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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Shuichi Kikuchi, Miyagi, JP;
Rie Izu, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a new shutter open/close mechanism ( ) suitable for use with a cartridge body whose front end is formed in an arbitrary shape for easily knowing a correct direction of insertion in a recorder/player, a guide recess ( ) to support a shutter plate ( ) movably is formed on a main side of the cartridge body ( ) to be oblique relative to the width of the cartridge body ( ). The shutter open/close mechanism ( ) includes a guide member ( ) supporting the shutter plate ( ) and movably engaged in the guide recess ( ), an operating member ( ) to move the guide member ( ), a transmission member ( ) connecting the guide member ( ) and operating member ( ) to each other to transmit an operating force from the operating member ( ) to the guide member ( ), and support surfaces ( ) formed on the cartridge body ( ) to support the operating member ( ) movably. The shutter open/close mechanism further includes a shutter locking mechanism disposed at the lateral side of the cartridge body ( ) to lock the shutter plate ( ) against movement.