazine carrier 2 arranged motor 6 via a flexible tension element, the is designed as a toothed belt 7 in the embodiment, but also as V-belt or chain can be executed. This toothed belt 7 is over two arranged outside the range of motion 4 of the magazine carrier 2 Deflection rollers 8a and 8b, of which the lower deflection roller 8a on the Drive shaft of the motor 6 sits and thus from this motor 6, namely in is drivable in both directions.

As can be seen from FIGS. 4 to 8, there are between the two Carriage walls 4a and 4b of the carriage 4 have two drive rollers 9 rotatable stored, each cooperating with a strand of the toothed belt 7. Around a sufficiently large wrap angle for the toothed belt 7 around the to achieve the respective drive roller 9, according to FIG. 4 each drive roller 9 is two laterally offset guide rollers 10 assigned, which are freely rotatable on a Axis 11 are mounted, on which the rollers 5 are freely rotatable (Figure 6).

As can be seen in particular from FIG. 5, the drive rollers 9 are non-rotatable Arranged on a shaft 12, which to the rear from the rear sled wall 4b of the carriage 4 protrudes, each on this protruding end Shaft 12 each have a differential roller 13a or 13b rotatably attached.

While the drive rollers 9 have the same diameter and the same number of teeth the differential rollers 13a and 13b have a different one Diameter or a different number of teeth. In the embodiment are the drive rollers 9 with 21 teeth, the differential roller 13a also with Provide 21 teeth and the differential roller 13b with 18 teeth. The Differential rollers 13a and 13b are endlessly flexible with each other Connection element connected, which in turn in the embodiment as endless toothed belt 14 is executed (Fig. 7). The better clarity because of Figures 4 to 6 and 8, both the toothed belt 7 and the toothed belt 14 has been omitted. 2, the toothed belt 7 only indicated by dash-dotted lines; the timing belt 14 was again omitted.

If the toothed belt 7 through the deflection roller 8a of the motor 6 in one of the is driven in both directions, the drive rollers 9 of the Slide 4 with the same direction of rotation and with the same angular velocity driven. However, since these drive rollers 9 are non-rotatable via the shafts 12 are connected to the differential rollers 13a and 13b, respectively have different number of teeth, depending on the direction of rotation of the Timing belt 7 a relative movement of the carriage 4 in the longitudinal direction of the Magazine carrier 2, since that of the differential rollers 13a and 13b different angles of rotation imposed by a relative movement of the carriage 4 compared to the rotating toothed belt 7 Need to become. The differential gear formed in this way is for the circumferential toothed belt 7 self-locking and enables the rulers Processing large forces. The ratio of the number of teeth of the differential rollers 13a and 13b gives the path for the movement of the carriage 4 relative to the Magazine carrier 2 and thus for the movement of the carriage 4 arranged tray 3. By controlling the motor 6 it is thus possible, card-shaped data carrier D located in magazine 1 specifically the Feed output slot 1e.

Around the uppermost card-shaped data carrier D from magazine 1 deduct, a selection motor 15 is provided, the drive roller as Separating roller 15a is formed on the top of each top card-shaped data carrier D acts in magazine 1. The Motor housing of the selection motor 15 is parallel, however Eccentric pivot axis 15b pivotable mounted on the magazine carrier 2 and provided with a switching arm 15c, which with a switch 16 cooperates.

Due to the weight of the eccentrically suspended selection motor 15 Separating roller 15a with the necessary pressing force on the top of the top card-shaped data carrier D in magazine 1 - if necessary, this spring force increases. Once this top one Data carrier D with the help of the support base 3 so far up in the magazine 1 has been moved that with the pivoting selection motor 15th connected switching arm 15c actuates the switch 16, the separation roller 15a are driven counterclockwise according to FIG Lead data carrier D out of the output slot 1e of the magazine 1.

With an exit movement of the card-shaped data carrier D from the Output slot 1e enters the front edge of the data carrier D between Pair of rollers by a transport roller 17 and a retaining roller 18th is formed. The transport roller 17 is driven by a transport motor 19 driven and in turn drives an intermediate gear 20 Retaining roller 18 in the same direction of rotation as the transport roller 17. There is a gap between the transport roller 17 and the retaining roller 18 formed which is greater than the thickness and less than twice the thickness of the card-shaped disk D is. This will cause the above of the output slot 1e arranged transport roller 17 the card-shaped Data carrier D detected and completely withdrawn from magazine 1, whereas the with its top in the opposite direction as the transport roller 17th rotating retaining roller 18 possibly due to friction or Adhesion between the data carriers D entrained second data carrier D transported back to magazine 1. The gap between rollers 17 and 18 can be set according to the respective data carriers D.

