# US 8,783,569 B2 · Card processing device

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- Number: US 8,783,569 B2
- Document ID: US8783569B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/602,592
- Filed: 2008-05-30
- Published: 2010-10-07
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2007-06-01
- Assignees: Nidec Sankyo Corporation
- Applicants: Shinya Miyazawa
- Inventors: Shinya Miyazawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783569B2

## CPC

- G06K 13/08: Feeding or discharging cards
- G06K 13/085: {using an arrangement for locking the inserted card}
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

## Abstract

A card processing device has a card insertion section into which a card is inserted, a card receiving section in which the card is received with a rear end section of the inserted card exposed from the card insertion section, a reader that reads information recorded in the card received in the card receiving section, a holding member that holds a front end section of the card and, in response to a card-pulling operation by an operator, releases the front end section of the card, and a detector that detects that the card is at a position held by the holding member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A card processing device for use with a card, the card processing device comprising:
a card inserting portion in which the card is inserted;
a card accommodating portion which structured to accommodate said card while a rear end portion of the inserted card is exposed from said card inserting portion;
a reader structured to read information recorded on said card;
a holding member structured to hold a front end portion of said card inside said card accommodating portion and release the front end portion of the card with a card-pulling operation by a user; and
a detector structured to detect that said card is in a position of being held by said holding member;
wherein the holding member is a resilient member having a pressing portion configured to press against a face of the card in a thickness direction of the card and an inclining portion which is continuously formed with the pressing portion to guide the card to the pressing portion; and
wherein the inclining portion is formed so that, when said card is inserted and a front end of said card is abutted with the inclining portion, said card is subjected to a push-back force toward said card inserting portion by an inclined face of the inclining portion and, when said card is further inserted against the push-back force until said card reaches said pressing portion, the pressing portion presses the face of the card in a thickness direction of the card and the card is held by the pressing portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The card processing device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said holding member is a resilient member integrally molded in a substantially U-shape.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The card processing device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said holding member is attached to said card accommodating portion by a snap-fit connection structure.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The card processing device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
a controller structured to communicate with a host device using a card-holding signal or card-releasing signal detected by said detecting means.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The card processing device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said detector has a lever member which swings as pushed by the front end of said card and a photo sensor which detects a swing of said lever member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The card processing device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said reader is a magnetic head.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The card processing device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said reader is an IC contact terminal which performs an IC communication by contact or non-contact with an IC chip built into said card.