Hitachi, Ltd.

Shinju Itou

Yuhei Abe

A portable terminal device for electronic money IC cards containing monetary data therein, comprises in a main body (,), a card slot opening (,) into which a plurality of electronic money IC cards (,) are inserted, electric contact terminals (,) for reading and writing the monetary data from and into the electronic money IC cards which are inserted into card slot opening, a display (,) for displaying money amount for the monetary data which is read out from the inserted electronic money IC cards or which is to be written into the inserted electronic money IC cards; and a button (,) for manipulating the reading and writing operations the monetary data from and into the electronic money IC cards which are inserted into the card slot opening. The card slot opening (,) is so configured that the plurality of the electronic into and positioned with being closely piled up with each other and shifted to each other in a direction parallel to main surface thereof.

Portable terminal device with stackable IC card slot opening

A portable terminal device for electronic money IC cards containing monetary data therein, includes in a main body (10): a card slot opening (12, or 12 and 13) into which a plurality of electronic money IC cards (100 and 110, or 100, 110 and 120) are inserted; electric contact terminals (16 and 17, or 16, 17 and 18 ) for reading and writing the monetary data from and into the electronic money IC cards which are inserted into the card slot opening; a display (80) for displaying money amount of the monetary data which is read out from inserted electronic money IC cards or which is to be written into the inserted electronic money IC cards; and a button (82) for manipulating the reading and writing operations of the monetary data from and into the electronic money IC cards which are inserted into the card slot opening; wherein the card slot opening (12, or 12 and 13) is so configured that the plurality of electronic money IC cards (100 and 110, or 100, 110 and 120) are inserted into and positioned while being closely piled up with each other and shifted to each other in a direction parallel to main surface thereof. Further, arrangements (heads) for reading/writing are positioned to contact ones of the electronic money IC cards at a same height from the surface of the devices substrate, and there is provided an arrangement for bending at least one of the electronic IC cards within the card slot opening.

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Naka-gun, Japan

Shinju Itou