Patent ID: 6493239
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An arrangement of memory-card accommodating portions in a recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising:a plurality of card slots for respectively accommodating memory cards capable of recording and reproducing an audio or image signal disposed adjacent to each other in a mutually overlapping relation; and eject buttons for ejecting the memory cards disposed in individual correspondence with the card slots, wherein a set of at least two of said card slots are arranged so that the memory cards are disposed in parallel with each other, wherein said eject buttons are arranged at positions which are respectively adjacent to said plurality of card slots in a unique manner without overlapping in a direction parallel to the surfaces of the memory card, and wherein said eject buttons are respectively disposed on sides which are away from mutually opposing sides of said card slots in correspondence with said card slots which form the set of at least two of said card slots.