Patent ID: 6697319
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk apparatus comprising:a disk magazine having a plurality of trays, each tray having mounted therein a disk, said disk magazine divided into upper and lower sections; a locking unit for locking and unlocking the upper and lower sections; a chassis unit for removably receiving and mounting therein said disk magazine; a magazine dividing section for dividing and uniting said disk magazine when said disk magazine is mounted in said chassis unit; a disk selection section for selecting a desired disk; a swing unit transferred into a space between the divided upper and lower sections of said disk magazine; and a disk playback section provided on said swing unit for playing back the disk selected by said disk selecting section; wherein a vertical guide hole is formed in at least one of the upper section and the lower section of said disk magazine; and wherein said chassis unit is provided with a vertical guide shaft which is removably inserted into said guide hole when dividing and uniting said disk magazine within said chassis unit and is removed from said disk magazine to enable a discharge of said disk magazine from said chassis.