Patent ID: 6977797
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A cartridge for accommodating a recording medium, which cartridge has a first mode which prohibits recording of information onto the recording medium and a second mode in which recording of information onto the recording medium is possible, the cartridge comprising: a case provided with a lower case having a bottom plate, and an upper case joined together with the lower case so as to have an accommodating space at an interior, the recording medium being accommodated in the interior; a switching member for switching the mode, which is provided so as to be movable along the bottom plate of the lower case between a first position corresponding to the first mode and a second position corresponding to the second mode, and which is selectively positioned at the first position and the second position; a flexible member having flexibility and provided within the case so as to generate an urging force in a restoring direction by being bent; and an abutment member having a region which is abutted by the flexible member,