Patent ID: 8087040

Claim:
A slot-in type disk drive comprising: an entrance-and-exit slot for inserting a disk into or ejecting the disk therefrom; a chassis including a spindle motor for rotating the disk and a read/write head for reading or writing data on the disk; a slide block disposed at one side of said chassis and slidable reciprocally along an entrance-and-exit route defined by the disk; and a support member mounted on the slide block so as to be movable together therewith; wherein, during inserting the disk into the disk drive, said slide block moves along said entrance-and-exit route toward said entrance-and-exit slot, and said support member moves under the disk and contacts the bottom of the disk for supporting the disk, wherein said reciprocal sliding of said slide block along said entrance-and-exit route simultaneously results in upward and downward movement of said chassis with respect to the disk, thereby disposing the disk onto said spindle motor for rotation or releasing the disk from said spindle motor.