EP3395196A1 - Card holder for credit cards or other cards - Google Patents

Abstract

Card holders for bank cards, credit cards, debit cards, driver's licenses, electronic identity cards or similar cards €¢ a cuboid housing with an interior space for accommodating at least one card, €¢ a card opening in the housing for inserting at least one card into and removing at least one card from the housing, €¢ at least one output element that can be moved from a first to a second position in order to be brought into engagement with the lower edge of a card in the interior and to push the card out of the housing through the card opening, €¢ an actuating element which is coupled to the output element in order to displace the output element from the first position to the second position by actuating the actuating element, wherein €¢ a first spring device is supported on the one hand on the output element and on the other hand on the housing, the first spring device being able to be tensioned by moving the output element from the second position into the first position, €¢ a locking device has a first locking element connected to the dispensing element and a second locking element held in the housing, so that the first and second locking elements can be locked with one another by moving the dispensing element into the first position, and €¢ the actuating element is coupled to the locking device in order to unlock the first and second locking elements by actuating the actuating element, so that the first spring device displaces the output element from the first position to the second position, in order to thereby push the card out of the card opening.

Description

The invention relates to a card holder for credit cards or other cards.

The EP 0 287 532 A2 describes a card holder having a cuboid housing with an open top, a lid and a dimensioned for receiving a stack of credit card interior. The card holder has at the bottom of the housing an externally operable dispenser for partially sliding individual cards out to varying degrees from the open top. The dispenser includes a pivot arm which is pivotable about an axis perpendicular to the main sides of the housing and has on one side a sequence of steps corresponding to the number of cards disposed in the housing. The steps have heels at different distances from the hinge axis and each is designed to come into contact with the bottom edge of a single card. A manually operable actuator on the outside of the housing is integrally connected to the pivot arm and pivotable with this. The operating member is a pin projecting outwardly from a flat side of the swing arm opposite to the steps and through an arcuate slot in a main side of the housing to externally operate the swing arm. In addition, the card holder has retaining means inside at two narrow sides, which are designed to come into contact with the side edges of the cards in order to hold them and prevent them from accidentally leaving the housing. In one embodiment, the retaining means are elastically deformable strips with inwardly projecting bulges.

The EP 2 434 922 B1 describes a further card holder, wherein the output device comprises a two-armed lever which is pivotable about an axis directed perpendicular to the main sides of the housing axis, wherein a in Housing arranged arm has stepped output elements and the other arm is an outstanding from the bottom of the housing actuator to actuate the output device from the outside. In another embodiment, the dispensing device has a U-shaped body, with a arranged in the housing, stages having legs for successive pushing out of the cards from the housing, an outside of the housing arranged, forming an externally operable actuator leg and one of the two legs connecting base, which is led out through a bottom slot in a narrow side of the housing to the outside. The dispenser is automatically returned to the retracted home position by a return spring so that the user can unhindered push back the remaining cards after selecting all the cards. In this card holder, the friction element is formed as a felt of fibers such as metal.

A disadvantage of the known card holders that the actuators are positioned unfavorably, whereby a holding of the housing and simultaneous actuation of the actuating element is made difficult with only one hand. In addition, the swivel arms have long actuation paths. A one-hand operation would be advantageous, however, to remove one of the ejected cards with the other hand and push back the other cards. A disadvantage of the retaining means of conventional card holders is that, when embodied as an elastic strip, they can not adequately hold a plurality of cards of a card stack which have slightly different dimensions due to manufacturing tolerances or, when embodied as a felt, have insufficient elasticity and a decaying clamping effect over time.

Based on this, the object of the invention is a card holder for bank cards, credit cards, debit cards, driving licenses, electronic identity cards or to provide similar cards having more favorable handling characteristics.

The object is achieved by a card holder with the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the card holder are specified in subclaims.

• ein quaderförmiges Gehäuse mit einem Innenraum zum Aufnehmen mindestens einer Karte,
• eine Kartenöffnung des Gehäuses zum Einschieben mindestens einer Karte in das und Herausschieben mindestens einer Karte aus dem Gehäuse,
• mindestens ein Ausgabeelement, das von einer ersten in eine zweite Stellung verlagerbar ist, um den unteren Rand einer Karte im Innenraum in Eingriff gebracht zu werden und die Karte durch die Kartenöffnung aus dem Gehäuse herauszuschieben,
• ein Betätigungselement, das mit dem Ausgabeelement gekoppelt ist, um durch Betätigen des Betätigungselementes das Ausgabeelement von der ersten Stellung in die zweite Stellung zu verlagern, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
• eine erste Federeinrichtung einerseits an dem Ausgabeelement und andererseits am Gehäuse abgestützt ist, wobei die erste Federeinrichtung durch Verlagern des Ausgabeelementes aus der zweiten Stellung in die erste Stellung spannbar ist,
• eine Verriegelungseinrichtung, die ein mit dem Ausgabeelement verbundenes erstes Verriegelungselement und ein mit dem Gehäuse verbundenes zweites Verriegelungselement aufweist, sodass die beiden Verriegelungselemente durch Verlagern der Ausgabeelemente in die erste Stellung miteinander verriegelbar sind, und
• das Betätigungselement mit der Verriegelungseinrichtung gekoppelt ist, um durch Betätigen des Betätigungselements die ersten und zweiten Verriegelungselemente zu entriegeln, wodurch die erste Federeinrichtung das Ausgabeelement von der ersten Stellung zur zweiten Stellung hin verlagert, um dadurch die Karte aus der Kartenöffnung herauszuschieben.

