Patent ID: 6169579
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
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; ande) 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.