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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
  • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
  • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
  • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
  • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
  • G06K19/077—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
  • G06K19/07743—External electrical contacts
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A21—BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS
  • A21C—MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH
  • A21C1/00—Mixing or kneading machines for the preparation of dough
  • A21C1/06—Mixing or kneading machines for the preparation of dough with horizontally-mounted mixing or kneading tools; Worm or screw mixers
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
  • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
  • G06K19/04—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the shape
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
  • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
  • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
  • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
  • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
  • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
  • G06K19/077—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
  • G06K19/07737—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier the record carrier consisting of two or more mechanically separable parts
  • G06K19/07741—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier the record carrier consisting of two or more mechanically separable parts comprising a first part operating as a regular record carrier and a second attachable part that changes the functional appearance of said record carrier, e.g. a contact-based smart card with an adapter part which, when attached to the contact card makes the contact card function as a non-contact card

Definitions

• the present invention relates to cartridges having the external shape of a removable mass memory containing a magnetic or optical rotary element, and in particular of a floppy disk, which can be introduced in place of the mass memory, but not containing the storage elements of this mass memory.
• FIG. 1 VERNOIS in PCT application WO 90/06579 describes (FIG. 1) a grouper 1 of removable modules M, which can be introduced into a floppy disk drive instead of a floppy disk. This grouper has a connector
• connection head 4 located inside the floppy drive.
• 11 also has several connectors 5 allowing the connection of several modules M.
• a bus 6 connects the connectors 5 to the connector 2. In this way, the modules M are indirectly connected to the connection head 4 of the floppy disk drive.
• Coupler a computer communication interface called "coupler", allowing the coupling of the computer to an external device.
• This interface essentially consists of a cartridge 7 in the form of a floppy disk, a transceiver 8 integrated into the cartridge and able to communicate with the read head 9 of the floppy drive, and a connector 10 connecting this transceiver at a point 11 on the periphery of the floppy disk, where the signal generated by the head of the floppy disk drive can be found.
• This diskette contains a transceiver device similar to that used by GORDON and RE1CHMANN, management electronics, and important semiconductor memories which are in fact the very object of the floppy disk, unlike that of GORDON and REICHMANN which serves as an intermediary towards an object external to the floppy disk drive.
• the major drawback of this mode of transmission of information by the read / write head is its slow access and its low bit rate compared to the accesses and bit rates possible in parallel on one or more bytes, which alone allow the use of a semiconductor floppy disk as additional RAM.
• a multipurpose intermediate cartridge 15 is a cartridge in the form of a mass memory, and in particular of a floppy disk, and having in whole or in part:
• serial transceiver 8 communicating with the read / write head 9 of the floppy drive, connector 2 which can be connected to the connection head 4 of an improved reader ,
• the Parallel External Connector 2 is the connector located on a module grouper and can be connected to an internal connection head 4 of an improved reader.
• the Series 8 Transmitter Receiver is a device allowing the transfer of information, in serial mode and in both directions, between the cartridge 15 and the read / write head 9 of a floppy disk drive.
• the ERS is either inactivated by a signal sent by the computer, or left active, the read / write head 9 can then transmit signals in serial mode increasing the possibilities of transmission or control of the cartridge and its internal peripherals. If there is no connection head 4 in the reader, the CEP is not connected and is ignored from the computer; the link is provided in series by the ERS. 2-Internal ports.
• 1-connectors 5 of the module grouper receiving the modules 2-connectors 23a and 23b suitable for smart cards 17, 8 ISO 7816-2 contacts located on one face of the card, or linear connector 24 with multiple contacts located on along one of the short sides of the card, 3-the selection logic 25 controlling access to the semiconductor mass memory 26 and its management,
• 4-the connector 27 possibly receiving the ERS, if the latter is on a removable module.
• the internal ports can receive coupling modules made up of an input connector 29, connecting to an internal port 5, of an output connector 30 which can connect to an internal connection head 4 A of the floppy disk drive other as the head 4, and a bus 31 connecting these two connectors together.
