WO1999026404A1 - Electronic card support plate in telephone set - Google Patents

Electronic card support plate in telephone set

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WO1999026404A1
WO1999026404A1 PCT/FR1998/002448 FR9802448W WO9926404A1 WO 1999026404 A1 WO1999026404 A1 WO 1999026404A1 FR 9802448 W FR9802448 W FR 9802448W WO 9926404 A1 WO9926404 A1 WO 9926404A1
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plate
support plate
electronic card
rotation
housing
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Mathieu Pichot
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Schlumberger Systemes
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04MTELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M17/00Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems
    • H04M17/02Coin-freed or check-freed systems, e.g. mobile- or card-operated phones, public telephones or booths
    • H04M17/026Constructional features

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  • the present invention relates to a support plate of at least one electronic card in a casing of a telephone apparatus.
  • a payphone generally consists of a metal case in which are arranged a certain number of organs intended for users, such as a dial pad, a printer, a reader and a message display for payphones operating with a card. telephone or calling card, which is currently the case for most payphones.
  • the motherboard Inside the housing, there is also at least one electronic card, called the motherboard, fixed integrally to the housing and placed substantially parallel to the aforementioned members.
  • the dimensions of the card are such that it almost completely covers said members.
  • the technical problem to be solved by the object of the present invention is to propose a support plate of at least one electronic card placed in a case of a telephone apparatus, which would facilitate maintenance and avoid any deterioration of the card following its handling.
  • the solution to the technical problem posed consists, according to this invention, in that said support plate is constituted by a plate on which said electronic card is fixed, said plate being movable between a so-called closed position and a so-called open position by rotation about a fixed axis relative to said housing.
  • said support plate is constituted by a plate on which said electronic card is fixed, said plate being movable between a so-called closed position and a so-called open position by rotation about a fixed axis relative to said housing.
  • said electronic card is provided with at least one connector disposed near the axis of rotation of said plate.
  • Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of a telephone apparatus, the support plate of the invention being in the closed position.
  • Figure 2 is a rear perspective view of the apparatus of Figure 1, the support plate of the invention being in the open position.
  • Figure 3 is a rear perspective view of the apparatus of Figures 1 and 2, the support plate of the invention being in the insertion or withdrawal position.
  • FIG. 4 is a detailed perspective view of a pivot and a rotation bearing of the support plate of the invention.
  • a telephone device of the public phone type seen from the rear that is to say from the side which is generally not visible to a user.
  • This device is essentially formed by a metal housing 1, in cast aluminum for example.
  • an electronic card 2 called motherboard, on which are installed the various circuits necessary for the operation of the payphone.
  • the rear plate intended to be fixed on a wall and on which is placed the housing 1.
  • said electronic card 2 is fixed on a support plate made up of a plate 3 movable in rotation about an axis A fixed with respect to said housing 1.
  • the plate 3 is in the closed position and maintained in this position by means of a fixing lug 21, integral of said plate 3 and retained by an elastic spout 22 secured to the housing 1.
  • the plate 3 in the open position allows access to members normally masked by the plate in the closed position; these are for example a display 1 1 or a dialing keyboard 12.
  • a maintenance agent responsible for working on one of these organs sees his task considerably simplified since, instead of dismantling the electronic card and removing it from the housing, it suffices to act on the retaining spout 22 to release the plate. 3 and tilt it to the open position.
  • a second electronic card 8 is fixed to the plate 3 of the support plate of the invention, it may for example be an options card supplementing the mother card 2.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 it can be seen that the plate 3 is provided, at each end along the axis A, with a pivot 4 capable of turning in a bearing 5 of rotation secured to the housing 1 of the payphone More specially , the aforementioned figures show that the pivots 4 have a flattened shape capable of cooperating with an opening 9 of the bearings 5 of rotation so as to allow the introduction or removal of said plate 3 in a given position which, in the mode of embodiment illustrated in the figures, is intermediate between the closed and open positions

Abstract

The invention concerns a support plate of at least one electronic card (2, 8) placed in a telephone set box (1). The invention is characterised in that said support plate consists of a plate (3) whereon is fixed said electronic card (2, 8), said plate (3) being mobile between a so-called closed position and a so-called open position by rotating about an axis (A) fixed relative to said box (1). The invention is applicable to public telephones.

