Patent ID: 6577593
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk cartridge main body configured to fit into a disk holder of a disk cartridge having another disk cartridge main body for incorporating a disk-shaped recording medium, wherein said another disk cartridge main body has an opening portion for enabling recording and/or reproducing operation by a recording and/or reproducing device, wherein said disk holder is detachably mountable to said another disk cartridge main body, wherein said opening portion is provided in said another disk cartridge main body, wherein said opening portion is closed by a shutter arranged at said another disk cartridge main body such that said disk-shaped recording medium is shielded from outside by said shutter when the disk cartridge is outside of the recording and/or reproducing device, wherein when the disk cartridge is inside of the recording and/or reproducing device, said shutter is moved and said opening portion is opened such that the recording and/or reproducing device enables reproducing or recording from or to said disk-shaped recording medium, wherein said disk holder is mountable to said another disk cartridge main body along with said disk-shaped recording medium, wherein said disk holder is constituted by a structure which is detachable to outside of said another disk cartridge main body along with said disk-shaped recording medium, wherein the disk cartridge main body has a different shape and/or size from said another disk cartridge main body, and wherein said disk holder along with said disk-shaped recording medium is mountable to the disk cartridge main body.