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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1991
Toshihiko Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A memory card ejector has an eject knob to be externally operated and a lock release button. As a memory card is loaded in a card receiving chamber, a lock lever moves to a locking position so that a claw of the lock lever engages with a recess of the memory card to lock the card at a load completion position. In association with the lock lever, a card detecting switch turns off the supply of power to circuit components of an electronic apparatus. When the lock release button is depressed, the lock lever rotates in the counter-clockwise direction to move to a lock release position whereat the card detecting switch is turned off to stop powering the electronic apparatus. As the eject knob is slid, an associated lever together with an eject lever moves so that the end of the eject lever pushes a slide plate toward a card inlet port with a relatively strong force. A hook of the slide plate pushes the front end of the memory card to discmount it from a connector. As the associated lever further rotates, the eject lever rotates using a stopper as a fulcrum to thereby move the slide plate by a relatively large amount and extend the rear end of the memory card out of the card inlet port.