Patent ID: 6330129
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disk cartridge that holds a disk-shaped recording medium in a cartridge case such that the recording medium can rotate freely inside the cartridge case and that the recording medium can be put into and taken out of the cartridge case,wherein the cartridge case comprises:a cartridge case body that is composed of top and bottom halves put together with a chamber for accommodating the disk-shaped recording medium left between them, has in one side an opening through which the disk-shaped recording medium is taken out of and put into the cartridge case body, and accommodates the disk-shaped recording medium such that it can rotate freely; anda lid that is fitted into the opening so that it can be taken out of and put into the opening by being slid in a direction in which the disk-shaped recording medium is taken out of and put into the cartridge case body, andwherein the disk cartridge is further provided with:a stopper removal hole formed in one of the top and bottom halves;a stopper rest formed inside the stopper removal hole and connected to an inner surface thereof via thin bridges formed seamlessly with the stopper rest and the top or bottom half; anda stopper whose one end is fixed to the stopper rest and which protrudes into the cartridge case body to stop the lid from sliding,wherein the other of the top and bottom halves has an opening formed opposite to the stopper rest so that the stopper can be fixed to the stopper rest through the opening from outside of the cartridge case body.