Patent ID: 6866201

Claim:
A card handling and recycling device, comprising: a card receiving unit, wherein the card receiving unit can accept a card inserted into the device and optionally withdraw the card out of the device; a magnetic card handling unit including a magnetic card reading and writing unit; a movable integrated circuit card handling unit disposed adjacent to the magnetic card reading and writing unit and including an integrated circuit card reading and writing unit, the integrated circuit card handling unit being movable pivotally on an end opposite the magnetic card reading and writing unit; a card transporting unit for selectively moving the card within the card handling device along a transporting passageway, the card receiving unit, magnetic card reading and writing unit, movable integrated circuit card handling unit, and card transporting unit being aligned along the transporting passageway, and a guiding plate, suitably attached to the bottom of the integrated circuit card handling unit, such that when the integrated circuit card handling unit is pivoted, the plane of the guiding plate crosses the plane of the transporting passageway at an acute angle described by the initial and final positions of the integrated circuit card handling unit while pivoting, wherein the guiding plate includes a downward bended section continuous to the guiding plate, so that the plane of the downward bended section crosses the plane of the transporting passageway at an angle which is larger than the acute angle at which the plane of the unbended section crosses the plane of the transporting passageway.