System for reading identification cards with electrical contacts

Claim 1

System including reading of identification cards, comprising cards (10) provided with mutually parallel electrical contacts, located on a major surface of the card (10) from one of the edges of said card (10) and a reader provided with a device (24) for establishing electrical connections with the contacts of the card, having flexible resilient blades (32) of conducting material, which at rest clear a card introduction path which is parallel to the contacts up to a predetermined location of the card in the reader, the card (10) and device (24) having abutment means which cooperate for causing, beyond said location, a relative movement of the contacts (20) and the blades (32) toward each other, tranversely to the introduction path of the card, until the contacts and blades are pressed against each other at the end of the introduction of the card (10), characterized in that said contacts (20) are located at the bottom of respective parallel grooves (16) formed on the major surface and opening on said edge and in that the blades (32) have a rear section embedded in a stationary housing and a front section having a bend directed toward the introduction path of the card into the housing.