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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1992
Hiroshi Hayashi, Sakado, JP;
Hidenori Suzuki, Fujimi, JP;
Nippon Conlux Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information recording and reproducing apparatus includes a card carriage. The card carriage is provided in the opposite sides thereof with card holding plates, respectively. The card holding plates have each a groove into which a corresponding lateral edge of an optical card is inserted. At least one of the card holding plates is supported in a cantilever fashion on a card carriage through a flexible portion thereof. The upper surface of the card carriage has an upper ridge formed at a portion close to one lateral edge of the optical card. The upper surface of the card carriage oppositely faces the rear face of the optical card. The inner edge portion of the one card holding plate is provided at a position away from the outer ridge at a predetermined distance with an inner ridge.