Patent ID: 8848365

Claim:
An electronic device including a housing section from which an external instrument is reattachably detachable, the electronic device comprising: a holding member arranged rotatably on the housing section and functioning to hold the external instrument; and a restricting part formed within the housing section and configured to restrict rotation of the holding member at a predetermined angle; wherein: the holding member is configured to support a first lateral surface of the external instrument; the restricting part is configured to restrict rotation of the holding member at an angle where a second lateral surface of the external instrument, opposing the first lateral surface, is exposed from the housing section; the external instrument includes protruding parts on a pair of lateral surfaces adjacent to the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface; the holding member includes jaw parts and grooves forming gaps through which the protruding parts are inserted when the external instrument is held, guiding parts configured to guide the external instrument in a direction in which the protruding parts detach from the jaw parts, and contact parts on which the restricting part abuts when the restricting part restricts the rotation of the holding member; the jaw parts, the grooves, the guiding parts, and the restricting part are positioned at the pair of lateral surfaces adjacent to the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface of the external instrument when the external instrument is attached to the housing section, and the contact parts are positioned opposite to the guiding parts along a direction in which the holding member rotates; and the guiding parts are configured so as when the external instrument is to be further rotated from a position where rotation thereof has been restricted by the restricting part, to guide the external instrument in the direction in which the protruding parts detach from the jaw parts.