WO1993008714A1 - Case for visiting cards - Google Patents

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WO1993008714A1
WO1993008714A1 PCT/FI1991/000336 FI9100336W WO9308714A1 WO 1993008714 A1 WO1993008714 A1 WO 1993008714A1 FI 9100336 W FI9100336 W FI 9100336W WO 9308714 A1 WO9308714 A1 WO 9308714A1
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Arto Marjakoski
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/08—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
    • B65D83/12—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession for dispensing tickets or tokens
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/18—Ticket-holders or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a case for visiting cards, having for a stack of cards a space delimited by the case walls, in the space springs which press the cards in the stack against each other, and leading out from the end of the space a slot, wide enough to permit the passage of a card, through which cards can be dispensed from the case, one at a time.
  • Cases for visiting cards to be carried, for example, in a pocket or a briefcase and provided with a card-dispensing sys ⁇ tem are known per se.
  • DE patent application published published published in the main closed and comprises a reciprocally moving loop for dispensing cards. Inside the case the loop has a friction surface against the cards, which surface will at any given time grip the top ⁇ most card and, when the loop is moved, push the end of the card through the slot out of the case. Thereafter the whole card can be drawn out of the case manually.
  • the case for visiting cards according to DE patent application publication 3 537 499 has the disadvantage that the reciprocal ⁇ ly moving loop, protruding from the cover, makes the mainly flat case to be kept in a pocket ergonomically inconvenient. Besides, the cover equipped with a loop is difficult to manu ⁇ facture and expensive.
  • the case has the further disadvantage that the friction surface of the loop complicates the returning of the loop to its initial position after the dispensing of a card. In this phase the card topmost in the stack is under the risk of becoming scratched or even deformed if it can move inside the case.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a case for visiting cards, the case being simple and easy to use and avoiding the above-mentioned disadvantages of a prior-art case.
  • the case according to the invention is characterized in that in the space there is provided under the card stack a spring which raises the stack and keeps the edge of the card topmost at any given time aligned with the said slot, that in the cover of the case there is an aperture which is located in the rear half of the cover as seen from the slot and enables the topmost card in the stack to be pushed out by a finger, and that in the space there is, under the card stack, a second spring, which is at a greater distance from the slot and will receive any pressure the card stack is subjected to by the pushing out of the card.
  • the visiting-card case according to the invention is of simple construction and, with the exception of the springs, without parts which move in use, i.e. connection with the dispensing of cards.
  • the case is therefore reliable in operation and economi ⁇ cal in its manufacturing costs.
  • the case In the absence of the loop included in the prior-art system, the case is substantially flat and thus fits well in a pocket or in the hand.
  • the second spring which is essential for the functioning of the visiting-card case according to the invention and is lo ⁇ cated in the area of the aperture in the rear half of the cover as seen from the outlet slot for cards, enables the card stack to be pressed freely in connection with the dispensing of a card, without the edge of the card being thereby misaligned with the slot.
  • Such misalignment which would prevent the card from coming out, would occur easily if the case were equipped with only one spring.
  • pres ⁇ sure aimed at a point close to the rear edge of the cards and directed towards the bottom of the case will tilt the stack of cards, thus tending to ensure that the edge of the card being pushed out will be aligned with the slot.
  • the dispensing ac ⁇ cording to the invention done by fingers, also has the ad ⁇ vantage that the following card can be pushed out immediately after the previous one, without any return movement and without a risk that the card would at any stage be scratched or other ⁇ wise damaged.
  • the springs belonging to the case according to the invention are preferably strips raised from the bottom of the space de ⁇ limited by the case walls.
  • the springs can thus be made up of a continuous strip-like piece which is bent into the shape of a gently sloping V and may by its middle be attached to the bot ⁇ tom of the space in the case.
  • the springs may be parts of a separate, unattached piece which is located freely under the stack of cards in the space delimited by the case.
