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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2013
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Suwa-gun, Nagano, JP;
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, NAGANO, JP;
Abstract
A card reader may include a card insertion part which is formed with an insertion port into which the card is inserted; and a magnetic sensor which is provided in the card insertion part and is structured to detect whether magnetic data are recorded on the card or not. The magnetic sensor may be disposed so as to secure a space between the card inserted into the insertion port and the magnetic sensor. The magnetic data may be arranged in a longitudinal direction of the card. When viewed in a thickness direction of the card which is inserted into the insertion port, a magnetism detection direction of the magnetic sensor may be inclined with respect to a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.