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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Sankyo Seiki Seisakusho, Nagano, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235479 ; 235482 ;
Abstract
A contact carriage 2 is movably provided in an opening 12 formed in a frame 11 having a card path 8 into which an IC card 9 is inserted, and of the opposed side faces defining the opening 12, the side face 13b which confronts a carriage movement reference surface 17 used when the contact carriage 2 moves in the opening 12 includes a flat portion 14a and a arcuately protruded portion 15a.