Abstract: A first sensor is arranged at a predetermined position on a conveying path of an IC card. When the IC card is detected by the first sensor, the conveyance of the IC card is stopped. A connector supported to a supporting member provided at a predetermined position approaches the contacts of the IC card and comes into contact therewith. There is also provided a second sensor to detect that the connector is located at a position adapted to come into contact with the contacts of the IC card on the basis of the motion of the supporting member. The supporting member has a projecting portion adapted to about on an IC card which has overrun from the predetermined position. When the projecting portion abuts on the IC card, no detection signal is output from the second sensor.

Abstract: A contact member supporting member is pivotably supported to a slide member which abuts on a part of an IC card to be inserted and is moved by the IC card. When the slide member moves, the supporting member also moves. The supporting member is swung in the direction of the IC card by fixed cams. Thus, contact members of the supporting member come into contact with contacts of the IC card. Since the contact member supporting member moves together with the IC card, the contact members do not slide on the surface of the IC card. Therefore, the abrasion of the contact members and the damage of the IC card which are caused by the slide friction between the contact members and the surface of the IC card, and the like can be prevented.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus of an IC card which is assembled in an IC card reader/writer includes upper and lower conveying belts to convey the IC card by sandwiching it. The upper and lower conveying belts are arranged so as to be deviated in the card conveying direction. A connector having contact members adapted to be come into contact with the contacts of the IC card is arranged in at least one of the spaces which are formed in both edge portions of the upper and lower conveying belts by the deviation of the positions of the conveying belts.

Abstract: A card conveying appartaus is arranged between the right and left frames. A card one-sided setting member is swingably attached to one of the frames. This card one-sided setting member is obliquely held by a spring toward the side of the other frame. When a card is conveyed by the conveying apparatus, the card is pressed to the side of the other frame by the one-sided setting member, so that the position is restricted. The one-sided setting member is returned to the side of one frame by the card. The returned one-sided setting member is detected by one sensor. A detection signal of this sensor functions as a card detection signal indicating that the card is being conveyed.

Abstract: A bank note processing device comprising a money access opening in the upper part of the bank note processing device for accepting incoming bank notes and releasing outgoing bank notes, a bank note stacking unit below the money access opening for stacking up the incoming bank notes supplied from the money access opening, and supplying the outgoing bank notes to the money access opening, a conveying attitude aligning unit, a bank note identifying unit therebelow, an unidentified bank note temporary storage unit, a face aligning unit, a conveying passage, to the rear of the conveying attitude aligning unit and the face aligning unit, and, along this conveying passage, an incoming bank note temporary pooling unit, a plurality of bank note storage units each of which takes in and stores the incoming bank notes of a corresponding denomination from the conveying passage, and a bank note recovery unit for taking in the bank notes to be recovered from the conveying passage, in that order from above to below.