Patent ID: 6198712
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An information recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:a housing having a tray port;a tray for ejecting and loading a recording/reproducing medium through said tray port;a closing structure for closing the tray port by contacting a circumferential area around the tray port, when the tray is loaded;a closing holder for holding a closing condition of the tray port with a force which presses the closing holder against said circumferential area in a loading direction of the tray, wherein said force is responsive to a variable relative position between a stopped tray and the closing structure, wherein the closing structure has an inner cover which has at least one insert portion and an outer cover which has at least one latching portion inserted into the insert portion, said closing holder having a forcing member which forces the outer cover in a direction toward the inner cover, and a stopper member which latches the latching portion of the outer cover.