Description

PLATINE-SUPPORT DE CARTE ELECTRONIQUE DANS UN APPAREIL TELEPHONIQUE ELECTRONIC CARD HOLDER IN A TELEPHONE DEVICE
La présente invention concerne une platine- support d'au moins une carte électronique dans un boîtier d'un appareil téléphonique.The present invention relates to a support plate of at least one electronic card in a casing of a telephone apparatus.
L'invention trouve une application particulièrement avantageuse dans le domaine des téléphones publics ou publiphones. Un publiphone est en général constitué d'un boîtier métallique dans lequel sont disposés un certain nombre d'organes destinés aux utilisateurs, tels qu'un clavier de numérotation, une imprimante, un lecteur et un afficheur de messages pour les publiphones fonctionnant avec une carte téléphonique ou télécarte, ce qui est le cas actuellement pour la plupart de publiphones.The invention finds a particularly advantageous application in the field of public telephones or payphones. A payphone generally consists of a metal case in which are arranged a certain number of organs intended for users, such as a dial pad, a printer, a reader and a message display for payphones operating with a card. telephone or calling card, which is currently the case for most payphones.
A l'intérieur du boîtier, on trouve également au moins une carte électronique, dite carte-mère, fixée solidairement au boîtier et placée sensiblement parallèlement aux organes précités. Les dimensions de la carte sont telles qu'elle recouvre pratiquement totalement lesdits organes.Inside the housing, there is also at least one electronic card, called the motherboard, fixed integrally to the housing and placed substantially parallel to the aforementioned members. The dimensions of the card are such that it almost completely covers said members.
En conséquence, une intervention de maintenance par exemple sur un de ces organes nécessite de retirer complètement la carte électronique du boîtier, après avoir déconnecté les nappes de conducteurs assurant la liaison électrique avec la carte. Il en résulte de nombreuses manipulations et un risque de dégradation de la carte électronique, celle-ci étant sortie du boîtier et posée en un endroit parfois peu sûr par l'agent de maintenance intervenant sur l'appareil.Consequently, a maintenance intervention, for example on one of these members, requires the complete removal of the electronic card from the box, after having disconnected the layers of conductors ensuring the electrical connection with the card. This results in numerous manipulations and a risk of damage to the electronic card, the latter being removed from the housing and placed in a place that is sometimes insecure by the maintenance agent intervening on the device.
Aussi, le problème technique à résoudre par l'objet de la présente invention est de proposer une platine-support d'au moins une carte électronique placée dans un boîtier d'un appareil téléphonique, qui permettrait de faciliter les opérations de maintenance et d'éviter toute détérioration de la carte consécutive à sa manipulation.Also, the technical problem to be solved by the object of the present invention is to propose a support plate of at least one electronic card placed in a case of a telephone apparatus, which would facilitate maintenance and avoid any deterioration of the card following its handling.
La solution au problème technique posé consiste, selon la présente invention, en ce que ladite platine -support est constituée par une plaque sur laquelle est fixée ladite carte électronique, ladite plaque étant mobile entre une position dite fermée et une position dite ouverte par rotation autour d'un axe fixe par rapport audit boîtier. Ainsi, pour effectuer une opération de maintenance par exemple sur le clavier ou l'afficheur de l'appareil téléphonique, il suffit, après avoir ouvert le boîtier, de faire pivoter la plaque autour de l'axe fixe de manière à la faire passer de la position fermée à la position ouverte, ceci sans avoir à démonter la carte de la platine-support ni à la retirer du boîtier, d'où l'avantage de limiter les manipulations, de gagner du temps en maintenance et de préserver l'intégrité de la carte électronique.The solution to the technical problem posed consists, according to this invention, in that said support plate is constituted by a plate on which said electronic card is fixed, said plate being movable between a so-called closed position and a so-called open position by rotation about a fixed axis relative to said housing. Thus, to carry out a maintenance operation for example on the keyboard or the display of the telephone apparatus, it suffices, after opening the casing, to pivot the plate around the fixed axis so as to pass it from the closed position to the open position, without having to disassemble the card from the support plate or remove it from the housing, hence the advantage of limiting handling, saving time in maintenance and preserving integrity of the electronic card.
Selon un mode de réalisation particulier de l'invention, ladite carte électronique est pourvue d'au moins un connecteur disposé à proximité de l'axe de rotation de ladite plaque. Cette disposition permet d'obtenir un déplacement du connecteur de très faible amplitude, ce qui, combiné pour l'utilisation de conducteurs en nappes souples, évite d'avoir à déconnecter lesdits conducteurs, limitant encore les manipulations à effectuer par l'agent de maintenance.According to a particular embodiment of the invention, said electronic card is provided with at least one connector disposed near the axis of rotation of said plate. This arrangement makes it possible to obtain a displacement of the connector of very low amplitude, which, combined for the use of flexible sheet conductors, avoids having to disconnect said conductors, further limiting the handling to be carried out by the maintenance agent. .
La description qui va suivre, en regard des dessins annexés, donnés à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, fera bien comprendre en quoi consiste l'invention et comment elle peut être réalisée.The description which follows, with reference to the appended drawings, given by way of nonlimiting examples, will make it clear what the invention consists of and how it can be implemented.
La figure 1 est une vue arrière en perspective d'un appareil téléphonique, la platine-support de l'invention étant en position fermée. La figure 2 est une vue arrière en perspective de l'appareil de la figure 1 , la platine-support de l'invention étant en position ouverte.Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of a telephone apparatus, the support plate of the invention being in the closed position. Figure 2 is a rear perspective view of the apparatus of Figure 1, the support plate of the invention being in the open position.
La figure 3 est une vue arrière en perspective de l'appareil des figures 1 et 2, la platine-support de l'invention étant en position d'introduction ou de retrait.Figure 3 is a rear perspective view of the apparatus of Figures 1 and 2, the support plate of the invention being in the insertion or withdrawal position.
