Patent ID: 6042401
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A connector device that has a frame, insertably supporting an IC card, and a push rod capable of reciprocation between a pushed-in position and a projecting position, the connector device where the push rod is at the pushed-in position during the time of inserting the IC card, the push rod moves to the projecting position by a first push operation of the push rod in this state, and the IC card is discharged by a second push operation of the push rod at this projecting position, the connector device comprising: an eject arm for discharging said IC card; a heart-shaped cam groove; a transfer pin that is attached to said push rod and moves along the heart-shaped cam groove in accordance with a reciprocating motion of said push rod; a drive plate that is capable of reciprocation and drives said eject arm in accordance with a reciprocating motion thereof; and a construction of that a long groove guiding said drive plate is formed in said frame, this long groove and said heart-shaped cam groove are serially provided and said drive plate projects inside a moving area of said transfer pinwherein said drive plate is at the position inside the moving area of said transfer pin at the time of inserting the IC card, said drive plate is not pushed by said transfer pin through the first push operation of said push rod, and said drive plate is moved by said transfer pin contacting to said drive plate through the second push operation of said push rod, whereby said eject arm is driven to discharge said IC card.