Global Patent Index - EP 0898761 A1

EP 0898761 A1 19990303 - METHOD FOR LIMITING THE INSERTION THICKNESS OF A DOCUMENT SUCH AS A TICKET, CARD, IN A MACHINE READING DOCUMENTS

Title (en)

METHOD FOR LIMITING THE INSERTION THICKNESS OF A DOCUMENT SUCH AS A TICKET, CARD, IN A MACHINE READING DOCUMENTS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUM LIMITIEREN DER EINBRINGUNGSDICKE EINES DOKUMENTS, ETWA EINES TICKETS, EINER KARTE IN EINE DOKUMENTE LESENDE MASCHINE

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE LIMITATION D'EPAISSEUR D'ENTREE D'UN TITRE TEL QUE TICKET, CARTE, DANS UN LECTEUR DE TITRES D'UNE MACHINE QUELCONQUE

Publication

EP 0898761 A1 19990303 (FR)

Application

EP 98913835 A 19980305

Priority

  • FR 9800435 W 19980305
  • FR 9702670 A 19970306

Abstract (en)

[origin: FR2760553A1] The invention concerns a device for limiting the insertion thickness of a document (2) such as a ticket, card, in any machine, located behind an input slot (5) of an insertion chute (1) comprising at least a front wall (3) and a plane support (4) receiving the document (2) to be inserted. The invention is characterised in that it comprises a cam (6) including a rotation axis (7) of which each end is mounted in a fixed guide slide (12), said cam (6) being subjected to the force Fr of a return spring (15) generating a force thrusting the cam towards said plane support (4) and pressing it against this plane support, when no document (2) is passing through, along a generatrix (34) of the cam parallel to the rotation axis and substantially perpendicular to the direction (20) in which said document is inserted, and on the other hand, relative to said axis, a torque pressing the cam with a force Fa against a fixed support stop (19) preventing the cam from rotating in the direction corresponding to the torque generated by the insertion force of a document (2) in said chute between the plane support (4) and said cam (6), the cam rotation being free in the opposite direction, said cam rotation axis (7) being free to slide in said slides (12) countering said force F, such sliding bringing about a passage clearance j between said plane support and the cam, means (22, 23) being provided for limiting this free sliding to restrict this clearance j to a predetermined value, and further characterised in that the profile (35) of the cam section by a plane perpendicular to said axis is such that the cam rotation in the opposite direction brings about between said cam (6) and said plane support (4) a clearance j1, much greater than said clearance j.

IPC 1-7

G06K 13/08

IPC 8 full level

G06K 13/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06K 13/08 (2013.01); G06K 13/0887 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9839731A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2760553 A1 19980911; FR 2760553 B1 19990416; AR 008954 A1 20000223; BR 9805931 A 19990831; CO 4771126 A1 19990430; EP 0898761 A1 19990303; TW 365670 B 19990801; WO 9839731 A1 19980911

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 9702670 A 19970306; AR P980100997 A 19980306; BR 9805931 A 19980305; CO 98012395 A 19980306; EP 98913835 A 19980305; FR 9800435 W 19980305; TW 87102977 A 19980302