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AssigneeTMD Holding B.V.
InventorsCornelis Johannes Goedee, Leonardus Antonius Maria Van Den Bogart, Marina Helena De Jongh
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A card feed unit for transferring a data carrier for card information of a multi-services card, such as a bank card or credit card, to a reading ahead of a reading unit for at least reading out card information. The card feed unit includes a card receipt position for receipt of the card, a transfer assembly, preferably including a channel, in which the card feed unit is suitable for, during insertion of the card in the receipt position, receiving the card in the receipt position by means of an insertion operation with a direction of movement that, at least as seen in one direction, is substantially perpendicular to the readout direction of the card for preventing that the card is readable during the insertion operation. The card feed unit preferably includes a kernel element and a separate cover element.
An anti-skimming or anti-shimming device for placement inside of a card reader for providing protection adjacent to either a magnetic strip reading head or a chip reading head, the device comprising:
The anti-skimming or anti-shimming device according to 11, wherein the biasing property is imparted by a metal material of which the device is made.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.