Storage medium assembling and disassembling mechanism and information processing apparatus

Abstract

When the storage medium is ejected from the storage medium adapter, a first conveying roller rotates 90 DEG counterclockwise by the forward rotation of a driving motor, and due to an arc portion contacting the storage medium, the storage medium is ejected by the first conveying roller and a first driven roller. When the storage medium adapter is ejected from a socket, a second conveying roller rotates 180 DEG counterclockwise by the backward rotation of the driving motor, and due to an arc portion contacting the storage medium, the storage medium adapter is ejected by the second conveying roller and a second driven roller. It is possible for a storage medium to be mounted at and dismounted from an information processing apparatus without a storage medium adapter being dismounted from the information processing apparatus, and it is possible for one of the storage medium and the storage medium adapter to be selectively ejected, and it is possible to realize the improvement of operating performance and the like.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a storage medium loading and unloading mechanism and an information processing device. The storage medium loading and unloading mechanism and the information processing device are suitable for occasions where the storage medium can be automatically loaded and unloaded from the information processing device through a storage medium adapter. The adapter mounts and stores electronic data internally. Background technique [0002] In recent years, there has been a growing tendency to unify the interfaces of various storage media. Along with the unification of the interface, the generalized PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association) specification has also been published. Accordingly, various information processing devices (for example, computers, etc.) conforming to the PCMCIA standard are sold. On the other hand, there are, for example, electronic notebooks, electronic cameras, and the like as electronic devi...

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Problems solved by technology

When inserting the media adapter into the information processing device, since the operator directly performs the insertion action by hand, there is a danger of poor contact or unintentional load action of the electrical connection between the connection part of the storage medium and the connection part of the storage medium adapter. Risk of damage to the connection

For this reason, not only the reliability of the connector is damaged, but also there is a problem of damaging the reliability of the connector between the connection part of the storage medium adapter and the connection part of the information processing device.

[0006] In addition, in the case of the proposal of the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-239923 (corresponding to US Application No. 5889649), a slightly special dedicated storage medium adapter is required.

[0007] In addition, in the process of reading electronic data stored in the storage medium by the information processing device, or conversely, in the process of reading electronic data from the information processing device to the storage medium, there may be unintentional operations from the information processing device to the storage medium. The dangers of media unloading

[0008] In addition, although there are occasions where a small dedicated socket is provided on the information processing device only for the above-mentioned small storage medium, and the storage medium can be plugged and pulled out through the dedicated socket, in this case, it is not possible to use a universal socket with the same socket. The storage media conforming to the PCMCIA standard has no expandability in terms of using information processing devices, and the convenience is poor.

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