WO2005058090A1

WO2005058090A1 - Holding device

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Publication number: WO2005058090A1
Application number: PCT/AT2004/000444
Authority: WO
Inventors: Walter Franz Leibetseder
Original assignee: Walter Franz Leibetseder
Priority date: 2003-12-17
Filing date: 2004-12-16
Publication date: 2005-06-30
Also published as: AT500681B1; AT500681A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a device which is used to receive at least one card-shaped data carrier (3). Said device comprises a housing (1) wherein a drawer (2) is arranged between the base of the drawer (6) which is essentially plate-shaped and a cover plate (7) which is also essentially plate-shaped. The data carrier (3) can be inserted into and withdrawn from said drawer by means of a front-sided drawer opening (4). A recess (8) which is used to identify and displace the data carrier is formed in the cover plate (7). At least one spring (10), in particular a leaf spring, extending essentially in an inward and/or outward direction of the drawer (2), is provided. The spring (10) comprising a spring leg (9), is engaged in the drawer (2) by means of the recess (8) and forms an elastic clamping holder for the data carrier(s) (3) in the drawer (2). According the invention, at least one passage opening (17) directed to the inside of the drawer (2) is provided in the spring leg (9), which is used, in particular, for withdrawing the data carrier (3).

Description

mounting device

The invention relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 1. In order to be able to hold credit cards or other card-shaped data carriers and folded paper money separately from one another on the one hand, a device is known (US Pat. No. 5,718,329 A) which has a drawer for the Has data carrier housing with an end compartment opening for pushing in and out of the data carrier. The drawer is formed between two plates, namely a shelf and a cover plate, the data carriers in the drawer being pressed against the shelf under a corresponding spring preload by a spring leg that starts from the front compartment opening and falls in the direction of insertion. This clamp holder on the data carrier prevents the data carrier from being accidentally pushed out of the drawer. For pushing out the data carriers, a recess is provided on the front side opposite the compartment opening and extends from the front wall of the housing over part of the cover plate, via which the data carriers can be pushed out through the opposite compartment opening while overcoming the friction caused by the clamping force of the spring leg, so that they can be removed from the drawer by hand. Another spring leg is used to receive folded paper money, which extends from the end wall opposite the compartment opening of the housing and bears against the outside of the shelf under a pretension, so that the folded paper money is clamped between this spring leg and the shelf. A disadvantage of this known device is the comparatively complex

Structure and the fact that the card-like data carriers have to be pushed out of the drawer at the end from the side of the housing opposite the compartment opening, which makes handling more difficult. In addition, if the spring force of the spring legs formed in one piece with the housing becomes fatigued, the device becomes unusable.

Furthermore, it is known (US Pat. No. 6,026,873 A) to provide a box-shaped housing for receiving credit cards, the bottom of which has a section which can be pivoted in against a cover plate and which is acted upon by a spring clip which comprises the housing on the end face opposite a removal opening so that there is a clamp for the credit cards between the pivotable bottom portion and the cover plate. Although this spring arrangement allows the spring to be replaced, this spring arrangement restricts the known construction to handling in which not only the pivotable base section but also the entire base has to be pivoted against the force of the spring clip in order to remove the credit cards from the housing can. In addition, this known device is not suitable for separately holding credit cards on the one hand and folded paper money on the other.

In addition, a device for storing credit cards, money or the like is known (US 5,938,010), which has a drawer formed between a base plate and a cover plate, into which the cards can be inserted. Both the base plate and the cover plate each have a recess, the recess in the cover plate being used to move the cards to be pushed in and out. A spring is provided on the base plate, which engages in the drawer through the recess in the base plate and presses against the inserted cards from below. The spring covers this recess and it is not possible to identify or move the cards. A disadvantage of this device is that in this device, although only one function, namely that of holding cards, is performed, structural shapes or components, such as recesses or springs, are provided in the base plate and in the cover plate, and thus both sides are no longer available for other purposes. Another serious disadvantage is that when the top of the cards is turned towards the user to select the correct card, the spring presses against the sensitive magnetic stripe of the cards. This can lead to damage and scratches, especially if the cards are inserted and removed frequently, and can make the cards unusable.

