A card reader includes: a shutter member closing off a card passageway; a shutter urging member urging the shutter member toward a closed position where the card passageway is closed off; and a lever member having: a card contact part with which a card coming into contact in a case where a width of the card is a regular width and a restriction part restricting operation of the shutter member at the closed position; and a lever urging member urging the lever member toward a restriction position where the restriction part restricts the operation of the shutter member. When the card comes into contact with the card contact part, a restricted state of the shutter member by the restriction part is released. When the card comes into contact with the shutter member and then the shutter member is pressed, the shutter member operates for allowing passage of the card.

The present disclosure relates to a coin resistant gate (114) for a payment interface (102). The coin resistant gate comprises a body (502) moveably connected within the payment interface (102), a front surface (804) connected to the body (502), the front surface (804) operable to prevent objects from entering the payment interface (102), and, two or more protruding members (302) connected to the front surface (804), the two or more protruding members (302) for interacting with a payment card (402), wherein, upon an interaction between the two or more protruding members (302) and the payment card (402), the body (502) moves to allow the payment card (402) to pass the front surface (804) of the body (502) of the coin resistant gate (114).

A payment card receiver including at least one element defining a payment card receiving slot, a shutter, pivotably mounted with respect to the payment card receiving slot for selectably blocking the payment card receiving slot and a card-operated shutter movement restricting switch operative to retain the shutter in a shutter movement restricting operative orientation, in which the shutter blocks the payment card receiving slot, in the absence of at least partial insertion of a payment card in the payment card receiving slot.

Apparatus and method for electronic card insertion detection in an electronic device includes, for example, a spring or detection element positioned in a cavity of the electronic card slot of the electronic device and the detection element being adapted so that changes in the temperature of the environment and/or the spring force of the detection element will not unintentionally dislodge or push out the electronic card from the electronic card slot.

A door system for a processing machine, including a secondary frame having a stop, a door with a leaf and a shaft mounted movable in rotation about a tilting axis on the secondary frame between a closed position where the leaf extends vertically and an open position where the leaf extends horizontally and where, in the closed position, the shaft is in the lower portion of the leaf, and where the shaft has on its periphery, a protrusion, where in the closed position, the protrusion is not pressed against said stop and where, in the open position, the protrusion is pressed against said stop.

According to the card reading device (20) for a self-service terminal comprising a intake compartment (13) for a card (11) containing data to be read, wherein the self-service terminal comprises at least one sensor (6A, 6B) and an evaluator device connected hereto and the card reading device (20) is protected against manipulation attempts by arranging at least one sensor in the card reading device (20) and at least one linearly extending sensor arrangement (6A,6B) that is attached in the intake compartment (13), wherein the evaluator device (4) checks at least one spatial dimension (1,b) of the card via the sensor arrangement (6A, 6B). Preferably the sensor system is a sensor arrangement comprising a plurality of linearly extending sensor elements that extend in a first direction (X) or a second direction (Y) in relation to the card (11) retracted into the intake compartment (13). Thereby it can be effectively determined whether a retracted card is a genuine card of if a manipulation is present that targets the inside of the card reading device.

A payment card receiver including at least one element defining a payment card receiving slot, a shutter, pivotably mounted with respect to the payment card receiving slot for selectably blocking the payment card receiving slot and a card-operated shutter movement restricting switch operative to retain the shutter in a shutter movement restricting operative orientation, in which the shutter blocks the payment card receiving slot, in the absence of at least partial insertion of a payment card in the payment card receiving slot.

A card reading device (20) for a self-service terminal has an intake compartment (13) for a card (11) containing data to be read. The intake compartment (13) has at least one linearly extending sensor arrangement (6A, 6B) and an evaluator device (4) connected thereto to protect the card reading device (20) against manipulation attempts. The evaluator device (4) checks at least one spatial dimension (l,b) of the card via the sensor arrangement (6A, 6B), namely a dimension in a first direction (X) or a second direction (Y) in relation to the card (11) retracted into the intake compartment (13). Thus, it can be determined effectively whether a retracted card is a genuine card or if a manipulation is present that targets the inside of the card reading device.

A card reader for a point-of-sale system that is configured to accept both magnetic strip-type and integrated circuit (IC) chip-type payment cards. The card reader is a component of a point-of-sale system including a portable computing device in communication with the card reader that is configured to present a first graphical user interface (GUI) when a magnetic stripe-type card is detected and a second GUI when an IC chip-type card is detected in the card reader. The card reader comprises a slot configured to receive the payment card, a magnetic reading device and an IC chip reading device. The card reader also includes a discriminator contact disposed within the slot that is configured to conduct across a surface of a metal pad of the IC chip-type card prior to the CI chip reading device making contact with the IC chip.

A payment card receiver including at least one element defining a payment card receiving slot, a shutter, pivotably mounted with respect to the payment card receiving slot for selectably blocking the payment card receiving slot and a card-operated shutter movement restricting switch operative to retain the shutter in a shutter movement restricting operative orientation, in which the shutter blocks the payment card receiving slot, in the absence of at least partial insertion of a payment card in the payment card receiving slot.