Patent ID: 9563791
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06K

Claim:
1. A card reader for use with a card in a substantially rectangular shape, the card being taken into in its short side direction to be performed with reading of magnetic data recorded in a magnetic stripe of the card, wherein the magnetic stripe is formed so that its longitudinal direction and a longitudinal direction of the card are coincident with each other such that the magnetic data is arranged in the longitudinal direction of the card, the card reader comprising: a card insertion part formed with an insertion port into which the card is inserted; and a magnetic head provided in the card insertion part and structured to contact with the card; wherein a magnetic gap in a straight shape is formed at a tip end of the magnetic head where the card is to be contacted; and wherein when a forming direction of the magnetic gap formed in the straight shape is a gap direction, the gap direction is inclined with respect to a first direction perpendicular to an inserting direction of the card when viewed in a thickness direction of the card inserted into the insertion port.