Patent ID: 6614622
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc cartridge comprising:a disc-shaped recording medium; a cartridge body having formed therein a disc compartment to house the disc-shaped recording medium; an access opening formed in the cartridge body and through which a part of the recording area of the disc-shaped recording medium, extending between lead-in and lead-out areas, is exposed to outside for data read and write; a shutter member provided movably to open and close the access opening; and a shutter open/close mechanism having a guide recess to support the shutter member movably; the guide recess of the shutter open/close mechanism being formed on a main side of the cartridge body to be oblique relative to the width of the cartridge body; the shutter open/close mechanism including: a guide member supporting the shutter member and movably engaged in the guide recess; an operating member to move the guide member; a transmission member linking the guide member and the operating member to each other to transmit an operating force from the operating member to the guide member; and support surfaces formed on the cartridge body to support the operating member movably; and the transmission member being pivotably connected to the guide member and/or operating member.