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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2023
Nidec Instruments Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Ryo Uchiyama, Nagano, JP;
NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A card reader includes a card accommodating part which has an insertion port into which a card is inserted, accommodates at least a part of the card having been inserted, and has a discharge hole which is capable of discharging a foreign matter in an inside of the card accommodating part, and a foreign matter accommodation member which accommodates the foreign matter discharged through the discharge hole and is capable of being attached and detached. The foreign matter accommodation member structures an airtight space together with the card accommodating part, and the airtight space is airtight in a portion at least except the insertion port.