Patent ID: 6519220
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk device comprising:a spindle motor for rotating a disk; a head for reading and writing information signals relative to said disk; a feed mechanism for moving said head radially of said disk; a mechanism chassis having said spindle motor, said head and the feed mechanism mounted thereon; a cartridge loading mechanism including a cartridge holder for holding a cartridge containing the disk, and a slider disposed reciprocally slidable in a direction of insertion of said cartridge, said cartridge loading mechanism for loading a cartridge, held in said mechanism chassis, into a predetermined position of said mechanism chassis; and a casing for mounting said mechanism chassis thereon through vibration-insulating members, wherein when said cartridge is loaded into the predetermined position of said mechanism chassis and in a state capable of recording and/or reproducing information signals, said cartridge holder is separated from an upper wall of said casing by a first gap, and said mechanism chassis is separated from a lower wall of said casing by a second gap in a state of being supported by said vibration-insulating members so as to prevent transmitting of vibration, and when said cartridge is transferred from said state of being supported by said vibration-insulating members to a state of capable of being discharged from and inserted into the disk device, said cartridge holder is moved in a first direction upwardly toward the upper wall of said casing in accordance with movement of said slider to eliminate said first gap and is prevented from further upward movement thereof by the casing, and said mechanism chassis is moved in a second, opposite direction downwardly toward the lower wall of said casing by the movement of said slider to eliminate said second gap so as to make said vibration-insulating members more compressed than when in a state of capable of recording and/or reproducing said information signals.