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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeyuki Nagata, Nagano, JP;
Kazunori Takahashi, Nagano, JP;
Toshio Tatai, Nagano, JP;
Nozomi Watanabe, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Sankyo Seiki Mfg. Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/03 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/03 ;
Abstract
A manual IC card reader has a recess at a frame constructing a card insertion slot in the card insertion direction for inserting and removing a card. The card insertion slot is configured to project an IC contact block toward a card pathway as the IC contact block comes in and then let the card be removed after data communication rolling elements in a free rotational condition provided in a front vicinity of a card stop position in the card direction to reduce an insertion load on the IC card when the IC card projects the IC contacts block toward the card pathway.