FR3063561A1 - SUPPORT DEVICE FOR PAYMENT TERMINAL - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a payment terminal support device (100) comprising a base (102) and a tray (101). The base (102) comprises movable locking means (52, 70) and the plate (101) is adapted to be rotatably mounted on the base (102), a lower surface of the plate (101) comprising a stop fixed (41). When the plate (101) rotates relative to the base (102) in a direction of rotation and the fixed stop (41) of the plate (101) comes into contact with at least a portion of the movable locking means (52) of the base (102), the movable locking means (52) are configured to move and reach a first predetermined position when the platen (101) is rotated in a clockwise direction or a second predetermined position when the platen (101) is rotated according to counter-clockwise, so that when the first position or the second position is reached, the rotation of the plate (101) in said direction of rotation is blocked and the plate (101) is in a position in which the longitudinal axis (40) of the plate (101) and the longitudinal axis (20) of the base (102) are substantially aligned.

Description

® FRENCH REPUBLIC

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY © Publication number: 3,063,561 (to be used only for reproduction orders)

©) National registration number: 1751719

COURBEVOIE © Int Cl ⁸ : G 07F9 / 10 (2017.01), G 07 F 9/00, 19/00

A1 PATENT APPLICATION

©) Date of filing: 02.03.17. (© Applicant (s): INGENICO GROUP Société ano- (30) Priority: nyme - FR. @ Inventor (s): ROUX JULIEN, ROBERT FRANCK and GOD PHILIPPE. (43) Date of public availability of the request: 07.09.18 Bulletin 18/36. ©) List of documents cited in the report preliminary research: Refer to end of present booklet (© References to other national documents ©) Holder (s): INGENICO GROUP Limited company. related: ©) Extension request (s): © Agent (s): CABINET PATRICE VIDON.

£> 4) SUPPORT DEVICE FOR PAYMENT TERMINAL.

FR 3,063,561 - A1

The invention relates to a support device (100) for a payment terminal, comprising a base (102) and a tray (101). The base (102) comprises movable blocking means (52, 70) and the plate (101) is adapted to be mounted on the base (102) in rotationally mobile manner, a lower surface of the plate (101) comprising a stop fixed (41). When the plate (101) rotates relative to the base (102) in a direction of rotation and the fixed stop (41) of the plate (101) comes into contact with at least part of the movable blocking means (52) of the base (102), the mobile blocking means (52) are configured to move and reach a first predetermined position when the plate (101) is turned clockwise or a second predetermined position when the plate (101) is rotated anti-clockwise, so that when the first position or the second position is reached, the rotation of the plate (101) in said direction of rotation is blocked and the plate (101) is in a position in which the longitudinal axis (40) of the plate (101) and the longitudinal axis (20) of the base (102) are substantially aligned.

100

SUPPORT DEVICE FOR PAYMENT TERMINAL

1. Field of the invention

The invention relates to the field of supports used to fix an apparatus on a base in a mobile manner, and in particular supports for payment terminal.

2. Prior Art

In order to carry out an electronic payment transaction between a buyer and a merchant, it is possible to use an electronic payment terminal installed in the merchant's shop for example.

Such a payment terminal is for example an electronic device capable of reading the data of a bank card inserted in the device or positioned near the device in the case of a so-called contactless payment. Such a payment terminal is connected to a communication network in order to transmit the electronic data relating to the transaction to an authentication server.

In order to carry out the payment transaction, the merchant first interacts on the payment terminal in order to initiate the transaction, for example by entering the amount of the payment. Then, the buyer inserts or approaches his bank card, or his smartphone (for smart phone in French) of the payment terminal in order to complete the transaction. This mode of use requires that the merchant and the buyer interact on the same payment terminal at different times of the transaction.

In order to allow easier use of this type of payment terminal, the payment terminal is placed on a support in a mobile manner so that the payment terminal is positioned facing the merchant when the merchant initiates the transaction and the payment terminal payment is positioned facing the buyer when the buyer completes the transaction.

