Patent ID: 8010974

Claim:
A disk apparatus comprising: a chassis having a front panel with a tray opening; a disk tray movable between an ejected position and a retracted position through the tray opening of the front panel; and a tray panel unit provided to a front end part of the disk tray, the tray panel unit including a panel main body covering the tray opening of the front panel when the disk tray is retracted to the retracted position, and a spring body elastically coupling the panel main body to the disk tray and biasing the panel main body against a receiving frame part of the front panel formed around the tray opening when the disk tray is retracted to the retracted position, the spring body having a coil part including a wire helically wound, with an axial direction of the coil part being aligned with a width direction of the tray panel unit, a pair of end attachment parts extending from both axial ends of the coil part, respectively, with the end attachment parts being fixedly coupled to one of the panel main body and the front end part of the disk tray, and a middle attachment part provided to an axial middle portion of the coil part, with the middle attachment part being fixedly coupled to the other of the panel main body and the front end part of the disk tray.