A PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC MONEY IC CARDS

A portable terminal device for electronic money IC cards containing monetary data therein. The device includes a main body (10); a card slot opening (12, or 12 and 13) into which a plurality of electronic money IC cards (100 and 110, or 100, 110 and 120) are inserted; electric contact terminals (16 and 17, or 16, 17 and 18) for reading and writing the monetary data from and into the electronic money IC cards that are inserted into the card slot opening. A display (80) is included for displaying the monetary data that is read from the IC cards or which is to be written into the IC cards. A button (82) is used for manipulating the reading and writing operations of the monetary data from and into the IC cards. The card slot opening (12, or 12 and 13) is so configured that the plurality of IC cards (100 and 110, or 100, 110 and 120) are inserted into and positioned in a closely packed stack and shifted relationship to reduce the overall thickness of the device.