Patent ID: 6137760
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An information recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:a housing having a tray port;a tray for ejecting and loading a recording/reproducing medium through said tray port;a closing structure for closing the tray port by contacting a circumferential area around the tray port, when the tray is loaded;a closing holder for holding a closing condition of the tray port with a force which presses the closing structure against said circumferential area in a loading direction of the tray by a force which is responsive to a variable relative position between a stopped tray and the closing structure;wherein:the closing structure has a cover which closes the tray port, and a contacting member which latches the tray port and contacts the cover, said closing holder being provided between the contacting member and the tray port and having a forcing member for forcing the contacting member in a tray ejecting detection such that when the tray loads and the cover is closed the tray port contacts with the contacting member and the forcing member forces the contacting member in a tray ejecting direction to keep the tray port closed.