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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
May. 13, 1998
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flexible magnetic disc apparatus comprising a magnetic head portion for recording and reproducing a disc-shaped recording medium and a loading mechanism portion for loading and unloading the recording medium and having a button portion. When the recording medium is loaded, the button portion projects from a panel surface of the flexible magnetic disc apparatus in a first direction. When the button portion is depressed in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the button portion causes the loading mechanism portion to unload the recording medium. The button portion is capable of being elastically deformed in a direction other than the first direction and may be rubber which has a rubber hardness of a range of from 80 to 100. The button portion may be a cylindrical member having a diameter of from 1.0 mm to 3.0 mm and a distance of projection of the button portion being from 3.0 mm to 5.0 mm.