Patent ID: 8496182

Claim:
A shutter mechanism of a card reader comprising: a shutter part configured to open and/or close a card path through which a card is transferred; wherein the shutter part includes: a closing part configured to close the card path; a card contacting section located at a further frontward position from the closing part in an inserting direction of the card, an end part of the card inserted into the card path coming into contact with the card contacting section; and shaft sections, having their rotation axis in a direction substantially perpendicular to the card inserting direction, operable to support the closing part and the card contacting section so as to keep them rotatable; wherein the closing part and the shaft sections are located at corresponding positions that are displaced from each other in the card inserting direction; wherein a center of the card path in a thickness direction of the card substantially coincides with a radial center of the shaft sections in the card thickness direction; wherein the closing part and the card contacting section rotate on the shaft sections to open the card path, when the end part of the card contacts with the card contacting section.