Patent ID: 6369979
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk device having a chassis, a holder which moves between a first position in which a disk case is received and a second position in which a disk in said disk case received is set to a rotation drive section, a head which contacts said disk when said holder has moved as far as said second position, a pressure member for pressing said holder towards said second position, and an ejection drive member for recovering said holder from said second position to said first position, wherein said disk device is provided, between said holder and said chassis, with a frictional mechanism which increases a load for movement when said holder moves towards the second position,wherein said frictional mechanism comprises a slide piece having a tapered inclined portion on one of said holder and said chassis, and a driven portion on the other of said holder and said chassis along which said slide piece slides, said slide piece and said driven portion configured so that said inclined portion and said driven portion slide against each other when said holder moves towards the second position, and wherein when said holder moves to the second position, said holder is guided in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane defined by the disk by the sliding of the slide piece against the driven portion.