Patent ID: 6779723
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
An IC contact unit, comprising:an actuator including a movable plunger; a depressing member pivotably movable in relation to said plunger; a movable support including an IC contact point and a pawl member, said movable support being movable by said depressing member and said pawl member being movable by said depressing member between a first position in which said pawl member projects to a card transfer line and a second position in which said pawl member retreats upward from said card transfer line, wherein when said pawl member is in said first position and an IC card is moved in a card transfer direction, said IC card is prohibited from being transferred to the end of said card transfer line; and wherein the force of said IC card moved into contact with said pawl member moves said movable support such that said IC contact point contacts with the IC card.