The pair of rollers consisting of transport roller 17 and retaining roller 18 in the exemplary embodiment, a pair of puller rollers arranged from a driven by the intermediate gear 20 in the same direction with the transport roller 17 Roller 21 and a freely rotatable, against the driven roller 21st there is a counter roller 22 pressed by spring force. By the arrangement two pairs of rollers ensure the security of the removal of the card-shaped Disk D from magazine 1 increased.

The transport roller 17 can of the transport motor 19 in both directions of rotation are driven not only from the output slot 1e of the associated magazine 1 coming data carrier D for further processing or the output, but also from an upstream To transport magazine coming data carriers. For this purpose, the Transport roller 17 with a pressure roller 23 arranged above it together. The gap formed by these rollers 17 and 23 is one Assigned guide plate 24 on which the magazine 1 above the Separation roller 15a passing data carrier D lie on. Also the roller 21 driven in the same direction with the transport roller 17 is at Embodiment assigned a pressure roller 25. To use this enable, has the retaining roller 18 when driving the transport roller in Clockwise a freewheel.

If the storage device comprises a plurality of memories, as shown in FIG. 11 is shown based on two memories, are each adjacent memories to each other in height by the distance between that through the Transport roller 17 and the retaining roller 18 formed by the gap the transport roller 18 and the pressure roller 23 formed gap. On this way it is ensured according to FIG. 11 that from the magazine 1 of the left-hand memory deducted card-shaped data carrier D, the leave the transport device formed by the transport motor 19, reliably on the top of the guide plate 24 of the right memory arrive and here between the transport roller 17 and the pressure roller 23 formed gap are fed. If from the transport device of the left memory card-shaped data carrier D are delivered, the if they already come from a further arranged storage, they occur from the gap formed between the roller 21 and the pressure roller 25. In order to ensure that this card-shaped data carrier D is reliable Transport roller 17 and the pressure roller 23 formed the subsequent gap Finally, to add storage, a baffle 26 is provided, one funnel-shaped supply of this data carrier D to the associated gap causes.

Figures 10 and 11 finally show that in front of the magazine carrier 2 Support housing 27 is arranged on which the selection motor 15, the Transport motor 19 and all associated roles are arranged. It This also results in a structurally simple design for this assembly Unit.

After attaching a filled with card-shaped data carrier D. Magazine 1 to the magazine carrier 2, which can only be done if the Support base 3 is located below the magazine base 1f, the support base 3 by the motor 6 by means of the toothed belt 7 and the associated Differential gear raised until the selection motor 15 through the top card-shaped data carrier D is pivoted in magazine 1 and the Switch 16 actuated. By switching on the selection motor 15, the the top card-shaped data carrier D is withdrawn from magazine 1 and the downstream, driven by the transport motor 19 Transport device are fed. This transport device is too able to get data from other magazines D one To feed or output further processing, as above has been described. Between the pairs of rollers 17, 18 and 21, 22 is a Monitoring element 28, e.g. B. an optocouple arranged to a proper removal of the card-shaped data carrier D from this Monitor area.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

D

card-shaped data carrier

1

magazine

1 a

front

1b

Side wall

1c

leg

1d

cap strips

1e

output slot

1f

magazine bottom

2

magazine support

2a

Beam

2 B

flap

2c

locking bolt

2d

guide

3

support base

3a

bottom half

3b

recess

4

carriage

4a

front sled wall

4b

rear sled wall

4c

bolt

5

caster

6

engine

7

Toothed belt (flexible tension element)

8a

idler pulley

8b

idler pulley

9

capstan

10

leadership

11

axis

12

wave

13a

differential role

13b

differential role

14

toothed belt
(flexible connecting element)

15

selection engine

15a

separating roller

15b

swivel axis

15c

shifting

16

switch

17

transport roller

18

Retaining roll

19

motor transport

20

intermediate gear

21

role

22

counter-roller

23

capstan

24

guide plate

25

capstan

26

baffle

27

support housing

28

monitoring element

Claims (20)

