Kartenleser für Chipkarten

摘要

A chip card reader has at a front side contacts for reading and/or recording card information, a card shaft (10) for receiving chip cards through an opening, a first contact arrangement (14) mounted in the card shaft for contacting the contacts (4) of a chip card (1) introduced into the shaft and a first switch (16) which responds to the presence or absence of chip cards in the card shaft, as well as a second contact arrangement (15) opposite to the first contact arrangement for contacting a second chip card introduced into the shaft.