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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1987
Manfred Reichardt, Weinsberg, DE;
Eberhard Raab, Heilbronn, DE;
Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US);
Abstract
A contacting apparatus for a chip-card is provided. The contacting apparatus can be located for instance in an automatic teller machine or a telephone. The chip-card can be inserted into the contacting apparatus by an operator. If the chip-card is located in the contacting apparatus, the inadvertent removal of a card located in a card reading position might be undesirable. The contacting apparatus of the invention protects against such inadvertent removal of the card by including a protective collar which surrounds the end of the chip-card extending out of the contacting apparatus, or device within which the contacting apparatus is arranged, when the card is in its reading position.