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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2002
Atsushi Nishio, Mito, JP;
Takashi Kawasaki, Mito, JP;
Kazuhiro Okazaki, Mito, JP;
Satoru Karahashi, Mito, JP;
Atsushi Nishio, Mito, JP;
Takashi Kawasaki, Mito, JP;
Kazuhiro Okazaki, Mito, JP;
Satoru Karahashi, Mito, JP;
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording media unit is provided that includes a slot through which a recording media is inserted into and ejected out of the recording media unit, a recording media holder, movably attached inside the recording media unit, for supporting a recording media, and a recording media holding mechanism, connected to the recording media holder, having a spring member. The recording media holder that supports the recording media that has been moved to an intermediate position along a direction in which the recording media is inserted is moved by a spring force of the spring member to a position where the recording media is pulled inside the recording media unit or to a position where the recording media protrudes from the slot.