Chip with insert including an electronic microchip
First Claim
1. A chip having a generally disk shape, comprising:
- a body having a central aperture;
an insert, positionable within the central aperture, comprising two rigid plates each having at least one central projection extending from a respective inside face and a contactless identification device, wherein the at least one central projection of each of the two rigid plates are coupleable to the respective opposing inside face of the rigid plate to define an area in which the contactless identification device is located,wherein the two rigid plates further comprises a first rigid plate having a first central projection and a first central cavity on its inside face and a second rigid plate having a second central projection and a first groove on its inside face, wherein the first central cavity is configured to receive the second projection of the second plate and the first groove is configured to receive the first projection of the first rigid plate, andwherein the first projection and the first groove are annular in shape and wherein the first central cavity is sized to receive the second projection such that at least a portion of the interior wall of the first projection substantially abuts at least a portion of the corresponding facing wall of the second projection.
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Abstract
The chip, in the general shape of a disk, of the type with a body obtained by multiple injection molding of plastics material, includes a core 14 obtained by a first plastics material injection molding operation having a central portion 24 defining the central portion of the body of said chip and a peripheral portion 31 defining, by means of radial projections 18, at least a portion of the edge of the body of the chip. The core 14 incorporates an insert 26 including a contactless electronic microchip identification device 27 that during the first injection molding operation is buried in the central portion 24 and retained at its periphery by projections or fingers attached to the injection-molding mold and defining apertures 36 in the core. The chip body includes a covering layer around the peripheral portion 31 of the core 14 obtained by a second plastics material injection molding operation to produce, with the core, the whole of the edge and the peripheral annular portion of the body of the chip. A decorated label is fixed to each face of the chip.
The chip may be used as a gaming chip or a casino chip.
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26 Claims
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1. A chip having a generally disk shape, comprising:
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a body having a central aperture; an insert, positionable within the central aperture, comprising two rigid plates each having at least one central projection extending from a respective inside face and a contactless identification device, wherein the at least one central projection of each of the two rigid plates are coupleable to the respective opposing inside face of the rigid plate to define an area in which the contactless identification device is located, wherein the two rigid plates further comprises a first rigid plate having a first central projection and a first central cavity on its inside face and a second rigid plate having a second central projection and a first groove on its inside face, wherein the first central cavity is configured to receive the second projection of the second plate and the first groove is configured to receive the first projection of the first rigid plate, and wherein the first projection and the first groove are annular in shape and wherein the first central cavity is sized to receive the second projection such that at least a portion of the interior wall of the first projection substantially abuts at least a portion of the corresponding facing wall of the second projection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A chip having a generally disk shape, comprising:
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a body having a central aperture; a first rigid plate having at least two concentric and angularly offset crenelated rings forming at least two projections extending from an inside face of said first rigid plate and at least two grooves disposed adjacent said two projections on said inside face of said first rigid plate, wherein said at least two grooves are configured to receive corresponding at least two concentric and angularly offset crenelated rings forming two projections from a second rigid plate; a second rigid plate having at least two concentric and angularly offset crenelated rings forming at least two projections extending from an inside face of said second rigid plate and at least two grooves disposed adjacent said two projections on said inside face of said second rigid plate, wherein said at least two grooves are configured to receive corresponding at least two concentric and angularly offset crenelated rings forming two projections; an insert, positionable within the central aperture, said insert comprising the first and second rigid plates coupled together and a contactless identification device, said insert being assembled by coupling the at least two projections of the first rigid plate within the grooves of the second rigid plate and coupling the at least two projections of the second rigid plate within the grooves of the first rigid plate so as to define an area there between in which the contactless identification device is located. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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