Patent ID: 7653917

Claim:
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 slider mechanism includes a vertically moving cam mechanism which brings said traverse close to and away from said base body, wherein a cam groove of said vertically moving cam mechanism comprises a first cam portion which moves together with said slider mechanism and a second cam portion which is displaced with respect to said first cam portion, when a vertically moving pin of said vertically moving cam mechanism exceeds a predetermined height in said cam groove, said second cam portion rises and said second cam portion limits movement of said vertically moving pin, and when said vertically moving pin is equal to or lower than the predetermined height in said cam groove, said second cam portion is held at its lowered position.