The card holder according to the invention for bank cards, credit cards, debit cards, driving licenses, electronic identity cards or similar cards comprises:

• a cuboid housing with an interior for accommodating at least one card,
• a card opening of the housing for inserting at least one card into and ejecting at least one card from the housing,
• at least one dispensing element displaceable from a first position to a second position for engaging the lower edge of a card in the interior and for pushing the card out of the housing through the card opening,
• an actuator coupled to the dispensing member for displacing the dispenser from the first position to the second position by actuation of the actuator, characterized in that
• a first spring device is supported on the one hand on the output element and on the other hand on the housing, wherein the first spring device can be tensioned by displacing the output element from the second position into the first position,
• a locking device having a first locking element connected to the dispensing element and a housing connected second locking element, so that the two locking elements can be locked together by displacing the output elements in the first position, and
• the actuator is coupled to the latch means for unlocking the first and second latch members by actuation of the actuator, whereby the first spring means displaces the output member from the first position to the second position to thereby push the card out of the card opening.

In the card holder according to the invention, the first spring device is tensioned by displacing at least one output element from the second position to the first position. According to a preferred embodiment, the dispensing element is designed such that the clamping takes place by inserting at least one card into the housing. Alternatively, there is an additional tensioning device for tensioning the first spring device. This is for example in a clamping knob, which is connected to the output member and protrudes through a slot-shaped passage from the housing so that it can be actuated from the outside to tension the first spring means by displacing the output member from the second position to the first position. To push out the user only has to actuate the actuator. As a result, the locking device is unlocked, which locks the first spring means in the biased position. By releasing the lock, at least one output element is displaced from the first spring device from the first to the second position and at least one card is pushed out of the card opening of the housing until it projects out of the housing. The energy stored by tensioning the first spring device is thus used to push out at least one card from the housing. Here, the first spring device is partially or completely relaxed.

Characterized in that for pushing out at least one card, only the locking device must be unlocked so that the first spring device pushes the cards out of the housing, the actuating element can be placed at a convenient location of the housing and have a short actuation path. This is particularly advantageous for card holders that facilitate one-handed operation.

According to a preferred embodiment, the actuating element is arranged in the vicinity of the card opening, so that the housing can be held in one hand and the operating element can be conveniently operated with the thumb of the same hand in order to dispense at least one card. According to a preferred embodiment, the actuating element is arranged on a narrow side of the housing. A right-handed person can hold the card holder in his right hand in such a way that he can comfortably operate the control element with his right thumb. A left-handed person can turn the card holder 180 ° with his left hand so that his left thumb comfortably reaches the operating device. The other hand is available for selecting or removing an ejected card and possibly the insertion of one or more cards not removed. As a result, the handling of the card holder is facilitated. Included in the invention but are also embodiments in which the actuating element is arranged at a different location.

Another advantage of the card holder is that the user senses by the locking of the locking device that the card or the cards are inserted correctly or are. Then the user can be sure that the card (s) are / are inserted into the card holder as intended.

According to a preferred embodiment, a plurality of dispensing members are displaceable from a first to a second position for engaging lower edges of various cards in a stack in the interior and for pushing the cards out of the housing through the card opening so as to extend in a successively staggered arrangement stand out from the case. By means of the plurality of output elements, the cards are pushed out of the housing so that they each protrude partially to a different extent from the housing. This facilitates the selection of individual cards from the stack, which can then be completely pulled out of the housing. Unselected cards can be pushed back into the housing by the user.

According to a further preferred embodiment, the at least one dispensing element is designed such that the first spring device is displaced by displacing the at least one dispensing element from the second position to the first position by means of at least one card inserted into the housing through the card opening and pressing against the bottom edge against an output element can be prestressed. In this embodiment, the first spring means can be tensioned by inserting the card.

According to a further embodiment, the actuating element is a push button or a push button. Actuation is by simple translational movement and requires no pivoting movement. As a result, the unlocking is further facilitated.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the card holder has an output lever, which is mounted at one end pivotable about an axis in the housing and on one side at least one stair-step-like trained Has output element. If the dispensing lever has only a single dispensing element, it can push a card or all cards of a stack evenly out of the case. According to a preferred embodiment, the dispensing lever has on one side a plurality of staircase-like output elements with different distances from the axis. With this release lever, the cards of a stack can be pushed out of the housing to varying degrees.

