Recording medium drive unit
AssigneesMitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKaname Suwa, Masahiro Ando, Mamoru Takahashi, Naoki Tamiya, Yoshiaki Aboshi
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Abstract
A recording medium drive unit includes an insertion opening through which a recording medium is inserted, a holder receiving the recording medium inserted through the insertion opening, a connector, a holder drive part moving the holder to a loading position so that the recording medium is connected to the connector, and a clamp mechanism pressing opposing sides of the recording medium when the recording medium is inserted into the holder. The clamp mechanism is provided to a side of the holder so as to be slidable thereon, and holds the recording medium by the opposing sides thereof.
Claims12
A recording medium drive unit, comprising:
- an insertion part defining an insertion opening through which a recording medium is inserted;
- a holder configured to receive the recording medium inserted through the insertion opening;
- a connector;
- a holder drive part configured to move the holder to a loading position at which the recording medium is connected to the connector;
- and
- a clamp mechanism configured to be slidable on the holder, the clamp mechanism including an engagement member to be engaged with recesses on opposing sides of the recording medium as the recording medium is inserted into the holder, and to release engagement with the recesses as the holder moves in an ejection direction of the recording medium.
A recording medium drive unit, comprising:
- an insertion part defining an insertion opening through which a recording medium is inserted;
- a holder configured to receive the recording medium inserted through the insertion opening;
- a connector;
- a holder drive part configured to move the holder to a loading position at which the recording medium is connected to the connector;
- and
- a clamp mechanism configured to be slidable on the holder, and to hold the recording medium as the recording medium is inserted into the holder,
- wherein the holder drive part comprises:
- a motor rotatable in forward and reverse directions;
- a detection switch configured to detect insertion of the recording medium to a clamp position at which the recording medium is held by the clamp mechanism;
- a transmission mechanism configured to transmit a rotational driving force of the motor to the holder;
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- a control part configured to rotate the motor in a forward direction based on a detection signal output from the detection switch, and to stop forward rotation of the motor when the holder reaches the loading position.
A recording medium drive unit, comprising:
- an insertion opening through which a recording medium is inserted;
- a holder receiving the recording medium inserted through the insertion opening;
- a holder drive part moving the holder to a loading position or an initial position, wherein:
- the holder is adapted to selectively receive, as the recording medium, each of a plurality of recording media having different sizes along an insertion direction in which the recording medium is inserted into the holder, and to have the recording medium attached to or detached from the holder substantially horizontally with respect to the holder;
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- when the holder is driven to the initial position by the holder drive part and ejects the recording medium to be in a stationary state, at least an end of the recording medium in an ejection direction opposite to the insertion direction is positioned to project from the insertion opening if the recording medium is one having the smallest size, and the recording medium projects from the insertion opening with such an amount of projection as to prevent the recording medium from falling off the holder if the recording medium is one having the largest size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.