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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Masaru Ikebe, Nagano, JP;
Masatoshi Okamura, Nagano, JP;
Noboru Uemura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideshisa Hashimoto, Chiba, JP;
TDK Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A cartridge receiving casing capable of permitting a cartridge to be readily removed from the casing by one hand as required while preventing the cartridge from accidentally falling off from the casing. The casing includes a casing body formed so as to be open on one side thereof to provide the casing with an opening through which a cartridge is inserted into and taken out of the casing and a cover slidably arranged on the casing body. The cartridge is engaged with first projections of stoppers at a received position, to thereby be elastically supported in the casing. When the cover is slid to an intermediate position toward the opening, the cartridge is partially exposed through the opening and elastically supported while being drawable out of the casing. Further sliding of the cover permits the cartridge to be removed from the casing.