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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2013
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Kazutoshi Ishikawa, Nagano, JP;
Kazunori Takahashi, Nagano, JP;
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, , JP;
Abstract
A card reader may include a card conveying mechanism structured to convey the card; a magnetic head which is structured to abut with the card and performs at least one of reading of magnetic data recorded on the card and recording of magnetic data on the card; a head moving mechanism structured to move the magnetic head in a longitudinal direction of the card; and an abutting part structured to abut with one end of the card in the short-side direction of the card. The head moving mechanism may be configured such that, while the card conveying mechanism holds the card in a state that the one end of the card in the short-side direction of the card is pressed against the abutting part, the magnetic head is moved in the longitudinal direction of the card to perform at least one of reading and recording of magnetic data.