Patent ID: 6215761
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk cartridge comprising:a case body having an opening for ejecting a disk and a disk-storage portion provided continuously to the opening;an opening/closing cover having a pair of disk holding members that maintain the disk and having positioning parts armged with a predetermined distance from both surfaces of the disk for adjusting a position of the disk in a thickness direction of the disk; andlocking means for fixing and holding the opening/closing cover to the case body at a position where the opening/closing cover closes the opening, the locking means including a locking hole formed in the case body and a locking projection provided in the opening/closing cover so as to engage with the locking hole when the opening/closing cover closes the opening, and the engagement between the locking hole and the locking projection is able to be released irreversibly by a predetermined external force,wherein the opening/closing cover is accommodated in the disk-storage portion in a withdrawable manner, and the pair of disk holding members hold the disk in an inplane orientation when the opening/closing cover is withdrawn from the disk-storage portion.