Claims
- 1. A video camera comprising:a) a camera body; b) a holder for housing and holding a tape-shaped recording medium within said camera body, said holder having an opening part for ejecting the recording medium and being arranged to be movable between a first position in which the recording medium can be pulled out and a second position in which the recording medium can be inserted or ejected through the opening part; c) a cover arranged to be lockable in a state of covering the opening part of said holder; d) ejecting-instruction means for inputting an ejecting instruction which makes said holder move from the first position to the second position; and e) a lock part arranged to hold said cover in the state of covering the opening part of said holder, wherein said lock part holds said cover in the state of covering the opening part of said holder in the state that the ejecting instruction is capable of being input to said ejecting-instruction means, and, after the ejecting instruction is input, said lock part is released from holding said cover, so that said cover moves to uncover the opening part of said holder and said holder moves from the first position to the second position.
- 2. A video camera according to claim 1, wherein said cover is arranged to be turnable on said camera body.
- 3. A video camera according to claim 2, wherein said ejecting-instruction means is disposed in said camera body.
- 4. A video camera according to claim 2, wherein said cover is urged in a direction of opening said cover.
- 5. A video camera according to claim 1, wherein said ejecting-instruction means is disposed in said camera body.
- 6. A video camera comprising:a) a camera body; b) a holder arranged to house and hold a recording medium within said camera body and to have an opening part for ejecting the recording medium; c) a cover arranged to be lockable in a state of covering the opening part of said holder; and d) ejecting-instruction means for inputting an ejecting instruction which makes said holder move from a first position to a second position, wherein said cover has a lock part, said lock part being arranged to be lockable, when said cover is in a closed state, to an engaging part movable arranger on said camera body, and wherein, when the ejecting instruction is input to said ejecting-instruction means, said engaging part moves to unlock said lock part and an ejecting action of said holder begins after said lock part is unlocked.
- 7. A video camera according to claim 6, wherein said cover is arranged to be turnable on said camera body.
- 8. A video camera according to claim 7, wherein said cover is urged in a direction of opening said cover.
- 9. A video camera according to claim 6, wherein said ejecting-instruction means is disposed in said camera body.
- 10. A video camera comprising:a) a camera body; b) a holder arranged to house and hold a cassette within said camera body and to have an opening part for ejecting the cassette; c) an eject switch for outputting an ejecting instruction; d) ejecting means, in response to the ejecting instruction output by said eject switch, for moving the holder from a first position in which a tape can be pulled from the cassette to a second position in which the cassette can be inserted or ejected through the opening part; e) tape loading/unloading means for pulling the tape from the cassette positioned at the first position and loading the tape on a head drum and unloading the tape from the head drum to the cassette; f) a cover arranged to be lockable in a state of covering the opening part of the holder and having an operating member which is operated in connection with said cover and directly operates said eject switch in response to an opening action of said cover to output the ejecting instruction to said ejecting means; and g) control means for causing the tape loading/unloading means to perform a tape unloading operation and causing the ejecting means to move the holder from the first position to the second position after a completion of the tape unloading operation in response to the operation of the eject switch by the opening action of said cover through the operating member.
- 11. A video camera according to claim 10, wherein said eject switch is disposed between said cover and said camera body.
- 12. A video camera according to claim 11, wherein said cover is arranged to be turnable on said camera body.
- 13. A video camera according to claim 10, further comprising an unlocking part for unlocking said cover, said eject switch being placed between said unlocking part and said camera body.
- 14. A video camera according to claim 10, further comprising a lock part for locking said cover and an unlocking part connected to said lock part for unlocking said cover, said eject switch being placed between said lock part and said camera body.
- 15. A video camera according to claim 7, wherein said eject switch is engaged with said operating member in the state that said cover is locked, and said operating member is released from the engagement with said eject switch in association with the opening action of said cover.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of prior application Ser. No. 08/563,562, filed Nov. 28, 1995, abandoned; which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/271,572, filed Jul. 7, 1994, abandoned; which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/910,655, filed Jul. 8, 1992, abandoned.
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Continuations (3)
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