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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2025
Nidec Instruments Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Shinya Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A card reader includes a data reading mechanism and a main body frame formed with a card moving passage and holding the data reading mechanism. The main body frame is formed with a moving passage forming surface, an accommodation part recessed from the moving passage forming surface toward a lower side, and a guide part for guiding a foreign matter inserted from a card insertion slot to the accommodation part. The accommodation part is disposed at a position displaced from the data reading mechanism in a width direction of a card and is disposed on a lower side in a vertical direction with respect to the card contacting the moving passage forming surface. The foreign matter is capable of being guided from the front side with respect to the data reading mechanism toward the accommodation part by the guide part.
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