摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely form a complete state of battery storage and to easily remove batteries by interlocking with the operation of the battery cover with neither damage nor deformation of constituent members. SOLUTION: The battery compartment 20 is provided internally with a battery lock member 23 to make it interlock with the battery cover 4 pivoted through the engagement of the tapered face 24 of the lock member with the projection 39 of the rib 25 of the battery cover 4. When the battery cover 4 is closed from a state that a battery is not completely stored, the battery lock member 23 locks the battery by interlocking with closure and retains the battery 21 in position inside the battery compartment 30. When the lock claw 13 is released by the operation knob 5, the battery cover 4 and the battery 21 are popped up upward by an urging force of the spring 33 through the battery 21 to the battery lock member 23.</p> |