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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1988
Akira Yamanaka, Sakai, JP;
Keiji Yamazaki, Sakai, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a battery compartment capable of selectively accommodating an integrated battery unit and a plurality of cylindrical batteries. This battery compartment comprises a housing adapted to fit the integrated battery unit and a support member which is pivotably placed about a support portion provided to a side interior wall of the housing between a supporting position substantially perpendicular to the side interior wall to laterally support the plurality of cylindrical batteries and a recessed position along the side interior wall to be recessed from an accommodating space for the integrated battery unit. This support member is always urged toward the supporting position and a loading of the integrated battery unit is carried out in such a manner that the support member is displaced to the recessed position against a resilience of the support member toward the supporting position.