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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1995
Michihiro Miyake, Saitama, JP;
Wataru Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A video camera (14) is loaded with a battery pack (11, 90) charged by an AC charger (15). The battery pack has a first pair of terminals (25, 26) for supplying electric power externally, and an outer wall (16). The AC charger has a second pair of terminals (53, 54), which are connectable to the first pair of terminals, and supply electric power externally. A receiving wall (21) is fitted on the outer wall. A detecting claw (66) is disposed to project from an inside to an outside of the receiving wall. The detecting claw is pressed by the outer wall and moved from the projected state to the retracted state. A terminal cover (60) is disposed on the receiving wall in a position covering the second pair of terminals and in movable fashion between the covering position and an uncovering position of uncovering the second pair of terminals. The terminal cover is pressed by the battery pack and moved from the covering position to an uncovering position. The second pair of terminals are connected to the first pair of terminals, and allow loading of the battery pack. A lock claw (65) is associated with the detecting claw and the terminal cover, stops the terminal cover in the covering position while the detecting claw is in the projected state, and allows the terminal cover to move to the uncovering position when the detecting claw is in the retracted state.