According to a further embodiment, the output lever is pivotally mounted at one end about an axis perpendicular to the two main sides of the housing axis. According to another embodiment, the output lever is pivotally mounted about an axis on one side of the housing opposite the card opening. According to a further embodiment, the output lever is pivotally mounted about an axis inside on a narrow side of the housing. According to a further embodiment, the output lever is pivotally mounted about an axis inside on a short narrow side of the housing.

According to a further embodiment, the dispensing lever is aligned in the first position parallel to the card opening and in the second position inclined to the card opening or aligned perpendicular thereto. According to a further embodiment, the card opening is arranged in a short narrow side of the housing and the dispensing lever is arranged in the first position inside at a short narrow side of the housing opposite the card opening.

The card holder is designed according to an advantageous embodiment, cards according to international standard ISO / IEC 7810 ID-1, preferably with wall thickness and radii according to ISO / IEC 7813 record. According to a further embodiment of the card holder is formed, cards with contactless chip or contacting chips in accordance with ISO / IEC 7816. The cards can have different functions, such as bank cards (eg credit cards or debit cards), driver's licenses, identity cards, membership cards, discount cards (eg Bahncard), bonus cards (eg Miles & More card), business cards, etc.

According to another embodiment, the dispensing device has the at least one dispensing element on at least one rectilinear carrier component, for example on an output bar, which is displaceable for the purpose of pushing cards out of the card opening towards the latter. According to a further embodiment, the output bar has at least one output element arranged step-like on one side.

According to a further embodiment, the first spring means is a leg spring (also called "compression spring") or a leaf spring, which is supported with a first spring end on the output element and with a second spring end on the housing. A leg spring or leaf spring are particularly space-saving embodiments of the first spring means, which allow correspondingly long spring travel for the displacement of the output lever from the first position to the second position. Moreover, they are simple and inexpensive.

According to a further embodiment, the locking device has a first locking element in the form of a hook on the output element and a second locking element in the form of a locking edge on the housing. As a result, the locking and unlocking can be realized particularly simple and reliable.

According to a further embodiment, the dispensing lever has on one side opposite to the dispensing element a flat sliding surface, which on the inside at a Main side of the housing is guided. This allows a low-friction displacement of the output lever can be achieved in the housing. For the same reasons, an output bar on a side opposite to the dispensing member may have a flat sliding surface which is guided inside on a main side of the housing.

The second locking element can be connected both indirectly and directly with the housing. According to a further embodiment, the actuating element is coupled to a slide arranged in the housing, which is guided by a guide device in the housing in a direction of insertion of the card-cutting or crossing direction and on which the second locking element is formed. In this embodiment, by operating the actuating element, the carriage is displaceable in order to release the locking of the first and the second locking element. According to a further embodiment, the carriage is guided by the guide device in the housing in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction of the cards. As a result, a particularly secure locking is effected. About the carriage and the guide means, the second locking element is indirectly connected to the housing. An inwardly projecting resilient hook from one side of the housing, such as the floor, is an embodiment of a second locking element directly connected to the housing.

According to a further embodiment, the guide device has at least one first guide element on the carriage and at least one second guide element on the housing. According to a further embodiment, the guide elements are a rib-shaped projection of the carriage and a guide slot of the housing or a rib-shaped projection of the housing and a guide slot of the carriage.

According to a further embodiment, a second spring means is supported on the one hand on the carriage and on the other hand on the housing, in order to bias the carriage with the second locking element in a position locking the first locking element. When the first locking element strikes the second locking element when the output lever is displaced into the first position, the second locking element deviates laterally against the action of the second spring device. As soon as the first locking element comes into a position in which it can be locked with the second locking element, the carriage is shifted back from the pretensioned second spring device, so that the locking takes place. Further, the lock is easily canceled by operating the actuator and displacement of the carriage against the action of the second spring means. After relieving the actuating element, the second spring device displaces the carriage back into its starting position. According to a further embodiment, the second spring device is a helical spring.

According to a further embodiment, the actuating element via a wedge gear, gear transmission, Reibmittelgetriebe, traction mechanism, coupling gear or other gear, coupled to the carriage. The transmission allows in particular a deflection of directions of movement and / or a power transmission. With a wedge gear it is possible to transmit a direction perpendicular to the displacement direction of the carriage when locking and unlocking unlocking movement on the carriage. As a result, the actuating element can be easily reached on a narrow side of the housing. According to a further embodiment, the actuating element is connected via a parallel to the insertion direction of the card extending rod with a first wedge, which forms the wedge gear with a second wedge at one end of the carriage. According to another Embodiment, the actuator is connected directly or via a rod to the carriage. In this embodiment, the displacement of the actuator is transmitted directly to the carriage.

