Access control device

• US 6,929,175 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2001
• Issued: 08/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: SKIDATA AG (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: SKIDATA AG (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Stockhammer, Rudolf, Wiesinger, Bernhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Frech, Karl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WALSH, DANIEL I
• Application Number:
  US10/381,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20030234287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,453 Days
• Field of Search: 235/93, 235/379, 235/382, 235384-385, 235/487, 235/492, 235/375, 346/42, D25/51, 194/903, 105/341.5, 49/46, 49/47, 343/797, 340/5.2, 340/528, 340/825.31, 340/5.8, 340/5.7
• US Class Current: 235/379
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2011/02 related to amusement parks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/10 Movable barriers with registering means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/0866 by active credit-cards adapted therefor G07F7/1008 takes precedence

Abstract

In an access control device (1) having a reader that actuates a person singling device when reading a valid data carrier, a formed body (16) is put over the reader housing (4), said body being provided with a recess (17) for that purpose.

Claims

1. An access control device having a reader in a reader housing that actuates a person singling device when reading a valid data carrier, the reader housing including an upwardly protruding portion and an antenna for reading contactless data carriers, a portion of the reader housing that receives the antenna comprising at least partly the upwardly protruding portion for receiving a formed body thereabout, formed body provided with a recess for mounting over the upwardly protruding portion of the reader housing, the formed body at least partly covering at least the front side of the reader housing when the access control device is in its operating condition.

2. The access control device according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the reader housing having the antenna comprises the front portion of the reader housing.

3. The access control device according to claim 1, wherein the reader housing includes an inserting slit on its front side for receiving a data carrier.

4. The access control device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a rod extending upwardly from said reader housing; and

a traffic light mounted to said rod.