Patent ID: 6469865
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk apparatus to which a cartridge accommodating a disk for recording or reproducing information thereon is loaded, the cartridge having a shutter capable of opening so as to expose the disk,the disk apparatus comprising: a disk transporting section for transporting the cartridge from an unloaded position to a loaded position; and an opener for opening the shutter in a slide direction which is perpendicular to a transportation direction of the cartridge, wherein a leading end face of the cartridge in the transportation direction of the cartridge has a first end face and a second end face, each of which the opener comes into contact with while opening the shutter, the first end face being parallel with the transportation direction and the second end face being parallel with the slide direction, wherein the shutter is opened responsive to a pressurizing force applied in the slide direction to the first end face from the opener, and wherein the opener applies a pressure to the first end face, but does not substantially apply a pressure to the second end face, during at least substantially a first half of an opening operation of the shutter.