In general, when carrying out the transaction, the merchant and the buyer are face to face and the payment terminal is placed on a counter between the merchant and the buyer. For the comfort of the user and the merchant, it is important that the payment terminal during its use is placed in front of the person using it.

However, a payment terminal is often difficult to move once installed at the merchant's. Indeed, the payment terminal can be heavy. In addition, the payment terminal is often connected via wired connections to other devices, for example a screen or another terminal, or to a network outlet or to a power supply outlet. The connection wires connected to the payment terminal are not always adapted to allow movement of the payment terminal.

3. Statement of the invention

The invention improves the state of the art. It relates to a support device for a payment terminal, comprising a base and a tray:

- the base comprising mobile blocking means,

- the plate being adapted to be mounted on the base in a mobile manner in rotation, a lower surface of the plate comprising a fixed stop, the device is characterized in that, when the plate turns relative to the base according to a direction of rotation and the fixed stop of the plate comes into contact with at least part of the mobile blocking means of the base, the mobile blocking means are configured to move and reach a first predetermined position when the plate is turned clockwise or a second predetermined position when the plate is turned anti-clockwise, so that when the first position or the second position is reached, the rotation of the plate in said direction of rotation is blocked and the plate is in a position in which the longitudinal axis of the tray and the longitudinal axis of the base are substantially aligned.

Thus, according to the invention, the support for payment terminal is able to be rotated for example to position the payment terminal facing a buyer or facing the merchant.

Thanks to the support according to the invention, the support plate is able to rotate relative to the base of the support in a clockwise direction and in a counterclockwise direction.

Advantageously, when the support plate is turned relative to the base, the rotation of the plate is blocked when the plate is aligned with the base. Thus, the payment terminal is facing its user. In addition, the movable blocking means provide the advantage that the blocking of the rotation of the plate can be obtained whether the plate is turned clockwise or counterclockwise relative to the base. Thus, the movement of the plate relative to the base is not constrained. The merchant can rotate the plate in the direction he wishes depending on the environment of the support of the payment terminal, for example when other devices placed near the support hinder rotation in one of the directions of rotation.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the mobile blocking means comprise:

- a ring fixed on the base movably in rotation, the ring being configured to rotate relative to the base in a direction of rotation of the plate, the ring comprising a rib formed on an outer edge of an upper surface of the ring and at least one ring fixing element making it possible to fix the ring on the base, the fixing element being formed on a lower surface of the ring,

- At least one opening made on an upper surface of the base and able to receive said at least one fixing element of the ring, said at least one opening being configured to allow the displacement of said fixing element in the opening.

According to this particular embodiment of the invention, the ring is placed between the plate and the base. This particular embodiment of the invention provides the advantage that the mobile locking means are simple to produce and to fix on the base. In addition, this particular embodiment of the invention allows the use of different materials between the base and the ring, thus making it possible to use materials having different characteristics for the base and the ring, in particular the ring can be produced. in a wear-resistant and specific anti-friction material to limit the friction of the plate on the base during the rotation of the plate.

Advantageously, the first predetermined position is reached when the ring rotates by a predetermined angle clockwise and the second predetermined position is reached when the ring rotates by the predetermined angle in a counterclockwise direction. The value of the predetermined angle corresponds to a displacement of the rib of the ring making it possible to compensate for the thickness of the fixed stop of the plate when the fixed stop is substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the base. In other words, the value of the predetermined angle is such that the length of the side opposite this angle is substantially equal to half the thickness of the fixed stop of the plate.

Advantageously, the plate comprises on the lower surface a circular cavity complementary to the ring in which the ring is able to rotate, the fixed stop of the plate being formed on an outer edge of the circular cavity.

Advantageously, the fixed stop of the plate is aligned on the longitudinal axis of the plate.