  • the cover of the case according to the invention is preferably made up of a plate the edges of which are engaged in guides formed at the upper edges of the side walls of the case, the case thus being capable of being opened in part or entirely by moving the cover. Opening is necessary for the purpose of filling the case and, when the fit between the cover and the guides is suitable but not excessively tight, the opening can be by a manual push, without the cover on the other hand tend ⁇ ing to move when cards are being dispensed.
  • the slot leading out of the case can be produced by lowering an end wall of the case relative to the side walls, so that the slot will be between the upper edge of the end wall and the end of the case cover.
  • the stack of cards, raised by the spring can lean against the case cover, which will serve to guide into the slot the edge of the topmost card to be dispensed.
  • the cover of the case being made up of a movable plate which delimits the card-dispensing slot
  • the cover can be arranged to be pushed into its place in the guides in the side walls of the case in such a manner that either one of the cover surfaces may become the top surface of the case.
  • the cover edges engaging the guides are offset from the center point (center line) between the surfaces of the cover, a situation is produced in which the slot delimited by the cover will have different widths in the different positions of the cover.
  • the different widths of the slot can thus correspond to two dif ⁇ ferent card thicknesses, for example the typical thicknesses of cards prepared from cardboard and plastic.
  • the case bottom from a plate the edges of which engage guides in the lower edges of the side walls of the case, the case thus being capable of being opened in part or entirely from its underside by moving the said plate.
  • Figure 2 depicts the empty case in section through II-II in
  • Figure 3 depicts the dispensing of a visiting card from a case according to Figure 1,
  • Figure 4 depicts the dispensing of the card in section through
  • FIG. 5 depicts the empty case according to Figure 1, partly opened
  • Figure 6 depicts part of the case and the stack of visiting cards placed in it, in section through VI-VI in Figure 3,
  • Figures 7 and 8 depict, partly as cutaways, the end of a visiting-card case according to the invention, the case being equipped with a cover which can be mounted in place in two different positions, by means of which the width of the card- dispensing slot in the end of the case can be adjusted,
  • Figure 9 depicts the underside of the case according to Figure
  • Figure 10 depicts another visiting-card case according to the invention, in which it is possible to collect, under the stack of cards to be distributed, visiting cards received from others,
  • FIG 11 is a section through XI-XI in Figure 10,
  • Figure 12 depicts an unattached spring piece belonging to the case according to Figure 10.
  • Figure 13 depicts the case according to Figure 10, with the plate constituting the bottom partly drawn open.
  • the visiting-card case 1 shown empty, com ⁇ prises a bottom 2, longitudinal side walls 3, transverse end walls 4, and a cover 5.
  • the material of the bottom 2 and the side and end walls 3, 4 of the case may be, for example, plas ⁇ tic or metal, and the cover 5 of the case is most preferably a thin, transparent plastic plate.
  • the underside of the case is equipped with a series of flat pockets 13, intended primarily for received vis ⁇ iting cards, one end of the case being equipped with two paral ⁇ lel shoulders 14 for retaining the pockets in place and the ends 15 of the pockets being capable of being fitted behind these shoulders.
  • pockets are described in greater detail below in connection with Figure 9.
  • the cover 5 is made capable of being drawn open in accordance with Figure 5.
  • the cover 5 At the upper edges 16 of the side walls 3 of the case there are formed grooves 17 which serve as guides in which the longitudinal edges 18 of the cover can move.
  • the said parts can best be seen in Figure 6 depicting a side of the case side in section.
  • the cover 5 can be mounted in only one position in the guides 17 in the side walls 3 of the case.
  • Figures 7 and 8 depict an alterna ⁇ tive in which the guides 17 and the edges 18 of the cover 5 are shaped so that the cover can be mounted in two different posi ⁇ tions in the case.
  • the cover 5 has been made slightly asym ⁇ metrical so that the position of the cover can be used for adjusting the width of the outlet slot 11 in the end of the case.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show a visiting-card case 1 filled with a stack 19 of cards.
