Card receiving receiver of permissible ejection of a broken card and card reader equipped with such

摘要

PCT No. PCT/FR93/00533 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 26, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 26, 1995 PCT Filed Jun. 4, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/25977 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 1993A card reader that is resistant to vandalism is disclosed. The card receiver (1), includes a slot (4) for receiving the front part of a card (3), and card reader (1L) using it. The card receiver (1) includes a bending element (6, 17P) applying, to the card (3), a torsional moment with respect to a bearing lip (5) of the slot (4) or to an opposed second bearing element (10), so that the card (3), once broken, can be pushed in by another card so as to lose contact with the bearing lip (5) and to drop into a cavity (12).