Patent ID: 6028737
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A removable disk system comprising:a cover, a base and side walls defining a housing, the housing having a front and rear end;a head assembly, a spindle motor and a cartridge receiving portion for receiving a cartridge in the housing;a fastening frame on a front end of the housing having a front face outside of the housing and an access portion that receives the cartridge from outside of the housing to the cartridge receiving portion in the housing;an access panel having a front face outside the housing and closing the access portion in a position substantially perpendicular to the base of the housing;at least one coupling member having a front face outside of the housing and supporting the access panel, the front face of the coupling member are substantially flush with the front face of the access panel and with the front face of the fastening frame when the access panel closes the access portion;a recess means including a cavity on the access panel inside the housing and a raised portion protruding on the access panel outside the housing providing a clearance for the cartridge projecting out from the access portion of the fastening frame into the cavity of the access panel when the access panel closes the access portion.