According to another particular embodiment of the invention, the movable blocking means comprise a part mounted in an opening housed on an upper surface of the base, said part being capable of carrying out a translational movement along the transverse axis of the base between two extreme positions located on either side of the longitudinal axis of the base.

This particular embodiment of the invention avoids the use of a ring placed between the plate and the base. The two extreme positions correspond respectively to the edges of the opening in which the part is translated. Each edge of the opening are placed along the transverse axis of the base on each side of the longitudinal axis of the base and at a distance from the longitudinal axis of the base which makes it possible to compensate for the thickness of the fixed stop. of the plate when the fixed stop is substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the base. In other words, an edge of the opening is at a distance substantially equal to half a thickness of the fixed stop of the plate.

Advantageously, an upper surface of the tray is adapted to receive the payment terminal.

The invention also relates to a system comprising a support device according to any one of the particular embodiments described above and a payment terminal.

4. List of figures

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear more clearly on reading the following description of a particular embodiment, given by way of simple illustrative and nonlimiting example, and of the appended drawings, among which:

Figure 1 shows a schematic view of the support device for payment terminal according to a particular embodiment of the invention; Figures 2, 3A and 3B show top views of the support device for payment terminal according to different orientations of the tray of the device relative to the base of the device;

Figure 4 shows a bottom view of the tray of the support device for payment terminal according to a particular embodiment of the invention; FIGS. 5A and 5B show a top view of the base of the support device for a payment terminal according to a particular embodiment of the invention, FIG. 6 illustrates a sectional view of a ring fixed on the base illustrated in FIG. 5A and 5B, FIGS. 7A and 7B illustrate a top view of the base of the support device for a payment terminal according to another particular embodiment of the invention.

5. Description of an embodiment of the invention

5.1 General principle

The invention relates to a support device for a payment terminal comprising a base and a tray on which the payment terminal is installed. The tray is adapted to pivot about a vertical axis of the base so that the payment terminal can be positioned facing the merchant when he initiates a payment transaction on the payment terminal and facing the buyer when he completes the payment transaction by providing its bank details. For more comfort for the user, it is necessary that during its use, the payment terminal is placed in alignment with the base.

In addition, the tray is able to pivot around the vertical axis of the base at an angle of 360 ° or more clockwise and counterclockwise. When the tray rotates more than 360 ° relative to the base, the cables connecting the base to the payment terminal placed on the tray can be damaged due to rotation. It is therefore also necessary to limit the rotation of the plate relative to the base and to prevent the plate from rotating more than 360 ° around the vertical axis of the base.

For this, blocking means are provided on the support device to block the rotation of the plate whatever the direction of rotation used to turn the payment terminal towards its user.

In order to block the rotation of the payment terminal when the payment terminal reaches a position in which it faces the buyer or the merchant, the support device comprises a first fixed stop placed under the tray of the support device receiving the payment terminal and blocking means based on the support device.

Advantageously, the blocking means on the base are movable so that the plate receiving the payment terminal can be blocked whatever the direction of rotation used to move the plate.

At least part of the movable blocking means is configured to move by a distance or an angle making it possible to make up for the thickness of the fixed stop placed under the plate so that the plate is blocked after rotation when the axis longitudinal of the tray and the longitudinal axis of the base are substantially aligned, thus providing more user comfort.

5. 2 Examples of implementation

Figure 1 shows a schematic oblique view of the support device (100) for payment terminal according to a particular embodiment of the invention.

The support (100) comprises a base (102) and a plate (101) mounted on the base movably in rotation. The tray (101) is suitable for receiving the payment terminal and comprises fixing means making it possible to fix the payment terminal on the tray. For example, the means for fixing the payment terminal to the tray are clips (103) hooking the top of the payment terminal when the payment terminal is placed on the tray. Other means of fixing the payment terminal on the plate (101) are of course possible.

The support (100) comprises a through hole (104) formed in the tray and in the base which makes it possible to pass connection cables to be connected to the payment terminal. The base (102) and the plate (101) are fixed by clips (not shown) placed on the base inside the through hole (104) and allowing the rotation of the plate relative to the base.

