Loading apparatus for a recording medium

A loading apparatus for a recording medium comprising:

• a base body;
• means for holding a recording medium and being reciprocally movable toward and away from the base body, and holding means being urged in a direction toward said base body;
• holder guide members provided on a bottom wall of said holding means and inserted into slots provided on side walls of said base body so as to be reciprocally movable toward and away from said base body along said slots;
• at least one slide plate reciprocally movable in directions parallel with said bottom wall of said holding means and being urged in a direction parallel with a discharging direction of the recording medium;
• raised members fixed on said at least one slide plate for supporting said holder guide members against the urged direction of said holding means when the recording medium is not fully inserted into said holding means, one of said raised members being abuttable with an end of the recording medium when the recording medium is deeply into said holding means, thereby being pushed by the inserted recording medium, and said raised members, when the recording medium is fully inserted into said holding means, releasing said guide members to be movable toward said base body so that said holding means moves toward said base body;
• a discharging plate reciprocally movable in a direction parallel with said bottom wall of said holding means and being urged in the discharing direction of the recording medium;
• cam members fixed on said discharging plate, said cam members, when said discharging plate is moved by an external force in a direction against the urged direction of said discharging plate, pushing upward said holder guide members in the direction away from said base body, thereby moving said holding means away from said base body to a position where said raised members are moved in the urged direction of said at least one slide plate to a position for supporting said holder guide members.