Patent ID: 6188542
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A loading apparatus to load a disk cartridge which accommodates a disk into a device having a tray and a spindle motor, wherein the tray receives the disc cartridge to record and/or reproduce information on/from the disk, the loading apparatus comprising:a link mechanism to guide the disk cartridge at a predetermined inclined angle while the disk cartridge is in an initial stage of insertion inserted into the tray;means for positioning the disk accommodated in the disk cartridge on the spindle motor by biasing a surface of the disk cartridge in a final stage of movement of the disk cartridge into the tray;means for blocking the disk cartridge to prevent the disk cartridge positioned in the tray by the positioning means from being separated from the tray; andmeans for withdrawing the disk cartridge from the tray.