Dust-proof portable IC card reader

A portable integrated-circuit card reader for retrieving information from an integrated-circuit card incorporating a semiconductor memory device and for displaying at least part of said information, said portable integrated-circuit card reader being of a size suitable to fit in a personal carrier, comprising:

• a housing having a display portion for displaying said at least part of said information;
• and a controller, said housing further having, at least on a part of a surface thereof, an integrated-circuit card insert port for receiving said integrated-circuit card and an integrated-circuit card accommodating unit extending straight from said integrated-circuit card insert port to an opposite side of said housing, said housing further having a foreign-matter ejection member for ejecting foreign matter from said integrated-circuit card accommodating unit by insertion of said integrated-circuit card.

A portable integrated-circuit card reader for retrieving information from an integrated-circuit card incorporating a semiconductor memory device and for displaying at least part of said information, said portable integrated-circuit card reader being portable in a clothes pocket, a bag, or the like, comprising:

• a housing having a display portion, provided on a part of said housing, or displaying said at least part of said information and incorporating a controller, said housing further having, at least on a part of a surface thereof, an integrated-circuit card insert port through which said integrated-circuit card is inserted and an integrated-circuit card accommodating unit extending straight from said integrated-circuit card insert port to an opposite side of said housing, said housing further having a foreign-matter ejection member for ejecting foreign matter from said integrated-circuit card accommodating unit by insertion of said integrated-circuit card, wherein said foreign-matter ejection member is at a position to close said integrated-circuit card insert port before said integrated-circuit card is inserted.

A portable integrated-circuit card reader for retrieving information from an integrated-circuit card incorporating a semiconductor memory device and for displaying at least part of said information, said portable integrated-circuit card reader being portable in a clothes pocket, a bag, or the like, comprising:

• a housing having a display portion, provided on a part of said housing, for displaying said at least part of said information and incorporating a controller, said housing further having, at least on a part of a surface thereof, an integrated-circuit card insert port through which said integrated-circuit card is inserted and an integrated-circuit card accommodating unit extending straight from said integrated-circuit card insert port to an opposite side of said housing, said housing further having a foreign-matter ejection member for ejecting foreign matter from said integrated-circuit card accommodating unit by insertion of said integrated-circuit card wherein said foreign-matter ejection member slidably moves in said integrated-circuit card accommodating unit by insertion of said integrated-circuit card from said integrated-circuit card insert port.

A portable integrated-circuit card reader for retrieving information from an integrated-circuit card incorporating a semiconductor memory device and for displaying at least part of said information, said portable integrated-circuit card reader being portable in a clothes pocket, a bag or the like, comprising:

• a housing having a display portion provided on a part of said housing for displaying said at least part of said information and incorporating a controller, said housing further having, at least on a part of surface thereof, an integrated-circuit card insert port through which said integrated-circuit is inserted and an integrated-circuit card accommodating unit extending straight from said integrated-circuit card insert port to an opposite side of said housing, said housing further having a cleaning member for cleaning the inside of said integrated-circuit card accommodating unit by insertion of said integrated-circuit card.

A portable integrated-circuit card reader for displaying data stored in an integrated-circuit card, comprising:

• a space in which an integrated circuit card is loaded, said space having a first opening through which said integrated-circuit card is inserted and a second opening connected to said first opening, said space having a construction for accommodating said integrated-circuit card, wherein a width of said second opening is smaller than a width of said first opening.

A portable integrated-circuit card reader for displaying data stored in an integrated-circuit card, comprising:

• a space in which an integrated circuit card is loaded, said space having a first opening through which said integrated-circuit card is inserted and a second opening connected to said first opening, said space having a construction for accommodating said integrated-circuit card, wherein a blocking member for blocking the passage of said integrated-circuit card is arranged in the proximity of said second opening.

A portable integrated-circuit card reader for displaying data stored in an integrated-circuit card, comprising:

• a space for receiving an integrated-circuit card, said space having a first opening through which said integrated-circuit card is inserted and a second opening connected to said first opening, said space having a construction for accommodating said integrated-circuit card, said second opening leading to an exterior of said integrated-circuit card reader, wherein an opening direction of said first opening and an opening direction of said second opening are substantially disposed to be in an orthogonal relation.

A portable integrated-circuit card reader for displaying data stored in an integrated-circuit card, comprising:

• a space for receiving said integrated-circuit card, said space having a first opening through which said integrated-circuit card is inserted and a second opening connected to said first opening, said first opening having a lid member slidable inside, said lid member being slidable inside by insertion of said integrated-circuit card to clean inside of said space, said lid member being moved up to a proximity of said second opening.