La figure 4 est une vue de détail en perspective d'un pivot et d'un palier de rotation de la platine-support de l'invention. Sur la figure 1 est représenté un appareil téléphonique du type publiphone vu de l'arrière, c'est-à-dire du côté qui n'est en général pas visible pour un utilisateur. Cet appareil est essentiellement formé par un boîtier métalllique 1 , en aluminium moulé par exemple. Comme le montre la figure 1 , est placée dans le boîtier 1 une carte électronique 2, appelée carte-mère, sur laquelle sont implantés les différents circuits nécessaires au fonctionnement du publiphone. N'est pas représentée sur les figures, la plaque arrière destinée à être fixée sur une paroi et sur laquelle est mis en place le boîtier 1. Conformément à la figure 1 , ladite carte électronique 2 est fixée sur une platine-support constituée d'une plaque 3 mobile en rotation autour d'un axe A fixe par rapport audit boîtier 1. Dans le cas de la figure 1 , la plaque 3 est en position fermée et maintenue dans cette position au moyen d'une patte 21 de fixation, solidaire de ladite plaque 3 et retenue par un bec élastique 22 solidaire du boîtier 1.Figure 4 is a detailed perspective view of a pivot and a rotation bearing of the support plate of the invention. In Figure 1 is shown a telephone device of the public phone type seen from the rear, that is to say from the side which is generally not visible to a user. This device is essentially formed by a metal housing 1, in cast aluminum for example. As shown in Figure 1, is placed in the housing 1 an electronic card 2, called motherboard, on which are installed the various circuits necessary for the operation of the payphone. Not shown in the figures, the rear plate intended to be fixed on a wall and on which is placed the housing 1. According to FIG. 1, said electronic card 2 is fixed on a support plate made up of a plate 3 movable in rotation about an axis A fixed with respect to said housing 1. In the case of FIG. 1, the plate 3 is in the closed position and maintained in this position by means of a fixing lug 21, integral of said plate 3 and retained by an elastic spout 22 secured to the housing 1.
Pour amener la plaque 3 dans la position ouverte de la figure 2, il suffit de dégager élastiquement la patte 21 de fixation du bec 22 de retenue et de faire pivoter ladite plaque autour de l'axe fixe A. Ainsi qu'on peut le voir sur la figure 2, la plaque 3 en position ouverte autorise l'accès à des organes normalement masqués par la plaque en position fermée ; ce sont par exemple un afficheur 1 1 ou un clavier 12 de numérotation. Un agent de maintenance chargé d'intervenir sur un de ces organes voit sa tâche considérablement simplifiée puisqu'au lieu de démonter la carte électronique et de la sortir du boîtier, il lui suffit d'agir sur le bec 22 de retenue pour dégager la plaque 3 et la basculer en position ouverte. Cette opération est encore grandement simplifiée du fait que la carte électronique 2 est pourvue d'un connecteur 6 disposé à proximité de l'axe A de rotation de la plaque 3. Cette disposition avantageuse permet d'utiliser pour relier le connecteur 6 à un connecteur 7 fixe par rapport au boîtier 1 , des nappes souples de conducteurs, représentées sur la figure 3 par la double flèche 10. La rotation de plaque 3 peut donc s'effectuer sans avoir à déconnecter lesdites nappes de conducteursTo bring the plate 3 into the open position of FIG. 2, it suffices to elastically disengage the tab 21 for fixing the retaining spout 22 and to pivot said plate around the fixed axis A. As can be seen in Figure 2, the plate 3 in the open position allows access to members normally masked by the plate in the closed position; these are for example a display 1 1 or a dialing keyboard 12. A maintenance agent responsible for working on one of these organs sees his task considerably simplified since, instead of dismantling the electronic card and removing it from the housing, it suffices to act on the retaining spout 22 to release the plate. 3 and tilt it to the open position. This operation is further greatly simplified by the fact that the electronic card 2 is provided with a connector 6 disposed near the axis A of rotation of the plate 3. This advantageous arrangement makes it possible to use to connect the connector 6 to a connector 7 fixed relative to the housing 1, flexible plies of conductors, represented in FIG. 3 by the double arrow 10. The rotation of plate 3 can therefore be carried out without having to disconnect said layers of conductors
On notera sur la figure 2 qu'une deuxième carte électronique 8 est fixée sur la plaque 3 de la platine-support de l'invention, il peut s'agir par exemple d'une carte d'options complétant la carte-mère 2.It will be noted in FIG. 2 that a second electronic card 8 is fixed to the plate 3 of the support plate of the invention, it may for example be an options card supplementing the mother card 2.
Sur les figures 1 a 4, on peut voir que la plaque 3 est munie, à chaque extrémité le long de l'axe A, d'un pivot 4 apte à tourner dans un palier 5 de rotation solidaire du boîtier 1 du publiphone Plus spécialement, les figures précitées font apparaître que les pivots 4 ont une forme aplatie apte a coopérer avec une ouverture 9 des paliers 5 de rotation de manière a permettre l'introduction ou le retrait de ladite plaque 3 dans une position donnée qui, dans le mode de réalisation illustre sur les figures, est intermédiaire entre les positions fermée et ouverteIn FIGS. 1 to 4, it can be seen that the plate 3 is provided, at each end along the axis A, with a pivot 4 capable of turning in a bearing 5 of rotation secured to the housing 1 of the payphone More specially , the aforementioned figures show that the pivots 4 have a flattened shape capable of cooperating with an opening 9 of the bearings 5 of rotation so as to allow the introduction or removal of said plate 3 in a given position which, in the mode of embodiment illustrated in the figures, is intermediate between the closed and open positions
Si l'on veut par exemple introduire une platine-support de carte dans le boîtier 1 de l'appareil, il faut présenter la plaque 3 comme indique a la figure 3, c'est-a-dire dans la position intermédiaire permettant le passage des pivots aplatis 4 dans les ouvertures 9 des paliers δ de rotation, puis a taire pivoter la plaque 3 vers la position fermée ou vers la position ouverte Pour retirer la plaque, on effectue la même manoeuvre en sens inverse If, for example, you want to insert a card support plate into the housing 1 of the device, you must present the plate 3 as shown in Figure 3, that is to say in the intermediate position allowing passage flattened pivots 4 in the openings 9 of the δ rotation bearings, then shut up pivot the plate 3 to the closed position or to the open position To remove the plate, the same maneuver is performed in reverse

