Storage medium convey apparatus and convey method with ejection apparatus

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus, comprising:

• a holder adapted to have a memory medium inserted therein including a connection terminal connected to a contact provided at a front end side of the inserted memory medium;
• recording and/or reproducing means for carrying out recording and/or reproduction of data with respect to the memory medium having the contact connected to the connection terminal of the holder;
• a lock mechanism provided on the holder and locked by a chassis of the holder adapted so that the holder is movably supported, the lock mechanism serving to limit movement with respect to the chassis of the holder, so that when the contact of the memory medium inserted into the holder is connected to the connection terminal of the holder, the lock mechanism is pressed by the memory medium to thereby release a locking state with respect to the chassis;
• a fluctuation lever engaged with the holder and moved when the lock mechanism is released in an insertion direction of the memory medium as one with the holder;
• first biasing means for biasing the fluctuation lever in an eject direction opposite to the insertion direction of the memory medium;
• and
• second biasing means for biasing the holder in the insertion direction of the memory medium,
• wherein the fluctuation lever is moved in the insertion direction of the memory medium as one with the holder to thereby allow the first a biasing means to store biasing force that moves the fluctuation lever in the eject direction, and engagement with respect to the holder is released by movement in the insertion direction of the memory medium of the fluctuation lever and only the holder into which the memory medium is inserted is drawn in the insertion direction of the memory medium by the second biasing means in accordance with engagement with respect to the chassis.

A carrying method for a memory medium comprising:

• a step of inserting a memory medium into a holder;
• a step of electrically connecting a contact of the memory medium and a connection terminal within the holder;
• a step of pressing lock means that locks the holder with respect to a chassis of the holder by the memory means after the contact of the memory medium and the connection terminal within the holder have been electrically connected to thereby release a locking state by the lock means;
• a step of further moving the holder in an insertion direction along with the memory medium;
• a step of engaging a lever moved in the insertion direction as one with the holder as a result of the lever being engaged with the holder, and of releasing engagement with respect to the holder;
• a step of storing a biasing force in an eject direction of the memory medium opposite to the insertion direction at first biasing means for a time period during which the lever is moved in the insertion direction where engagement with the holder is released;
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• a step of drawing only the holder in which engagement by the lever has been released in the insertion direction along with the memory medium by second biasing means.