Patent ID: 7125271

Claim:
A carrying apparatus for a memory medium, comprising: a holder adapted to have the memory medium inserted therein including a connection terminal connected to a contact provided at a front end side of the inserted memory medium; a lock mechanism provided on the holder and locked with respect to a chassis of the holder so that the holder is movably supported, the lock mechanism serving to limit movement with respect to the chassis of the holder, so that when the contact of the memory medium inserted into the holder is connected to the connection terminal of the holder, the lock mechanism is pressed by the memory medium to thereby release a locking state with respect to the chassis; a fluctuation lever engaged with the holder and moved when the lock mechanism is released, the fluctuation lever moved in an insertion direction of the memory medium as one with the holder; first biasing means for biasing the fluctuation lever in an eject direction opposite to the insertion direction of the memory medium; and second biasing means for biasing the holder in the insertion direction of the memory medium, wherein the fluctuation lever is moved in the insertion direction of the memory medium as one with the holder to thereby allow the first biasing means to store a biasing force that moves the fluctuation lever in the eject direction, and engagement with respect to the holder is released by movement in the insertion direction of the memory medium of the fluctuation lever and only the holder into which the memory medium is inserted is drawn in the insertion direction of the memory medium by the second biasing means in accordance with engagement with respect to the chassis.