EP1128322B1 - Fente pour lecteur de carte - Google Patents

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EP1128322B1
EP1128322B1 EP00122658A EP00122658A EP1128322B1 EP 1128322 B1 EP1128322 B1 EP 1128322B1 EP 00122658 A EP00122658 A EP 00122658A EP 00122658 A EP00122658 A EP 00122658A EP 1128322 B1 EP1128322 B1 EP 1128322B1
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circuit board
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Anton Glück
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Crane Payment Innovations GmbH
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
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  • the invention relates to a slot unit for a card reading device according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • Card readers are usually attached to a door of a vending machine or the like. They contain a slot for the card. There is a reading unit on the back of the door or wall. It picks up the card during the reading process and contains corresponding scanning means (contacting unit).
  • the reading unit has a printed circuit board which contains all the electrical and electronic components for the individual functions of the reading device.
  • the invention is based on the object, a slot unit with buttons for a card reading device in such a way that the button portion even in the dark front user is recognizable.
  • a probe portion of a stylus element is formed in an opening of the housing, which is formed of transparent material.
  • the stylus element has a prismatic section with an irradiation surface associated with the light source and an irradiation surface extending in the direction of the stylus section.
  • the button section is illuminated and can be detected by the user of a machine even in the dark. It is also possible to color the light source to generate a corresponding signal in the probe section.
  • the light source is a light emitting diode (LED).
  • another embodiment of the invention provides that the stylus section is surrounded at the radial distance by an axial collar which cooperates with a complementary guide on the inside of the housing.
  • the probe element has at least one support portion which limits the stroke of the stylus element by placing it on the circuit board of the slot unit.
  • a ring-cylindrical section or at least one leg can be used.
  • the button element it is also possible in this way to use the button element to close the opening in the housing when it is not needed for the operation of a push-button switch or merely to serve as a light indicator. In this case, the support portion rests against the circuit board the slot unit, and the button portion is retracted so far in the opening in the housing of the slot unit that an operation is no longer possible.
  • the housing will have multiple openings. It is therefore expedient if all push-button elements are integrally formed and connected to one another via a flexible section such that actuation of the push-button elements is possible independently of one another and an over-radiation from one push-button element to the other is excluded.
  • the one-piece design of the stylus elements is not only a simplification of the assembly, but also causes a correct arrangement and assignment of the stylus elements to the openings.
  • a slot unit is shown, as in principle also from the aforementioned DE 197 38 412 has become known. It has a housing 12 which comes against the front of a wall, a door or the like to the plant with a Einsteckschlitz 14 for a smart card.
  • the insertion slot 14 is provided to the front with concave recesses, which should facilitate the insertion of the card or their removal. However, this should not be discussed in detail.
  • the lugs are passed through a corresponding opening in the wall, not shown, and connected to jacks of the reading unit, not shown, on the back of the wall.
  • the approaches to a lateral recess 18.
  • Fig. 1 it can also be seen that the housing 12 in a row three openings 20, in each of which a cylindrical probe portion 22 is received.
  • the probe sections 22 belong to three stylus elements 24, which are formed from plastic and are each connected to each other by a flexible web 26. They are therefore formed as a unit.
  • the structure of the button elements 24 will be discussed in more detail below.
  • a printed circuit board 28 is inserted at the back and screwed therein, for example via the hole 30.
  • the circuit board has a number of connector pins 32. These are plugged into sockets of a printed circuit board, not shown, which belongs to the connected to the slot unit 10 reading unit. Therefore, when plugging the reading unit onto the slot unit 10, the described connector is automatically produced.
  • the printed circuit board on the reader contains all the components and components needed to do a read, including locking the card during the reading process, and so on.
  • the push-button elements 24 are associated with pushbutton switches on the printed circuit board 28, wherein a push-button switch is shown at 34. It has a plunger 36 which produces a conductive connection when pressed down. The operation of the push button will be discussed below.
  • Each pushbutton 34 or each pushbutton element 24 is assigned a light source 38, for example an LED. Their radiation direction is approximately perpendicular to the printed circuit board 28 away from this. Two further light sources 40, 42 on the circuit board 38 serve other illumination purposes; they radiate downwards in FIG. 2. These light sources will not be discussed in detail.
  • FIG. 3 is a section through the illustration of FIG. 1 can be seen, in particular the installation of the printed circuit board 28 and the probe elements 24. The latter are more apparent from the figures 4 and 5.
  • buttons 24 which are constructed identically, are connected via the webs 26 to each other. Since the webs 26 However, their connection is flexible, an actuation of a button element is independent of each adjacent.
  • annular collar 44 is disposed around each cylindrical probe portion 22, which, as shown in FIG. 3, cooperates with a corresponding annular cylinder portion 46 in the housing 12 so that a guide is formed for the probe element 24.
  • the collar serves as a seal together with the annular cylinder portion and thus protects the circuit board 28 from moisture.
  • the collar 44 extends from a ceiling plate 48 to which four legs 50 are formed on the opposite side. The legs 50 create a rectangle. Below the ceiling plate 48, a prism 52 is integrally formed thereon, wherein a triangular in cross-section portion projects beyond the plane of the adjacent legs. An inclined surface 54 of the projecting portion is used for beam deflection, which will be discussed below.
  • a further surface 56 is formed between the legs 50, which forms a second deflection surface.
  • a narrower web 58 is formed in extension of the prism section 52. As is apparent from Fig. 3, the web 58 serves to actuate the key switch 34 when the button member 24 is pressed down.
  • the legs 50 limit the touch stroke by resting on the circuit board 28.
  • the beam of the light source 38 extends approximately parallel to the longitudinal extent of the probe section 22 and enters the prism section 52 approximately perpendicularly. It is thereby deflected at the deflection surface 54 upwards against the second deflection surface 56, in such a way that it occurs approximately centrally through the probe portion to the outside, as indicated by the arrow. It is understood, of course, only then a beam may pass out when the material of the stylus element 24 is transparent and the baffles 54, 56 have a mirror effect.
  • a stylus element 24 can also be installed by constantly seated on the circuit board 28 so that the otherwise used as a probe section 22 closes the opening 20.
  • the probe portions 22 have a different length.
  • the design of the stylus element unit causes only a single orientation of the unit of the stylus elements in the housing 12 can be used. With a rotation, an assembly would not be possible.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Push-Button Switches (AREA)
  • Lock And Its Accessories (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Dry Development In Electrophotography (AREA)

