Apparatus for moving a card reader
View Patent ↗An apparatus including a sliding mechanism configured to enable a card holder to be moved between a first position and a second position; a resilient member configured to bias the card holder towards the first position; and an adjustment mechanism configured to enable tension in the resilient member to be adjusted when the card holder is in the second position.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a sliding mechanism configured to enable a card holder to be moved between a first position and a second position;
a resilient member configured to bias the card holder towards the first position; and
an adjustment mechanism configured to enable tension in the resilient member to be adjusted when the card holder is in the second position wherein the adjustment of the tension in the resilient member enables the second position to be adjusted.
2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first position is an open position.
3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the second position is a closed position.
4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the apparatus comprises a card holder.
5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the card holder comprises an inner portion and an outer portion where the inner portion is configured to receive a card and the outer portion is configured to form part of the outer surface of a casing.
6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein the adjustment mechanism is configured so that when the card holder is in the second position the outer portion of the card reader forms a continuous surface with the outer surface of the casing.
7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein second position is adjusted relative to a casing.
8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a sliding mechanism.
9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the slider is configured to be moved between a first position and a second position to adjust the tension in the resilient member.
10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a ratchet mechanism.
11. A device comprising the apparatus as claimed in claim 1 .
12. The device as claimed in claim 11 wherein the device is a communications device.
13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adjustment of the tension in the resilient member enables the alignment of contact pads with a card reader to be corrected.
14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adjustment of the tension in the resilient member enables the alignment of an outer portion of a card holder with a casing of a device to be corrected.