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US 4,146,682 AGranted
Battery case holding mechanism
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorToshihiro Nakao
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Abstract
A battery case holding mechanism comprising an engaging means for engaging a battery case which is detachably inserted into a concave formed in a body of an electric apparatus and is biased so as to be detached from the concave and disengagement preventing means which is actuated when the engaging means operates and engages temporarily the battery case in order to prevent the case from springing out of the concave.
Claims6
A battery case holding mechanism comprising:
- a bias means for biasing a battery case in a direction in which the battery case is disengaged, which is detachably received in a concave formed in a main body of an electric apparatus;
- an engaging means capable of engaging and holding the battery case in a concave and of being released from the engagement by manual operation;
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- a disengagement preventing means which is actuated in interlocking relation with the engagement releasing operation of the engaging means and which engages temporarily the battery case in a position on its way of disengagement.
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