Patent ID: 7035109

Claim:
A recording media unit comprising: a slot through which a recording media is inserted into and accommodated inside the recording media unit; a recording media holder, movably attached inside the recording media unit, for supporting the recording media; and a recording media moving mechanism, connected to the recording media holder, having a spring member, wherein said recording media holder that supports said recording media that has been inserted through said slot and has been moved to an intermediate position along a direction in which said recording media is inserted is moved by a spring force of said spring member to a position where said recording media is pulled inside said recording media unit, wherein said spring member is a torsion coil spring having a supporting point and a movable working point such that the direction of spring force is reversed with respect to said supporting point after passing a point where said supporting point and said working point are aligned along a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion of said recording media.