CARD PROCESSOR

PURPOSE:To prevent the omission of taking out a card and to return the card securely by providing a card insertion slot and a card return slot near to each other and further providing a card discharge slot which is not normally used. CONSTITUTION:The card insertion slot 1 and the card return slot 10 are provided at the front upper part of a processor as close as possible. Thus the omission of taking out a card can be prevented. Normally a processed card 3 is returned from the return slot 10. However, when the return from the return slot 10 comes to failure, the card 3 is reversely transported to be fetched into a card transportation path 2, and a drive solenoide 30 is attractively driven to push down a selector 12. Then the card 3 is transported to the insertion slot 1 and returned from said slot 1. When the card 3 cannot be returned even from the insertion slot 1, it is again fetched into the processor, transported downward until it deviates from the transportation path 2 by a card transportation mechanism 7, and is dropped to a card discharging slot 28 as it is.