Patent ID: 7342744
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk recording and/or reproduction apparatus comprising: a chassis; a recording and/or reproduction means provided on said chassis so as to perform recording and/or reproduction on a disk cartridge; a cartridge holder movably provided on said chassis to be movable between an insertion/draw-out position for inserting and drawing out said disk cartridge and a recording/reproduction position for recording and/or reproduction on said disk cartridge; an eject lever movably provided on said chassis to be moved between a loading operation finish position for making contact with said disk cartridge when a loading operation for loading said disk cartridge into said cartridge holder is finished and an ejecting operation finish position for making contact with said disk cartridge when an ejecting operation for ejecting said disk cartridge is finished; and a biasing means for biasing said eject lever toward said ejecting operation finish position; wherein said eject lever has a contact portion for contact with said disk cartridge, and, when said eject lever is moved to said ejecting operation finish position, the position of said contact portion is moved to a position higher than the position of said contact portion at the time when said eject lever is located at said loading position.