Patent ID: 8528904

Claim:
A card issuing machine for issuing a card which is stored in an inside of the card issuing machine, comprising: a card storage part in which the card is stacked and stored before being issued; a card reader part structured to perform at least one of reproduction of information recorded in the card and recording of information to the card; a housing in which the card storage part and the card reader part are accommodated; and a lock mechanism for locking the housing in a closed state so that the housing does not open; wherein the card storage part and the card reader part are disposed so that the card carried out from the card storage part is passed from the card reader part toward a card ejection port from which the card is ejected; wherein the housing comprises: a first case body provided as at least a front face of the card issuing machine where the card ejection port is formed and a part of a side face of the card issuing machine; a second case body structured to cover an upper side of the card storage part; and a third case body structured to cover an upper side of the card reader part; wherein the third case body is engaged with the first case body so that the third case body is not detached from the first case body toward both side face sides of the card issuing machine, toward a front face side and toward both upper and lower sides of the card issuing machine, and the third case body is engaged with the second case body so that the third case body is not detached from the first case body toward a rear face side of the card issuing machine, and wherein the lock mechanism locks the second case body so that the second case body does not open with respect to the first case body.