According to a further embodiment, the actuating element is arranged closer to the card opening than on the side of the housing opposite the card opening. As a result, the actuator is particularly easy to reach with the thumb.

According to a further embodiment, in the housing at one or more sides parallel to the insertion direction of the card at the lower end of the interior, a first brake element and / or in the middle between the lower and upper end of the interior, a second brake element or guide element and / or at the upper end the interior of a third brake element arranged. By the braking elements, at least one card in the fully inserted into the housing and / or in the partially pushed out of the housing position can be prevented from falling out. Furthermore, the brake elements can cause a tolerance compensation, if the cards used do not meet the intended dimensions exactly. Further, the braking elements can decelerate the cards when pushed out of the housing, so that the cards are not thrown out of the housing. Instead of the second brake element may be present, which guides at least one card in the insertion direction. The braking elements and / or the guide element also prevent tilting of the at least one card when inserted and pushed out of the housing.

According to a further embodiment, the housing has on the inside at least one longitudinally extending and via a slot with the Interior of the housing connected to channel in which the rod is guided and / or in which the first brake element and / or the second brake element or guide element and / or the third brake element is held. This embodiment allows a particularly simple integration of rod and / or first brake element and / or second brake element or guide element and / or third brake element in the housing. Furthermore, the housing is advantageously produced. For example, the housing can be produced by metal extrusion.

According to a further embodiment, the first brake element and / or the second brake element or guide element is formed integrally with the rod. In this embodiment, the first brake element and / or second brake element or guide element can be held in the channel via the rod.

Preferably, actuator, rod, wedge and first brake element and / or second brake element or guide element are made in one piece from one or more plastics and / or one or more metals. Preferably, the rod and the first wedge of a hard elastic plastic or metal. Further preferably, the actuating element consists of a hard-elastic plastic or of metal or of a flexible plastic. Further preferably, the first brake element and / or the second brake element or guide element made of a soft elastic plastic. The one-piece production of this component from various plastics is preferably carried out in the multi-component injection molding.

According to a further embodiment, the housing is made of metal (eg aluminum or an aluminum alloy) or another electrically conductive material. In this way, a shield of the one or more cards used with respect to the environment can be achieved in order against these Damage caused by electromagnetic waves (eg against demagnetization) and / or a RFID / NFC chip integrated into a card (eg credit card or identity card) to protect against read-out.

According to a further embodiment, the actuating element, e.g. a push button or a slide button, arranged in a recess on the outside of the housing so that it can be actuated from the outside with a finger in the recess. This embodiment can be formed without protruding elements and counteracts unintentional actuation of the actuating element.

According to another embodiment, the housing is thicker in horizontal section at the two lateral edges of two parallel sides than in between and / or the other two parallel sides are rounded. In this embodiment, the housing is particularly stable. In addition, the housing is advantageously produced by metal extrusion.

According to another embodiment of a plate-shaped support is a plate-shaped bearing carrier with a bearing eye, in which a bearing pin is held, which supports the output lever on a flat side of the bearing support pivotally. According to a further embodiment of the bearing support is at a distance from the bearing bolt to a parallel support bolt on which a leg spring is held on its inner circumference, wherein the first spring end of the leg spring is supported on a first abutment on the underside of the output lever, wherein the second spring end of the leg spring is supported on a second abutment on the carrier at a distance from the bearing pin. According to a further embodiment, the carriage is arranged next to the bearing carrier on the carrier. According to another embodiment, the Bearing carrier a first guide member and the carriage on the first guide member guided, second guide element. According to a further embodiment, the carrier is inserted with the carriage, the output lever and the leg spring through a bottom opening of the housing opposite the card opening in the housing, so that the output lever, the carriage and the leg spring are arranged within the housing and the plate-shaped support covers the bottom opening , This embodiment is particularly easy to install and the carrier is also a bottom opening covering the bottom of the housing. The housing with the card opening on one side and the bottom opening on the opposite side is also particularly easy to produce by continuous metal extrusion and disassembly of the extruded metal profile. The carrier is connected directly or indirectly in the inserted position with the housing, preferably by clamping and / or snapping and / or gluing. According to a further embodiment, the bearing carrier for clamping in the housing laterally at least one crush rib.