• the internal ports 33.1 and 33.2 can receive a double module 28a whose output connector 30a will have more contacts than connector 2.
• the coupler 7 described by GORDON AND REICHMANN contains semiconductor elements 12 implicitly sufficiently complex for the control of a semiconductor floppy disk or a multipurpose intermediate cartridge with internal peripherals, such as a module gouper or an intermediary for a smart card.
• the presence of memory and the possibility of transforming boots suggests the presence of a microprocessor and the possibility of transforming from a serial mode to parallel mode.
• some of the semiconductor elements will be grouped near the transceiver itself so as to be able to constitute a removable module 16 provided with a connector 29b, which can be introduced into a particular housing 39 of the intermediate cartridge 15 and connect to the bus of said cartridge by an internal port 27.
• the semiconductor elements 18, especially those of the removable transceiver module 16a will differ from the prior art by new possibilities:
• Each module has a visible identification number on each side reproduced in its semiconductor elements
• This internal identification number is linked to an internal selection logic 32 (fig. 4) which allows the selection of the module when the computer is given its identification number. Once the module has been selected, its access can be controlled by a code in the conventional way.
• b-On the intermediate cartridge Each internal port of the intermediate cartridge is controlled by a selection logic and carries a number from (1) to (n) (fig.3) which will be transmitted to the computer in the event of selection.
• the first object of the invention is achieved (FIG. 5) by adding to a grouper of modules, consisting of a cartridge in the form of a floppy disk, a transceiver 8 which can communicate with the read-write head 9 of the reader. floppy disk.
• the transceiver 8 may not be permanently integrated into the cartridge but may be located on a removable module 16 which can be introduced on demand into a housing of the cartridge, the housing possibly being occupied by a removable plug allowing good reception of the read head write.
• the second object of the invention is achieved (FIG. 3) by adding to the cartridge a module grouper or a semiconductor floppy disk, provided with a transceiver, a housing 33C and one or more connectors
• the third object of the invention is achieved by adding to the cartridge of a semiconductor floppy disk a connector 2, identical to those of the removable modules M, and able to connect to the internal connection head 4 of an improved reader.
• the multipurpose interface is not to be used in an advanced reader with a connection head, it may not have the correct connector for that connection head.
• the slots intended to receive them can be removed.
• FIG. 1 represents a grouper of modules according to VERNOIS.
• FIG. 2 represents a "coupler” according to GORDON and REICHMANN.
• FIG. 3 represents a versatile intermediate cartridge according to the invention, with various peripherals.
• Figures 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e show removable modules.
• FIG. 5 represents an improved grouper provided with a transceiver 8 located on a removable module 16, and with a battery 13.
• FIG. 6 represents an improved module grouper.
• FIG. 7 represents a versatile intermediate cartridge with housings 33 for M modules, a housing 33C for a smart card, a transceiver 8 and a battery 13.
• Figure 8 is an elevation (vertical to the xl0 scale) of Figure 7.
• FIG. 9 represents a cartridge and its cover 42.
• Figures 10, 11 and 12 show covers 42.
• Figure 13 shows a cartridge and its cover 42.
• Figure 14 shows a housing 33C curving the smart card.
• Figure 15 shows an immobilization arm.
• FIG. 16 represents a cartridge with a turbine 58.
• Figure 17 is an elevational view (vertical to the scale xl0) of Figure 16.
• Figure 18 shows in plan and in elevation a housing 33 accessible by a slot located on the side of the cartridge.
• Figure 19 is an elevation of Figure 18, the vertical scale of which is 10 times the horizontal scale.
• Figure 20 where the vertical scale is 10 times the horizontal scale, shows a cartridge contained in a narrow U.
• Figures 21 and 22 show a locking spring.
• FIG. 23 represents a housing 33.
• FIG. 24 represents the part of the locking linked to the module.
• Figure 25 shows a locking spring in a housing.