Furthermore, a device is known (DE 9316522 U) in which credit cards can be inserted into a drawer formed by a top and a bottom plate. The pushing out is facilitated by an oblique recess at one corner of the device. On the base plate, a tongue is formed which is bent inwards into the drawer and which presses the credit cards against the opposite cover plate. The tongue is part of the base plate and cut out of this base plate. A disadvantage of this device is that the central part of the cards that is essential for identification or recognition is not visible due to the peripheral attachment of the recess. The invention is therefore based on the object, while avoiding these disadvantages, of proposing a device of the type described at the outset, in which an advantageous construction is combined with simple handling and advantages in terms of use.

According to the invention, this is achieved by the characterizing features of claim 1. The proposed features make it possible to keep card-shaped data carriers, for example credit cards, business cards etc., protected from kinks, scratches and other damage, and at the same time to ensure that loss or unintentional falling out or sliding of the data carriers is prevented. The data carriers are usually arranged with their front side facing upwards, ie in the direction of the cutout. A major advantage of this embodiment is that the spring force is applied from above, ie from the side of the cover plate and through the cutout, to the front of the card. When the cards are arranged in this way, the spring presses against the front of the card and not against the sensitive magnetic strip formed on the back. This prevents scratches on the magnetic stripe caused by the spring even after the card has been inserted and removed frequently. This ensures quick and easy availability and accessibility of the cards. The proposed features make it possible to quickly identify the uppermost data carrier, ie to recognize which card is on top, is available and can be selected, since the central part of the card which is essential for the selection of the correct card or for identification is identified by the recess and the access opening is clearly visible. The simple and reliable construction of the access opening also facilitates insertion and, in particular, removal of the card. Since the housing can be held in one hand, whereby the top data carrier can be pushed out of the drawer through the opening of the spring leg engaging in the drawer with the help of the thumb of this hand, this results in particularly easy handling and the cards are quick and easy accessible from one hand. In this context, it is particularly advantageous if the features are designed according to claim 2. This ensures that the cards are held in the housing with sufficient force and cannot accidentally fall out. In this context, it is particularly advantageous if the features are designed according to claim 3, which ensure that the card comfortably with your finger can be reached or moved or that the largest possible area of the front of the card can be recognized.

A major advantage of this embodiment is that one side of the device also during the fulfillment of the intended task, namely the storage of

Credit cards, which are constantly and fully available for other purposes and can be used, for example, to attach advertising information. Can too

Belt clips or similar holding devices are attached to this free side. According to the invention, this is supported in particular by the features according to claim 4. This also ensures a stable construction and one

Damage to the cards is also prevented. An advantageous embodiment of the spring is described in claims 5 and 6, respectively. The combination of the two spring legs into a common, U-shaped spring clip makes it possible, in addition to the holder for credit cards, to also provide an additional holder, in particular for folded ones

To provide paper money. It when the features are provided according to claim 7 is particularly advantageous. This enables the replacement of broken springs or springs that have lost their tension. The spring or spring clip can be manufactured separately from the housing, which allows an independent selection of materials for the spring on the one hand and for the housing on the other. A structurally very simple solution results from the features according to claims 8 and 9. This configuration guarantees a firm fit and the spring can be replaced at any time with a handle. It is not always necessary to completely replace the spring or spring clip. It is often sufficient to press the spring legs against each other to increase the spring tension again. It is advantageous here if the features of claim 10 are provided. Thus, if the spring clip is plastically overstretched, the spring clip removed from the housing can be re-tensioned under a plastic deformation, because one spring leg can be deformed through the passage opening of the other spring leg beyond the elastic region. So that the bearing of the housing on the shelf cannot be impaired by the spring leg resting on the outside of the shelf, it is advantageous if the features are provided according to claim 11. Because of that comes the spring leg, which is adapted to the curvature, lies within the curvature space and does not cause any scratches on surfaces. The features of claim 12 make it possible to provide an additional mounting option, for example for paper money.

Further advantages and refinements of the invention result from the description and the accompanying drawings. All of the features explained can be used not only in the respectively specified combination, but also in other combinations or on their own without departing from the scope of the invention. The invention is illustrated schematically in the drawings using exemplary embodiments and is described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1 shows a device according to the invention for the separate storage of card-shaped data carriers and folded paper money together in a simplified, partially opened top view. FIG. 2 shows a section along the line II-II of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 shows the device of FIG. 1 in a front view in the direction of the compartment opening. Fig. 4a shows an embodiment of the invention for storing card-shaped data carriers in a top view. Fig. 4b shows a sectional view along the line A-A of Fig. 4a. Fig. 4c shows the device of Fig. 4a in a front view in the direction of the compartment opening. 5a shows a further embodiment according to the invention for storing card-shaped data carriers in a top view. FIG. 5b shows a sectional view along the line A-A of FIG. 5a. FIG. 5c shows the device of FIG. 5a in a front view in the direction of the compartment opening.

