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US 6,616,050 B1Granted
IC card reader with rotating member
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsHajime Oki, Yasuhiro Kanayama
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Abstract
An IC card reader comprising an contact and a rotating member. The contact is for coming into contact with an IC contact terminal of a card. The rotating member is rotated by the insertion of the card. The rotating member starts to rotate as the card presses a portion of the rotating member, and the portion of the rotating member presses the card on a rear surface thereof when the rotating member rotates.
Claims13
An IC card reader comprising:
- a card reader body portion having a card inserting portion for inserting a card into the card reader body portion;
- an IC contact for coming into contact with an IC contact terminal on a front surface of the card;
- an IC contact holder holding said IC contact;
- wherein said IC contact holder moves together with the card upon insertion of the card;
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- a rotating member which is rotated by insertion of the card, said rotating member comprising a contact-opposing lever and at least two guides located at opposite end portions of the rotating member,
- wherein said rotating member starts to rotate as the card presses a portion of said rotating member, and said guides press the card on a rear surface thereof when said rotating member rotates, and
- wherein said guides together with an opposing inner surface of the card reader body portion serve as a card presser to press a warped or bent card into a flat shape.
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An IC card reader comprising:
- a card reader body portion having a card inserting portion for inserting a card into the card reader body portion;
- an IC contact for coming into contact with an IC contact terminal of the card;
- an IC contact holder holding said IC contact, wherein said IC contact holder moves together with the card upon insertion of the card;
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- a rotating member as a lever which is rotated by insertion of the card, said rotating member comprising a rotating shaft and a card pressing plate secured to a portion of said rotating member which comes into contact with the card;
- wherein said rotating shaft of said rotating member is located opposite to a side where said IC contact is provided, and
- wherein when said card is in a predetermined position in the card reader body portion said IC contact presses on the card with a first pressing force in a first direction, and said card pressing plate presses on the card with a second pressing force in a second direction opposing to the first direction to bring the IC terminal into contact with the IC contact,
- wherein said rotating member includes pressing means to push the card presser plate toward the card when the card presser plate is located parallel with the card.
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An IC card reader comprising:
- a card reader body portion having a card inserting portion for inserting a card into the card reader body portion;
- an IC contact for coming into contact with an IC contact terminal on a surface of the card;
- a switch which is switched on by insertion of the card;
- a power supply turning-on member which operates by switching on of said switch;
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- a rotating member which is rotated by insertion of the card, said rotating member comprising a contact-opposing lever,
- wherein said contact-opposing lever presses the card on a surface thereof when said rotating member rotates, and
- wherein said switch is provided for being in contact with a rear end portion of the contact opposing lever and is switched on when the contact-opposing lever is rotated to bring the IC terminal into contact with the IC contact.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.