Fig.1

ein erstes Ausführungsbeispiel mit teilweise herausgeschobenen Karten in einer Perspektivansicht schräg von vorn und von der Seite;

Fig. 2

derselbe Kartenhalter ohne Karten in der Draufsicht;

Fig. 3

Gehäuse desselben Kartenhalters in der Draufsicht;

Fig. 4

derselbe Kartenhalter ohne Gehäuse mit teilweise herausgeschobener Karte in einer Perspektivansicht schräg von vorn und von der Seite;

Fig. 5

derselbe Kartenhalter ohne Gehäuse mit teilweise herausgeschobener Karte in einer Perspektivansicht schräg von hinten und von der Seite,

Fig. 6

derselbe Kartenhalter ohne Gehäuse mit vollständig eingeschobenen Karten in der Rückansicht;

Fig. 7

derselbe Kartenhalter ohne Gehäuse in einer Ansicht von der rechten Seite;

Fig. 8

vergrößertes Detail VII von Fig. 6;

Fig. 9

vergrößertes Detail VIII von Fig. 6;

Fig. 10

derselbe Kartenhalter ohne Gehäuse mit teilweiser ausgebrochenem Detail X in der Rückansicht;

Fig. 11

vergrößertes Detail XI von Fig. 9;

Fig. 12

ein zweites Ausführungsbeispiel bei entriegeltem Ausgabehebel und weggeschnittener Hauptseite des Gehäuses in einer Perspektivansicht von der Vorderseite;

Fig. 13

derselbe Kartenhalter bei verriegeltem Ausgabehebel und weggeschnittener Hauptseite des Gehäuses in einer Perspektivansicht von der Vorderseite;

Fig. 14

ein drittes Ausführungsbeispiel bei entriegeltem Ausgabehebel und weggeschnittener Hauptseite des Gehäuses in einer perspektivischen Teilansicht von vorn;

Fig. 15

derselbe Kartenhalter bei verriegeltem Ausgabehebel und weggeschnittener Hauptseite des Gehäuses in einer perspektivischen Teilansicht von vorn.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings of embodiments of the card holder. In the drawings show:

Fig.1

a first embodiment with partially pushed out cards in a perspective view obliquely from the front and from the side;

Fig. 2

the same card holder without cards in plan view;

Fig. 3

Housing of the same card holder in plan view;

Fig. 4

the same card holder without housing with partially pushed out card in a perspective view obliquely from the front and from the side;

Fig. 5

the same card holder without housing with partly pushed out card in a perspective view obliquely from behind and from the side,

Fig. 6

the same card holder without housing with fully inserted cards in the rear view;

Fig. 7

the same card holder without housing in a view from the right side;

Fig. 8

enlarged detail VII of Fig. 6 ;

Fig. 9

enlarged detail VIII of Fig. 6 ;

Fig. 10

the same card holder without housing with partially broken-out detail X in the rear view;

Fig. 11

enlarged detail XI of Fig. 9 ;

Fig. 12

a second embodiment with unlocked release lever and cut away main side of the housing in a perspective view from the front;

Fig. 13

the same card holder with the release lever and cut away main side of the housing in a perspective view from the front;

Fig. 14

a third embodiment with unlocked release lever and cut away main side of the housing in a partial perspective view from the front;

Fig. 15

the same card holder with locked release lever and cut away main side of the housing in a partial perspective view from the front.

In the present application, the terms "top" and "bottom", "horizontal" and "vertical" refer to an orientation of the card holder with the card opening at the upwardly facing end of the housing, so that the cards through the card opening vertically down in the Interior of the housing are inserted and horizontally from the walls of the housing are prevented from escaping from the interior.

According to Fig. 1 the card holder has a cuboidal housing 1. This has two large main pages 2, 3, two long narrow sides 4, 5, a card opening 6 on a short narrow side and a bottom 7 on an opposite short narrow side. The sides 2, 3, 45 are walls of the housing 1.

According to Fig. 2 and 3 the housing 1 has on the long narrow side 5 a longitudinally extending and connected via a slot with an interior 9 of the housing 1 channel 10. The housing is on both narrow sides 4, 5 thicker than the main sides 2, 3 and with radii 12, 13 provided.

The interior 9 of the housing 1 is dimensioned such that a stack of e.g. five cards 11 according to ISO / IEC 7810 and 7813 or 7816 exactly fits. The dimensions of the housing 1 are chosen so that the cards 11 fit within the permissible manufacturing tolerances with little or no play.

According to Fig. 2 to 5 The card holder has an output device 14, which comprises an output lever 15 which is pivotable about an axis 16. On one side of the output lever 15 has a flat sliding surface 17 which rests on the inside of the main side 3. On the opposite side, it has stepped-like arranged output elements 18, which have different distances from the axis 16. These each have a rounded front edge 19.

The step height of the output elements 18 corresponds to the wall thickness of a card 11 or a fraction thereof. It is, for example, as measured as in the WO 2010/137975 A2 on page 8, lines 10 to 26. The distances between the output elements 18 may in particular correspond to the information from page 7, lines 27 to 32 of said document.

For the pivotable mounting of the output lever 15 in addition to the staircase-like output elements 18 has a flattening 20 from which a bearing pin 21 protrudes.

Furthermore, the output lever 15 has a hook-shaped, first locking element 22 at a lower edge.

The output lever 15 is mounted on a plate-shaped bearing carrier 23, which projects from a plate-shaped carrier 24 upwards. The plate-shaped bearing support 23 has a bearing eye 25, in which the bearing pin 21 is pivotally mounted.

