Apparatus for reading chip cards

摘要

An apparatus for reading chip cards includes a housing and a printed circuit board and a card reader within this housing. In operation, a chip card is inserted into the housing through a slot and is read by the card reader. The card reader transmits the information from the chip card to the printed circuit board for further processing. It happens that a flat article like a knife is inserted into the slot and moved to and fro resulting into destruction of the card reader. In order to avoid simultaneous destruction of the printed circuit board the invention provides the arrangement of a spacer between the card reader and the printed circuit board. <IMAGE>