Patent ID: 6993778
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
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; said ejection lever includes at one end an operating portion and at an other end a controlling portion; wherein, when said recording medium is introduced into said holder, said operating portion of said ejection lever thrusts a forward end of said recording medium being inserted so that said operating portion is rotated in said inserting direction; said controlling portion being rotated with said rotation to be disengaged from said controlled portion so that said slider is moved in said inserting direction under the bias of said spring member, said slider having a portion thereof engaged with a portion of said other end of said ejection lever to hold said ejection lever at said inserting direction; said holder being moved to said loading position with movement of said slider in said inserting direction for loading said recording medium inserted in said holder to said loading position.