US 6,981,641 B2
Communication board attaching unit for a smart card handling device
Hiroshi Abe, Iwatsuki (Japan); and Minoru Enomoto, Iwatsuki (Japan)
Assigned to Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Mar. 03, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/792,263.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-056168 (JP), filed on Mar. 03, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0226998 A1, Nov. 18, 2004
Int. Cl. G06K 7/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 235—441 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart card handling device including a communication board attaching unit for communicating with a non-contact type smart card, the communication board attaching unit being located along a transporting passageway for the smart card, the communication board attaching unit comprising:
a first base; and
a second base for detachably mounting to the first base, the second base having a first communication board attaching section and a second communication board attaching section for receiving a first communication board and a second communication board for communicating with a non-contact type smart card along the transporting passageway.