Patent ID: 7093270

Claim:
A reproducing/recording apparatus comprising a first reproducing/recording mechanism for reproducing data from and/or recording data onto a cartridge/disk combination, a disk main body being contained in the cartridge; the first reproducing/recording mechanism having a traversing mechanism disposed oppositely relative to the recording area of said cartridge/disk combination and a clamping mechanism disposed oppositely relative to the traversing mechanism with the cartridge/disk combination interposed between them, the clamping mechanism having a keep member adapted to urge said cartridge/disk combination toward the side of the traversing mechanism at the time of clamping said cartridge/disk combination, wherein said first reproducing/recording mechanism is arranged at the side of the disk inletloutlet port and a second reproducing/recording mechanism for renroducing data from and/or recording data onto a bare disk is arranged remotely from the disk inlet/outlet port with the first reproducing/recording mechanism interposed between them, and wherein said clamping mechanism has a holding section for holding the disk and a back and forth moving mechanism adapted to move the holding section toward and away from a first disk tray carrying said cartridge/disk combination mounted thereon and the back and forth moving mechanism is arranged in such a way that the distance by which the holding section is separated from the first disk tray is sufficiently large to allow a second disk tray mounted by the bare disk to move between the disk inlet/outlet port and the second reproducing/recording mechanism.