According to Fig. 5 and 6 is from the bearing bracket 23 at a distance from the bearing eye 25 horizontally before a support pin 26. On the support pin 26, a first spring means 27 is guided in the form of a leg spring on its inner periphery 28, the first spring end 29 according to Fig. 4 is held on a first abutment 30 in the form of a groove 30 on both sides of the first abutments 30 in the form of projections on the underside of the output lever 15 and the second spring end 31 at a second abutment 32 in the form of small hooks on the base 24 at a distance of the support pin 26 is held.

In addition, according to Fig. 4 the bearing carrier 23 at a staggered to the main side 2 section, a first guide member 33 in the form of a horizontal guide slot. According to Fig. 5 In addition to the guide slot, a carriage 34 is displaceably mounted on a flat upper side of the base 24. The carriage 34 engages according Fig. 4 with a second guide member 35 in the form of a rib-shaped projection on a vertical side in the guide slot.

On an opposite vertical side, the carriage 34 has Fig. 5 a horizontal support rib 36 for supporting inside on the main side 3 of the housing 1. On its upper side, it has a second locking element 37 with a receptacle 38 and a locking edge 39 which is engageable behind by the hook-shaped first locking element 22, as in 6 and 8 shown.

Between the carriage 34 and the second abutment 32 is from the carrier 24, a support plate 40 vertically high. According to 10 and 11 the carriage 34 on the adjacent side of a blind bore 41, into which a second spring means 42 is inserted in the form of a helical spring which is supported on the one hand at the inner end of the blind bore 41 and on the other hand on the support plate 40.

According to Fig. 1 the carrier 24 closes off the housing 1 at a bottom opening 43 and forms the bottom 7 of the housing 1.

According to Fig. 1 and 2 For example, the housing 1 at the top on a long narrow side 5 has an actuating element 44 in the form of a sliding button. The slide button is located in a recess 45 on the outside of the long narrow side 5 so that it is vertically displaceable from the outside by means of a thumb in the recess 45.

According to 4 to 6 is the actuator 44 is connected to a rod 46 which is guided in the channel 12. Preferably, the rod has for this purpose in horizontal section a double-T-profile, as in Fig. 4 shown at the upper end of the rod 46. A T-bar engages in the channel 10, another T-bar is arranged in the interior 9 and passes through the two T-bars connecting web the slot 8. The rod 46 has at the lower end a first wedge 47, which is tapered wedge-shaped towards the interior 9 down.

On the side remote from the blind bore 41 side, the carriage 34 has an upwardly projecting second wedge 48, which is bevelled to the adjacent long narrow side 5 of the housing 1 out.

The first wedge 47 and the second wedge 48 bear with their bevels on each other and form a wedge gear 49th

The rod 46 has at the inner side 9 facing long side near its lower end adjacent to the wedge 47, a first brake element 50 in the form of a directed towards the interior 9 buckle. Approximately in the middle between the bottom 7 and the card opening 6, the rod 46 on the interior 9 directed towards the long side a second brake element or guide element 51 in the form of a directed to the interior 9 curvature. According to Fig. 10 For example, the first brake member 50 and the second brake member or guide member 51 abut on the side long edges of the cards 11 when fully inserted into the housing. As a result, the cards 9 are pressed against the long narrow side 4 of the housing 1 inside, guided, braked and prevented from falling out.

The first brake element 50 and the second brake element or guide element 51 are made of an elastic material, preferably of a soft elastic material.

According to Fig. 4 and 5 is above the rod 46, a third brake element 52 disposed inside the long narrow side 5 of the housing. The third brake element 52 is according to Fig. 2 and 4 a body having a double T-profile in a horizontal section. A T-bar is pressed near the card opening 6 in the channel 10, the other T-bar is arranged in the interior 9. The web connecting the two T-beams is led through the slot 8. The other T-beam is only tied to the top of the jetty. Below is a gap between web and T-bar, so that it forms a spring tongue 53.

According to Fig. 6 and 10 the spring tongue 52 abuts the lateral long edges of the cards 11 and presses them inwardly against the long narrow side 4 of the housing 1. The third brake element 52 prevents the cards 11 from falling out of the housing 1 when they are fully inserted ( Fig. 6 and 10 ) or partially pushed out of the housing 1 ( Fig. 1 and 4 ). In the partially pushed out position, the cards 11 are additionally prevented or guided by the second brake element or guide element 51 from falling out of the housing 1.

According to Fig. 5 and 6 the bearing carrier 23 on the two narrow sides clamping elements 54, 55 in the form of a guide pin (on the left side) and in the form of a Quetschrippe (on the right side). After inserting the bearing support 23 through the bottom opening 43 into the housing 1, the clamping elements 54, 55 clamp the bearing support 23 in the housing 1.

If no cards 11 are inserted into the housing 1, the output lever 15 is in a tilted towards the card opening 6 position, as in Fig. 3 shown.

