Patent ID: 6134206
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording and reproducing device for recording information in and reproducing information from a cartridge disk or a cartridge-less disk, comprising:a disk holder installed on the main body of a device that has a rotational driving device and a recording and reproducing head housed therein, said disk holder being pivotally supported at its innermost region so that a disk set therein can be moved between a recording and reproducing mount position and an exchange position; andpositioning lever means adapted to abut against a cartridge-less disk set in said disk holder to prevent it from moving to the innermost region of the disk holder and align it in a position corresponding to said rotational driving device and also adapted to abut against a cartridge of a cartridge disk set in the disk holder to move it to a retracted position.