Patent ID: 7337954
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A reading and writing apparatus for IC coins comprising: a reception portion that receives an IC coin, said reception portion comprising a slide plate having a setting opening which is slightly larger than the IC coin; a reading and writing portion, said reception portion having a customer facing surface, and said reception portion moving the IC coin in a predetermined direction to send the IC coin to said reading and writing portion, said reading and writing portion retaining the received IC coin with surface of said received IC coin situated to be visually confirmed by the customer, said slide plate reciprocating obliquely upward and backward from the customer side; a reading and writing unit for the IC coin placed at the reading and writing portion; and a sorting portion that sorts the IC coin held at the reading and writing portion to a return portion; a storage portion, said sorting portion sorting the IC coin to the return portion or to said storage portion.