Patent ID: 6991170

Claim:
A card forcible ejection mechanism which is provided to a card reader including a card carrying means for carrying a card inserted from a card insertion opening through a card carriage path, and forcibly discharges the card retained in the card carriage path, comprising: a carriage which moves along a carriage direction of the card and is provided separately from the card carrying means; at least one claw provided to the carriage and protrudes to or retracts from the card carriage path; a carriage moving means for moving the carriage to a claw retracting position and a claw protruding position; and a claw protruding or retracting mechanism which retracts the claw from the card carriage path when the carriage is placed at the claw retracting position and protrudes the claw to the card carriage path when the carriage is placed at the claw protruding position; wherein the carriage moving means and the card carrying means are provided with separate motors so that the carriage, the carriage moving means, and the claw protruding or retracting mechanism are realized as a unit and attached to the card reader; and, the motor of the carriage moving means operates the carriage moving means to move the carriage from the claw retracting position to the claw protruding position, resulting in the claw protruding to the card carriage path so that the card retained in the card carriage path is forcibly discharged.