Patent ID: 11900186
Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A card reader comprising:
a card lock mechanism structured to prevent pulling-out of a card jammed in a card conveyance passage from a card insertion port; and
an operation part structured to manually release lock of the card caused by the card lock mechanism;
wherein the card lock mechanism comprises:
a motor; and
a lock member, provided with a blocking pawl contacted with the card to prevent pulling-out of the card, the lock member being moved between a contact position where the blocking pawl is contacted with the card and a retreated position where the blocking pawl is retreated from the card conveyance passage by power transmitted from the motor;

wherein the operation part comprises:
a rotation member, having a tube shape and having an inner circumference wall surrounding an output shaft of the motor; and
an engaging member, provided on the inner circumference wall, extended along a circumferential direction of the output shaft and capable of engaging with an outer peripheral face of the output shaft; and

wherein the engaging member is structured so as to be elastically deformable in a direction perpendicular to the output shaft.