US 12,260,282 B2
Card reader
Ryo Uchiyama, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, Nagano (JP)
Filed by NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, Nagano (JP)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/510,951.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-183355 (JP), filed on Nov. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0160864 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/0013 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A card reader for using with a card, the card reader comprising:
a card accommodating part which comprises an insertion port into which the card is inserted, accommodates at least a part of the card having been inserted, and comprises a discharge hole which discharges a foreign matter in an inside of the card accommodating part; and
a foreign matter accommodation member which accommodates the foreign matter discharged through the discharge hole and being attachable and detachable;
wherein the foreign matter accommodation member structures an airtight space together with the card accommodating part, the airtight space being airtight in a portion at least except the insertion port;
and further comprising a reading part which reads information from the card which is accommodated in the card accommodating part,
wherein the foreign matter accommodation member comprises a wiring hole through which a wiring of the reading part is led out from the airtight space to an outside of the airtight space.