Fujitsu Frontech Limited

Yoshiaki Kasai

Noboru Ishii

Tomohiro Takizawa

Toshiyuki Kobayashi

Toshiyuki Ichikawa

Takao Obata

Mitsuaki Kumagai

Atsushi Kobayashi

Yu Kurosawa

Ichiro Yamamoto

Toshikazu Minegishi

Taku Ando

Kazuhito Miura

Yuki Zetsu

Katsutoshi Matsuura

Yoshihito Kouda

Yoshikazu Kawamoto

Electronic calculator

Electronic computer with display unit

A conductive fixed static elimination member is provided in a before-magnetic head travel portion which guides a magnetic card to a magnetic card reader unit provided with a magnetic head, such that a protuberance portion thereof protrudes into a card travel groove through an opening formed in one of side walls, and has a conductive cleaning pad affixed to a surface thereof. The magnetic card inserted in the before-magnetic head travel portion is cleaned by the cleaning pad, and if the magnetic card has static electricity, it is possible to eliminate the static electricity by discharging the static electricity to the ground via the cleaning pad having conductivity, the fixed static elimination member, and a magnetic card reader fixing bracket.

Magnetic card reader

A magnetic head is held by a side wall through a head fixing fitting so as to freely advance into and retreat from a card sliding groove. First and second head urging levers are swingably supported through a pin. In a standby state, the magnetic head is away from the card travel groove, and card engaging sections of the first and second head urging levers are staying in the card travel groove. When a magnetic card slides in a card sliding direction, the magnetic card makes contact with a card contact section to push the card contact section away from the card travel groove. This causes the first head urging lever to push out the magnetic head into the card travel groove so that the magnetic head makes contact with the magnetic card.

Growing community of inventors

Inagi, Japan

Yoshiaki Kasai