Patent ID: 6122140
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A cover opening and closing mechanism for a recording and reproducing apparatus, the recording and reproducing apparatus including a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface, an opening formed in the housing for inserting a case containing a recording medium into the apparatus, a cover for opening and closing the opening being provided in the opening on an inside of the housing, the case inserted into the housing being movable from an insertion completing position to a recordable and reproducible position, and wherein a gap is formed between a top surface of the case in the insertion completing position and an inside top surface of the top surface of the housing, said cover opening and closing mechanism comprising two fulcra for allowing the cover which comes in contact with the case inserted from the opening to enter the gap, an end of the cover closer to the gap substantially following an entering direction of the case by a contact force generated by the insertion of the case, wherein said cover opening and closing mechanism allows said cover to perform a compound motion when entering the gap, said compound motion being the end of the cover moving in a first direction which is directed toward the inside of the housing and a second direction along an upper inner wall of the housing in a substantial arc from a back side of the opening when the cover enters or exits the gap.