When inserting a stack of cards press the lower short edges of the cards 11 against the output elements 18, whereby the output lever 15 down is pivoted. Here, the leg spring 27 is tensioned. Finally, the first locking element 22 strikes the carriage 34 so that it is displaced against the action of the helical spring 42. When the first locking element 22 engages the receptacle 38 of the carriage 34, the coil spring 42 pushes the carriage 34 back so that the hook-shaped first locking element 22 locks behind the locking edge 39 of the second locking element 37.

For the output of cards 11, the user pushes the actuator 44 slightly downwards. Here, the first wedge 47 displaces the second wedge 48 against the action of the coil spring 42, so that the first and second locking element 22, 37 unlock, the leg spring 27 at least partially relaxed and the output lever 15 pivots in the direction of the card opening 6. Here, the cards 11 are pushed out of the output elements 18 from the card opening 6. Due to the stair-step-like arrangement of the output elements 18, the cards 11 are pushed out in a fanned out position from the card opening 6, as in FIG Fig. 1 shown. In this position, the user can select and remove a single card 11 and push back the remaining cards 11.

When inserting the cards 11, the leg spring 27 is stretched again.

According to a preferred embodiment, the housing 1 is made of aluminum.

According to a preferred embodiment, one or more of the following elements each consist of one or more plastics: output device 14, output lever 15, carrier 24, bearing carrier 23, carriage 34, rod 46, actuator 44, wedge gear 49th

According to a preferred embodiment, the rod 46, the actuating element 44, the wedge 47 and the first and second brake elements 50, 51 are integrally formed. According to a further embodiment, rod 46 and wedge 47 are made of a hard-elastic plastic or metal. According to a further embodiment, the actuating element 44 consists of a hard-elastic plastic or a metal or of a flexible plastic. According to a further embodiment, the first brake element 50 and / or the second brake element or guide element 51 consists of a flexible plastic. Preferably, this component is made of several different plastics in the multi-component injection molding.

According to another embodiment, the third brake element 52 is made of a hard-elastic plastic or of a soft elastic plastic. According to a further embodiment, the third brake element 52 consists of a hard elastic plastic or of a metal and of a soft elastic plastic, wherein the spring tongue 53 made of a soft elastic plastic and the third brake element 52, moreover, consists of a hard elastic plastic or a metal.

The first spring means 27 and / or the second spring means 42 consist according to a preferred embodiment of a spring steel and / or rubber and / or of a soft elastic plastic.

In the Fig. 12 to 15 are components of the second and third embodiments, which correspond to the components of the first embodiment, provided with the same reference numerals.

According to Fig. 12 and 13 is in the second embodiment, an actuator 44 in the form of a push button via a horizontal bar 46 connected to the carriage 34. The push button is seated in a recess 45 on a long narrow side 5 in the vicinity of the lower end of the housing 1. The biasing of the first spring means 27 is carried out as in the first embodiment. To output the cards 11, only the push button 44 has to be pressed.

According to Fig. 14 and 15 is in the third embodiment, an actuating element 44 in the form of a sliding button on the bottom 7 of the housing 1 opposite the card opening 6 via a vertical connecting web 56 connected to the carriage 34. The connecting web 56 extends through a slot-shaped passage 57 in the bottom 7 of the housing. The biasing of the first spring means 27 is carried out as in the first embodiment. To output the cards 11 only the slide button 44 has to be moved.

The cut-away parts of the third embodiment are preferably formed as in the second embodiment.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

casing

2, 3

Home

4, 5

long narrow side

6

card opening

7

ground

8th

slot

9

inner space

10

channel

11

map

12, 13

radius

14

output device

15

output lever

16

axis

17

sliding surface

18

output elements

19

leading edge

20

flattening

21

bearing bolt

22

first locking element

23

bearing bracket

24

carrier

25

bearing eye

26

support bolts

27

first spring device

28

inner circumference

29

first spring end

30

first abutment

31

second spring end

32

second abutment

33

first guide element

34

carriage

35

second guide element

36

supporting rib

37

second locking element

38

admission

39

locking edge

40

support plate

41

blind hole

42

second spring device

43

bottom opening

44

actuator

45

deepening

46

pole

47

first wedge

48

second wedge

49

spline gear

50

first brake element

51

second brake element or guide element

52

third brake element

53

spring tongue

54

clamping elements

55

clamping elements

56

connecting web

57

slit-shaped passage

Claims (15)