  • the springs 9, 10 keep the stack 19 of cards lightly pressed against the inner surface of the case cover 5, the edge 21 of the topmost card 20 in the stack being located in alignment with the outlet slot 11 in the interior space 6 of the case.
  • the dispensing of the topmost card 20 of the stack 19 is effected by pressing the stack lightly with a finger 22 at the aperture 12 in the cover, against the spring 10, whereupon the spring will yield somewhat and the stack of cards will tilt back slightly, in accordance with Figure 4.
  • the topmost card 20 of the stack is pushed forward with the finger 22, whereupon the card will slide out of the case through the slot 11. This stage can be seen in accompanying Figures 3 and 4.
  • the card When the edge 21 of the card 20 has extended sufficiently outside the case 1, the card can be gripped with the other hand and be drawn entirely out of the case.
  • the spring 9 in the case will immediately raise the edge of the following card in the stack 19 into alignment with the slot 11, whereupon the case is immediately ready for dispensing the following card.
  • the pocket series seen on the underside of the case 1 in Figure 9 is made up of thin, flat pockets 13 of transparent plastic, the pockets being attached by one end 23 to one end of the case. From the opposite end of the case 1 there protrude two shoulders 14 behind which the opposite ends 15 of the resilient pockets 13 can be bent.
  • the base 23 of each pocket 13 is open so that, for example, a received visiting card 24, a cash card or a credit card, or some other object to be kept can be pushed into the pocket.
  • the pockets 13 are released, the stored cards 24 can be leafed through, whereafter the pockets can be gathered in accordance with Figure 2 into a pack against the case bottom 2, locked behind the shoulders 14.
  • the visiting-card case 1 according to Figures 10-13, which is depicted filled with cards, comprises a space 6 in which the user may place his or her own visiting cards 19, 20 and from which the cards can be dispensed one at a time as described above.
  • the spring piece 7' which can be seen separately in Figure 12, is not attached to the case bottom but is in the space, unat ⁇ tached, under the card stack 19.
  • the spring piece 7' comprises strip-like springs 9, 10, bent upwards relative to the case bottom 2 and extending close to the opposite ends 4 of the case, and strip-like springs 9 1 , 10' which are located on either side in the transverse direction of the piece and are inclined downwards towards the bottom of the case.
  • the middle section 23 of the piece 7 1 , between the spring parts 9, 9', 10, 10' is horizontal and will remain raised from the bottom 2 because of the downwards tilted springs 9' , 10' .
  • the case bottom consists of a plate 2, the edges 26 of which engage guides in the lower edges of the side walls 3 and can thus be drawn open in the same manner as the case cover 5 (cf. Figure 5).
  • the case bottom 2 can be opened slightly in order to push received visiting cards 24 under the spring part 7 1 inside the case, or, when so desired, the bottom can be drawn entirely loose from the case, for ex ⁇ ample for the purpose of emptying the case.
  • the visiting-card case according to Figures 1-9 can be implemented, within the scope of the patent claims, without the pocket series 13, intended for received cards, on the underside of the case.
  • the detachable bot ⁇ tom 2 belonging to the case 1 according to Figures 10-13 is not absolutely indispensable, although it substantially increases the usefulness of the case.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a visiting-card case (1) in which the cards are stacked in a space (6) delimited by the case walls and which is equipped with a slot (11) in the end of the case, which slot is dimensioned to permit the passage of a card (20) and through which slot cards can be dispensed from the case one at a time. According to the invention, in the said space there is under the stack of cards (19) a spring (9) which keeps the card which is topmost in the stack at any given time in alignment with the slot (11); in the cover (5) of the case, in its rear half as seen from the slot (11), there is formed an aperture which enables the topmost card (20) of the stack to be pushed out by a finger (22); and under the stack of cards in the space there is, in the area of the said aperture, a second spring (10), which will receive the compressive force to which the stack of cards is subjected by the pushing out of a card. For the purpose of the filling of the case the cover (5) may be capable of being opened in part or entirely, and the cover delimiting the outlet slot (11) can be made asymmetrical in such a way that, by turning the cover over, the width of the slot can be adjusted to fit cards of two different widths.