The base also includes connectors (not shown) making it possible to connect the base to various pieces of equipment or electrical outlet or network outlet, necessary for the operation of the payment terminal. These connectors are placed under the cover (107) of the base. A cable or cables can be placed in the through hole (104) in order to connect the payment terminal to the connectors of the base (102) when it is placed on the tray (101).

Conventionally, the base (102) also includes a base (108) for placing the support on a flat surface, a slot (106) through which printed payment transaction tickets can exit from a paper trap, a button ( 105) opening the paper trap and a cover (107) for hiding the components of the base (102) and the connectors of the base (102).

FIG. 2 illustrates a top view of the support device (100) in which the plate (101) and the base (102) are aligned with the longitudinal axis (20) of the base. According to this view, the plate (101) is oriented relative to the base so that the fixing clips (103) of the payment terminal on the plate (101) are on the same side as the printing slot (106) of the base. Such an orientation corresponds for example to a first position of use of the payment terminal when the payment terminal is placed on the tray (101), for example to use of the payment terminal by the buyer. According to another example, such a first position of use can correspond to a use of the payment terminal by the merchant.

The plate (101) is rotatably mounted on the base (102) and can pivot relative to the base clockwise and anti-clockwise.

FIG. 3A illustrates a top view of the support device (100) in which the plate (101) has pivoted anticlockwise around the vertical axis of the base (102) from the position of use illustrated in FIG. 2. FIG. 3B illustrates a top view of the support device (100) in which the plate (101) has pivoted clockwise around the vertical axis of the base (102) from the position of use illustrated in Figure 2.

From the position of use illustrated in FIG. 2, when the plate (101) pivots by an angle of 180 ° clockwise or anti-clockwise around the vertical axis of the base (102), the plate then reaches a second position of use of the payment terminal, for example a position of use of the payment terminal by the merchant or according to another example a position of use of the payment terminal by the buyer.

After 180 ° rotation, the plate is locked in this second position of use by means of 180 ° hard points made in the through hole of the base on either side of the longitudinal axis from the base to the using flexible tabs placed on the sides of the through hole (104). When handling the plate (101), these flexible tabs are progressively crushed when the plate pivots 180 ° from the first position of use to the second position of use.

A particular embodiment of the invention is described below allowing the rotation of the plate to be blocked when the plate reaches the first position of use illustrated in FIG. 2.

Figure 4 shows a bottom view of the tray (101) of the support device for payment terminal according to a particular embodiment of the invention. The longitudinal axis (40) of the plate (101) is shown in Figure 4. The plate (101) is of substantially rectangular shape and having a hole (43) through which a cable to be connected to the payment terminal can pass. The plate (101) is for example made of plastic material of ABS / PC type (for Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene / Polycarbonate).

The underside of the plate (101) comprises a rib (41) forming a fixed stop. The rib (41) is for example molded with the plate. The rib (41) is placed in the longitudinal axis (40) of the plate, for example opposite the fixing clips (103) of the payment terminal on the plate (101) relative to the hole (43).

When the tray (101) is mounted on the base (102), the underside of the tray illustrated in FIG. 4 faces the upper face of the base illustrated in FIGS. 5A and 5B.

According to the particular embodiment described here, the plate (101) comprises on its surface from below a circular cavity (42) complementary to a ring (51) mounted on the base (102) and described below. The ring (51) of the base (102) is able to rotate inside such a circular cavity. The fixed stop (41) of the plate (102) is formed on the outer edge of the circular cavity.

FIGS. 5A and 5B show a top view of the base (102) of the support device for payment terminal according to different orientations of the ring (51) of the base.

The base (102) is of substantially rectangular shape and has a longitudinal axis (20). The base (102) has in its center a hole (54) through which a cable can pass to connect the payment terminal to the electronic components of the base when the payment terminal is placed on the tray (101) mounted on the base ( 102).

