Patent ID: 6065680
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A card receptor comprising:a housing having a bottom surface and a front panel with an opening formed through the front panel;a pivotable door for opening and closing the opening;a card carrier including a card insertion slot to receive and to keep a card therein through said card insertion slot, the card carrier movable between an inside position wherein the card insertion slot stays outside the front panel, and an outside position wherein the card insertion slot stays within the housing through the opening;a guiding mechanism configured to guide the movement of the card carrier between the inside and the outside positions, allowing the card carrier to be aligned with the opening, the guiding mechanism including a bottom plate fixedly mounted on the bottom surface of the housing, a pair of side walls aligned with the opening each of the side walls having a guiding groove formed thereon, and a pair of guiding protuberances laterally formed on the card carrier and engaged into the pair of guiding grooves, respectively;a carrier driving mechanism configured to move the card carrier toward the outside position thereof to allow the card insertion slot to protrude out of the front panel through the opening, and for moving the card carrier toward the inside position thereof to allow the card insertion slot to be enclosed from a surroundings; andan opening mechanism configured to open the pivotable door when the card carrier moves toward the outside position, for closing the pivotable door when the card carrier moves toward the inside position.