Patent ID: 6786410
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A card connecting unit comprising:a loading mechanism that draws a card inserted in a card insertion slot into a body unit and ejects the card outside of the body unit from the card insertion slot; a drive motor that drives the loading mechanism; and a plurality of terminal members that come in contact with a plurality of contacts of the card drawn into the body unit by the loading mechanism, wherein the loading mechanism includes a movement member that moves to a drawing direction and an ejecting direction of the card by means of power of the drive motor, and an engagement member provided to the movement member so as to engage with and disengage from a recess of the card; wherein the engagement member is engaged with the recess of the card to thereby move the card together with the movement member to the drawing direction; wherein the movement member is provided with a receiving part which comes into contact with a front end of the card, and is pressed and moved to the drawing direction after the card comes into contact with the receiving part; and wherein a switch which detects the movement of the movement member to the drawing direction to start the drive motor is provided.