A card feed unit for transferring a data carrier for card information of a multi-services card, such as a bank card or credit card, to a reading ahead of a reading unit for at least reading out card information. The card feed unit includes a card receipt position for receipt of the card, a transfer assembly, preferably including a channel, in which the card feed unit is suitable for, during insertion of the card in the receipt position, receiving the card in the receipt position by means of an insertion operation with a direction of movement that, at least as seen in one direction, is substantially perpendicular to the readout direction of the card for preventing that the card is readable during the insertion operation. The card feed unit preferably includes a kernel element and a separate cover element.

A system for cleaning a media transport device includes a cleaning substrate sized and configured to fit within at least a portion of a media travel pathway of the transport device. The cleaning substrate includes a cleaning face and a set of cleaning tabs that extend from the cleaning face. In use, the cleaning tabs are positioned against a set of rollers inside the currency transport device to secure the cleaning substrate in a substantially fixed position within the currency transport device. When the device is operated, the tabs are secured by the rollers and also clean the rollers.

A system for cleaning a media transport device includes a cleaning substrate sized and configured to fit within at least a portion of a media travel pathway of the transport device. The cleaning substrate includes scarifying holes that scrape debris from media conveyors (belts and/or rollers) of the transport device. Cleaning the transport device may include positioning the cleaning substrate in the section while operating the transport device, or moving the substrate so that the scarifying holes contact the cleaning substrate and clean the belts and/or rollers.

A chip card assembly of an electronic device includes a casing defining an opening, a connector received inside the casing and including a tray, an electromagnet driving assembly including at least one electromagnet and a pushing member, and a control unit configured to control the electromagnet driving assembly to drive the pushing member to push the tray out of the opening. The tray includes a cover for covering the opening.

A flexible printed circuit board may include a data signal circuit layer on which a data signal circuit is formed; and a destruction detection circuit layer on which a destruction detection circuit, structured to detect at least one of a break and a short-circuit of the destruction detection circuit layer, is formed, the destruction detection circuit layer overlapping the data signal circuit layer. The destruction detection circuit may be structured to carry destruction detection signals which are squarewave-shaped digital signals. The data signal circuit layer may include a first data signal circuit layer on which the data signal circuit is formed, the data signal circuit including linear-shaped first pattern wirings arranged parallel to one another. The destruction detection circuit may include a first destruction detection circuit layer including second pattern wirings formed by a linear portions orthogonally crossing the first pattern wirings and arcuate portions.

A shimmer detection apparatus for detecting a shimmer within a chip card reader is provided. The shimmer detection apparatus comprises processing circuitry, memory, and a first sensor in electronic communication with the processing circuitry. The first sensor comprises at least one sensor coil. The at least one sensor coil of the first sensor is disposed proximate to contacts of the chip card reader and is operative to generate a first magnetic field when electrical current flows through the at least one sensor coil. The first sensor is operative to measure at least one electrical value from the first magnetic field. The processing circuitry is operative to receive information representative of at least one electrical value of said first sensor. The memory comprises stored therein information representative of at least one predetermined electrical value. A multiplexer and hand-detection functionality is provided. Tampering-detection methods are also provided.

The present invention relates to a blood treatment device having at least one reading and/or writing apparatus which is configured to read information from a card and/or to write information to a card, and having at least one receiver into which the card can be introduced and from which the card can be removed, wherein the receiver is arranged such that information can be read from the card and/or information can be written to the card by means of the reading and/or writing apparatus in the state of the card introduced into the receiver, wherein the receiver is not horizontal, but rather extends slanted upwardly with respect to the horizontal in the direction of introduction of the card.

A flexible printed circuit board may include a data signal circuit layer on which a data signal circuit is formed; and a destruction detection circuit layer on which a destruction detection circuit, structured to detect at least one of a break and a short-circuit of the destruction detection circuit layer, is formed, the destruction detection circuit layer overlapping the data signal circuit layer. The destruction detection circuit may be structured to carry destruction detection signals which are squarewave-shaped digital signals. The data signal circuit layer may include a first data signal circuit layer on which the data signal circuit is formed, the data signal circuit including linear-shaped first pattern wirings arranged parallel to one another. The destruction detection circuit may include a first destruction detection circuit layer including second pattern wirings formed by a linear portions orthogonally crossing the first pattern wirings and arcuate portions.

A card feed unit for transferring a data carrier for card information of a multi-services card, such as a bank card or credit card, to a reading ahead of a reading unit for at least reading out card information. The card feed unit includes a card receipt position for receipt of the card, a transfer assembly, preferably including a channel, in which the card feed unit is suitable for, during insertion of the card in the receipt position, receiving the card in the receipt position by means of an insertion operation with a direction of movement that, at least as seen in one direction, is substantially perpendicular to the readout direction of the card for preventing that the card is readable during the insertion operation. The card feed unit preferably includes a kernel element and a separate cover element.

A foreign matter detection device which detects a foreign matter in an inside of a card reader. The foreign matter detection device includes a control part which performs control for causing an imaging device provided in the inside of the card reader to image a space in the inside of the card reader, and a detection part which detects the foreign matter in the space by image analysis based on a captured image obtained by the imaging device.