• Figure 26 shows a cartridge with parallel housing.
• FIG. 6 represents a grouper of modules. We see the housings 33 and their connectors 5, each capable of receiving an M module, an output connector 2, identical to the connectors of the M modules, and capable of connecting to the internal connection head 4 of the floppy drive, an internal bus 6 and a battery 13.
• the bus 6, the semiconductor element 18, the transceiver 8, the battery 13, the connector 2 and the connectors 5 are fixed on a rigid printed circuit which is housed between the two shells forming the cartridge.
• a hole 34 in the lower wall of the cartridge allows the presence of the motor shaft and its drive pin.
• the arms 35 and 36 close on the modules and lock at 37 and
• a transceiver 8 provides coupling to the read-write head 95 of the floppy drive.
• This transceiver 8 is connected to the bus 6 of the grouper and has a semiconductor element 18 for managing the system.
• Figures 7 and 8 show a versatile intermediate cartridge 15
• the housing 33C consists of a rectangular recess on the surface of the upper part of the cartridge, the long side of which is perpendicular to the direction d introduction of the cartridge into the reader, and the depth of which, or that of the ranges 51 and 52 supporting the
• P.O card are equal or slightly less than 1, 3 mm.
• a hole 34 in the lower part of the cartridge allows the presence of the motor shaft 40 and its drive pin 41.
• the motor shaft being (according to ISO 8860-1, 7.6) at 1, 3 mm from the surface of the cartridge, and the thickness of the smart cards being 0.80 mm, it
• 25 remains a usable height of 0.50 mm for locking the card.
• the only condition to be observed so as not to deform the card is that there is no identification boss on the right of the motor shaft.
• the manipulation of the smart card is favored by the presence of the hole 34 which allows it to be grasped between the thumb and the index finger without touching the
• the housing for the smart card is closed by a cover 42 ensuring the protection of said smart card.
• This rectangular cover 42 has hinges 43 located on a long side of the rectangle, and made up of rolled sheet metal elements, placed in housings 44 of the cartridge.
• the cover 42 is secured to the cartridge by a rod 45 threaded into the holes 46 of the cartridge and the holes of the hinges 43.
• a lock 47 makes it possible to keep the cover 42 closed.
• Folds 48, 49, and 50 ( Figures 10, 11, and 12), or inserts, optionally allow the card to be attached to the cover itself.
• the internal face of the cover is covered with a coating capable of not damaging any magnetic tracks on the chip card.
• the cover is articulated around 65 and 66 by means of metal strips 67 and 68 shaped, acting as hinges and passing through the cartridge at 69 and 70.
• hinges 1 5 67 and 68 are introduced by elastic deformation, or put into final shape after introduction into the openings 69 and 70.
• FIGS. 18 and 19 show an intermediate cartridge in which the chip card is slid into the cartridge by a slot 65 located on the side of the cartridge.
• the vertical scale in Figure 19 is 10 times the horizontal scale.
• the cover 42 is then advantageously replaced by a thin piece 66 of the shape of the cartridge and constituting the top of this cartridge.
• the bottom of the housing 33C is at the same level as the bottom of the slot 65 and of the connector
• a notch 67, on the side of the cartridge where the slot 65 is located, allows the capture of the smart card.
• FIG. 26 shows a consolidator in which the long side of the housing 33C of the smart card is parallel to the direction of introduction of the cartridge in the floppy drive.
• the transceiver 8 is arranged on the face opposite that of the housing 33C.
• This housing 33C can have all the characteristics of the housing 533C perpendicular to the direction of insertion, cover, hinges, plain upper surface and access slot 65, here at the bottom of the diskette, with gripping notch 67.
• Sixth preferred embodiment Sixth preferred embodiment .
• FIGS. 14 and 15 show an intermediate cartridge in which the smart card is curved over two curved surfaces 51 and 52.
• One end of the card is inserted under the fixed strip 53 and then slightly bent by pressure at its other end.