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Case for visiting cards
The present invention relates to a case for visiting cards, having for a stack of cards a space delimited by the case walls, in the space springs which press the cards in the stack against each other, and leading out from the end of the space a slot, wide enough to permit the passage of a card, through which cards can be dispensed from the case, one at a time.
Cases for visiting cards to be carried, for example, in a pocket or a briefcase and provided with a card-dispensing sys¬ tem are known per se. For example, DE patent application publi¬ cation 3 537 499 discloses a case which is in compliance with the above definition. With the exception of the outlet slot for cards, the case presented in the publication is in the main closed and comprises a reciprocally moving loop for dispensing cards. Inside the case the loop has a friction surface against the cards, which surface will at any given time grip the top¬ most card and, when the loop is moved, push the end of the card through the slot out of the case. Thereafter the whole card can be drawn out of the case manually.
The case for visiting cards according to DE patent application publication 3 537 499 has the disadvantage that the reciprocal¬ ly moving loop, protruding from the cover, makes the mainly flat case to be kept in a pocket ergonomically inconvenient. Besides, the cover equipped with a loop is difficult to manu¬ facture and expensive. The case has the further disadvantage that the friction surface of the loop complicates the returning of the loop to its initial position after the dispensing of a card. In this phase the card topmost in the stack is under the risk of becoming scratched or even deformed if it can move inside the case.
The object of the present invention is to provide a case for visiting cards, the case being simple and easy to use and avoiding the above-mentioned disadvantages of a prior-art case. The case according to the invention is characterized in that in the space there is provided under the card stack a spring which raises the stack and keeps the edge of the card topmost at any given time aligned with the said slot, that in the cover of the case there is an aperture which is located in the rear half of the cover as seen from the slot and enables the topmost card in the stack to be pushed out by a finger, and that in the space there is, under the card stack, a second spring, which is at a greater distance from the slot and will receive any pressure the card stack is subjected to by the pushing out of the card.
The visiting-card case according to the invention is of simple construction and, with the exception of the springs, without parts which move in use, i.e. connection with the dispensing of cards. The case is therefore reliable in operation and economi¬ cal in its manufacturing costs. In the absence of the loop included in the prior-art system, the case is substantially flat and thus fits well in a pocket or in the hand.
The second spring, which is essential for the functioning of the visiting-card case according to the invention and is lo¬ cated in the area of the aperture in the rear half of the cover as seen from the outlet slot for cards, enables the card stack to be pressed freely in connection with the dispensing of a card, without the edge of the card being thereby misaligned with the slot. Such misalignment, which would prevent the card from coming out, would occur easily if the case were equipped with only one spring. In the present invention, however, pres¬ sure aimed at a point close to the rear edge of the cards and directed towards the bottom of the case will tilt the stack of cards, thus tending to ensure that the edge of the card being pushed out will be aligned with the slot. The dispensing ac¬ cording to the invention, done by fingers, also has the ad¬ vantage that the following card can be pushed out immediately after the previous one, without any return movement and without a risk that the card would at any stage be scratched or other¬ wise damaged.
The springs belonging to the case according to the invention are preferably strips raised from the bottom of the space de¬ limited by the case walls. The springs can thus be made up of a continuous strip-like piece which is bent into the shape of a gently sloping V and may by its middle be attached to the bot¬ tom of the space in the case. Alternatively, the springs may be parts of a separate, unattached piece which is located freely under the stack of cards in the space delimited by the case.
The cover of the case according to the invention is preferably made up of a plate the edges of which are engaged in guides formed at the upper edges of the side walls of the case, the case thus being capable of being opened in part or entirely by moving the cover. Opening is necessary for the purpose of filling the case and, when the fit between the cover and the guides is suitable but not excessively tight, the opening can be by a manual push, without the cover on the other hand tend¬ ing to move when cards are being dispensed.
