EP3456217A1 - Card holder for credit cards or other cards - Google Patents

Abstract

Card holder comprising € ¢ a cuboid housing, € ¢ a card opening of the housing for pushing at least one card through, At least one dispensing element displaceable from a first position to a second position in order to push a card out of the housing, € ¢ an actuating element coupled to the dispensing element to displace the dispensing element from the first position to the second position, in which A first spring device can be tensioned by displacing the output element from the second position into the first position, A locking device has a first locking element connected to the output element and a second locking element held in the housing, By pressing the actuating element, the locking elements can be unlocked so that the first spring device displaces the output element in order to push the card out of the card opening, ¬ ¢ at the upper end of the interior at least one brake element is arranged with an acute angle to the direction of insertion downwardly inclined spring tongue and € ¢ the actuator with an upwardly projecting wedge against the spring tongue is pushed to increase their angle to the insertion direction.

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 another 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 an arm arranged in the housing has step-like arranged output elements and the other Arm is an out of the bottom of the housing projecting 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.

Another disadvantage of known card holders is that, despite the retaining means, the cards can fall out of the card opening of the housing, especially if it is held down or the card holder is shaken.

Based on this, the present invention seeks to provide a card holder for bank cards, credit cards, debit cards, driving licenses, electronic identity cards or similar cards, which has more favorable handling properties, which protects the cards better against accidental leakage from the card opening of the housing.

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,
• 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,
• wobei in dem Gehäuse an einer oder mehreren zur Einschieberichtung der Karten parallelen Seiten am oberen Ende des Innenraums ein drittes Bremselement mit einer spitzwinklig zur Einschieberichtung der Karten nach unten geneigten Federzunge angeordnet ist und
• wobei das Betätigungselement mit einem nach oben vorstehenden dritten Keil verbunden ist, der gegen die Seite der Federzunge schiebbar ist, die der Seite des Gehäuses zugewandt ist, an der das dritte Bremselement angeordnet ist, um den spitzen Winkel zwischen der Federzunge und der Einschieberichtung der Karten zu vergrößern.

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 dispensing member from the first position to the second position by actuating 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 output element and a second locking element connected to the housing, so that the two locking elements can be locked together by displacing the output elements into the first position,
• the actuating element is coupled to the locking device in order to unlock the first and second locking elements by actuating the actuating element, whereby the first spring device displaces the output element from the first position to the second position, thereby pushing the card out of the card opening,
• wherein in the housing at one or more to the insertion direction of the cards parallel sides at the upper end of the interior, a third brake element is arranged with an acute angle to the insertion direction of the cards downwardly inclined spring tongue and
• wherein the actuating member is connected to an upwardly projecting third wedge which is slidable against the side of the spring tongue which faces the side of the housing on which the third brake element is arranged to the acute angle between the spring tongue and the insertion direction of the cards to enlarge.

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 consists for example in a clamping knob, which is connected to the output element 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 operate 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.

In the housing, a third brake element (upper brake element) is arranged at one or more parallel to the insertion direction of the cards or perpendicular to the box opening sides at the upper end of the interior. The actuator is connected to an upwardly projecting third wedge (upper wedge) which is slidable against the side of the spring tongue, which faces the side of the housing on which the third brake element is arranged to the acute angle between the spring tongue and the To increase the insertion direction of the cards. According to a preferred embodiment, for this purpose, the spring element is bounded on the inside by a downwardly opening gap of the third brake element into which the third wedge can be inserted from below. According to a preferred embodiment, the spring element is designed such that it preferably clamps cards which are formed according to the standards listed below already in the housing when they are fully or completely inserted into the housing and the third wedge not on the other side of the Spring tongue abuts. The clamping is preferably dimensioned such that the cards are secured against falling out, However, with not too much effort in the housing can be inserted. Furthermore, the third brake element can cause a tolerance compensation, if the cards used do not meet the intended dimensions exactly. The tolerances of the card in the width direction are, for example, up to 0.2 mm. In addition, the third brake element can slow down the cards when pushed out of the housing, so that the cards are not thrown out of the housing. By actuating the actuating element of the third wedge is displaced upward. Due to the wedging action of the third wedge, the acute angle between the spring tongue and the insertion direction of the cards is increased or the spring tongue is further spread apart. As a result, the range of motion for the cards is reduced in the housing and inserted into the housing cards are clamped in the housing or more firmly clamped in the housing. As a result, the cards will not fall out of the case even if the card holder is held down with the card opening. Furthermore, as a result, the cards are then held in the card holder and not ejected when a relatively high energy stored in the spring means is used to push out at least one card from the housing. To push the third wedge against the side of the spring tongue, the user can actuate the actuating element. When the actuating element is designed as a slide, it can push the actuating element upwards for this purpose. Furthermore, it is possible that the spring forces released when unlocking the locking device displace the third wedge upwards so that it clamps the cards in the housing.

