US 8,132,735 B2Granted

Recording medium and apparatus for holding the same

AssigneeSony Corporation

InventorsJun Sawai, Noboru Oya, Tsutomu Shimosato

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Abstract

An apparatus for holding a recording medium that contains an engagement member backwards with respect to an insert direction thereof has a main body containing an insert portion through which the recording medium is inserted on one end thereof and an eject portion on the other end thereof. The inserted recording medium are ejected from the eject portion with it being linked with an insert of the recording medium from the insert portion. The apparatus has a first engagement device that engages the engagement member of the recording medium when the recording medium is inserted by a predetermined position to hold the inserted recording medium. The apparatus has a second engagement device that engages the engagement member of the recording medium when the recording medium is ejected from the ejection portion to hold the ejected recording medium.

Claims7

Dependent claims

An apparatus for holding a recording medium including an engagement member that is disposed at a rear portion of the recording medium with respect to an insert direction of the recording medium, said apparatus comprising:

a main body including
an insert portion on a first end of the main body, the insert portion allowing insertion of the recording medium into the main body, and
an eject portion on a second end of the main body, the eject portion allowing ejection of the recording medium from the main body, the recording medium being ejected when a substitute recording medium is inserted via the insert portion and pushes the inserted recording medium;
a first engagement device that engages an engagement member of the recording medium when the recording medium is inserted to a predetermined position and holds the recording medium, said first engagement device disposed in the main body;
and
a second engagement device that engages the engagement member of the recording medium when the recording medium is ejected from the main body through the ejection portion and holds the recording medium after ejection, said second engagement device disposed in the main body on a side of the eject portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.