PURPOSE: To surely eliminate the operation erroneously making a cassette be in the eject state during the operation of a camcorder by actuating a cassette ejecting switch linked with the opening operation of a cover part.
CONSTITUTION: In the cassette eject mechanism, when the cover part 3 is opened, an operating piece 28 of a guide arm 9 moved with this operation executes the pressing operation to a projecting piece 30a of the eject switch 30 to actuate the switch 30 for the switching operation. By this operation, a motor for ejecting operation of a cassette component 27 is driven, then the linear skating operation is made by the cassette component 27 to attain the loading/unloading of the cassette. Thus, the eject switch 30 is operated linked with the opening operation of the cover part 3 and the eject operation of the cassette component 27 is performed, and simultaneously a lock part 31 of the guide arm 9 is engaged with a spring member 32, then the closing operation of the cover part 3 is not made recklessly unless the large closing force is applied.
MATSUMOTO YOSHITAKA
SHIROKOSHI TOSHIO
