Patent ID: 7364076

Claim:
A card reader comprising: a card locking device that prevents a card shaped medium from being pulled out for illegal taking-out by preventing and locking movement of the card shaped medium at an abnormally stopped position when the card shaped medium, after being inserted from a card insertion port formed at a front part of a main body of the card reader, has been abnormally stopped, wherein the card locking device comprises: a lock member disposed inside of the main body of the card reader so as to face the card insertion port, one end side of the lock member being turnably supported through a support shaft pin, and the lock member being provided with an engaging part, which is formed along a periphery of the other end side of the lock member so as to abut with a surface of the card shaped medium, and a movable member connected to the lock member and is reciprocally movable in a direction to the card insertion port, the movable member being operated based on a signal, which detects an abnormal stop of the card shaped medium to turn the lock member around the support shaft pin, such that the engaging part abuts with the card shaped medium to lock the card shaped medium.