Card holder for bank cards, credit cards, debit cards, driver's licenses, electronic identity cards or similar cards A cuboidal housing (1) with an interior space (9) for accommodating at least one card (11), A card opening (6) of the housing (1) for inserting at least one card (11) into and pushing out at least one card (11) out of the housing (1), At least one dispensing element (18) displaceable from a first position to a second position for engagement with the lower edge of a card (11) in the interior space (9) and the one card (11) through the card opening (11); 6) push out of the housing (1), An actuator (44) coupled to the output member (18) for displacing the output member (18) from the first position to the second position by operating the actuator (44);
characterized in that A first spring device (27) is supported, on the one hand, on the output element (18) and, on the other hand, on the housing (1), wherein the first spring device (27) can be tensioned by displacing the output element (18) from the second position into the first position, A locking device has a first locking element (22) connected to the output element (18) and a second locking element (37) held in the housing (1), so that the first and second locking elements (32, 37) are displaced by displacing the Output element (18) are locked in the first position with each other, and • the actuating element (44) is coupled to the locking device to unlock the first and second locking elements (32, 37) by actuating the actuating element (44) so that the first spring device (27) moves the dispensing element (18) from the first position to shifted second position to thereby push out the card (11) from the card opening (6). A card holder according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of dispensing members (18) are displaceable from a first to a second position for engagement with lower edges of various cards (11) in a stack in the interior space (9) and the cards (11). through the card opening (6) from the housing (1) slide out so that they stand out in a succession staggered arrangement of the housing (1). Card holder according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the at least one output element (18) is formed, so that the first spring means (27) by displacing the at least one output element (1) from the second position to the first position by means of at least one through the card opening ( 6) inserted in the housing (1) and with the lower edge against an output element (18) oppressive card (11) can be tensioned. Card holder according to one of claims 1 to 3, having an output lever (15) which is pivotally mounted at one end about an axis (16) in the housing (1) and on one side stepped stepped output elements (18) with different distances from the Has axis. Card holder according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first spring means (27) is a leg spring or a leaf spring which with a first spring end (29) on the output member (18) and with a second spring end (31) supported on the housing (1) is. Card holder according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the actuating element (44) with a displaceably in the housing (1) arranged carriage (34) is coupled by a guide means (33, 35) in the housing in a direction of insertion of the cards ( 11) is guided in the cutting direction and on which the second locking element (37) is formed. A card holder as claimed in claim 6, wherein a second spring means (41) is supported on the carriage (34) on the one hand and on the housing (1) on the other hand to move the carriage (34) with the second locking member (37) in a first locking member (22). to bias the locking position. Card holder according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the actuating element (44) via a wedge gear (49), gear transmission, friction gear, traction mechanism, coupling gear or other gear, is coupled to the carriage (34). A card holder as claimed in claim 8, wherein the actuator (44) is connected to a first wedge (47) via a rod (46) parallel to the insertion direction of the cards (11) and to a second wedge (48) at one end of the carriage the wedge gear (49) forms. Card holder according to one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the actuating element (44) closer to the card opening (6) than on the card opening opposite side of the housing (1) is arranged. Card holder according to one of claims 1 to 10, wherein in the housing (1) at one or more to the insertion direction of the card (11) parallel sides at the lower end of the interior (9) a first brake element (50) and / or in the middle between the lower and upper end of the inner space (9) a second brake element or guide element (51) and / or at the upper end of the inner space (9) a third brake element (52) is arranged. Card holder according to one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the housing (1) on the inside at least one longitudinally extending and via a slot (8) with the interior (9) of the housing (1) connected channel (10), in in which the rod (46) is guided and / or in which the first brake element (50) and / or the second brake element or guide element (51) and / or the third brake element (53) is held. Card holder according to one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the actuating element (44) in a recess (45) on the outside of the housing (1) is arranged so that it can be actuated from the outside with a finger. Card holder according to one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the housing (1) in horizontal section at the two lateral edges of two parallel sides (2, 3) is thicker than between them and / or the other two parallel sides (4, 5) are rounded Card holder according to one of claims 2 to 12, having one or more of the following features: (a) From a plate-shaped support (24) projects a plate-shaped bearing support (23) with a bearing eye (25) in which a bearing pin (21) is mounted, the output lever (15) on a flat side of the bearing support (23). hinged, (B) of the bearing support (23) projects at a distance from the bearing eye (25) parallel to a support pin (26) on which a leg spring (27) is held on its inner periphery (28), wherein the first spring end (29 ) of the leg spring (27) on a first abutment (30) on the underside of the output lever (15) is supported, wherein the second spring end (31) of the leg spring (27) at a second abutment (32) on the carrier (24) in a distance from the bearing eye (25) supports, (c) the carriage (34) is arranged on the support (24), (d) the bearing carrier (23) has a first guide element (33) and the carriage (34) has a second guide element (35) which is guided on the first guide element (33), (e) the carrier (24) with the carriage (34), the output lever (15) and the leg spring (27) is connected through a bottom opening (43) of the housing (1) opposite the card opening (6) in the housing (1). inserted, so that the output lever (15), the carriage (34) and the leg spring (37) within the housing (1) are arranged and the carrier (24) a bottom opening (43) covering the bottom (7) of the housing (1) is. (F) the carrier (24) is connected in the inserted position by clamping and / or latching and / or gluing to the housing (1).

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