Patent ID: 7164575

Claim:
Data card unit with means for automatically transporting data cards between an insertion/removal position and a reading/writing position, a carrier provided with a guide assigned to the data cards being provided, a motor-actuated transporting shaft reaching into the movement space of the data cards and means by which an insertion opening of the data card unit can be closed being provided, characterized in that a two-armed rocker ( 13 ) which can be pivoted about an axis arranged transversely in relation to the directions of movement of the data cards ( 68 ) is provided, one arm of which rocker has a closing element ( 57 ) and the other arm of which has at least one sensing element ( 66 , 67 ), in that the distance between the closing element ( 57 ) and the sensing element ( 66 , 67 ) is equal to or greater than the length of a data card ( 68 ), in that surfaces ( 69 , 70 ) sloping toward the plane of movement of the data cards ( 68 ) are formed in a v-shaped manner at least on the closing element ( 57 ) in such a way that, when a data card ( 68 ) is inserted/ejected, a pivoting of the rocker ( 13 ) takes place and that, when a data card ( 68 ) is located in the reading/writing position, the data card ( 68 ) reaches into the pivoting area of the sensing element ( 66 , 67 ) in such a way that the rocker ( 13 ) is arrested in the closed position.