Apparatus for checking and debiting from a credit card in a card reader

Abstract

Abstract 1. A device for the checking and cancellation of a value card (12) insertable in a card reader (1) for terminal equipment, especially card-operated telephones, and containing value units, having the following features : the card reader (1) has a slot (13), through which the value card (12) can be pushed into a card receptacle (3) corresponding to the size of the value card (12) ; the card receptacle (3) is designed so that the value card (12) is guided by it and, at its edge extending perpendicularly relative to the direction of insertion, is touched by a push-out hook (6) ; the card receptacle (3), together with the value card (12) so retained, can, as a result of a pivoting movement, be brought up to a contact element (19) serving for checking and cancellation ; there are means which, as a result of interlocking, allow the pivoting movement only when the value card (12) is inserted far enough into the card receptacle (3) ; after the pivoting movement has been executed, the card receptacle (3) can be stopped, by means of a blocking device (20, 21, 22) actuated by a magnet system, in a position differing from the insertion position and serving for checking and cancellation, up to the completion of cancellation, and can subsequently be returned to the initial position via spring elements, the value card (12) being ejected from the card reader (1) by the push-out hook (6) after cancellation has taken place, characterised in that the push-out hook (6) forms one arm of a transport rocker (2), the other arm of which is formed by two claws (5) engaging round the value card (12) at its edge located opposite the push-out hook (6), and in that the pivoting movement takes place as a result of the interlocking of the transport rocker (2) with a drive device, the value card (12) first being drawn into the card reader (1) completely and the slot (13) being closed by means of a blocking slide (4), and then the pivoting movement taking place.

Inventors

• 👤 Walter Bergmiller
• 👤 Max Dipl.-Ing.(Fh) Ludwig

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