Patent ID: 6986675

Claim:
A device for accommodating an insert, comprising: a chassis into which the insert may be installed detachably/reattachably; an eject button adapted to be pressed along the direction in which the insert is installed; a slide unit attached to the eject button and urged in an insert-ejection direction; a push-out member interlocked with the slide unit, for pushing the insert in a direction in which the insert is ejected from the chassis; and a cam mechanism for switching the eject button between depressed and protruding states each time the eject button is pushed, wherein in a standby state the cam mechanism retains the eject button in the depressed state, and in a state in which the insert is installed into the chassis, by the eject button being pushed two times the push-out member and the slide unit operate inter-connectedly whereby the insert is ejected, wherein the cam mechanism has a first cam portion for permitting the eject button to move only forward from the depressed state, and a second cam portion permitting the eject button to move between the depressed state and the protruding state, wherein the slide unit and the cam mechanism interlock with a switching mechanism, the switching mechanism being spring-urged toward the push-out member and by being pushed against the spring by the insert when the insert is installed into the chassis, the switching mechanism withdrawing from a travel path of the insert, and wherein in the standby state the switching mechanism performs a first movement of interlocking into the first cam portion and advancing into the travel path of the insert, and with the insert being installed into the chassis, the switching mechanism performs a second movement of withdrawing from the travel path of the insert, wherein by a first pressing action on the eject button the switching mechanism shifts into the second cam portion, permitting the eject button to protrude backward, and by a second pressing action on the eject button the switching mechanism permits the push-out member and the slide unit to operate interconnectedly.