阅读说明：本技术 具有改进的摩擦元件的***存放器 (Credit card storage device with improved friction element ) 是由 雷内约翰·范吉尔 于 2018-07-12 设计创作，主要内容包括：用于卡片的存放器,包括壳体,该壳体紧紧地贴合在至少三张卡片的堆叠的周围并且具有用于放置和移除卡片的卡片开口,同时在壳体内,与卡片开口相对,提供了卡片弹出功能部件,使得通过卡片开口的卡片可以部分地从壳体滑出,在该壳体的内侧,设置摩擦元件以为卡片提供壳体内的稳定位置。该摩擦元件具有层状结构,该层状结构包括毡层和用来支持该毡层的乳胶层,该毡层提供与存放器内的卡片接合的纤维表面结构,该乳胶层具有至少0.25毫米的厚度。(A holder for cards comprises a housing which fits tightly around a stack of at least three cards and has a card opening for placing and removing the cards, while in the housing, opposite the card opening, a card ejection feature is provided so that a card passing through the card opening can be partly slid out of the housing, inside which housing a friction element is provided to provide a stable position within the housing for the cards. The friction element has a layered structure comprising a felt layer providing a fibrous surface structure for engagement with cards in the holder and a latex layer for supporting the felt layer, the latex layer having a thickness of at least 0.25 mm.)

1. Holder for cards, comprising a rectangular, sleeve-like housing (1), the housing (1) having two opposite mutually parallel main sides (31), the main sides (31) being connected and spaced apart by two long and two short opposite minor sides (32), the minor sides (32) defining the maximum height of a card stack, the housing fitting tightly around the stack of at least three cards (2) and the short minor sides (32) having card openings (3) for placing and removing cards, so that the movement of the cards through the openings (3) is limited to their movement parallel to the top surface of the main sides (31) of the housing and in the longitudinal (L) direction of the housing, card ejection features are provided, preferably opposite the card openings (3), when at or in the housing, so that a card passing through the card openings (3) can be partly slid out of the housing, the card eject feature preferably includes an ejector arm (16), the ejector arm (16) being designed to move within the housing between first and second positions and eject the card during said movement by simultaneously engaging and forcibly pushing the card partially out of the housing,

wherein, inside the housing, a friction element (6) is provided, possibly in the vicinity of the card opening (3), at least one minor side (32), said friction element (6) being separate from the walls of the housing, said friction element (6) being designed to be in direct contact with and to exert a friction force against the contact narrow side, defining the thickness (T) of each individual card present at least partially in the housing, resulting in providing each card concerned with such a stable position relative to the housing that the card does not slide off due to gravity, but indeed due to the force exerted by the finger tips,

wherein the design is such that, for a stack of cards in a card store, the side of the stack provided by the thin side of the cards is pushed against the surface of the friction element (6) by an active pushing force parallel to the main side (31) of the housing, preferably generated by a pressing tool (7) of the card store, said tool (7) being separated from the wall of the housing, said pushing force being directed in the transverse (W) direction of the cards and parallel to the main side (31); and the surface (12) of the friction element (6) for frictional engagement with the thin side of the card faces the minor side (32), characterized in that

The friction element (6) has a layered structure of at least two layers (11,12) of different materials or properties, seen in the thickness direction of the friction element (6), which is the direction in which the friction element is pushed against the stack and the transverse direction (W).

2. Card holder according to the preceding claim, wherein the friction element (6), seen in its thickness direction, has a layered structure comprising a first layer (12) and a second layer (11), the first layer (12) providing a fiber or fiber-like surface structure for engagement with cards in the holder, the second layer (11) directly or indirectly supporting the first layer (12), the second layer (11) being a rubber-like or elastomer-like or silicone-like material having a thickness of at least 0.25 mm.

3. Store according to claim 1 or 2, said friction element being mounted on the pushing means (7) and being located between the pushing means (7) and one long side of the stack and being elastically compressed between the pushing means (7) and one long side of the stack, so that said friction element becomes thinner as a result of the compression and will maintain its original thickness if said stack is removed.

4. Store according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the layers (11,12) having a flat shape and being parallel to each other and providing a thin sheet, and the second layer (11) being located between the first layer (12) and the pushing means (7).