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-hander can hold the card holder rotated 180 ° with your left hand so that your left thumb comfortably reaches the control. 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. at In this embodiment, the first spring device 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 about an axis pivotally mounted in the housing and has on one side at least one stair-step-like trained output member. 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.

In another embodiment, the dispensing lever is aligned in the first position parallel to the card opening and in the second position toward the card opening inclined or perpendicular to this aligned. 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, the card holder is designed to receive cards with a contactless chip or contact chips in accordance with ISO / IEC 7816. The cards may have different functions, such as bank cards (e.g., credit cards or debit cards), driver's licenses, identity cards, membership cards, discount cards (e.g., Bahncard), bonus cards (e.g., 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 another embodiment, the dispensing lever has on one side opposite to the dispensing element a flat sliding surface, which is guided inside on a main side of the housing. 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 another Embodiment, the actuator is connected via a running parallel to the insertion direction of the card rod with a first wedge (middle wedge), which forms the wedge gear with a second wedge (lower wedge) at one end of the carriage. According to another embodiment, the actuating element 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, a first brake element (lower brake element) in the housing at one or more sides parallel to the insertion direction of the cards and / or a second brake element (middle brake element) in the middle between the lower and upper end of the inner space. or guide 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 connected via a slot with the interior of the housing 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. As a result, a shield of the one or more cards used against the environment can be achieved to these against damage by electromagnetic waves (eg against demagnetization) and / or a built-in a card (eg credit card or ID) integrated RFID / NFC chip to protect against reading.

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 a further embodiment, the bearing carrier has a first guide element and the carriage has a second guide element guided on the first guide element. According to a further embodiment, the carrier with the carriage, the output lever and the leg spring by a Bottom opening of the housing opposite the card opening inserted into 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,

Fig. 16

ein erfindungsgemäßer Kartenhalter ohne Gehäuse mit vollständig eingeschobener Karten und nach oben geschobenem Betätigungselement in einer Teilansicht von hinten;

Fig. 17

derselbe Kartenhalter mit eingesetzten Karten und nach unten verlagertem Betätigungselement in einer Teilansicht von hinten.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings of embodiments not inventive and inventive 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 perspective partial view from the front,

Fig. 16

an inventive card holder without housing with fully inserted cards and pushed up actuator in a partial view from behind;

Fig. 17

the same card holder with inserted cards and downwardly displaced actuator in a partial view from behind.

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.

The Fig. 1 to 15 show no card holder according to the invention, since they do not have all the features of the card holder according to the invention. The Fig. 1 to 15 serve for a better understanding of features of the invention, which the card holder of Fig. 1 to 15 with the card holder of the invention Fig. 16 to 17 have in common.

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 WHERE 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 element 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-beam engages in the channel 10, another T-bar is arranged in the interior 9 and the web connecting the two T-beams passes through the slot 8. The rod 46 has at the lower end a first wedge 47, which is the interior 9 is tapered down towards wedge-shaped.