According to the invention, the slot leading out of the case can be produced by lowering an end wall of the case relative to the side walls, so that the slot will be between the upper edge of the end wall and the end of the case cover. In this case the stack of cards, raised by the spring, can lean against the case cover, which will serve to guide into the slot the edge of the topmost card to be dispensed.
The cover of the case being made up of a movable plate which delimits the card-dispensing slot, the cover can be arranged to be pushed into its place in the guides in the side walls of the case in such a manner that either one of the cover surfaces may become the top surface of the case. Furthermore, if the cover edges engaging the guides are offset from the center point (center line) between the surfaces of the cover, a situation is produced in which the slot delimited by the cover will have different widths in the different positions of the cover. The different widths of the slot can thus correspond to two dif¬ ferent card thicknesses, for example the typical thicknesses of cards prepared from cardboard and plastic.
In the event that the springs raising the stack of cards con¬ stitute part of an unattached piece placed under the stack of cards in the space delimited by the case, it is possible to form the case bottom from a plate the edges of which engage guides in the lower edges of the side walls of the case, the case thus being capable of being opened in part or entirely from its underside by moving the said plate. Thus it will be possible to collect in the case, for example, received visiting cards by opening the bottom plate slightly and by pushing the cards into the case, under the said unattached spring piece.
The invention is described below in greater detail with the help of examples, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 depicts one visiting-card case according to the invention, empty.
Figure 2 depicts the empty case in section through II-II in
Figure 1,
Figure 3 depicts the dispensing of a visiting card from a case according to Figure 1,
Figure 4 depicts the dispensing of the card in section through
IV-IV in Figure 3,
Figure 5 depicts the empty case according to Figure 1, partly opened,
Figure 6 depicts part of the case and the stack of visiting cards placed in it, in section through VI-VI in Figure 3,
Figures 7 and 8 depict, partly as cutaways, the end of a visiting-card case according to the invention, the case being equipped with a cover which can be mounted in place in two different positions, by means of which the width of the card- dispensing slot in the end of the case can be adjusted,
Figure 9 depicts the underside of the case according to Figure
1, equipped with a series of pockets for received visiting cards,
Figure 10 depicts another visiting-card case according to the invention, in which it is possible to collect, under the stack of cards to be distributed, visiting cards received from others,
Figure 11 is a section through XI-XI in Figure 10,
Figure 12 depicts an unattached spring piece belonging to the case according to Figure 10, and
Figure 13 depicts the case according to Figure 10, with the plate constituting the bottom partly drawn open.
In Figures 1 and 2, the visiting-card case 1, shown empty, com¬ prises a bottom 2, longitudinal side walls 3, transverse end walls 4, and a cover 5. The material of the bottom 2 and the side and end walls 3, 4 of the case may be, for example, plas¬ tic or metal, and the cover 5 of the case is most preferably a thin, transparent plastic plate.
In the space 6 delimited by the bottom 2, walls 3, 4, and cover 5 of the case there is disposed in a position parallel to the longitudinal direction of the case a strip-like piece 7, which is bent into the shape of a gently sloping V and the middle 8 of which is attached to the bottom of the space. The strip-like piece 7 forms in the longitudinal direction of the space 6 two successive springs 9, 10, the ends of which extend close to the end walls 4 of the case. At the other end of the case there has been left between the upper edge of the end wall 4 and the end of the cover 5 a narrow slot 11, which is dimensioned so as to permit the passage of one visiting card through it out of the case, as will be described below in greater detail. In that half of the case which is opposite as seen from the said case end equipped with a slot 11 there is formed in the cover 5 a longitudinal aperture 12 extending to the case end opposite to the slot, the second spring 10 of the case, located farther away as seen from the slot, being located in the area of the aperture.
