Patent ID: 7370804

Claim:
An IC card reader, comprising: a frame forming a card insertion path into which an IC card is inserted; contactors for making contact with IC contact points of said IC card; a slider provided so as to be moved in parallel with said card insertion path; a tab provided in said slider so as to make contact with the advanced end of said IC card inserted into said card insertion path; a spring biasing said slider in a direction counter to the direction of insertion; a plate spring, one end of which is fastened at said slider and other end of which is mounted at said contactors so as to face said card insertion path, for biasing said contactors in a direction away from said card insertion path and retracting said contactors from said card insertion path; and protrusions provided in said frame so as to face said card insertion path, wherein the advance end of said IC card makes contact with said tab with said IC card inserted into said card insertion path, when said slider moves in the direction of inserting said IC card, said plate spring makes contact to said protrusions to deflect in a direction toward said card insertion path, and said contactors advance into said card insertion path to make contact with said IC contact points of IC card; and wherein said frame is formed by superimposing and combining an upper frame and a lower frame, and said slider is supported by said upper frame, and a part moving in the insertion direction of the IC card and a part moving in the direction of approaching the IC contact points of the IC card are monolithically integrated into a single member.