Patent ID: 8167205
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A card reader for use with a card, the card member-reader comprising: a first card operation part comprising: a second card operation part structured to be separated from the first card operation part, comprising: a connecting part which is disposed between the first card operation part and the second card operation part so as to form a connecting passage between the first feeding passage and the second feeding passage; wherein the first card operation part and the second card operation part are adjacently disposed through the connecting part in a feeding direction of the card so that the card is carried between the first card operation part and the second card operation part through the connecting part; wherein the first reproducing and recording part and the second reproducing and recording part are disposed in a substantially point-symmetrical manner with respect to a virtual reference point on a virtual center line which passes through a substantially center position in the widthwise direction of the card between the first card feeding reference face and the second card feeding reference face when viewed from a thickness direction of the card; and wherein one of the first feeding roller which is disposed on a second card operation part side and the second feeding roller which is disposed on a first card operation part side is connected with a clutch mechanism for connecting or disconnecting power transmission from the first drive source or the second drive source so that the card is smoothly moved between the first feeding roller which is disposed on the second card operation part side and the second feeding roller which is disposed on the first card operation part side through the connecting part even when a feeding speed of the card by the first feeding roller and a feeding speed of the card by the second feeding roller are different from each other.