Cassette mounting and ejection mechanism

U.S. Patent Number: 6429998

Abstract: In a pop-up type cassette mounting and ejection mechanism having a lid member which closes a cassette inserting/taking-out opening of a housing when a cassette holder is located at a cassette mount position, and also is movable away from the housing interlockingly with the movement of the cassette holder to a cassette eject position to open the cassette inserting/taking-out opening, the lid member is mounted on the cassette holder so as to be slidable in a direction parallel to the insertion direction of the cassette into the cassette holder, and one of the two side edges of a reinforcing member of a plate member is rotatably mounted on the lid member while the other side edge is rotatably mounted on the housing, thereby linking the housing and the lid member through the reinforcing member. Further, at the cassette inserting/taking-out opening side of the cassette holder, the recess is formed in the housing and the projection for closing the recess is formed in the lid member. Therefore, the insertion of the fingers into the cassette holder from the cassette inserting/taking-out opening can be further facilitated in combination with the displacement of the lid member from the cassette inserting/taking-out opening in the cassette insertion direction when the cassette holder is pushed out to the cassette eject position out of the housing. Accordingly, the inserting/taking-out operation of the cassette into/from the cassette holder can be further facilitated.

Inventors: Aoki; Osamu (Kanagawa, JP), Sekiguchi; Fumio (Kanagawa, JP)

Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP)

Application Number: 09/416,804

Issued: 2002-08-06

Expired: 2006-08-06

Classes: 360/96.5

Field of search: 360/96.5,96.6,85

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