Claims

REVENDICATIONS
1 - Platine-support d'au moins une carte électronique (2, 8) placée dans un boîtier ( 1) d'un appareil téléphonique, caractérisée en ce que ladite platine-support est constituée par une plaque (3) sur laquelle est fixée ladite carte électronique (2, 8), ladite plaque (3) étant mobile entre une position dite fermée et une position dite ouverte par rotation autour d'un axe (A) fixe par rapport audit boîtier (1).1 - Support plate of at least one electronic card (2, 8) placed in a housing (1) of a telephone apparatus, characterized in that said support plate is constituted by a plate (3) on which is fixed said electronic card (2, 8), said plate (3) being movable between a so-called closed position and a so-called open position by rotation about an axis (A) fixed relative to said housing (1).
2 - Platine- support selon la revendication 1 , caractérisée en ce que ladite plaque (3) est munie, à chaque extrémité le long dudit axe (A) fixe, d'un pivot (4) apte à tourner dans un palier (5) de rotation solidaire du boîtier ( 1) de l'appareil téléphonique.2 - Support plate according to claim 1, characterized in that said plate (3) is provided, at each end along said fixed axis (A), with a pivot (4) capable of turning in a bearing (5) of rotation integral with the casing (1) of the telephone apparatus.
3 - Platine-support selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que ledit pivot (4) présente une section de forme aplatie apte à coopérer avec une ouverture (9) dudit palier (5) de rotation de manière à permettre l'introduction ou le retrait de ladite plaque (3) dans une position donnée.3 - Support plate according to claim 2, characterized in that said pivot (4) has a flattened section capable of cooperating with an opening (9) of said bearing (5) for rotation so as to allow the introduction or removal of said plate (3) in a given position.
4 - Platine- support selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que ladite position d'introduction ou de retrait est intermédiaire entre lesdites positions fermée et ouverte.4 - Support plate according to claim 3, characterized in that said insertion or withdrawal position is intermediate between said closed and open positions.
5 -Platine-support selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que ladite carte électronique (2) est pourvue d'au moins un connecteur (6) disposé à proximité de l'axe (A) de rotation de ladite plaque (3). 5 -Plate-support according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said electronic card (2) is provided with at least one connector (6) disposed near the axis (A) of rotation of said plate (3).
PCT/FR1998/002448 1997-11-17 1998-11-17 Electronic card support plate in telephone set WO1999026404A1 (en)

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