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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Suwa-gun, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/0004 (2013.01); G06K 7/003 (2013.01); G06K 7/084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A card reader may include a card passage, a magnetic head to abut with a magnetic stripe of the card, and an IC contact block having IC contact springs to contact with external connection terminals of an IC chip of the card. The magnetic head is disposed in a front side portion of the card reader so that a gap of the magnetic head faces the card passage from a lower side, and the IC contact block is disposed in a rear side portion of the card reader so that the IC contact springs face the card passage from an upper side. The card passage is formed in a straight shape but is inclined to a lower side as going to the rear side.