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. From the side of the double-T-profile, which faces away from the long narrow side 5 of the housing 1, is an acute angle to the long narrow side 5 and the insertion direction of the cards thirteenth downwardly inclined spring tongue 53 before. The acute angle α between spring tongue 53 and insertion direction of the cards is in the FIGS. 4 and 5 entered. According to an alternative embodiment, the other T-bar, which is not pressed into the channel 10, only connected to the top of the web. 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 53 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 is pivoted downward. 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 in the receptacle 38 of the carriage 34, the coil spring 42 presses the Carriage 34 back so that the hook-shaped first locking element 22 is locked behind the locking edge 39 of the second locking member 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. The soft-elastic Plastic is eg a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE). According to a further embodiment, the first brake element 50 and / or the second brake element or guide element 51 consists of a soft elastic plastic (eg of a TPE). 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 of a soft elastic plastic (eg of a TPE) and the third brake element 52 in the rest of a hard elastic plastic or a Metal exists.

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.

According to FIGS. 16 and 17 In the case of the card holder according to the invention, the rod 46 is connected to an upwardly projecting third wedge 58. The third wedge 58 is angled at an acute angle on the side facing away from the actuating element 44, so that it tapers upwards. The third wedge 58 protrudes upward beyond the upper end of the rod 46. The actuator 44 is indirectly connected via the rod 46 with the third wedge 58.

The third wedge 58 can be inserted into the gap between the spring tongue 53 and the double T-profile of the third brake element 52. As a result, the third wedge 58 with the bevelled side is slidable against the side of the spring tongue 53 which faces the narrow side 5 of the housing, on which the third brake element 52 is arranged. By pushing the actuating element 44 upwards, the spring tongue 53 can be further spread apart from the narrow side 5, so that it clamps cards 11 inserted into the housing 1 more strongly. As a result, the cards 11 are prevented from falling out of the housing 1, even if it is shaken with the card opening 6 down. The clamping is in Fig. 16 shown.

When the operating member 44 is pressed down to unlock the locking members 32, 37, the third wedge member 58 no longer pushes against the Side of the spring tongue 53. As a result, the pushing out of the cards 11 is facilitated by the output member 18. this shows FIG. 17 , In order to prevent the cards 11 from being ejected from the housing 1, the user may move or release the actuator 44 upward so that the rod 46 is displaced upwardly by means of the actuator 44 or by the action of the second spring means 42 and the third wedge 58 presses the spring tongue 53 against the cards 11.

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 (middle wedge)

48

second wedge (lower wedge)

49

spline gear

50

first brake element (lower brake element)

51

second brake element or guide element (middle brake element)

52

third brake element (upper brake element)

53

spring tongue

54

clamping elements

55

clamping elements

56

connecting web

57

slit-shaped passage

58

third wedge (upper wedge)

59

gap

Claims (14)

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 actuating element (44), which is coupled to the dispensing element (18) in order to displace the dispensing element (18) from the first position to the second position by actuating the actuating element (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) can be locked together in the first position, • the actuating element (44) is coupled to the locking device in order to unlock the first and second locking elements (32, 37) by actuating the actuating element (44), so that the first Spring means (27) displacing the output member (18) from the first position to the second position to thereby push the card (11) out of the card opening (6), In which in the housing (1) at one or more to the insertion direction of the cards (11) parallel sides at the upper end of the interior (9), a third brake element (52) with an acute angle to the insertion direction of the cards (1) downwardly inclined spring tongue (53) is arranged and Wherein the actuating element (44) is connected to an upwardly projecting third wedge (58) which is slidable against the side of the spring tongue (53) which faces the side of the housing (1) on which the third brake element (52 ) is arranged to increase the acute angle between the spring tongue (53) and the insertion direction of the cards (11). 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 10, wherein in the housing (1) at one or more to the insertion direction of the cards (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 interior (9), a second brake element or guide element (51) 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) from the bearing support (23) is at a distance from the bearing eye (25) to a parallel support pin (26) before, on which a leg spring (27) its inner circumference (28) is held, 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) is supported on a second abutment (32) on the support (24) at a distance from the bearing eye (25), (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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