US 12,271,770 B2
Payment card reading system having a protective flap
Richard Allirot, Corenc (FR); and Pierre Morel, Charpey (FR)
Assigned to BANKS AND ACQUIRERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 17/627,015
Filed by BANKS AND ACQUIRERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Jul. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/068767
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/008895, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1908008 (FR), filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0277177 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 13/08 (2006.01); G06K 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 13/0875 (2013.01) [G06K 13/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transaction card reading system comprising:
a transaction card reader comprising a slot for inserting a transaction card; and
a protective flap movable between a closed position wherein the flap closes said insertion slot, and an open position wherein the flap is disposed at least partly outside said insertion slot;
wherein the protective flap comprises a closure element integrally mounted on a one-piece support element, said closure element being shaped and dimensioned to close said insertion slot in said closed position, said one-piece support element comprising at least one elastically deformable portion so as to allow switching from the closed position to the open position and vice versa, said closure element and said one-piece support element being made of metal,
said one-piece support element comprising first and second lifting pads on which a transaction card exerts a pressing force, when said transaction card is introduced into said insertion slot, causing the deformation of said at least one elastically deformable portion, the first and second lifting pads being spaced apart by a distance equal to or slightly less than a width of said insertion slot so as to implement a function of detecting a transaction card of a standard size.