The device shown in FIG. 1 for separately holding or storing card-shaped data carriers, for example credit cards or business cards, and folded paper money has a housing 1 which forms a drawer 2 for holding card-shaped data carriers 3 between two essentially rectangular plates. The data carriers 3 can be inserted into or withdrawn from the drawer 2 through a front compartment opening 4. The Housing 1 is advantageously made of plastic, wood or metal and should have sufficient stability and hardness to protect the data carrier from kinks. Of the two plates connected to one another by side walls 5, one forms a shelf 6 and the other a cover plate 7. While the shelf 6 results in a closed, recess-free outer surface of the housing, the cover plate 7 has a window-like recess 8. This recess 8 serves for identification or for the recognition and selection of the data carriers or cards 3. The data carriers are therefore advantageously always to be arranged in such a way that their front side is visible through the recess 8. In addition, the recess 8 serves to be able to move the data carriers 3, in particular in order to push an inserted card 3 out of the housing 1 again. Through this recess 8, a spring leg 9 of a spring 10 projects into the drawer 2. The spring 10 can be made of metal, wood or plastic. The spring leg 9 can either occupy a large part of the recess 8 and fill the recess 8 almost completely, or it is made smaller, so that there is a free space around the spring leg 9. In this embodiment, the spring 10 is designed as a U-shaped spring clip, the spring leg 9 being connected to a further spring leg 11 via a web 13. The spring 10 or the spring legs 9, 11 can be formed by, in particular thin, flat spring leaves or leaf springs, which receive their spring tension through appropriate shaping or bending. The spring legs 9, 11 can also be formed by a rectangular, oval, round or similar frame or bracket, in particular made of round or angular profiles, with the spring leg 9 enclosing a passage opening 17 described later by this bracket. The end regions of the spring legs 9, 11, ie the regions behind the regions closest to the shelf 6 or the cover plate 7, are advantageously curved away from the respective surface in order to facilitate the insertion of the data carriers or the paper money. The spring or spring clip 10 encloses the housing 1 in a clip-like manner at the end section 20 opposite the compartment opening 4, so that the spring leg 9 is pretensioned against the inside of the shelf 6 and the further spring leg 11 is pretensioned against the outside of the shelf 6 is pressed, as can be seen in particular from FIG. 2. A small remaining distance between the spring legs 9, 11 and the plate is also possible, as long as the tension is large enough and the distance is small enough to hold a single card 3 firmly. This results in a between the spring leg 9 and the shelf 6

Clamping bracket for the card-shaped data carrier 3 in the drawer 2. The further spring leg 11 cooperating with the outside of the shelf 6 serves as

Clamp holder for folded paper money, which by the further

Spring leg 11 is clamped on the outside of the shelf 6.

The spring clip 10 is detachably connected to the end section 20 of the housing 1 in the region of its web 13 connecting the spring legs 9 and 11. The web 13, which connects the spring leg 9 to the further spring leg 11, has a groove-shaped arch 15 in the direction of the drawer 2. In this arch 15, a clamping piece 14 can be used, which spreads the walls of the arch apart and clamps them between the shelf 6 and the cover plate 7. For this purpose, the end wall 16 of the housing 1 is interrupted in the area of the spring clip 10. In order that the data carriers 3 can be pushed out of the drawer 2 unhindered by the spring leg 9 via the window-shaped recess 8 through the compartment opening 4, the spring leg 9 is provided with a passage opening 17. The passage opening 17 is either formed in the flat spring leaf, or it is enclosed by a rectangular, oval, round or similar frame or bracket, in particular made of round or angular profiles. As a result, the data carriers 3 can be pushed out with the thumb of the hand carrying the housing in the palm of the hand through the access opening 17 on the drawer 2 to such an extent that they can be grasped at their end projecting beyond the housing 1 and pulled completely out of the drawer 2. To insert the data carriers 3, these are only to be inserted into the drawer 2 through the compartment opening 4. The passage opening 17 also serves to identify and identify the correct card 3. The cutout 8 and the passage opening 17 are advantageously arranged in alignment or overlapping.

