Patent ID: 6298034
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk-shaped information memorizing medium cartridge, comprising:a cartridge housing including a disk-shaped information memorizing medium accommodating room formed by superposing a pair of shells;a disk-shaped information memorizing medium arranged for rotating freely in said disk-shaped information memorizing medium accommodating room;an opening window formed in one shell of said pair of shells, said opening window exposing an information memorizing surface of said disk-shaped information memorizing medium; andan opening and closing door installed in said one shell of said pair of shells for swinging freely and for opening and for closing said opening window when swinging rotatably about a central portion of said disk-shaped information memorizing medium accommodating room within a plane of said one shell of said pair of shells as a guide, wherein said plane of said one shell is substantially parallel to said information memorizing surface of said disk-shaped information memorizing medium rotatably arranged in said disk-shaped information memorizing medium accommodating room, whereina center hole is provided in a central portion of said disk-shaped information memorizing medium, a nut member for supporting said disk-shaped information memorizing medium is provided by being fit in said center hole to swing freely, said nut member is integrated with said opening and closing door in a swinging direction and is movably connected in a direction perpendicular to said swinging direction, and a screw shaft portion provided in a central portion of one shell of said pair of shells is engaged with said nut member and a winding direction of said screw shaft portion is set so that said nut member and said one shell move in a direction for distancing said nut member from said one shell when said opening and closing door moves in a direction away from said opening window.