Card reader

A card reader comprising:

• a data reading mechanism which contacts a card and at least reads data recorded in the card;
• and
• a main body frame which is formed with a card moving passage where the card inserted from a card insertion slot is moved and holds the data reading mechanism;
• wherein when a direction perpendicular to a movement direction of the card which is linearly moved along the card moving passage and perpendicular to a thickness direction of the card moved along the card moving passage is defined as a width direction of the card, one side in the movement direction of the card is referred to as a front side, an opposite side to the front side is referred to as a rear side, one side in the thickness direction of the card is referred to as a first thickness direction side, and an opposite side to the first thickness direction side is referred to as a second thickness direction side,
• the card is inserted into the card insertion slot from the front side toward the rear side;
• the main body frame is formed with a moving passage forming surface which is a face of the card moving passage on the first thickness direction side, an accommodation part which is recessed from the moving passage forming surface toward the first thickness direction side, and a guide part for guiding a foreign matter inserted from the card insertion slot to the accommodation part;
• the accommodation part is disposed at a position displaced from the data reading mechanism in the width direction of the card and is disposed on a lower side in a vertical direction with respect to the card contacting the moving passage forming surface;
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• the foreign matter is capable of being guided from the front side with respect to the data reading mechanism toward the accommodation part by the guide part.