1 and 3 it can be seen that the further spring leg 11 resting on the outside of the shelf 6 has a smaller width than the width of the

Pass-through opening 17 and possibly also a smaller length than that of the

Passage opening 17, so that when the spring clip 10 is removed, the other Spring legs 11 can be bent under plastic deformation through the passage opening 17 against the spring legs 9, which allows an increase in the pretensioning of both spring legs 9 and 11 if the pretensioning of these spring legs 9, 11 for holding the clamp on the one hand the data carrier 3 and on the other hand the folded paper money has proven to be inadequate or has become weaker.

In order not to impair the bearing of the housing 1 on the shelf 6 by the further spring leg 11, the shelf 6 is provided on the outside with a concave cylindrical curvature 12, the axis of which extends in the insertion or extension direction of the drawer 2, as before all of Fig. 3 can be seen. The further spring leg 11 therefore comes to lie within the bulge space, so that the further spring leg 11 does not impair the bearing of the housing 1 on a flat surface. This also prevents scratches in a support surface or uncomfortably protruding corners and edges.

4a, 4b and 4c, an embodiment according to the invention is shown, with which only card-shaped data carriers 3 can be stored. In this embodiment, a spring 10 is provided which has only one spring leg 9 which projects through the recess 8 into the drawer 2. The

Spring 10 is in the region of the end portion 20 on the housing 1, in particular on the

Cover plate 7 attached, for example screwed, fastened with rivets or insertable into a groove. 5b, which shows a similar embodiment, it can be seen that the spring 10 in the end section 20 can also be bent such that a U-shaped edge is formed with which the spring 10 with the housing 1, in particular between the cover plate 7 and the shelf 6, is connected. This connection can be a screw, rivet, groove or adhesive connection. In these two embodiments, the shelf 6 is formed without a recess and is essentially flat or has no curvature. This includes advantageous, even if no folded paper money can be stored, since this reduces the thickness of the device and can be stored more easily and conveniently, for example in the pocket of a trouser. This area is also available for other functions. For example, additional holding means, for example holders for fastening the housing 1 to the belt, clips for storing paper money or the like, can be provided on the shelf 6. Advertising media can also be attached to it.

Claims

Patent claims:

1. Device for receiving at least one card-shaped data carrier (3) with a housing (1), in which a drawer (2) is formed between an essentially plate-shaped shelf (6) and an essentially plate-shaped cover plate (7) Data carrier (3) can be pushed in and out through a front compartment opening (4), a recess (8) for identifying and moving the data carrier (3) being formed in the cover plate (7), and at least one being essentially in one - or extending direction of the drawer (2) extending spring (10), in particular a leaf spring, is provided, the spring (10) with a spring leg (9) engages through the recess (8) in the drawer (2) and a resilient Clamp holder for the data carrier (s) (3) in the drawer (2), characterized in that in the spring leg (9) at least one through opening (17) directed into the drawer (2), in particular for pushing out the data carrier (3) is provided.

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the spring leg (9) rests under prestress on the inside of the shelf (6) or lies at a short distance from the shelf (6) and can be lifted off against prestress.

3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the recess (8) and the passage opening (17) are at least partially aligned.

4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the shelf (6) is formed without recesses.

5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the spring (10) has a further spring leg (11) which is connected via a web (13) to the spring leg (9) to form a U-shaped spring clip.

6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the spring or the spring clip (10) encloses the housing (1) at the end section (20) opposite the compartment opening (4) in a clip-like manner, the further spring leg (11 ) rests under tension on the outside of the shelf (6) and forms a resilient clamp, especially for folded paper money.

7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the spring (10) with the housing (1), in particular with the cover plate (7) and / or with the shelf (6), in the region of the end section (20 ), in particular via the web (13), preferably detachable without destruction, in particular by clamping or spreading the arch (15) between the cover plate (7) and the shelf (6).

8. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the web (13) has a groove-shaped arch (15) in the direction of the drawer (2).

9. Device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that a clamping piece (14) is provided, which can be used non-destructively in the arch (15) of the web (13) and that the spring (10) with spreading of the arch ( 15) clamped between the shelf (6) and the cover plate 7.

10. The device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the further spring leg (11) smaller, the passage of at least part of the further spring leg (11) through the passage opening (17) of the spring leg (9) allowing width dimensions and / or has length dimensions as the through opening (17).

11. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the shelf (6) on its outside a concave, in particular cylindrical, curvature or recess (12) with an extending in the insertion or extension direction of the drawer (2) (Cylinder) axis.

12. Device according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that in the region of the shelf (6) an additional mounting device, in particular a clamping spring, a belt clip etc., is provided.