Manual card reader

• US 6,820,806 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2003
• Issued: 11/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sankyo Seiki Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Nidec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sankyo Seiki Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Nidec Corporation)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Kazunori, Nagata, Shigeyuki, Hirasawa, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Frech, Karl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Walsh, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US10/446,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20040079805A1
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: 235/482, 235/483, 235/485, 235/486, 235/492, 235/493, 235/380, 235/439, 235/479, 235/484, 235/379, 235/441
• US Class Current: 235/439
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 13/08 Feeding or discharging cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 13/085 using an arrangement for locking the inserted card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 13/0875 the arrangement comprising a shutter for blocking at least part of the card insertion slot

Abstract

A manual card reader comprises a slot frame with a recess provided in the slot frame in the card insertion direction to allow insertion or removal of a card. A card is inserted into the slot to a holding point through the recess and is taken out therefrom. The manual reader further comprises a shutter that prevents insertion of a foreign object beyond the recess into the card reader. A first locking device is detachably provided at one end of the shutter. A second locking device is detachably provided at the other end of the shutter.

Claims

1. A manual card reader comprising:

a slot-frame, a recess provided in said slot frame in the card insertion direction to allow insertion or removal of a card, said card inserted into said slot to a holding point through said recess and taken out therefrom;

said manual card reader further comprising;

a shutter that prevents insertion of a foreign object beyond said recess into said card reader;

a first locking means which is detachably provided at one end of said shutter; and

a second locking means which is detachably provided at the other end of said shutter;

wherein said first locking means has a first pressing means that presses said shutter in the direction said first locking means locks and said second locking means has a second pressing means that presses said shutter in a locking direction, wherein the pressing force of said first pressing means is greater than that of said second pressing means.

2. The manual card reader according to claim 1 wherein the manual card reader has a sensor for detecting said card outside said shutter;

wherein said first locking means unlocks before said inserted card reaches said sensor and said second locking means unlocks immediately before said card that has passed said sensor reaches said shutter.

3. The manual card reader according to claim 1 wherein either said first locking means or said second locking means has a sensor for detecting locking motion thereof.

4. A manual card reader comprising:

a slot-frame;

said slot frame having a slot thereon which has a recess provided in the insertion direction to allow insertion or removal of a card, said card being inserted from the slot to a holding point through said slot and taken out therefrom;

said manual card reader further comprising;

guides provided at both ends of said frame for guiding said card at the time of insertion;

a sensor arranged on said frame toward a card'"'"'s pull out direction; and

a pressing member arranged opposite to said sensor on said frame for pressing said card onto said guide on said sensor end;

wherein the end of said pressing member is arranged between the entrance of said slot and said sensor.

5. A manual card reader comprising:

a slot-frame having an insertion slot which has a recess provided in an insertion direction to allow insertion or removal of a card;

guides provided at both ends of said frame for guiding said card at the time of insertion;

a sensor arranged on said frame toward said card'"'"'s pull out direction; and

a pressing member arranged opposite to said sensor on said frame for pressing said card onto said guide on said sensor end;

wherein the end of said pressing member toward said card'"'"'s pull out direction is arranged between the entrance of said insertion slot and said sensor so that said card is detected after said card contacts said pressing member.