Patent ID: 6978468
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording medium driving device comprising: a loading unit for having a recording medium loaded thereon; a chassis: a holder movably carried by said chassis, said holder holding said recording medium and transporting said recording medium between an insertion/ejection position of inserting or ejecting said recording medium and a loading position of loading said recording medium on said loading unit; an ejection lever for ejecting said recording medium from said holder; a slider movable in a direction of inserting said recording medium into said holder and in a direction of ejecting said recording medium from said holder, said slider when moved in said inserting direction causing said holder to be moved to said loading position, and said slider when moved in said ejecting direction causing said holder to be moved to said insertion/ejection position; a spring member provided between said ejection lever and said slider for biasing said ejection lever in a direction of ejecting said slider from said holder and for biasing said slider in said inserting direction and an auxiliary spring provided between said chassis and said slider for biasing said slider in said inserting direction; wherein said ejection lever is rotatably mounted at a corner of said chassis and includes at one end an operating portion for ejecting said recording medium from said holder, said ejection lever also including at an other end a control portion for controlling said slider towards said ejecting direction; wherein, when said recording medium is not loaded on said recording medium driving device, said slider is arranged in said ejecting direction and said operating portion of said ejection lever is biased and rotated in said ejecting direction, said controlling portion engaging with a controlled portion of said slider to control said slider in said ejecting direction.