Patent ID: 7565670

Claim:
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus having a turntable and a clamper holding a disk therebetween to write data into the disk or read data from the disk, the apparatus comprising: a tray for mounting a disk; a frame for supporting the tray in a slidable manner; a turntable disposed on the frame for rotating the disk; and a clamper disposed on the frame so as to oppose to the turntable and enabled to move up and down; wherein the clamper further comprises an elastic body for biasing the clamper toward the turntable, at least one end of the elastic body being fixed to the frame and being supported on the frame in a cantilever form, the elastic body comprises a leaf spring having a first end fixed to the frame via a fixing means, and the frame comprises a retention frame for suppressing uplift of the leaf spring by having a second end of the leaf spring inserted thereto and a stopper for supporting said second end of the leaf spring.