Furthermore, the underside of the case is equipped with a series of flat pockets 13, intended primarily for received vis¬ iting cards, one end of the case being equipped with two paral¬ lel shoulders 14 for retaining the pockets in place and the ends 15 of the pockets being capable of being fitted behind these shoulders. These pockets are described in greater detail below in connection with Figure 9.
For the purpose of filling the case 1, the cover 5 is made capable of being drawn open in accordance with Figure 5. At the upper edges 16 of the side walls 3 of the case there are formed grooves 17 which serve as guides in which the longitudinal edges 18 of the cover can move. The said parts can best be seen in Figure 6 depicting a side of the case side in section. When the case is being filled, the partial opening of the cover 5 in accordance with Figure 5 will suffice, but, if so desired, the cover can be drawn entirely loose from the case.
In the alternative according to Figure 6, the cover 5 can be mounted in only one position in the guides 17 in the side walls 3 of the case. Figures 7 and 8, by contrast, depict an alterna¬ tive in which the guides 17 and the edges 18 of the cover 5 are shaped so that the cover can be mounted in two different posi¬ tions in the case. Furthermore, with respect to its edges 18 engaging the guides 17 the cover 5 has been made slightly asym¬ metrical so that the position of the cover can be used for adjusting the width of the outlet slot 11 in the end of the case. In Figure 7 the cover 5 has been mounted in its place so that its top surface is at the level of the upper edges 16 of the side walls of the case, and the slot 11 in the end of the case is thus narrower, whereas in the position according Figure 8, reversed in relation to the position shown in Figure 7, the top surface of the cover rises slightly above the upper edges 16 of the side walls of the case, and respectively the slot 11 in the end of the case becomes wider. Thus the slot 11 width according to Figure 7 is suitable, for example, for thinner visiting cards of plastic and the slot 11 width according to Figure 8 is suitable for thicker visiting cards of cardboard.
Figures 3 and 4 show a visiting-card case 1 filled with a stack 19 of cards. In the resting position the springs 9, 10 keep the stack 19 of cards lightly pressed against the inner surface of the case cover 5, the edge 21 of the topmost card 20 in the stack being located in alignment with the outlet slot 11 in the interior space 6 of the case. The dispensing of the topmost card 20 of the stack 19 is effected by pressing the stack lightly with a finger 22 at the aperture 12 in the cover, against the spring 10, whereupon the spring will yield somewhat and the stack of cards will tilt back slightly, in accordance with Figure 4. At the same time the topmost card 20 of the stack is pushed forward with the finger 22, whereupon the card will slide out of the case through the slot 11. This stage can be seen in accompanying Figures 3 and 4. When the edge 21 of the card 20 has extended sufficiently outside the case 1, the card can be gripped with the other hand and be drawn entirely out of the case. The spring 9 in the case will immediately raise the edge of the following card in the stack 19 into alignment with the slot 11, whereupon the case is immediately ready for dispensing the following card.
The pocket series seen on the underside of the case 1 in Figure 9 is made up of thin, flat pockets 13 of transparent plastic, the pockets being attached by one end 23 to one end of the case. From the opposite end of the case 1 there protrude two shoulders 14 behind which the opposite ends 15 of the resilient pockets 13 can be bent. The base 23 of each pocket 13 is open so that, for example, a received visiting card 24, a cash card or a credit card, or some other object to be kept can be pushed into the pocket. When the pockets 13 are released, the stored cards 24 can be leafed through, whereafter the pockets can be gathered in accordance with Figure 2 into a pack against the case bottom 2, locked behind the shoulders 14.