The base (102) is for example made of plastic material of ABS / PC type (for Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene / Polycarbonate).

Advantageously, the base (102) comprises movable blocking means making it possible to block the rotation of the plate (101).

According to the particular embodiment described here, the movable blocking means of the base (102) comprise a ring (51) mounted to move in rotation on the base. The ring (51) is mounted centered at the level of the hole (54) and fixed to the base (102) by means of clips not visible in FIGS. 5A and 5B.

The ring (51) comprises a rib (52) forming a fixed stop relative to the ring (51) and located on the upper surface and at the outer edge of the ring. For example, the rib is formed on the ring during the molding of the ring, for example in a plastic material of the POM type (for Polyoxymethylene) or any other specific anti-friction material, such as Teflon.

The ring (51) is fixed to the base (102) so that the rib (52) is placed opposite the printing slot (106) relative to the hole (54) and substantially aligned with the axis longitudinal (20) of the base (102). The ring (51) is rotatable around the vertical axis of the base (102) between two extreme positions around the longitudinal axis of the base. The base (102) comprises means for blocking the rotational movement of the ring (51), these blocking means are configured so that the ring (51) pivots at the maximum by a predetermined angle a (50, 53) according to anti-clockwise and clockwise with respect to the longitudinal axis (20) of the base. The maximum value of the angle a of displacement of the ring (51) is such that it compensates for the thickness of the rib (41) of the plate (101) when the longitudinal axis (40) of the plate (101) is substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis (20) of the base according to the first position of use illustrated in FIG. 2. The maximum value of the angle a of displacement of the ring (51) respectively defines a first and a second predetermined positions of the rib (52) relative to the base (102) respectively on each side of the longitudinal axis (20) of the base (102) and corresponding respectively to the extreme positions that the ring (51) can reach by rotation. The rib (52) of the ring (51) thus constitutes a movable stop relative to the base (102).

Figure 6 illustrates a sectional view of the base (102) when the ring (51) is fixed to the base (102), as illustrated in Figures 5A and 5B. The ring (51) is fixed to the base (102) by clips (62a, 62b, 62c) provided under the ring (51) and which are inserted into openings (61a, 61b, 61c) provided on the upper surface of the base (102).

The length of the openings (61a, 61b, 61c) is dimensioned so that the ring (51) can pivot around the longitudinal axis (20) of the base (102) by the maximum angle a around the longitudinal axis (20) of the base (102).

The rotation of the ring (51) in either direction of rotation is thus blocked when the clips (62a, 62b, 62c) reach one or the other edge of the openings (61a, 61b, 61c) depending on the direction of rotation.

Thus, the rib (52) of the ring (51) is at a maximum position defined by the angle a when the clips (62a, 62b, 62c) come into contact with the edge of the corresponding openings (61a, 61b, 61c). in the direction of rotation of the ring.

In the particular embodiment described here, 3 fixing clips inserted in 3 openings are used. The principle of the invention generally applies in the case of N clips / openings, N being greater than or equal to 1.

In operation, from an initial orientation of the plate (101), for example illustrated in FIG. 3A, when the plate (101) is pivoted clockwise to align it with the axis (20) of the base (102) (orientation illustrated in FIG. 2), the fixed stop (41) of the plate (101) comes into contact with the rib (52) of the ring (51). If the rib (52) is not at a maximum position defined by the angle a (53), under the action of the rotation of the plate (101) and the fixed stop (41) on the rib (52) , the ring (51) pivots clockwise until the clips (62a, 62b, 62c) come into contact with one of the edges of the openings (61a, 61b, 61c). The rib (52) has then reached the maximum position defined by the angle a (53). When the rib (52) has reached such a maximum position, the plate (101) is aligned with the axis (20) of the base and the clockwise rotation of the plate is blocked.

