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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Masayuki Ohki, Kokubunji, JP;
Atsuhiko Urushihara, Kokubunji, JP;
Jun Furuya, Kokubunji, JP;
Shigeyuki Itoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroki Kitagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Oosawa, Niiza, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An IC card reader/writer having a body which includes an IC insertion slot and an operation display section. The body is separable into an upper cover and a lower portion. The upper cover and the lower portion are displaced from each other to form a step on the side of the body formed with the IC card insertion slot. A recessed portion recessed from the step is formed on the portion of the body having the IC card insertion slot. The surface of the upper cover is curved upwardly in a direction away from the IC card insertion slot in such a manner as to increase the thickness progressively toward the side of the body far from the IC card insertion slot, and a display section is located on the slope of the curved portion. The operating area of the IC card reader/writer is provided with function keys.