# US 9,038,904 B2 · Card reader > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,038,904 B2 - Document ID: US9038904B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/122,957 - Filed: 2013-01-15 - Published: 2014-11-27 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2012-02-09 - Assignees: Nidec Sankyo Corporation - Applicants: Nidec Sankyo Corporation - Inventors: Kazutoshi Ishikawa; Kazunori Takahashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038904B2 ## CPC - G06K 7/0004: {Hybrid readers} - G06K 7/003: {means for pressing the connector contacts in the direction of the card contacts to assure trustworthy electrical connection between card and connector} - G06K 7/082: {using inductive or magnetic sensors} - G06K 13/06: Guiding cards; Checking correct operation of card-conveying mechanisms - G06K 13/08: Feeding or discharging cards - G11B 5/00808: {magnetic cards} - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) ## Abstract A card reader may include a card conveying mechanism structured to convey the card; a magnetic head which is structured to abut with the card and performs at least one of reading of magnetic data recorded on the card and recording of magnetic data on the card; a head moving mechanism structured to move the magnetic head in a longitudinal direction of the card; and an abutting part structured to abut with one end of the card in the short-side direction of the card. The head moving mechanism may be configured such that, while the card conveying mechanism holds the card in a state that the one end of the card in the short-side direction of the card is pressed against the abutting part, the magnetic head is moved in the longitudinal direction of the card to perform at least one of reading and recording of magnetic data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A card reader in which a card formed in a substantially rectangular shape is conveyed in a short-side direction of the card and processed, comprising: a card conveying mechanism structured to convey the card; a magnetic head which is structured to abut with the card and performs at least one of reading of magnetic data recorded on the card and recording of magnetic data on the card; a head moving mechanism structured to move the magnetic head in a longitudinal direction of the card; and an abutting part structured to abut with one end of the card in the short-side direction of the card; wherein, the card conveying mechanism holds the card in a state that the one end of the card in the short-side direction of the card is pressed against the abutting part while the magnetic head is moved in the longitudinal direction of the card to perform at least one of reading and recording of magnetic data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The card reader according to claim 1, wherein the card conveying mechanism includes a conveying roller, which is structured to abut with the card to convey the card, and a pad roller which is urged toward the conveying roller, and the conveying roller and the pad roller hold the card between the conveying roller and the pad roller in the state that the one end of the card in the short-side direction of the card is pressed against the abutting part. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The card reader according to claim 2, wherein the card is provided with an embossing area where embossing is performed, and the conveying roller and the pad roller are abutted with a portion of the card avoiding the embossing area on both end sides of the card in the longitudinal direction of the card. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The card reader according to claim 2, further comprising: a card conveying passage where the card is conveyed; and a retreating mechanism by which the abutting part is retreated from the card conveying passage, wherein the card conveying mechanism includes a second conveying roller, which is disposed on a back side with respect to the abutting part in a taking-in direction of the card and is structured to abut with the card and convey the card, and a second pad roller which is urged toward the second conveying roller. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The card reader according to claim 1, further comprising a card detection mechanism for detecting that the card is inserted into the card reader, wherein the card detection mechanism detects that the card is inserted into the card reader by detecting both end sides of the card in a longitudinal direction of the card. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The card reader according to claim 1, further comprising a card insertion part in which an insertion port into which the card is inserted is formed, wherein the card insertion part includes a shutter member structured to close a back side of the insertion port in a taking-in direction of the card. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The card reader according to claim 1, wherein, in a state that the one end of the card in the short-side direction of the card is abutted with the abutting part, the entire card is taken into an inside of the card reader. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The card reader according to claim 1, further comprising IC contact springs structured to contact with external connection terminals formed on the card, wherein, while the card conveying mechanism holds the card in a state that the one end of the card in the short-side direction of the card is pressed against the abutting part, the IC contact springs are contacted with the external connection terminals to exchange data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The card reader according to claim 1, further comprising IC contact springs structured to contact with external connection terminals formed on the card, wherein, in a state that the IC contact springs press the external connection terminals, the magnetic head is moved in the longitudinal direction of the card to perform at least one of reading and recording of magnetic data.