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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1992
Filed:
May. 18, 1990
Nobuo Tezuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording or reproducing apparatus having a rotating mechanism with a coupling portion for engagement with a record bearing medium, a receiving device with an opening through which the record bearing medium is inserted; a cover movable from a first position where the opening of the receiving device is cleared to a second position where the opening is closed, and further beyond it to a third position; a pressing part for pressing the record bearing medium at a portion thereof so as to rest on the coupling portion of the rotating mechanism when the cover is moved from the second to the third position; and an arresting device for arresting the cover at the second position as it returns from the third position.