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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1987
Norio Shimamura, Tokyo, JP;
Taiji Sudo, Tokyo, JP;
Tokyo Tatsuno Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device having a motor and rollers for conveying a card inserted in the slot forward so as to read a magnetic stripe of the card. A system is used for feeding a carriage between the waiting position and the reading/writing position. The carriage embraces a contact pin head, which is longitudinally movable together with the carriage and vertically movable relative thereto, so that when the card is conveyed to reach the carriage in the waiting position the feeding system is automatically driven to feed the carriage and the contact pin head to the reading/writing position where the card is brought by the conveying motor components with holding engagement with the carriage to be electrically contacted at the contact points thereof with the contact pins of the head vertically moved up. Reliable reading/writing of the magnetic card as well as the IC card can be assured.