• a movable arm 54 articulated at 55, of curved shape at rest, is held in place by a spring 56. 5
• This spring 56 clamps the cartridge in a surface housing thereof, and has a cut and curved tongue 55b, around which the said movable arm 54 is articulated, thanks to the hole 55a.
• This arm locks onto the end of the card by introducing its free end under the spring 57, pinching the cartridge like spring 56; in this way, the elasticity of the movable arm 54 presses the card on the curved surfaces 51 and 52 and on the connectors 23a or 23b. Seventh favorite achievement.
• FIG. 16 shows in perspective a cartridge to which a ventilation turbine 58 and an electric generator 14 have been added, the coil (s) of which 5 or 5 are fixed and the magnets 60 incorporated in the fan turbine.
• the turbine is seen in the cutaway 63 of the cartridge, and details of the turbine, in the cutaway 64 of the said turbine.
• Figure 17 shows an internal view of the turbine, the vertical scale being 10 times the horizontal scale.
• This cartridge contains an electronic card comprising printed circuits, semiconductor elements, and one or more coils 59 constituting the fixed part of the electric generator.
• the base of the turbine has a magnetizable element 62 allowing it to be hooked onto the motor shaft.
• the base 62 of the turbine has holes identical to the holes of the hub of the magnetic disk contained in a standard floppy disk, prescribed by the ISO 8860-1 standard.
• This turbine is free in the cartridge and remains maintained, thanks to the diameter of its fins, greater than the diameter of the opening 34 of the underside of the cartridge, in the said lower opening of the cartridge when this cartridge is not locked. in a player.
• the magnets 60 are incorporated into the turbine in positions such that, when the turbine is centered on the motor shaft, these magnets pass, during rotation, in the immediate vicinity of the fixed coils 59 constituting the winding of the electric generator. Eighth favorite achievement.
• Figures 21 to 25 show details of the housing 33, modules, and the module locking spring in a housing 33, where in the housing of a floppy disk.
• FIG. 23 shows the arrangement of the slides 69 of the housings 33 in order to arrange a spring 70 shown therein in FIGS. 21 and 22.
• This spring is pierced with two perforations 71 and 72.
• a tongue 73 preserved from the perforation 71 is bent at approximately 90 ° and will serve as a bolt locking the module on the slide, by penetrating into a slot 74 of the module.
• the spring is curved ( Figure 22) with an arrow equal to the width of the slide, reduced by the thickness of the spring.
• the housings 33 On one of the two slideways of the housings 33 are cut oblique notches a, b, and c making it possible to hold the spring in place; these indentations provide isolated parts d and e in the slide.
• the spacers 75, 76, and 77 of the spring penetrate into the oblique notches a, b, and c respectively, and the isolated parts d and e of the slide penetrate the perforations 71 and 72 of the spring.
• the placement maneuver consists in bending the spring 70 (below its elastic limit) with an appropriate tool, and sliding it into one of the notches a or b of the slide, and then into the other.
• the spring penetrates at the bottom of the oblique notches a and b with a slight clearance necessary for its elongation when it is compressed at the bottom of the housing 33, during locking and unlocking operations of the module.
• the spacer 77 enters the notch c of the slide so as to be a few fractions of mm from the edge of the slide.
• This pressure can be caused by the introduction of the module.
• the elements 78 and 79 of the module, enclosing the slide, provide a groove equal to the width of the slide of the housing 33 ( Figure 24) minus the thickness of the spring.
• the elements 78 compress the spring and allow the passage of the bolt 73 which will then be released in the slot 74 of the module.
• This unlocking pressure can be caused by the side of the thumbnail which can be pushed against the spring thanks to a recessed arrangement 80 from the edge of the module. Ninth favorite achievement.
• FIG. 27 represents an intermediate cartridge having a connector 2A situated on the front of the cartridge, between the left edge and the median axis of the cartridge, the contacts being at the front or at the surface.
• This 2A connector connects to a 4A connection head located inside the floppy drive.

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