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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Albert Hoolhorst, Aardenburg, NL;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The card reading device has a contact carrier part and a card carrier part. The card carrier part receives a card to be read in a card receiving portion and the card carrier part can be inserted together with the card at least partially into or onto the contact carrier part. The card carrier part of the novel card reading device has a partial ejection mechanism with at least one lever. The lever is formed and disposed such that a swivel of the lever translates into an interaction between the lever and a supporting point lying outside the card carrier part. As a consequence of the interaction, the card receiving portion is at least partially drawn out or ejected from the contact carrier part.