1. Storage arrangement for card-shaped data carriers with at least one storage arrangement in which the card-shaped data carriers (D) are disposed one on top of the other on a vertically mobile supporting base (3) and on which the uppermost data carrier (D) in each case can be removed sideways through an output slot (1e) by a sorting roller (15a) and fed to a transport roller (17) for forwarding to processing point downline and/or the output,
   characterised in that the supporting base (3) is disposed on a slide (4), whose vertical movement is guided on a magazine support (2) and which can be driven by a motor (6) by a continuous flexible tension element (7), which is guided via two deflection rollers (8a, 8b) disposed on the magazine support (2) outside the range of movement of the slide (4) and drives two drive rollers (9) of the same diameter mounted on the slide (4) so that they can rotate freely in the same direction of rotation, which are connected to each other by a differential gear (13a, 13b, 14).
2. Storage arrangement according to claim 1, characterised in that the differential gear is formed by two differential rollers (13a, 13b) interconnected via a continuous flexible connecting element (14), which are disposed jointly with one drive roller (9) respectively on a shaft (12) so that they cannot twist and are made with a different diameter.
3. Storage arrangement according to claim 1 and 2, characterised in that the flexible tension element (7) and the flexible connecting element (14) are made as a toothed belt and the driver rollers (9) and also the differential rollers (13a, 13b) are made as toothed belt rollers.
4. Storage arrangement according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the flexible tension element (7) is guided on both sides of each drive roller (9) via laterally offset guide rollers (10).
5. Storage arrangement according to at least one of the claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the slide (4) is guided in the longitudinal direction of the magazine support (2) via rollers (5).
6. Storage arrangement according to at least one of the claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the arrangement consists of the magazine support (2) and a changeable magazine (1), which is provided with a fixed magazine base (1f) to accommodate the card-shaped data carriers (D) and can be attached to the magazine support (2) by means of two supporting arms (2a).
7. Storage arrangement according to claim 6, characterised in that the magazine base (1f) is provided with a through opening for the supporting base (3).
8. Storage arrangement according to claim 6 or 7, characterised in that the magazine (1) is made with wall parts (1c) projecting into side recesses (3b) of the supporting base (3).
9. Storage arrangement according to claim 8, characterised in that the magazine (1) is made with a C-shaped cross-section, whose flanges (1c) pointing towards each other project into one of the two recesses (3b) of the supporting base (3) lying opposite each other.
10. Storage arrangement according to at least one of claims 6 to 9, characterised in that the underside of magazine (1) is bevelled and can be mounted on correspondingly downward sloping supporting arms (2a) that are attached to the magazine support (2).
11. Storage arrangements according to at least one of the claims 6 to 10, characterised in that the magazine (1) can be attached by means of a strap (2b), disposed on the magazine support (2), which is provided with a bolt (2c) that engages in a bolt opening.
12. Storage arrangement according to at least one of the claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the sorting roller (15a) acting on the top of the uppermost card-shaped data carrier (D) is made as a drive roller of a selection motor (15), whose motor housing is mounted on the magazine support (2) so that it can pivot around a swivel axis (15b) that is parallel but eccentric in relation to the motor axis.
13. Storage arrangement according to claim 12, characterised in that the motor housing of the selection motor (15) can be swivelled into its working position by the supporting base (3) via its sorting roller (15a) acting as the output roller and via the uppermost card-shaped data carrier D.
14. Storage arrangement according to claim 13, characterised in that the working position of the sorting roller (15a) is monitored by a switch (16), which is operated by the swivel movement of the motor housing.
15. Storage arrangement according to at least one of the claims 1 to 14, characterised in that the transport roller (17) is disposed laterally above the output slot (1e) of each magazine (1) and can be driven by a transport motor (19), which, at the same time, drives a retaining roller (18) disposed under the transport roller (17) in the same direction of rotation as the transport roller (17) via an intermediate gear (20), a gap being formed between this retaining roller (18) and the transport roller (17), which is greater than the thickness and smaller than twice the thickness of the card-shaped data carriers (D).
16. Storage arrangement according to claim 15, characterised in that a take-down roller pair is connected downline of the roller pair consisting of transport roller and retaining roller (17, 18), which consists of a roller (21), driven by the intermediate gear (20) in the same direction with the transport roller (17) and a counter roller (22), mounted so that it can rotate freely, pressed against the driven roller (21) by spring force.
17. Storage arrangement according to claim 15 or 16, characterised in that the transport roller (17) can be driven in both directions of rotation and cooperates with a pressure roller (23) disposed above, a guide plate (24) for card-shaped data carriers (D) coming from a neighbouring storage arrangement being allocated to the gap formed by these rollers (17, 23).
18. Storage arrangement according to claim 17, characterised in that neighbouring storage arrangements are offset vertically in relation to each other by the distance between the gap formed by the transport roller (17) and the retaining roller (18) and the gap formed by the transport roller (17) and the pressure roller (23).
19. Storage arrangement according to claim 17 or 18, characterised in that a baffle plate (26) is disposed above the guide plate (24), which feeds card-shaped data carriers (D) from the neighbouring storage arrangement to the gap formed by the transport roller (17) and the pressure roller (23).
20. Storage arrangement according to at least one of the claims 1 to 19, characterised in that the selection motor (15), the transport motor (19) and all corresponding rollers are disposed on a supporting housing (27), which is disposed on the magazine support (2) above the changeable magazine (1) and in front of the corresponding magazine support (2).

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