The visiting-card case 1 according to Figures 10-13, which is depicted filled with cards, comprises a space 6 in which the user may place his or her own visiting cards 19, 20 and from which the cards can be dispensed one at a time as described above. In a manner deviating from the preceding, however, the spring piece 7' , which can be seen separately in Figure 12, is not attached to the case bottom but is in the space, unat¬ tached, under the card stack 19. The spring piece 7' comprises strip-like springs 9, 10, bent upwards relative to the case bottom 2 and extending close to the opposite ends 4 of the case, and strip-like springs 91, 10' which are located on either side in the transverse direction of the piece and are inclined downwards towards the bottom of the case. The middle section 23 of the piece 71 , between the spring parts 9, 9', 10, 10' is horizontal and will remain raised from the bottom 2 because of the downwards tilted springs 9' , 10' . Under the spring part 7', against the case bottom 2, there are cards 24, which may be, for example, cards received from others by the user of the case.
According to Figure 13, the case bottom consists of a plate 2, the edges 26 of which engage guides in the lower edges of the side walls 3 and can thus be drawn open in the same manner as the case cover 5 (cf. Figure 5). Thus the case bottom 2 can be opened slightly in order to push received visiting cards 24 under the spring part 71 inside the case, or, when so desired, the bottom can be drawn entirely loose from the case, for ex¬ ample for the purpose of emptying the case.
It should be noted that the visiting-card case according to Figures 1-9 can be implemented, within the scope of the patent claims, without the pocket series 13, intended for received cards, on the underside of the case. Also, the detachable bot¬ tom 2 belonging to the case 1 according to Figures 10-13 is not absolutely indispensable, although it substantially increases the usefulness of the case.

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1. A case (1) for visiting cards, having for a stack (19) of cards a space (6) delimited by walls (2-5), in the space springs (9, 10) which press the cards in the stack against each other, and a slot (11), which leads out from the end of the space and is dimensioned so as to permit the passage of a card (20) and through which the cards can be dispensed from the case one at a time, characterized in that in the space (6) there is under the stack (19) of cards a spring (9) which raises the stack and keeps at any given time the edge of the topmost card in alignment with the said slot (11), that in the cover (5) of the case there is formed an aperture (12) which is located in the rear half of the cover as seen from the slot (11) and en¬ ables the topmost card (20) of the stack to be pushed out with a finger (22), and that under the stack of cards in the space there is, at a greater distance from the slot, a second spring (10), which is primarily in the area of the aperture (12) in the case cover (5) and receives the pressure to which the stack of cards is subjected by the pushing out of a card.
2. A visiting-card case according to claim 1, characterized in that the springs (9, 10) are strips raised from the bottom
(2) of the said space (6) .
3. A visiting-card case according to claim 2, characterized in that the springs (9, 10) are made up of a continuous strip¬ like piece (7) bent into the shape of a gently sloping V and being attached by its middle (8) to the bottom (2) of the space (6) in the case.
4. A visiting-card case according to claim 2, characterized in that the springs (9, 10) are parts of an unattached piece (7') located under the stack (19) of cards in the space (6) formed by the case.
5. A visiting-card case according to any of the above claims, characterized in that the cover (5) of the case is made up of a plate the edges of which engage guides (17) formed in the upper edges (16) of the side walls (3) of the case, the case being thus capable of being opened in part or entirely by moving the cover.
6. A visiting-card case according to claim 5, characterized in that the slot (11) leading out of the space (6) has been produced by lowering the end wall (4) of the case in relation to its side walls (3) so that the slot is formed between the upper edge of the end wall and the end of the case cover (5) .
7. A visiting-card case according to claims 5 and 6, char¬ acterized in that the cover (5) can be pushed into its place in the guides (17) in the side walls (3) of the case in such a way that either one of the cover surfaces may become the top sur¬ face of the case, and that the cover edges (18) engaging the guides are offset from the center point between the cover sur¬ faces so that the width of the slot (11) delimited by the cover is different in the different positions of the cover.
8. A visiting-card case according to claim 4, characterized in that the bottom (2) of the case is made up of a plate the edges (26) of which engage guides in the lower edges of the side walls (3) , the case being thus capable of being opened on its underside in part or entirely by moving the said plate.
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