Similarly, from an initial orientation of the plate (101), for example illustrated in FIG. 3B, when the plate (101) is pivoted counter-clockwise to align it with the axis (20) from the base (102) (orientation illustrated in FIG. 2), the fixed stop (41) of the plate (101) comes into contact with the rib (52) of the ring (51). If the rib (52) is not at a maximum position defined by the angle a (50), under the action of the rotation of the plate (101) and the fixed stop ((41) on the rib (52) ), the ring (51) pivots anticlockwise until the clips (62a, 62b, 62c) come into contact with one of the edges of the openings (61a, 61b, 61c). has then reached the maximum position defined by the angle a (50). When the rib (52) has reached such a maximum position, the plate (101) is aligned in the axis (20) of the base and the rotation according to the counterclockwise direction of the plate is blocked.

The stop (52) being movable relative to the base in both directions around the axis (20) of the base, the trader can thus choose the left or right side of the support by which he prefers that the tilting of 180 ° is done, depending on the environment in which the support is located.

Other particular embodiments of the mobile locking means are of course possible. For example, FIGS. 7A and 7B illustrate a top view of the base (102) on which the movable blocking means are implemented by means of a part (70) mounted on the base (102) and having a movement of translation on the base (102) along the transverse axis of the base.

For example, the part (70) is a bar provided with a rib configured to slide in an opening (71) housed on the upper surface of the base (102).

Such a part (70) is configured to move in translation on each side of the axis (20) of the base (102), by a distance making it possible to compensate for the thickness of the rib (41) of the plate (101 ) when the plate (101) is substantially aligned with the axis (20) of the base. When the fixed stop (41) of the plate (101) comes into contact with the rib of the bar (70), the bar slides in the opening (71) until it reaches the corresponding edge of the opening (71).

Claims (8)

Claims 1. Support device (100) for payment terminal, comprising a base (102) and a tray (101), the device (100) is characterized in that: the base (102) comprises movable blocking means (52, 70), - The plate (101) is adapted to be mounted on the base (102) in rotationally mobile manner, a lower surface of the plate (101) comprising a fixed stop (41), when the plate (101) rotates relative to the base (102) in a direction of rotation and the fixed stop (41) of the plate (101) comes into contact with at least part of the mobile blocking means (52) of the base (102), the mobile blocking means ( 52) are configured to move and reach a first predetermined position when the plate (101) is rotated clockwise or a second predetermined position when the plate (101) is rotated anti-clockwise, so that when the first position or the second position is reached, the rotation of the plate (101) in said direction of rotation is blocked and the plate (101) is in a position in which the longitudinal axis (40) of the plate (101) and the longitudinal axis (20) of the base (102) are substantially aligned és. 2. Support device according to claim 1, in which the mobile locking means comprise: - a ring fixed on the base movably in rotation, the ring being configured to rotate relative to the base in a direction of rotation of the plate, the ring comprising a rib formed on an outer edge of an upper surface of the ring and at least one ring fixing element making it possible to fix the ring on the base, the fixing element being formed on a lower surface of the ring, - At least one opening made on an upper surface of the base and able to receive said at least one fixing element of the ring, said at least one opening being configured to allow the displacement of said fixing element in the opening. 3. Support device according to claim 2, in which the first predetermined position is reached when the ring rotates by a predetermined angle clockwise and the second predetermined position is reached when the ring rotates by the predetermined angle in direction. anti-clockwise. 4. Support device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the plate comprises on the lower surface a circular cavity complementary to the ring in which the ring is able to rotate, the fixed stop of the plate being formed on an outer edge of the circular cavity. 5. Support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the fixed stop 5 of the plate is aligned on the longitudinal axis of the plate. 6. Support device according to claim 1, in which the movable blocking means comprise a part mounted in an opening housed on an upper surface of the base, said part being capable of carrying out a translational movement along the transverse axis. 10 of the base between two extreme positions located on either side of the longitudinal axis of the base. 7. Support device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein an upper surface of the tray is adapted to receive the payment terminal. 8. System comprising a support device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and a payment terminal. 101 LH Ο τ — 1 vo Ο