Claims (7)

  1. Module à fente pour un lecteur de carte qui peut être posé sur une paroi ou une porte d'un distributeur automatique ou similaire, moyennant quoi un boîtier du module à fente repose sur la face avant de la paroi, qui peut être relié de façon détachable à un module de lecture sur la face arrière de la paroi, moyennant quoi le module de lecture comprend une carte de circuits imprimés avec des composants électriques et/ou électroniques pour différentes fonctions du dispositif de lecture et qui comprend une fente d'insertion, par laquelle une carte à puce peut être introduite à des fins de logement dans un module de contact disposé dans le module de lecture, moyennant quoi le boîtier (12) prend en charge une carte de circuits imprimés (28) qui contient au moins un commutateur à action fugitive (34) et qui peut être relié électriquement par une connexion enfichable (32) à la carte de circuits imprimés du module de lecture, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier (12) comprend une ouverture (20) alignée sur le commutateur à action fugitive (34), laquelle reçoit un segment de commande (22) d'un élément de touche (24) en matière plastique transparente pour actionner le commutateur à action fugitive (34), et l'élément de touche (24) comprend un segment prismatique (52) avec une surface d'entrée alignée sur la source de lumière (38) et une surface de déviation (56) alignée sur le segment de commande (22).
  2. Module à fente selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la source de lumière (38) présente une diode électroluminescente (DEL).
  3. Module à fente selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le segment de commande (22) est entouré à une distance radiale par une collerette axiale ou rebord (44) qui coopère en assurant l'étanchéité avec un guidage complémentaire (46) sur la face interne du boîtier (12).
  4. Module à fente selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de touche (24) comprend au moins un segment de support (50) qui limite la course de l'élément de touche (24) par la pose sur la carte de circuits imprimés (28).
  5. Module à fente selon une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que deux ou plusieurs ouvertures (20) sont prévues dans le boîtier (12), et les éléments de touches (24) sont formés d'un seul tenant et sont reliés par des segments flexibles (26), de telle sorte que l'actionnement d'un élément de touche a lieu indépendamment des autres, et une perte de focalisation d'un élément de touche (24) à l'autre est évitée.
  6. Module à fente selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le logement de l'ensemble d'éléments de touches dans le boîtier (12) et/ou la carte de circuits imprimés (28) est conçu de telle sorte que le montage a lieu uniquement dans une orientation donnée.
  7. Module à fente selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le segment prismatique (52) à ses extrémités orientées vers la source de lumière (42) est conçu comme une saillie qui est également utilisée pour l'orientation appropriée à l'implantation.
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