Patent ID: 7826172
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk apparatus allowing a disk cartridge enclosing a disk to be mounted thereon, the disk apparatus comprising: a cartridge holder for supporting the disk cartridge, the cartridge holder having a holder window for allowing the disk cartridge to be inserted into the cartridge holder from outside and to be ejected from the cartridge holder to outside; a pair of guide walls located in the vicinity of the holder window of the cartridge holder for defining a direction in which the disk cartridge is inserted; a disk motor for allowing the disk to be mounted thereon and rotating the disk; a head for performing at least one of writing data on the disk and reading data from the disk; a base for supporting the head and the disk motor; first and second slider guides provided in the cartridge holder; a first open/close slider having a first engageable portion engageable with a part of the disk cartridge, the first open/close slider being slidable along the first slider guide of the cartridge holder; and a second open/close slider having a second engageable portion engageable with a part of the disk cartridge, the second open/close slider being slidable along the second slider guide of the cartridge holder; wherein the first and second open/close sliders slide to allow the first engageable portion and the second engageable portion to be engaged with the disk cartridge such that a distance between the first and second engageable portions is smaller than a distance between the pair of guide walls while the disk cartridge is inserted, and such that the distance between the first and second engageable portions is larger than the distance between the pair of guide walls when the disk cartridge is mounted, and thus the first and second open/close sliders form a window in the disk cartridge so as to allow the head to access the disk and allow the disk to be mounted on the disk motor.