Patent ID: 7640556
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk apparatus comprising a chassis outer sheath having a base body and a lid, in which a front surface of said chassis outer sheath is formed with a disk inserting opening into which a disk is directly inserted, a spindle motor and a pickup are held by a traverse provided on said base body, a slider mechanism is disposed on one end of said traverse, said base body is rotatably provided with a pulling-in lever which inserts said disk and with a discharging lever which discharges said disk, said slider mechanism is provided with a first cam groove in which a first pin of said pulling-in lever slides and with a second cam groove in which a second pin of said discharging lever slides, said pulling-in lever is turned by sliding motion of said first pin in said first cam groove as said slider mechanism is operated, and said discharging lever is turned by sliding motion of said second pin in said second cam groove as said slider mechanism is operated, wherein said slider mechanism includes a resilient member which expands and contracts in the sliding direction of said slider mechanism, a first movable piece provided on one end of said resilient member, and a second movable piece provided on the other end of said resilient member, said first movable piece constitutes a portion of said first cam groove, and second movable piece constitutes a portion of said second cam groove.