Patent ID: 7830559

Claim:
An information processing device for use with an information recording medium comprising: a traveling path on which the information recording medium is carried; a first frame which is provided with a scanner for reading information recorded on the information recording medium; a second frame which faces the first frame across the traveling path and is provided with a pressing member for pressing the information recording medium toward a reading face of the scanner; a support plate comprising a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, wherein the support plate supports the pressing member and is axially supported with the second frame at the first end to be movable between a locked position where the pressing member is protruded in the traveling path and an open position where a reading face of the scanner is exposed; a locking part for locking the support plate to the second frame at the locked position; and a half lock preventing mechanism for preventing a half-lock state when the support plate is locked to the second frame.