5. Store according to any one of claims 1 to 3, said layers having a non-flat shape and one layer (12) surrounding the other layer (11), said second layer (11) being yarn-like, and said first layer (12) providing a coating or sheath completely surrounding said second layer (11).

6. Store according to claim 5, the second layer (11) providing a core, for example of latex, which is helically wrapped by a thread, for example of wool, providing a coating or sheath (12).

7. Store according to claim 5 or 6, the friction element comprising, seen in its thickness direction, a plurality of yarns or cores (11) stacked or superimposed on one another, each provided with a sheath (12).

8. Store according to any one of claims 1 to 7, the thickness of the first layer (12) being at least 25% less than the thickness of the second layer.

9. Store according to any one of claims 1 to 8, the friction element (6) being mounted to the pushing means (7) by means of a layer of adhesive, for example glue.

10. Store according to any one of claims 1 to 9, the housing comprising two friction elements (6) opposite each other, each adjacent long minor side (32) being positioned such that if a stack of cards is inserted into the housing, they squeeze the stack of cards between them in the transverse direction (W) and engage the thin sides of each individual card.

11. A card store according to any preceding claim, wherein one or more of the following applies:

the card ejection feature comprises a stepped element (19), said stepped element (19) being movable by a user relative to the housing against the side of a stack of cards present in the housing, causing the stack to be partially moved out of the housing in a stepped manner;

the thickness of a portion of the step of the stepped element (16) measures at least 0.2 mm, for example, about 0.4 mm;

a card removal feature, e.g. a stepped element (16), provided with a return means, e.g. a spring (20);

viewed in the thickness direction, the layered structure preferably comprises at least two or three or four or five layers of different materials;

the major dimension meets ISO7810 in all cards in the stack;

in all cards within the stack, the thickness and/or the rounded corners meet ISO 7813;

the space of the store in which the stack of cards is accommodated has one or more of the following dimensions (millimetres): a width of at least 50 or 52 and/or no more than 55 or 60; a length of at least 80 or 83 or 84 and/or no more than 86 or 87 or 90; a height of at least 3 or 4.5 and/or not more than 8 or 10.

12. Card store according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the friction element (6) has a surface with one or more of the following features: has sufficient width/dimension to engage all cards in the stack simultaneously; is not rigid; locally easy, preferably elastically compressible; wherein the relief is easily, preferably elastically, manufacturable; wherein one or more grooves or recesses can be made easily, preferably elastically; deformability comparable to the surface of a wadding pillow or batt layer; the local part is easy to bend; easily, preferably elastically deformable; it is easy to adapt its shape to the shape of the surface of the side of the card stack, such as an embossment.

13. A card store according to any preceding claim, having one or more of the following:

the friction element preferably resiliently flexes to engage the side of the stack of cards;

the surface of the friction element engaging the stack of cards faces in a direction parallel to the top surface of the card store or housing (1);

the friction element extends substantially along the entire height of the receiving space of the housing (1) containing the stack of cards;

the receiving space is sleeve-like or shaft-like;

the receiving spaces are designed such that cards passing through the card openings parallel to their top surfaces must slide out of the spaces;

said receiving space is delimited by a top face and a back face and two opposite side faces connecting said top face and said back face, and said borders provide a rigid housing, and wherein said top face has dimensions substantially equal to the dimensions of the top face inside the receiving space where the card is to be placed, possibly a width equal to the width of the card plus the width required to accommodate the friction element (6) and possibly the pressing tool (7) on one or both sides;

once the card is inserted into the card store for only half or one third or one fourth or one fifth or one tenth of its length, the friction element engages the side of the card and from that point on maintains its engagement as the card is inserted further;

the store includes an external actuation feature, such as a finger button (18), to provide a force to eject a card through a card ejection feature;

in the receiving space, a stack of at least three right-angle cards, aligned with each other, having substantially the same dimensions, and each having a first side and an opposite second side, and a friction element held in engagement in a direction sliding out of the card opening, the friction element facing the side of each card and the cards being preloaded sideways, so that the second side of each card is pressed against and held by the side of the receiving space, while the distance between the first side and the second side of one card is not equal to the same distance of the different cards in the stack;

the friction element (6) is a sheet-like object and/or is spaced from the secondary side (32) of the housing;

the pushing means (7) has a length at least two or three or four times the length of the friction element measured in the longitudinal direction (L).