| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cartridge housing device for easily preventing erroneous insertion of a cartridge by a simple configuration. <P>SOLUTION: The cartridge housing device 10 includes: a slot 11 for housing an inserted cartridge 50; a constant force spring 20 for always pushing out the cartridge 50 housed in the slot 11 to an exit/entrance side 11D; a positioning mechanism 12 provided inside one side face of the slot 11, allowed to reciprocate right and left, and functioning to lock the cartridge 50 in a normal posture while not to lock the cartridge in an abnormal posture; a sliding member 15 having one end urged by the positioning mechanism 12 and configured to slide in the insertion direction A of the cartridge 50; a stopper member 16 urged by the sliding member 15 to move right and left, thereby holding or releasing holding of the cartridge 50; and a leaf spring 17 for always energizing the stopper member 16 to the cartridge 50 side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT</p> |
