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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Yoshimitsu Fukushima, Tokorozawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Tanimoto, Tokorozawa, JP;
Takeshi Hamada, Tokorozawa, JP;
Yuji Morita, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hitoshi Nagata, Tokorozawa, JP;
Yoshimitsu Fukushima, Tokorozawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Tanimoto, Tokorozawa, JP;
Takeshi Hamada, Tokorozawa, JP;
Yuji Morita, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hitoshi Nagata, Tokorozawa, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A detection holeis provided in a tray, on which a cartridge type recording medium is mounted and housed, at a position corresponding to an information hole of a cartridge, a detection leveris provided on a back surface of the trayon the lower surface side of the detection hole, and a switch sectionis provided on a frameon the lower surface side of the detection leverwhile the trayis housed within the frame. Accordingly, the switch sectioncan be separated from the motion of a base since the switch sectionis fixed to the frame, and consequently, the structure can be simplified and the space efficiency can be enhanced.